The Sugar and Spice Blog Tour draws to a close...

I just want to say a big thank you to all the tour participants and fans that stopped by. I hope everyone had fun! To the authors: Elena, Kelli, and Amber, thank you for letting me be part of this. It was an honor to work with you three amazing women! I know things got kind of crazy, but I still had a lot of fun. It's a learning experience, I think.

Also, I'd like to wish Elena a very Happy Birthday! <3

Excerpts:

Silence is golden. Honesty...not so much.

Gwen Palmer's saucy mouth gets in the way of her heart's desire...again. Just when she is about to trade her baker's hat for a nun's habit, she comes face to face with her idol, Ethan Reynolds.

Ethan isn't immune to Gwen's loose lips. Nor her quirkiness. And something about her smile tugs at his heart. Will he look beyond her outrageous remarks and see the truth inside? Or will Gwen lose her one chance at true love?

Sweet Serendipity

His mouth brushed hers. Gwen's lips tingled at the contact. Ethan drew away, his eyes questioning. Had he felt that, too? He didn't give her time to ask as he pulled her mouth back to his. She parted her lips as his tongue swept inside.

Her fingers gripped his shirt to keep from falling. Lava flowed through her veins when his tongue grazed hers. His hands drifted down her sides until they settled on her hips, pressing them against his.

His mouth left hers, burning a trail of kisses down her neck and back up again.

"Do you smell that?" His warm breath tickled her ear.

"Smell what?"

"It smells like something's burning."

"I think it's my panties." Liquid fire burned inside her. At any moment she would burst into flames.

But Ethan held too still. Opening her eyes, she sniffed the air. Something was burning. Pushing him away, she ran to the oven where smoke flowed out of the vent. Grabbing two potholders she flung the door open, smoke stung her eyes and scorched her lungs. Coughing, she waved her hand in front of her face. Grabbing both pans, she dropped them on the counter. The cookies had burned beyond recognition.

He stepped behind her resting his chin on her shoulder. "Looks like it wasn't your panties after all."

Jonah McCabe made a horrible mistake six years ago that cost him his chance at happiness. Then fate interceded.

A last minute favor has him coming face to face with the past. Every beautiful inch of it. Her laughter still echoed in his mind. As did the pain in her voice the day she left.

Can he make things right in a race against the clock or will time continue to work against him?

Only in Time

The shrill sound of a whistle startled him as he turned just in time to see the end of the train pulling away.

“Hey,” he shouted. “Hey, stop!” Zipping past a crowd of onlookers, he made it to the end of the pad. But not soon enough to reach the train, though that didn’t stop him from protesting. “I need to get on that train! Please! I need to…”

His pleas fell on deaf ears. The only patrons remaining were those who’d seen off their family or friends. While a few shot him glares adorned with folded brows, most just ignored him.

He’d ignore himself, too, had the roles been reversed.

The one thing he couldn’t ignore…the ache in his chest. How it built near his heart, spreading like a deadly virus through his arms, legs, even his head. Everything ached. His lungs burned when he tried to take a breath.

As his hands fell to his sides, the slip of paper he’d been holding fell toward the ground. He didn’t bother catching it. He didn’t need it anymore. Everything he ever wanted just disappeared, along with the taillights of the train.

Wallowing in the pain, he wanted to make sure he never forgot how bad this hurt. To breathe. To think. To stand and watch his life go down the drain. That way he’d never make this same mistake, again. The mistake of giving his heart away to a woman. A woman who would never know how much he loved her. That he’d come to stop her. To give her the reason she’d been searching for.

Too bad time hadn’t been on his side. Would have been if he hadn’t—

Damn her mother.    

A gold locket catches her eye and her heart. Inside the tiny gold frame is a picture of the one man she compares all others to. The one that got away..

Can this locket, one wish, bring back the love she lost?


Buy Links: 

Only in Time link http://bit.ly/kmOIT  

A Love Soul Deep link: http://amzn.to/V25t7V

A Message from Elena:

We would like to thank each and every person that followed us on the tour. We had so much fun hopping from blog to blog! We’ve made some new friends and hope to get to know you better in the future.

Now on to the part you’ve all been waiting for! The winners!

Set of our ebooks go to:

Rachael R. from Cassie’s Reviews

Robin from Delphina Reads Too Much

C Barton from Tamssbookblog

Brook D. from Paranormal Book Club

Christy from Sabrina’s Paranormal Palace

Karen from Starry Night Book Reviews

Shelby from Intoxicated by Books

Rachel O. from United by Books

Amy from Nely Cab

Nicole K. from Sassy Book Lovers

Dawn H. from Forbidden Reviews

Leanne from Rose’s Book Corner

Grand prize gift baskets winners are:

Athena Nagel

Charla Hinkle

Congratulations to all. We hope to see you on Facebook and Twitter and look forward to chatting with you more. Thanks again for stopping by!

And thank you Kristina for hosting our tour! You’re a true rockstar!

Happy Reading!

Kristina