{"id":130,"date":"2014-06-23T14:30:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T14:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/authorjcnelson.com\/?p=130"},"modified":"2014-06-23T14:30:36","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T14:30:36","slug":"begin-with-goodbye-cover-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/authorjcnelson.com\/?p=130","title":{"rendered":"BEGIN WITH GOODBYE COVER REVEAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;m delighted to participate in the cover reveal for Kelly Walker&#8217;s new novel, &#8220;Begin with Goodbye.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-135\" src=\"https:\/\/authorjcnelson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/beginwithgoodbye-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"beginwithgoodbye\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/authorjcnelson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/beginwithgoodbye-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/authorjcnelson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/beginwithgoodbye-642x1024.jpg 642w, https:\/\/authorjcnelson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/beginwithgoodbye.jpg 1553w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t it gorgeous? Kelly&#8217;s a long time critique partner of mine and did the images for my website as well, so it&#8217;s not surprising the cover looks great.<\/p>\n<p>BLURB-<\/p>\n<p>Revenge is best served cold, but their passion burns as hot as ever.<\/p>\n<p>Home for her sister&#8217;s funeral, Samantha knows the truth: for all intents, her sister died three years ago on the night of her senior prom and Julian Ashburn&#8211;her sister&#8217;s husband and Samantha&#8217;s former lover&#8211;is to blame.<\/p>\n<p>He took her virginity, and he took her sister. Will he at least let her escape with her heart?<br \/>\n(Please note \u2013 Begin With Goodbye was previous released as a serial under the pseudonym Lilly Wright. It has been edited and reformatted as a complete novel.)<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the reveal of Begin With Goodbye, Kelly&#8217;s doing a giveaway you can enter:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"rc-zbiqd8rt2\" class=\"rafl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/zbiqd8rt2\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">a Rafflecopter giveaway<\/a><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/widget.rafflecopter.com\/load.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>You can visit <a href=\"%20https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/22522766-begin-with-goodbye\">Begin with Goodbye on Goodreads<\/a> to add it to your shelf.<\/p>\n<p>EXCERPT:<\/p>\n<p>His arm encircles me in a vice-like grip, and I have no choice but to become still, achingly aware of the way we\u2019re pressed together. My insides clap, painfully excited, while my head screams in irritation. \u201cSamantha. Hold still,\u201d he murmurs in my ear. \u201cI don\u2019t want this to hurt.\u201d<br \/>\nBut it does hurt. Because with remembering, pain always comes. To acknowledge that I once loved him means to acknowledge that he betrayed me.<br \/>\nThere\u2019s so much care in his voice, it infuriates me. Because it has to be insincere. I fell for his bullshit once before. Through a year of secretly dating, we waited\u2014wanting it to be special, because he said I deserved special. We kissed, we touched, we petted. But we waited. And that one magical night destroyed the person who meant more to me than any other. Mercifully, he frees my arms and I back away, covering myself with my dress. \u201cHave you ever heard of knocking?\u201d I ask heatedly.<br \/>\nJulian\u2019s gaze is heated too, but with a different type of heat. The same type that\u2019s swirling in the depths of my belly, already agonizing at the absence of him against me. I can\u2019t do this. The emotional toll of the day has lowered my defenses, and he\u2019s walking right through the hole in my armor. But I can\u2019t be vulnerable to him.<br \/>\nHating him is the only way I can hate myself a little less.<\/p>\n<p>About Kelly Walker:<br \/>\nThe truth is, I&#8217;m just a slightly scatterbrained hopeless romantic who loves to get lost in a good book. I grew up in a tiny, tiny town, I married my highschool sweetheart and I am incapable of turning away a stray animal. My kids think I&#8217;m boring, my husband thinks I have no sense of humor, and I know they are both right. Fortunately, I can escape to fictional lives with fascinating people and if you read my books, you can too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@KWalkerWrites\">Follow Kelly on Twitter<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KellyWalkerAuthor\">Or on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;m delighted to participate in the cover reveal for Kelly Walker&#8217;s new novel, &#8220;Begin with Goodbye.&#8221; &nbsp; Isn&#8217;t it gorgeous? 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