Virtual Book Tour & Giveaway: The Cinderella Romances Series by Petie McCarty

THE CINDERELLA ROMANCES SERIES

by 

Petie McCarty

Contemporary Romance

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SYNOPSES:

The Cinderella Romances...Fall in love with the fairy tale all over again. 

Modern-day Cinderella stories that provide unlimited opportunities to retell the classic fairy tale, happily with returning characters to share in these adventures.

Cinderella Busted, Book One

Once upon a time, in Jupiter Island, Florida . . . 

Billionaire developer, Rhett Buchanan, is forced to inspect a shipment of priceless trees and meets the girl of his dreams instead. A bit jaded where women are concerned—since most are gold diggers—Rhett falls head over heels for the Jupiter Island socialite who only wants him, not his money. Except she isn't the glamorous socialite she appears to be. 

She's the gardener . . .

Betting on Cinderella, Book Two

Once upon a time in Biloxi, Mississippi . . .

Garrett Tucker inherits his grandfather's casino empire and steps into the reclusive billionaire's shoes as the new "Prince of Vegas." Discovering embezzlement in his newly purchased casino in Biloxi, Garrett goes in undercover. His prime suspect? The new finance supervisor . . . a feisty brunette who stole his heart at first sight.

 

Andi Ryan moves to Biloxi to care for her godmother. Taking a job as finance supervisor for the renovated Bayou Princess casino, she discovers someone is skimming from the till. Andi starts her own investigation, worried she will be blamed for the theft when the handsome new owner discovers her godmother likes to gamble.

Industrial espionage is afoot at the Bayou Princess, and Garrett and Andi are soon forced to work as a team to prove her innocence and save the casino before it’s too late.

This swoonworthy modern-day fairy tale joins the other stories in the Cinderella Romances series. Each provides a new opportunity to retell the classic fairy tale, happily with returning characters to share in these adventures.

Par for Cinderella, Book Three

Once upon a time in Cedar Key, Florida . . .

Golf resort developer Aidan Cross is at loose ends. Something feels missing from his life, but that something isn't women. He has too many women chasing him now. To confuse things even more, his yacht breaks down off-shore of his next project site in Florida, and Aidan falls for his only competition in the small town—a woman who wants nothing to do with him or his rakish charm.

Casey Stuart is stuck living in Cypress Key, unwilling to abandon her uncle or the golf course they manage together. She doesn't quite trust the stranger Aidan who shows up in town looking for work, and she vows to steer clear of him and the danger their intense chemistry provokes. Aidan’s stay is temporary, and falling for him promises only heartbreak.

But Casey needs Aidan’s help when she discovers Cypress Key’s mayor is making underhanded business deals, and she ends up on the wrong side of the powerful crook. Aidan steps in to rescue her, but secrets from his past threaten to bogey their new-found affair.

This swoonworthy modern-day fairy tale joins the other Cinderella stories in the series. Each provides a new opportunity to retell the classic fairy tale, happily with returning characters to share in these adventures.

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ENJOY AN EXCERPT:

from Book Three: Par For Cinderella

Silhouetted in the outside light, Aidan looked big . . . and dangerous. Over six feet of pure sin. Too much for her to handle, and Casey officially changed her mind. Turned chicken.

 

Aidan must have sensed her decision to flee like a timber wolf senses his prey. “What are you doing down here?”

 

The deep sensual timbre of his voice vibrated along her spine and created tiny pinpoints of desire along its length. Her mouth had that dry feeling she got at the end of her tour spiel—dry and raspy.

 

“I-I was just going up to bed.”

 

“No, you weren’t.”

 

“I-I was too.”

 

His sexy chuckle rumbled in the darkness, and her skin prickled with anticipation. She couldn’t fool Aidan or herself.

 

Her brain taunted, Flight or fight, make up your mind.

 

She suddenly recalled her earlier decision following Janie’s call—to grant herself the month with Aidan. Better for her to have him than let Deedee steal him away. Casey had fully intended to enjoy every single minute of that month with Aidan before she’d chickened out just now. Instead of running away, she could enjoy the feel of those broad shoulders and muscled arms presently filling up the doorway. She could also allow herself a good long stare at that perfect butt when he turned, and maybe even enjoy that kissable mouth with those please-never-take-them-off-me lips.

 

“Stop looking at my mouth,” Aidan growled, “or you’ll be sorry.”

 

Her heart ended her dilemma. Go for it.

 

She could feel his unseen eyes track the movement of her chest, rising and falling with each hard-won breath. Time to force the issue for them both.

 

“K-Kiss me,” she whispered. Frozen in place, she left the outcome up to Aidan.

 

He didn’t move a muscle for three lifetime-lasting heartbeats.

 

One . . . he doesn’t want me.

 

Two . . . he’s still angry.

 

Three . . . my own fault.

 

She turned for the stairs, and he had her in two strides. His arms snaked around her waist and yanked her tight to his chest as his mouth took hers. This was no tender, make-up kiss. This was all need and desire and maybe a little punishment too.

 

She didn’t care. Her fingertips had gotten their Christmas wish, and Casey buried them in the silky hair at his collar, luxuriating in the soft texture and wanting to keep him close. Even that didn’t stop the tingling in her fingertips.

 

Aidan's tongue teased at her lips, then swept inside and tangled against hers. She grew lightheaded as she reacquainted herself with the moist sweetness of his mouth, tinged with a hint of beer. A joyful reunion after the fear of separation, and she intended to savor every sexy nuance of flavor.

 

He growled low in his throat and turned his head to deepen the kiss. Casey just prayed he wouldn’t stop kissing her. Aidan had to care about her. He didn’t, couldn’t kiss another woman like this. Could he? An image of Deedee flashed behind her eyelids.

 

She pulled back, but her fingers refused to relinquish their hold on his soft curls.

 

“What was that for?” he asked, his voice rough with desire. “Not that I’m complaining, mind you.”

 

“I don’t want to be just friends,” she whispered.

 

“Thank God.”

AUTHOR GUEST POST:

Please welcome Petie McCarty, the author of today's featured series, to the blog!

Things that Inspire Me to Write

by Petie McCarty

For me, probably the biggest inspiration for my stories and characters comes from my love of movies. I am a huge movie nut. Love to watch the brand new ones on the big screen and all the older ones on my cable movie channels, the favorites alas even dozens of times. My DirecTV DVR is full of movies I love to watch over and over. I admit most are action adventures or thrillers and a handful of romances. But no horror movies. I have too active an imagination I suppose, but I can’t watch horror movies or risk nightmares that tend to stick around. No zombies or undead for me. Luckily I don’t write those too.

There are so many things to glean from motion pictures—so many well-loved tropes old and new, limitless story trails to massage into your own, a surplus of character types combined with their looks and emotions and motivations. I don’t mean copying characters or stories but pieces, favorite pieces, from these movie treasure chests. How characters glare or laugh, and what makes them glare or laugh. Some have no sense of humor, yet that alone makes them hilarious at times. The quirks of one or more of these characters when overlaid on a character you are trying to create can increase their complexity which makes them considerably more interesting.

Watching people provides the same type of inspiration but the ones in real life tend to wander off and don’t often agree to sit still while you study them. 😊

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Petie spent a large part of her career working at Walt Disney World—"The  Most Magical Place on Earth"—where she enjoyed working in the land of fairy tales by day and creating her own romantic fairy tales by night, including her new series, The Cinderella Romances. She eventually said good-bye to her "day" job to write her stories full-time. These days Petie spends her time writing sequels to her regency time-travel series, Lords in Time, and her cozy-mystery-with-romantic-suspense series, the Mystery Angel Romances.

 

Petie shares her home on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee with her horticulturist husband and an opinionated Nanday conure named Sassy who made a cameo appearance in No Angels for Christmas.

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REVIEW:

4 stars!

Heartwarming second chance romance! 

Cinderella Busted is the first book in author Petie McCarty’s fun and frothy Cinderella Romances series, and it kicks off these fairytale retellings in style. When specialty nursery owner Lily Foster is mistaken for a wealthy Jupiter Island socialite, she decides to go with the misunderstanding and enjoy a fun evening out among the local rich and famous. What she didn’t count on was falling head over heels for her billionaire escort nor for him to be the money behind the development company trying to run her off her land. 

Lily Foster has always been driven to excel at school or work; she wanted to make her father proud. But now that he’s gone, she’s the owner of the family nursery business and making it a success. She’s done well for herself except when it comes to her personal life, as she’s always been too busy and focused to have any fun. I couldn’t blame her for wanting to have one fun evening out with the handsome Rhett Buchanan. Her mistake was in not revealing her true position at the nursery right away. She made an assumption that Rhett wouldn’t accept her for herself. 

Rhett Buchanan, a self-made billionaire, is much like Lily in his drive and focus. He made an assumption about Lily’s presence at the nursery based on what she was wearing. He was smitten from their first meeting, and their time together only solidified his initial feelings for her. However, his history with women, including a devastating betrayal at an early age, has left him wary of any woman’s motives for wanting to be with him. With deep-seated trust and self-esteem issues, it doesn’t take much for him to assume the worst about Lily’s masquerade. 

The couple’s relationship runs from one end of the strong emotions spectrum to the other, and all in one week’s time. The chemistry between the two is unmistakable, and their tempestuous relationship reveals the depth of their emotions for one another. Each has good friends in their corner who can see how well they are suited for one another and try to get them back together. However, there are also a couple of dirty players working to throw a monkey wrench in the works for their own benefit. The back-and-forth twists and turns make for an exciting and heartwarming romance. 

I recommend CINDERELLA BUSTED to romance readers who enjoy second-chance romances, fish-out-of-water tales, and enemies-to-lovers storylines.

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