February 3, 2014
Harlequin HQN (Digital First)
New Adult Contemporary Romance
BOOK
SUMMARY:
Maggie Carpenter is ready for a change—
and to leave her ordinary life in South Carolina behind. But when she accepts a
scholarship to the International School in London, a university attended by the
privileged offspring of diplomats and world leaders, Maggie might get more than
she bargained for.
When Maggie meets Hugh, a
twentysomething British guy, she finds herself living the life she always
wanted. Suddenly she’s riding around the city in a Ferrari, wearing borrowed
designer clothes and going to the hottest clubs. The only problem? Another guy,
the one she can’t seem to keep her hands off of.
Half French, half Lebanese, and
ridiculously wealthy, Samir Khouri has made it clear he doesn’t do
relationships. He’s the opposite of everything Maggie thought she wanted…and
he’s everything she can’t resist. Torn between her dream guy and the boy haunting
her dreams, Maggie has to fight for her own happy ending. In a city like
London, you never know where you stand, and everything can change in the blink
of an eye.
This
is a New Adult romance recommended for readers 17 and up.
Excerpt:
The Houses of Parliament were one of the most awe-inspiring things
I’d ever seen. They dominated the landscape, proud and strong. I crossed the
street, standing in a grassy square opposite the buildings. I basked in the
moment. This was the epicenter of history and politics. Greatness happened
here. And somehow I was a part of it.
I hadn’t totally chosen the International School on a whim. When I
received that horrid letter from Harvard, I panicked. I didn’t have a backup
plan—not a good one, anyway. I had no desire to stay in the same town where I’d
lived my whole life, feeling like I never quite fit in. I wanted a chance to do
something different. If I couldn’t make one of my dreams happen, I wanted a
chance at another one.
Ever since I was a kid I’d been fascinated by England. I couldn’t
say for sure when the love affair started. Maybe it was all the pomp and
majesty that came with the monarchy, so different from my quiet life in South
Carolina. Or maybe it was the history or my romanticism, the love of books
filled with dukes and earls. Whatever it was, London had been a dream, one I
promised I would indulge when I graduated university and made something of
myself.
Now, standing in front of Parliament, I felt the sense of accomplishment
that had eluded me since my Harvard rejection. I was living my dream now.
Book Order
Links:
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1cQXjYm
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1khLGx1
About the author:
Originally
a Florida girl, at seventeen Chanel moved to London to attend an international
university. In the four years that
followed, she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, learned how to
dance, travelled through Europe, and made lifelong friendships. Chanel fell in love with London and planned
to stay there forever. But fate
intervened on a Caribbean cruise, when an American fighter pilot with smooth dance
moves, swept her off her feet.
Now,
a happily ever after later, Chanel is living her next adventure in South
Korea. An avid reader and hopeless
romantic, she is happiest curled up with a book. She has a weakness for handbags, puppy
cuddles, and her fighter pilot husband.
Chanel writes New Adult contemporary romances and Young Adult thrillers.
Her New Adult debut, I SEE LONDON, will be released by Harlequin (HQN) on
February 3, 2014, followed by a sequel, LONDON FALLING, later in the year.
Author Links:
