Once Upon a Groom by Karen Rose Smith Book Publicity Tour September 2011

Once Upon a Groom Banner Join Karen Rose Smith, author of the contemporary romance, Once Upon a Groom (Harlequin), as she virtually tours the blogosphere September 19-September 30, 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

About Karen Rose Smith

Karen Rose Smith Karen Rose Smith was born in Pennsylvania in the Susquehanna Valley. In college, she began writing poetry and also met her husband to be. They both started married life as teachers, but when their son was born, Karen decided to try her hand at a home decorating business. She returned to teaching for a while but changes in her life led her to writing romance fiction. Now she writes full time. Her first romance was published in 1992; her 74th novel will be published in 2011 with Harlequin Special Edition. A winner of New Jersey’s Golden Leaf Award in Short Contemporary Romance, Colorado Romance Writers Award Of Excellence for short contemporary, as well as the Phoenix Desert Rose Chapter’s Golden Quill for Traditional Romance, she has also been honored with Cataromance.com’s award for Best Special Edition. Her
romances have made both the USA TODAY list and the Waldenbooks Bestseller list for Series Romance.

Married to her college sweetheart , believing in the power of love and commitment, she envisions herself writing relationship novels for a long time to come!

Readers can visit Karen for info and excerpts at: www.karenrosesmith.com.

About Once Upon a Groom

Once Upon a Groom Zack and Jenny fell in love in high school. But Zack intended to escape the Rocky D while Jenny craved the roots she’d found on his parents’ ranch. With resentment and bitterness toward his father, blaming him for his mother’s death, Zack left for California to find a life as a movie director with wealth, fame and privilege. Now when he returns to Miners Bluff, his father isn’t the man he once was. And Jenny has a secret she has never divulged.

As old fires reignite, Zack and Jenny fall in love all over again. A rescued horse becomes a bond that helps them revisit the good times in their past. Due to Jenny’s passion for the holidays and her insistence that they visit with friends, Zack begins to remember the meaning of Thanksgiving and Christmas. Will their differences push them apart once more? Or is Jenny
truly Zack’s Cinderella and he will be able to whisk her away into their happily-ever after?

Book Excerpt

Night surrounded Jenny and Zack as she stood with him at the
gazebo in the park. So close to him, she felt breathless.
He said, “Kids seem to mean a lot to you.”
Her heart hammered now from panic rather than attraction. This
was a subject she really didn’t particularly want to talk about with him.
She could give something away too easily. “Kids and Christmas just go
together.”
“It’s more than that. I saw you with them during your riding
class. Are you worried your biological clock is ticking?” he asked,
half-joking.
“Sure, that’s it,” she said with a shaky laugh.
He cocked his head as if he knew she wasn’t telling him the
whole story.
They were the only two people in the park and the velvet sky
and the falling snow created an intimate atmosphere. She gazed up at Zack,
seeing the boy he’d been and the man he was now. In spite of her best
intentions to keep her distance, both tugged at her heart, created warm
tingles on her skin, almost urged her to resurrect the past.
Silver light flickered in his blue eyes and she recognized
desire when she saw it. She felt an answering heat in her own body and
leaned a little closer. He braced his hand on the gazebo and leaned into
her, too.
The sound of a car horn startled them both.
Quickly Zack straightened. “We should get over to the town
hall.” He checked his watch. “Everyone else is probably there by now.”
Maybe they would be, but she didn’t care. She was too busy
asking herself what had almost happened. Was Zack about to kiss her? Would
she have kissed him back? Her mouth went dry at the thought. Thank
goodness some driver had probably wanted a parking space.
Because one of Zack’s kisses could change everything.

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Once Upon a Groom Book Publicity Tour Schedule

Monday, September 19

Guest Blogging at Mama Knows Books
Book Reviewed at A Cozy Reader’s Corner Reviews

Tuesday, September 20

Guest Blogging at A Book Blogger’s Diary
Interviewed at A Cozy Reader’s Corner Reviews
Guest Blogging at Thoughts in Progress

Wednesday, September 21

Book Reviewed at Romance Around the Corner
Book Reviewed at Cocktails and Books

Thursday, September 22

Guest Blogging at Romance Around the Corner
Book Reviewed at Laced Little Muffin’s Reading Corner

Friday, September 23

Book Reviewed at Coffee Table Reviews

Monday, September 26

Guest Blogging at Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer
Book Reviewed at Everyday is an Adventure

Tuesday, September 27

Book Reviewed at Sharon’s Garden of Book Reviews

Wednesday, September 28

Book Reviewed at Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer

Thursday, September 29

Book Reviewed at Owl Tell You About It
Book Reviewed at Hott Books

Friday, September 30

Book Reviewed at Tracy’s Treasure of Books
Book Reviewed at Thoughts in Progress


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Karen Rose Smith’s ONCE UPON A GROOM VIRTUAL BOOK PUBLICITY TOUR will officially begin on September 19 and end on September 30 ’11. Please contact Tracee Gleichner at tgleichner(at)live.com if you are interested in hosting and/or reviewing her book.

If you would like to book your own virtual book tour with us, click here to find out how!

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