New #Giveaway Tour! HAPPILY EVER AFTERS by @Rachel_Magee w/ @PrismBookTours #Interview

On Tour with Prism Book Tours.

Book Tour Launch for

Happily Ever Afters

By Rachel Magee

Interview with the Author

1. What is your motivation behind HAPPILY EVER AFTERS? 

I actually came up with the idea for Happily Ever Afters while I was on a girls’ trip. Several of my friends at the time weren’t married and there were a few handsome bachelors at the resort. I started wondering what would happen if two people who didn’t live anywhere near each other fell in love. 

2. What do you hope readers take with them after they’ve read it?

I’ll talk about this in more detail during the tour, but basically this is a story of hope. My wish is for readers to walk away with a renewed spirit of hope and a belief that happily-ever-afters do exist. But sometimes you have to fight for both.

3. Do you have a favorite scene that you can share with us?

One of my favorite scenes is from the second half of the book when Lainey, the heroine, ends up at a karaoke bachelorette party with the antagonist. Pretty much everything goes wrong for our dearly beloved heroine, but it shows a lot of Lainey’s personality in the middle of a pretty funny situation. It might even make you want to grab a microphone and belt out your favorite song. Admittedly, I did when I was writing it. 

4. If you could sum the book up in one sentence, what would you say?

Lainey doesn’t plan on falling in love with a man she meets on vacation, but when her life falls apart, love might be the only thing that can save her.

5. Share something about you that is unique - maybe about how/where you write.

Here’s a fun fact: I like to write standing up. It helps me think. The best place to do this is in my kitchen with my computer on the counter. And if I’m standing at my computer in the kitchen, I always stand on one leg. Picture tree pose in yoga. My kids call it flamingo style.

Happily Ever Afters

Rachel Magee

Contemporary Sweet Romance

ebook, 286 pages

September 19th 2017 by Clean Reads

Lainey Stratton does not fall in love with strangers she meets on vacation. It simply doesn’t make logical sense. So when Lainey meets Carter Thompson on the first day of her Caribbean vacation, she knows it could never amount to anything more than a crush. At the end of the vacation she will return to Dallas and he will return to D.C., and that will be the end of it. Well, unless he wants to join her at a friend’s destination wedding, which would be considered vacation too, right?

But when an unexpected tragedy sends Lainey’s logical world spiraling out of control, she realizes her vacation crush might be the only one who can help her pick up the pieces of her shattered life. That is, as long as she can get out of the way of her own happiness. And as long as Carter’s past doesn’t catch up with him before she gets a chance.

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Tour Schedule

September 25th:
Launch
It's All About the Romance
Adventures Thru Wonderland
Hearts & Scribbles
underneath the covers
September 26th:
Paulette's Papers
Getting Your Read On
The Bookworm Chronicles
September 27th:
Jorie Loves A Story
Bookworm Lisa
Katie's Clean Book Collection
A Baker's Perspective
September 28th:
Book Lover in Florida
Janice's Book Reviews
Wishful Endings
Zerina Blossom's Books
September 29th:
Heidi Reads...
Remembrancy
Rockin' Book Reviews
September 30th: Grand Finale

About the Author

Rachel Magee wrote her first novel when she was twelve and entered it into a contest for young author/illustrators. Unfortunately, the judges weren’t impressed with her stick figures. So she dropped the dream of becoming a world famous illustrator and stuck to spinning stories. When she’s not busy working on her latest book, she loves to travel with her family and friends. By far, her favorite destination is the beach, which tends to work its way into most of her stories. Between vacations, you can find her at home in The Woodlands, TX with her wonderful husband, their two adventurous kids and a couple of spirited pets, all of whom share Rachel’s love of the ocean. Well, except the cat and dog. They’re both afraid of water. Find out more about what Rachel has been up to at rachelmageebooks.com.

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Tour Giveaway

Happily Ever Afters Prize Pack 1 (US residents only)

· Happily Ever Afters coffee mug

· Tea Sampler Pack

· Happily Ever Afters notebook

· Lilly Pulitzer pen

· Chocolates

· ‘Vacations’ picture frame

Happily Ever Afters Prize Pack 2 (US and International residents))

· $25 Amazon e-gift card

Giveaway ends October 4th

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Armchair BEA Meet -n- Greet

To join in on Day #1 Interview, hop over to the Armchair BEA site (or click on the pic) and answer 5 questions! Let me know so I can say "hi" back!!  :-D

*Ahem*

So, I interviewed myself in celebration of meet-n-greetin' other Armchair BEA participants. This is a little weird, but, uh... please welcome Burgandy Ice (otherwise known as Laura) to Colorimetry!!  Lol.


Please tell us a little bit about yourself: Who are you? How long have you been blogging? Why did you get into blogging?




I got into blogging so I could write my book better. Yeppers.  And you know what? I feel like I fit right into the blogging community (I love  bloggers!!), so that I keep wondering if I'm CRAZY to want to write at all. Isn't reviewing better?!  And yet... I am daring to try. Loca, I know.


I started last November when my personal life got too stressful to sleep at night. I discovered that reading-reviewing-blogging distracted me well and now I've pretty much ditched stress altogether and blissfully fall asleep every night before I even get much reading in.  Despite some wild stuff... like swearing into the witness stand last week to testify my innocence of fraud before a judge. (We won the case!!  Actually, we "won" just by showing up and fighting, but it doesn't hurt to be justified publicly, either. YEA!!)

If you could eat dinner with any author, who would it be and why?



I'm totally intimidated by most of my favorite authors. IT'S TRUE!!!  I've had them on pedestals for so many years. If I saw them, I'd just stare and mumble and shove as many things as I could in their direction to have signed.


Two of my new favorite authors this year won me by being so darn approachable and I'd jump at the chance to have dinner with 'em. Holly Cupala & Anna Banks.  If Anna got a new coconut top, we could dress up in style to sip Pina Coladas, or something. ['Cause I could wear the one she sent me. (Hypothetically, you understand. They don't actually fit and I'd be arrested for lude behavior if I tried it.)]

Tell us one non-book-related thing that everyone reading your blog may not know about you.

My life is CRAZY.  What a surprise, hey? I'm interviewing myself at my husband's shop, where I like to hang out and do bookkeeping. Lol.  Ok... "like" refers to hangin' with my honey of 14 years, "tolerate" would better describe bookkeeping. I've been the Secretary/Treasurer of our many business adventures for years, which includes Marketing and BBQ Coordinator. He restores cars, so I've slowly become more cooler and less dweeby under his influence.  Having 4 strong-willed, hyperactive kids has helped. (Helped me be cooler and crazier. And maybe dweebier, too.)




My "before" life was no less exciting since my parents were missionaries and I picked up my handwriting from England, my snow/ice shuffle from Moscow, & my awesome cool-down technique from Sonora. (Not to mention my irreligious view of the Bible - as vibrantly alive.)  


So, check this out... all over the desert of Sonora there's these Pilas - 10x12-ish pools of well water that irrigate the vineyards, etc. I'd be out there in the smokin' hot desert with a van-full of youth group kids that were all overheating in 100 degrees, right? And I'd pull over to one of these Pilas and lead them all in an impromptu swim in our clothes!!  It was totally awesome.  We'd be dried out by the time we made it back to the school or church or hotel or wherever 'cause it was so darn hot ("but it's a dry heat!" Jajajaja) 


Those pilas are the BEST. The whole world should have impromptu watering holes like that. The one in the town where we lived (and handwashed our laundry in) was heated by some underground source. Imagine soaking in a fresh-flowing hot tub staring up at a bazillion stars far from any city lights in a wide open desert. Yep. Been there.  It's moments like that when you forget you're in the scorpion capitol of the world for a moment.

What is your favorite part about the book blogging community? Is there anything that you would like to see change in the coming years?



I think my favorite part is the sense of Community. The book blogs are such a great place to share our love of books. I'm not sure how to describe what I'd like to see... the Memes kind of interconnect us, so we bump into each other more often over different discussions. I think I'd like to see more of of the gettin' together stuff or more of a variety of ways... maybe some themed hops? If I knew, I'd do it!! But I love questions and visiting and chatting... and the giveaways.  Hey... book bloggers are a force to be reckoned with in the world of Books, you know?  We should claim our power and use it to celebrate great books!!!

Have your reading tastes changed since you started blogging? How?

A little, yea. I used to be more secretive of my love for YA Fantasy books. Blogging has helped me exhilarate in 'em.  I used to try to read all kinds of books, and maybe I will again. But right now, time flies by too fast to read stuff I'm not really interested in.  :-D

The INTERVIEWS start tomorrow. I have three of 'em lined up on Colorimetry... plus a Book Blast Giveaway, a Debut Author Giveaway and a Feature & Follow Hop Giveaway (and we'll see what else I can find to give away!!)  Don't forget about the LIVE video streaming at BEA in New York starting tomorrow!! And check out all the publisher giveaways offered thru Armchair BEA. This is a GREAT week!!