Update: The winners of SOUTHERN FRIED BLUES are Margaret and Jennifer C! Congrats!

We’re going old school today with some Tuesday Teaser fun! I’ve got author Jamie Farrell here with me today (welcome, Jamie!) and she’s going to dish about her new release, SOUTHERN FRIED BLUES.  (And I’m going to select two lucky commenters at random and give those people digital copies of Jamie’s new book).  Jamie and I met at our local writing group ages ago–she is one of the nicest and funniest ladies that I’ve ever met. Jamie, it’s a pleasure to have you here! 

 

Super huge thanks to Cynthia for having me here to share my new release with you today!

 

SOUTHERN FRIED BLUES (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EVHUCX8) is a fun military romance about a redneck rocket scientist and a divorced Yankee lady who’s sworn she’ll never again depend on another man—especially a military man. There aren’t shape-shifters or demons or serial killers lurking in the pages of Southern Fried Blues, but there are one or two Southern mommas. And trust me, Southern mommas are their own breed of scary.

As a military wife, I’ll always have a special place in my heart for this book. It’s given me an opportunity to tell a different kind of military romance—one with a hero who isn’t on the front lines, but who is super smart and funny and dedicated to his mission and country. One with a heroine struggling to balance the desire to have her own career with falling in love with a man whose mobile lifestyle makes her having a career impossible.

Intrigued? I hope so!

Here’s an exclusive excerpt of Southern Fried Blues:

 

Jackson settled on a barstool on the other side of the counter, propping up his tan forearms. He grabbed a peach and shifted it between his hands. “Brought some extra peaches so you can make one of those pies just for me after our rematch tonight.”

Another frisson of awareness prickled Anna’s wet skin. She bent over and, out of desperation, peeked in the dishwasher to hide her reaction. Bingo. There were the knives. She plucked a paring knife out of the silverware section, then gave one of the peaches a sniff. Peach season was winding down, but these smelled sweet and yummy.

He looked yummy. In an I’m only in it for the lust kind of way.

Maybe Kaci was onto something with that expiration-date thing. “Nobody told me you were coming, so I only brought one crust,” she said, and she gave him a wink Kaci would’ve been proud of. Her cheeks warmed, but she didn’t care.

Because he’d leaned closer. His gaze dropped to her mouth.

And she had a suspicion he wasn’t as dumb as he wanted her to believe.

“No problem,” he said. “Kaci probably has flour and bacon grease somewhere in here.”

She almost dropped the peach. “Bacon grease? In pie crust?”

“Ain’t that how your momma taught you to make it?”

“My momma taught me to make pie taste like pie and pig taste like pig.”

“Then what do you do with your bacon grease?”

In the middle of her shudder, she caught the look. The I’m playing games with the uptight Yankee look.

She’d be damned.

She’d been rednecked.

This one was a lot smarter than he let on.

She jutted her chin until her nose was high enough for her to stare him down. “I donate it to our annual Hicks Without Hogs drive at work.”

“Right decent of you.” But if that ornery spark was any indication, his coughing fit had nothing to do with the pollen count.

 

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SOUTHERN FRIED BLUES (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EVHUCX8):

A Yankee Lady Stuck in the South

Divorced wasn’t a label Anna Martin ever wanted.  Now she’s a thousand miles from home, underemployed, and lonely, but she’s squeezing this lemon life gave her and turning it into lemon meringue pie. Never again will she let any man—especially another military man—get in the way of her career.

 

A Southern Gentleman Military Officer

Jackson Davis believes in family, football, and Uncle Sam. He treats ladies right, takes his uniform seriously, and he loves his dog, but he doesn’t reckon he’s built for true love. After all, if a man good as his daddy couldn’t do it right, what chance does Jackson have?

 

One Undeniable Attraction

These two vulnerable souls are as different as cornbread and ketchup, but they fit together like sweet butter on hot biscuits. Short-term, they’re exactly what the other needs. But when their hearts get involved, they’re both gonna end up with a big ol’ case of Southern Fried Blues.

 

Southern Fried Blues is available at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EVHUCX8/), Barnes & Noble (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/southern-fried-blues-jamie-farrell/1116799756?ean=2940148624141), and Kobo(http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/southern-fried-blues).

 

 

Thanks again for having me hang out today! I’d love to hear your favorite military romances. Don’t forget, everyone who comments will be entered into a drawing for a copy of Southern Fried Blues!

 

About Jamie: Jamie Farrell writes humorous contemporary romance. She believes love and laughter are two of the most powerful forces in the universe.

A native Midwesterner, Jamie has lived in the South the majority of her adult life. When she’s not writing, she and her military hero husband are busy raising three hilariously unpredictable children.

For more information on Jamie and her books, visit her online at www.JamieFarrellBooks.com.

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