We’ve seen the first two books in this series before – Facing the Music and Feeding the Fire. Β So, I’m super excited to welcome Andrea Laurence to stop by and share a little with us about the third book,Β Stirring Up Trouble!
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Hey everyone. Iβm excited to be here today to tell you about my latest sassy, sexy Rosewood romance β Stirring Up Trouble. This is the third book in the series, featuring the great characters youβve grown to love and a few youβve grown to hate. This book features Chamberlain sister and prissy princess, Maddie. Sheβs purchased an old Victorian home across the street from the town bar, owned by laid back bartender, Emmett Sawyer. These two couldnβt be more different, from the hours they keep, to their ideas of a good time, but sometimes opposites attract and for these two, itβs explosive. But first, theyβve got to stop trying to make each other miserable and thatβs going to require the help of the town judge, some sweet treats and the infamous town vandal, the Penis Picasso. Here with me today are Maddie and Emmett. Weβve asked them what sweet treat or frosty drink reminds them of one another, so Iβm going to turn it over to them!
Maddie: It just so happens that itβs also Emmettβs favorite treat, but Iβd say heβs one of my homemade MoonPies. Now, for those of you whoβve had a MoonPie, they donβt look like much of a gourmet treat on the outside and frankly the ones you get at the gas station really arenβt. Theyβve got a reputation as being a little country – but like Emmett – looks can be deceiving and the MoonPies I make in the shop have so many layers of surprising, refined flavors. Theyβre made with homemade marshmallow cream, sandwiched between freshly baked gingersnap cookies. Then I dip them in a dark chocolate ganache and sprinkle the edges with some crushed, candied pecans. Theyβre a little spicy and very sweet, just like Emmett. I just canβt get enough of him.
Emmett: Hey, folks. So, if I had to sum up Fancy in a drink… she would be imported French Champagne. The good stuff, not some knockoff sparkling wine. She would be a little sweet, a little dry. If youβre not used to her, she can give you a headache. Some people thinks sheβs too fancy for everyday consumption, but once youβve tasted her, nothing else quite measures up. Thatβs my Maddie in a glass.
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Stirring Up Trouble
Rosewood Series
by Andrea Laurence
Release Date: October 12, 2015
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Blurb:
When a prim and proper baker and a laid-back bartender have a neighborly disagreement that gets them both in trouble with the law, a sweet reconciliation is stirred up in the playful third romance in Andrea Laurenceβs sexy Rosewood series.
Maddieβs life is perfectly sweet. Her bakeryβs tasty treats are rising to the top of every must-have list in town, and her commute is just a block away by foot. She loves everything about her little downtown Victorian bungalowβexcept for her unbearably noisy neighbor, Woodyβs. The barβs obnoxious and sexy owner, Emmett, seems to live to aggravate Maddie. But he mostly thinks she could use a stiff drink to dislodge the stick up her ass. Heβs just trying to run his business. Bars stay open late, they play music, they serve alcohol. If she doesnβt like it, why did she buy a house across the street?
When Maddie and Emmettβs battle lands them in front of the local judge, theyβre ordered to do several weeks of community service cleaning parks and painting over graffiti. As they scrub away the latest works of art by the townβs anonymous βPenis Picasso,β the baker and the bartender slowly begin to see thereβs more to each other than meets the eye. So what happens if they wave the white flag and surrender into each otherβs arms?
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Excerpt:
βYou know, Fancy Pants, thatβs your problem.β
Her eyes widened as he used his new favorite nickname for her. He didnβt know why it would offend her. She was a fancy pants, through and through. βI donβt have a problem.β
βYes, you do. You think youβre so much better than everyone else, but youβre not. So what? You studied in Paris. Estelle was a self-taught baker using her grandmotherβs recipes, and her chocolate chip cookies were better than yours.β
Maddie gasped. βMy chocolate chip cookies are made with vanilla beans from Madagascar and chopped milk and dark chocolate from Switzerland!β
βItβs a cookie, not a piece of art that needs provenance to display in a gallery. Some people just want whatβs familiar. Nobodyβs grandma used vanilla beans from Madagascar. Importing all that fancy stuff might make you feel special, but it doesnβt make you better. Frankly, I think it would hurt your bottom line. You think youβre going to pay back your daddy for this place while you blow money on embossed pink pastry boxes and imported chocolate? This isnβt a patisserie on the Champs-ΓlysΓ©es, Fancy Pants. You might think it sets you apart, but to be successful, you need to know your customer. People around here donβt care where Madagascar is, much less if thatβs where your vanilla comes from.β
βPeople want high-quality products, and thatβs what Iβm going to give them. My clientele is a little more sophisticated than yours. I suppose youβre well versed in your customers and what they want, right? Beer and football.β
βDamn right, and thatβs what I give them.β Emmett turned to face her and leaned down so she heard every word he said. βThey want a place to relax and unwind. They want to watch sports and listen to music. You might think that I started bringing those bands in just to keep you up at night, but youβre giving yourself a little too much real estate in my brain, Fancy. It doesnβt have anything to do with you. Youβre just an unwelcome distraction.β
Maddie looked up at him, her full bottom lip trembling slightly as he railed at her. βEarlier you said I was beautifulβa sadistβbut beautiful. Am I distracting because I drive you crazy or because Iβm beautiful?β she asked in a breathy voice that made his chest and his pants tighten at the same time.
Those pouty lips made him want to run the pad of his thumb across them and kiss away her frown. It was a ridiculously unhelpful thought, but like heβd said, she was a distraction in a variety of ways. He wished she wasnβt so attractive because that just crossed the wires in his brain. Heβd much prefer her outsides matched her annoying insides, then it would be easy to ignore her.
She had the shiniest hair heβd ever seen. It was always up in a ponytail or a bun, which was a shame because it was like shimmering chestnut silk. He wanted to know what it would look like if it fell free around her shoulders. He wondered how itβd feel to run his fingers through it. Her skin was like porcelain and her eyes like the shells of a robinβs egg. Maddieβs every feature was delicate and feminine, rousing a protective nature in him he wasnβt used to.
And then she opened her mouth and ruined everything.
βBoth,β he said.
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Author Info:
AndreaΒ LaurenceΒ has been a lover of reading and writing stories since she learned to read at a young age. She always dreamed of seeing her work in print and is thrilled to finally be able to share her special blend of sensuality and dry, sarcastic humor with the world. A dedicated West Coast girl transplanted into the Deep South, she’s working on her own “happily ever after” with her boyfriend and their collection of animals including a Siberian Husky that sheds like nobody’s business.
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