Friday Feature & Giveaway: Text in Show by Whitney Dineen & Melanie Summers

Title: Text in Show by Whitney Dineen & Melanie Summers
An Accidentally in Love Story Book Four
Publisher: Whitney Dineen & Melanie Summers
Genre: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance
Length: 278 pages

Summary:

It’s a Dog Text World …

Autumn Jones is at a crossroads. With no job offers in sight, she can either return to Koshkonong, Wisconsin to work at her dad’s feed store or she can move to New York and help her older sister Helen coordinate the Manhattan Kennel Club Show. She and Helen may fight like cats and dogs, but Autumn would rather live with a thousand Helens than go home after seven years of college.

Jack Campbell is the veterinarian to Manhattan’s elite. Despite their adoration, he does not love them back. In fact, he’s vowed never to date anyone who walks through the front door of his clinic. He spends his days caring for pampered poodles sporting diamond encrusted collars and placating their high maintenance owners. When he meets Autumn, he assumes she’s going to be another client with more money than brains.

Autumn is thrown into a bizarre world of highly competitive rich women who will do anything to win the coveted title of Best in Show at Manhattan’s most exclusive competition. With her haughty sister breathing down her neck, and a high-strung poodle following her everywhere she goes, she doesn’t have time for love, even if she does find herself face-to-face with America’s hottest vet every day.

Will Autumn run back to Wisconsin with her tail between her legs? Will Jack find out that appearances can be deceiving? Will Helen’s dog Fifi win Best in Show? Find out in the hysterical fourth edition of the Accidentally in Love Series, Text in Show.

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Excerpt

That’s it! I don’t care if it makes me pathetic. I’m going to run him down so I can yell at his stupid gorgeous face in person! I storm out the front door and tear down the steps. Spotting Jack halfway down the block, I shout after him, “Who the hell are you calling a sugar baby, you sicko!”

Jack spins and yells back, “If the heels fit, wear ’em!”

I storm up to him, finger pointing at him the entire way. To be honest, if I weren’t so mad, I’d feel a bit silly. I

should not have pointed so soon. When I finally catch up to him, I straighten my back and yell, “Go suck an egg, you wide-mouthed worm!” That made no sense at all, but it sure felt good.

“Go suck an egg?” Jack asks. “What are you? Nine?”

“I’m twenty-eight, you … you creep!” I say. “And I’m getting out of here, so I don’t have to waste another second with someone like you!”

“Good, get out!” he yells back.

“I’m already out, so I’m going in!” I tell him, shaking with rage. “You stay out.” … And I’m back to finger pointing.


Author Bios

Whitney loves to laugh, play with her kids, bake, and eat french fries — not always in that order.

Whitney is a multi-award-winning author of romcoms, non-fiction humor, and middle reader fiction. Basically, she writes whatever the voices in her head tell her to.

She lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with her husband, Jimmy, where they raise children, chickens, and organic vegetables.

Gold Medal winner at the International Readers’ Favorite Awards, 2017.

Silver medal winner at the International Readers’ Favorite Awards, 2015, 2016.

Finalist RONE Awards, 2016.

Finalist at the IRFA 2016, 2017.

Finalist at the Book Excellence Awards, 2017

Finalist Top Shelf Indie Book Awards, 2017

Author Links: Website * Facebook * Twitter * Goodreads * Instagram

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Melanie Summers also writes steamy romance as MJ Summers.

Melanie made a name for herself with her debut novel, Break in Two, a contemporary romance that cracked the Top 10 Paid on Amazon in both the UK and Canada, and the top 50 Paid in the USA. Her highly acclaimed Full Hearts Series was picked up by both Piatkus Entice (a division of Hachette UK) and HarperCollins Canada. Her first three books have been translated into Czech and Slovak by EuroMedia. Since 2013, she has written and published three novellas, and eight novels (of which seven have been published). She has sold over a quarter of a million books around the globe.

In her previous life (i.e. before having children), Melanie got her Bachelor of Science from the University of Alberta, then went on to work in the soul-sucking customer service industry for a large cellular network provider that shall remain nameless (unless you write her personally – then she’ll dish). On her days off, she took courses and studied to become a Chartered Mediator. That designation landed her a job at the R.C.M.P. as the Alternative Dispute Resolution Coordinator for ‘K’ Division. Having had enough of mediating arguments between gun-toting police officers, she decided it was much safer to have children so she could continue her study of conflict in a weapon-free environment (and one which doesn’t require makeup and/or nylons).

Melanie resides in Edmonton with her husband, three young children, and their adorable but neurotic one-eyed dog. When she’s not writing novels, Melanie loves reading (obviously), snuggling up on the couch with her family for movie night (which would not be complete without lots of popcorn and milkshakes), and long walks in the woods near her house. She also spends a lot more time thinking about doing yoga than actually doing yoga, which is why most of her photos are taken ‘from above’. She also loves shutting down restaurants with her girlfriends. Well, not literally shutting them down, like calling the health inspector or something–more like just staying until they turn the lights off.

She is represented by Suzanne Brandreth of The Cooke Agency International.

Author Links: Website * Facebook * Twitter * Amazon Author Page * Goodreads * Instagram


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4 Comments

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4 Responses to Friday Feature & Giveaway: Text in Show by Whitney Dineen & Melanie Summers

  1. Anne

    A delightful and captivating book. Entertaining and creative.

  2. Bonnie

    What an amusing book! Great excerpt. I’d love to read more.

  3. Trix

    Good luck with the release!

  4. Joanne B

    Sounds like an entertaining addition to a wonderful series. Congrats. Thanks for the chance.