Recently divorced Carissa Blackwell returns to her hometown
and reconnects with her first love Jasper Dumont, while the ubiquitous Bayside
Blogger reports their every move for the town newspaper in this delightful
& playful novel by award-winning romance author Kerri Carpenter.
Bidding on the Bachelor (Saved by the Blog #2) by Kerri Carpenter
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Release Date:
October 1, 2017
Publisher: Harlequin
Special Edition
Format:
Print/Digital
Print ISBN:
9780373623792
Digital ISBN:
9781488079146
Another roll of the
dice
Big
news, fair readers! Bayside High's favorite It Girl is back. Would you have bet
Clarissa Blackwell would ever return? Ten years ago, she crushed Jasper
Dumont's heart under her Jimmy Choos and left town for a bigger, better life.
Her return raises one question: What is she running from (or is it to) now?
Perhaps
Jasper knows? One look at Carissa and he fell in the bay! (Rich, single and
devastatingly handsome, Jasper's our catch of the day.) That icy plunge should
have brought him to his senses, yet "Casper" has been spotted
together all over town. Does this mean Bayside's legendary couple may reunite?
The stakes are high, but the Bayside Blogger's money is riding on love!
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Excerpt
“I’m back in
town.”
“For how
long?” he asked quickly, too quickly. In fact, if she wasn’t mistaken, anger
laced his question. She must have reacted to it because his features softened.
“Sorry, it’s none of my business. And I do remember that today is your
birthday. So, happy birthday, Carissa.”
“Thanks,” she
said, and meant it. She decided to offer an olive branch because the truth was
that she’d dumped him and she hadn’t been kind about it. This icy reception she
was receiving was well deserved. While she knew the reasons behind her
decision, she’d never let Jasper in on it. She’d been a bratty, selfish
teenager, not capable of understanding her emotions. Unwilling to admit that
Jasper had always reminded her of her father and that summer her dad had
dropped a bombshell on her.
“I don’t know
how long I’ll be in town. I’m sort of in a transition period right now.” He
waited patiently. After another long drink of beer, she finished. “I just got
divorced.” Saying the words out loud left an awful taste in her mouth. An
acidic aftertaste of yuckiness.
First, shock
flashed on his face. Then, true concern shone in his eyes. “I’m sorry,” he
said.
And that might
have been her undoing. Because he had every reason to be stiff and awkward with
her. Instead, any kind of compassion from him loosened her lips.
“Today is my
twenty-ninth birthday. I’m having a beer next to my ex-boyfriend, who hates my
guts, in a dive bar in the town I swore I would never step foot in again. An
ex-boyfriend I should really apologize to because I was an evil witch to him.”
The words were flying now. She gripped her hand tightly around her glass. “I’m
not even thirty and already I’ve been married and divorced. And I got divorced
because he freaking cheated on me.”
She couldn’t
miss the way Jasper’s eyes narrowed, his hands curled into fists, and there was
a definite tic in his clenched jaw. “He cheated on you?”
“Yep.
Apparently, the fact that I was homecoming queen, prom queen and head
cheerleader did nothing to impress him. Or keep his pants zipped up when anyone
wearing a skirt in the Central Time Zone walked by. That probably makes your
whole day, doesn’t it?”
He slammed his
hand on the bar and she jumped. But she just as quickly composed herself.
“What? You have every right to revel in my misery after the way I broke up with
you. I got divorced. You win.”
His eyes
narrowed. “I don’t want to win at that game. And I certainly don’t want to hear
that some idiot cheated on you. I’m sorry you’re getting divorced.”
“That makes
one of us.”
Copyright © 2017 Bidding on the Bachelor
by Kerri Carpenter
Other Books in
the Saved by the Blog series:
Falling for the
Right Brother
Saved by the blog!
This just in, fair readers! Chic and stunning,
that gorgeous new woman about town is none other than our very own little
Ellie--now Elle--Owens. She's a far cry from the frumpy, bookish student we
used to know, but then, living in Italy will do that to a girl! Still, this
blogger can't forget the infamous video that caused her to leave!
Apparently Miss Elle has been spotted with
yummy contractor Cam Dumont...but we thought her heart belonged to his little
brother. Are Cam and Elle a new couple? They were seen cooling their passions in
the bay...in April! If this is love, let's hope she's swimming with the right
brother. The Bayside Blogger will keep you posted.
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About Kerri
Carpenter
Award-winning
romance author Kerri Carpenter
writes contemporary romances that are sweet, sexy, and sparkly. When she’s not
writing, Kerri enjoys reading, cooking, watching movies, taking Zumba classes,
rooting for Pittsburgh sports teams, and anything sparkly. Kerri lives in
Northern Virginia with her adorable (and mischievous) rescued poodle mix,
Harry. Visit Kerri at her website, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, or subscribe to her newsletter.
Thank you so much for having me on your fabulous site today! Happy reading, everyone! Good luck to all who enter the rafflecopter!
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