ACCIDENTALLY PERFECT by Marissa Clarke is out now! Check it out and be sure to grab your copy today!
Title: Accidentally Perfect
Author: Marissa Clarke
Genre: Contemporary Romance
About Accidentally Perfect:
Workaholic Lillian Mahoney has given everything to her job. The hugely popular lifestyle show she helped create monopolizes her time, energy, creativity, and anything remotely resembling a life. But all it takes is the show’s womanizing, egomaniac star throwing a massive hissy on live TV to utterly implode Lillian’s career in a New York minute.
Now Lillian’s hiding out in the gorgeous and completely unknown seaside village of Blink, Maine. Out of gas. A stolen wallet. A broken heel. And worse, she’s somehow managed to completely piss off the town’s resident hunk, Caleb Wright. She’ll show that hot, grumpy single father exactly what she’s made of.
But Blink isn’t quite what Lillian expects—and neither is Caleb…or his feisty teen daughter she can’t help but love. And while her entire life and career are in shreds, Lillian might just discover what happens when she gives her bad first impression a second chance…
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Exclusive Excerpt:
Caleb started to stroll again but abruptly stopped. He opened his mouth to speak but simply exhaled and stared out over the water. “I swore to myself I wasn’t going to do this,” he said. “I told myself that things happen the way they are supposed to happen and can’t be forced.” He dropped her hand. “I know you have a business to run, and it has to be run out of New York. I also know you are going to leave. That you have to leave—but I don’t want to look back on this for the rest of my life wondering what would have happened if I…” He ran a hand over his face and let out a frustrated breath. “I don’t want to wonder if things would have been different if I had let you know how I feel.”
Oh, no. No, no, no. Lillian looked back toward the campsite, wanting to run. This was hard enough as it was. Her heart fluttered like a bird trapped in her rib cage.
“I can’t leave Blink,” he said. “I have Bethany and my parents and—”
“Stop,” she said, doing that finger-over-his-lips thing she had hated so much, but she had to shut him up.
He pulled her into his arms and kissed her again, then stepped back, breathing heavily, and studied her face. “Stay,” he whispered. “I want you to stay.”
For a moment, the world stopped. She stared up into his clear blue eyes and allowed everything to fall away except the two of them on this beautiful beach bathed in moonlight—allowing herself, for a fraction of a second, to picture herself with this man with no ticking clock hanging over their heads.
Too soon, the world sharpened back into focus.
“I can’t,” she said. He pulled her against his chest and the steady, comforting sound of his heartbeat. “I know.”
About the Author:
Marissa Clarke is a multi-award-winning, RITA nominated author of romance for adults and teens. She lives on the Texas Gulf Coast with her ever-patient husband, two cantankerous Cairn Terriers, and an abundance of bossy chickens.
That cover is beautiful! Thanks for sharing, Jacquie. Another one to add to my ever-growing list. 🙂
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I fell for the cover, as well. Love the spring feel of it.
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Congrats to Marissa on her new release. The cover is lovely, and this looks like a fun read. Thanks for sharing, Jacquie 💕🙂
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I think it’ll be a good one, Harmony 🙂
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This sounds nice and flirty and I love the name of the town, plus the Maine setting. Congrats to Marissa on the release!
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We visited Maine once- so beautiful! Thanks for stopping by to wish Marissa well, Mae ❤
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Everything about this is just lovely: the review, the cover, the excerpt. I have added so many books to my tbr because of you, Jacquie. LOL 😀
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Lol, happy to help your reading list along 🙂
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Thanks for sharing Marissa’s latest, Jacquie. The book sounds like a fun romantic read. Congrats to Marissa!
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Poor Lillian, she could use a change of luck, lol
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I am always a fan of second chances. This sounds great.
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Me, too. The blurb sold me on this one 🙂
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Congrats, Marissa on your new release. Beautiful cover and I enjoyed the excerpt. Thanks for sharing. Jacquie 🙂
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The excerpt gave me heart flutters, lol.
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🙂
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Thanks for sharing this romance Jacquie, I need some light-hearted reading! Wishing Marissa great success with her new release.
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I love a good rom-com 🙂
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This is very relatable to me, Jacquie. A lot of the senior women at my firm have given up a lot for their careers, marriage and children being the ones that are most notable. My children have always come first for me and, strangely, no-one ever opposed me. If you set the tone, it tends to get accepted. I like the sound of this.
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It’s tough to make it all work, but you seem to manage well, and your children are thriving ❤
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Congratulations, Marissa. Your book is enticing and I’m headed to Amazon to check it out. Thanks for sharing, Jacquie.
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Great, thank you, Gwen!
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I don’t think anyone has commented on this yet, but I love titles with oxymorons in them. Accidentally Perfect is—well—perfect.😊
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Lol, I was drawn to it for the title, too. Especially since I wrote one called Perfectly Imperfect a while ago 🙂
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I love the title! That immediately drew me in and the cover sealed the deal. Thank you for sharing, Jacquie! I know I will enjoy this one!
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It sounds like a fun read!
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