Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Double Up virtual book tour Spotlight & COMMENT Giveaway {Riptide Publishing}

Knowing he’s loved can make any man fly.

Fifteen years ago, Ben Warren was a wakeboarding champion: king of big air, ballsy tricks, and boned grabs. Until a career-ending injury left him broken in ways he still has no hope of fixing. Now he takes his thrills where he can get them, and tries not to let life hurt too much.

Then Davis Fox arrives in Ben’s sporting goods store with a plan to get in touch with his estranged brother by competing in the annual wakeboarding double-up contest. The catch? He’s never ridden before. It’s crazy, but Ben’s a sucker for the guy’s sob story—and for his dimples, too—so he agrees to coach Davis.


Davis is everything Ben isn’t: successful, confident, and in love with life. And he wants Ben to love life—and him—too. But before Ben can embrace a future with Davis, he needs to remember how to hope.







Author of over a dozen novels, novellas, and short stories, Vanessa North delights in giving happy-ever-afters to characters who don’t think they deserve them. Relentless curiosity led her to take up knitting and run a few marathons “just to see if she could.” She started writing for the same reason. Her very patient husband pretends not to notice when her hobbies take over the house. Living and writing in Northwest Georgia, she finds her attempts to keep a quiet home are frequently thwarted by twin boy-children and a very, very large dog.
·  Website: vanessanorth.com
·  Facebook profile page: facebook.com/AuthorVanessaNorth
·  Twitter: @VanessaNWrites





Excerpt from Double Up... 

I know his type the minute he walks through the door.

He’s at least twenty-five, has more money than God, and recently decided his dick is measured by the air he can catch on a board. He’s wearing khakis and a polo shirt, as if he came from a golf course. Or work. Do guys like him work? Or just milk a trust fund?

He’s also cute. Really fucking cute. Dark hair, freckles, dimples, a lean body. I can’t help but take an interest. Or my cock can’t.

But I know better. He’s probably straight, and even if he isn’t, he’s way the fuck out of my league. The guy has eyelashes for days and that mouth? Holy hell. Get it together, Warren.

“Welcome to Legend Wakeboards. Can I help you?”

“Yeah . . . I need to see Ben Warren.” He looks down at a card in his hand—likely from the boat dealership that occupies most of the building—then back at me. “I want to talk about some private lessons.”

Of course you do.

Read the entire first chapter or order your copy now from Riptide Publishing, here.




Hi everyone! I’m Vanessa North, and I’m touring this week to talk about my new release, Double Up: how it got started, a scene that almost happened, and the sport of wakeboarding--how it influenced me, why I love it so much, and how it shaped the characters in the story.
Join me on the tour and leave a comment on this post to enter the giveaway for a $15 Riptide Gift Card!
Be sure to include your email address in the comment so that I can contact you if you win! I'll be drawing the winner at the end of the blog tour.

Thank you Vanessa for stopping by today and sharing your new release with us! 
Until next time.... 
{REMEMBER, this is a comment giveaway so you have to leave a comment for this post to be entered in the giveaway. And be sure to leave your contact info, if you don't and you win, you will forfeit because we can't contact you! Good luck everyone!!}


8 comments:

  1. I'm so eager to read this!

    Trix, vitajex(at)aol(Dot)com

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  2. This book looks so good! Thanks for the chance at the giveaway.

    jczlapin(at)gmail(dot)com

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  3. sound like a good read!!

    tori(dot)whitaker(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  4. The more I hear the more I want to read it.
    humhumbum AT yahoo DOT com

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  5. This book sounds great! Thank you for the chance to participate!
    irma(dot)jurejevcic(at)amis(dot)net

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  6. Hi Vanessa, congratulations on your release of Double Up. I loved it and now I am anxious for Eddie's story. ardent(dot)ereader(at)gmail(dot)com

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  7. This looks like a great read! Thanks for the giveaway! :-)

    McElroyJ(at)gmail(dot)com

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  8. Thanks for the excerpt and contest! Have this one on my TBR list.

    jen.f {at} mac {dot} com

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