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Hello — My name is Kassidy #giveaway

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Urban Farm Fresh Romance, Kass North, Valerie Comer, Flavors of ForeverHi, everyone! I’m Kassidy North, and I’m blogging here today for my author, Valerie Comer. She figures I owe her the favor because she’s been working on my happily-ever-after for over four years.

I didn’t know I needed one. A happily-ever-after, I mean.

Also, she says she’s too busy to blog.

Like I have all the free time in the world. My cousin and I own and operate the Bridgeview Bakery and Bistro. So far we’ve managed to restrict our hours to seven-to-five, Tuesday through Saturday, but then we hired a marketing consultant to help us plan our third anniversary party, and it was super successful.

Too successful, really. There were people lined up down the block waiting to try a sample of Hailey’s fabulous cinnamon rolls, our luscious lemon squares, the peppermint chewy chocolate cookies, and everything else. Oh, and our most experienced employee broke her leg a couple of days before, and our newest hire turned out to be almost capable of wiping tables (but not much else, if you get my meaning).

Into that my author thought she’d inject a meet-cute? I’ve been reading romances all my life and I didn’t even know what a meet-cute was. I had to look it up in the dictionary. In case you don’t know, it’s defined as an amusing or charming first encounter between two characters that leads to the development of a romantic relationship between them.

Come on. Really? I’m so busy I can barely think, let alone develop a romantic relationship.

So we’re super busy. Short-staffed. I’m smiling and nodding and making lattes and plating treats and running the cash register while trying not to notice the line out the door, when suddenly I hear a crash on the tile floor. The kind of crash when ceramic meets ceramic.

Some little kid stretched to the top of a display case where he shouldn’t have even been able to reach and grabbed for a lemon square.

I knew I shouldn’t have put a priceless antique plate there, but it looked perfect, you know? The duck egg blue edges with the gold filigree around the ear handles set off the lemon while matching the distressed turquoise display case, and I couldn’t resist. Obviously, I should have, because my grandmother’s vintage plate is now in smithereens.

Hailey doesn’t even know I set it out. I’m not about to tell her. At least not today, in the middle of this melee.

My author thought THAT made a great meet-cute? The father of the little boy with the sticky fingers should turn out to be my prince charming?

Ha. No. I’ve been down the road of dating a single dad before. If you’ve read Berry on Top, you’ll know how THAT turned out for me. No, I like kids as much as the next gal, but I’ll have my own someday. Probably.

So, it turns out his name is Wesley Ferguson and his adorable motherless little boy is Sebastian. And he thinks he can fix the plate. He might be good-looking — okay, he’s really, really cute — but he’s also delusional, because it’s in over a dozen pieces.

And I don’t have time to be distracted.

Did I mention he’s cute? I scanned up. I did mention it, but my author refuses me the practicality of a delete key. It kind of makes me not trust her. She has THAT LOOK in her eye. You know the one. I’d better hang on for the ride, because it’s likely to be a doozy.

Still, maybe it won’t be so bad? Maybe it will be worth it? Because little Sebastian might just be weaseling his way into my heart… and maybe his adorable daddy is right there with him.

Oh, one more thing. My author asked me to let you know that my story, Flavors of Forever, is the fifth one in a series set in Bridgeview — sixth if you count the prequel — but she’s pretty sure you can enjoy it without having read the previous ones. From me to you, as an aside? Go ahead. Read my story, but I bet you’ll want to find out how some of my friends found the loves of their lives, too. There’s even a free prequel novella to thank you for joining my author’s email list. She’s got lots of exciting news coming up, so you want to be there, anyway! Subscribe here.

Want to see Bridgeview Bakery and Bistro, Wesley and Sebastian, and my gorgeous (broken) vintage plate? Check out Valerie’s Pinterest board for Flavors of Forever.

Flavors of Forever

God’s love is the gold
mending broken hearts and dreams

As her friends pair off, Kassidy North thinks happily-ever-after has passed her by, but she’s too busy running a busy bistro and once-a-month cooking club to be bothered by it. Much. Until a single dad moves into the neighborhood and threatens to invade her dreams and well-ordered life.

Metal sculptor Wesley Ferguson is a cynic when it comes to romance, but something in Kass makes him want to believe again. He’s not so sure he agrees when she insists forever love begins with God. What has God ever done for him?

Unable to avoid one another in the close-knit community of Bridgeview, Kass and Wesley develop the beginnings of a friendship. But when relationships break around them, can they see God as the glue capable of holding broken pieces together… forever?

Interested in reading Flavors of Forever? I’m offering one reader a copy (e-book only, worldwide). If you’d like to put your name in the hat, please comment before Sunday, September 16. Winner will be announced in the Sunday Edition.

“Void where prohibited; the odds of winning depend on the number of entrants. Entering the giveaway is considered a confirmation of eligibility on behalf of the enterer in accord with these rules and any pertaining local/federal/international laws.”

Prizes galore in our Back-to-School Bash now on!

Valerie Comer (341 Posts)

Valerie Comer is a USA Today bestselling author and a two-time Word Award winner who writes where food meets faith and fiction. She injects experience laced with humor into her green clean romances. Her life on a small farm in western Canada provides the seed for stories of contemporary inspirational romance. Like many of her characters, Valerie and her family grow much of their own food and are active in the local foods movement as well as their church. She only hopes her creations enjoy their happily-ever-afters as much as she does hers, shared with her husband, adult kids, and adorable granddaughters.


Comments

  1. Hi Kassidy, thanks for helping Valerie out this morning. Started reading your story at 1 am when it was deposited into my Kindle account. Having worked in a bakery as a teen, I am hooked. As a mother of 3 sons and grandmother of 2 grandsons, I understand little boys and their sticky fingers.

    Valerie, congratulations on your new release. No need to include me in the giveaway. Yes it can be read as a stand alone. Best wishes to all.

  3. Kass, I am so happy to see you here today!! Just for the record, I love your author, so I am sorry to tell you that your meet cute is actually adorable and you will not be sorry!

    As for the giveaway, I already have your book, so maybe you could have Hailey send me a cinnamon roll instead if I win?? ❤️

  4. Hi Kassidy (and Valerie:) Lovely to meet you, I look forward to reading your story. How very kind of you to blog for your author (cool idea:) I LOVE cinnamon rolls- here in Australia, we call them cinnamon scrolls:)
    Blessings:)

  5. Hi Valerie,
    I really like you character interviews. I’m 3 chapters into the book and loving it. Thank you also for the picture of the priceless, decorative plate. Not sure about the cinnabun picture because I don’t know that they have them in German bakeries.
    On the awww-side of life, some years ago, I dropped a pretty (!) cup I inherited from my late grandmother… So I can feel Kassidy!

  8. Hi Valerie :) I enjoyed reading the review and your books sounds amazing! So thank you, for pointing yourself out.

  13. Sticky fingers towards many things. I remember you from Berry on Top and looking forward to reading your journey into a HEA. Already have the book, but I do like to read them all in order. :)

  18. Isn’t that a gorgeous plate?!? Thank you for popping over to Pinterest to have a look.

    I have a special plate that was broken many years ago. I took it out the other day to see if I could resurrect it (perform kintsugi). I need to order in some supplies, but I will do it!!!!

  27. This is so cute. A meet cute between us and the characters. Love it. My favorite of your characters interviews so far. Looking forward to read it. ;)

  29. I love this blog idea from the character’s perspective! It was fun and it sounds like a good book!

  32. The term was pretty big 15 years ago (ish) for those targeting traditional publication. Indies don’t tend to use the term a lot. But you’re working out the meet-cute when you decide in what intriguing way your hero and heroine will meet, and when in the story that happens! For me, I always try to make that in the first chapter, usually toward the end of the first scene. So the first chapter is all about the meet-cute. :)

  35. I’m sorry, Sarah. I live in Canada and I can’t offer paperbacks as a giveaway. This one will be available in paper soon (hopefully within a week), and all but a few novellas are in paperback already. Please check them out. :)

  42. Cute post! I really enjoyed getting in Kassidy’s head and I can’t wait to read her happily-ever after.

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