I'm hosting an excerpt from "Shelf Life", a contemporary romance novel about publicists, editors and the book industry. This book sounds great! Hope you enjoy the excerpt.
Book Excerpt
Kate hadn’t slept much, if at all.
The thought about Mac with Delia made her stomach twist. She had wanted so much
to believe in Mac, to believe in the person he was trying to be, that she’d
been blind to the obvious truth. He cheated. That was Mac’s thing, and the fact
that she’d gone off with Nick had probably only pushed him further in this
direction. It wasn’t right, but perhaps that’s just who Mac really was. Maybe
she didn’t really know him the way she thought she did.
Kate screamed
into her pillow. She needed to stop making excuses for this man. Her dinner
with Nick had nothing to do with the fact that Mac simply couldn’t be alone.
She looked at
her bedside clock. It was seven a.m. Mac was speaking at nine. She wanted to
avoid him, at least for now, and she especially wanted to avoid Delia. Kate
threw her legs out of bed and decided that a run would do her good. She pulled
on her running clothes, twisted her hair into a ponytail, and headed out the
door.
The air was cool
and dry, and it felt good to be outside. She hoped the exercise would clear her
head. It was over. Now she needed to figure out how to deal with all of this
once she got back to work.
Whistler! The
trip slammed into her mind as she turned a corner. They were flying home
together tomorrow and then leaving for Whistler on Friday. He’d given her the
plane ticket with a note that read, “Bring something warm. If you don’t, I
might be tempted to heat you up myself.” She had smiled reading his note. As
she turned another corner, she wondered if she should just hand her ticket to
Delia.
* * *
Kate decided it
was time to go downstairs. She checked in at registration to see if she had any
marketing consultations scheduled. She was told she didn’t, which was typical.
Authors often didn’t care about marketing, just getting published—which was
interesting since you couldn’t have one without the other.
“Oh, and there’s
a note for you, too,” the young girl who had been helping with registration
said. It was a message from Mac. He changed his flight and left right after his
talk. That was it. Nothing else, just, “Decided I needed to head back.” Kate
crumpled the note in her hand. Suddenly she heard Delia’s voice wafting around
the corner. Kate slipped into an empty conference room. The room was dark; she
closed the door, sank into a chair, and cried.
The Book
Title: Shelf Life
(The Publicist Book Two)
Author: Christina
George
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
“…this
book grabbed my interest from page one. I’m sure Ms. George has more than a few
industry insiders chuckling at her stories and cringing at how close to home
they hit.”
Scandalicious
Book Reviews
Shelf
Life:
The
Publicist Book Two
~
The
story only an insider could tell.
Publishing: An industry of out-of-control of egos, unrealistic expectations, and books with the shelf life of milk.
This is Kate’s
world, but for how long?
When one of Kate Mitchell’s star
authors is carted away in handcuffs, she thinks it’s only the beginning of her
troubles. As her world crumbles around her, Kate desperately looks for anyone
to hold onto but finds that happy endings are truly works of fiction. When her
career and love affair hit their expiration date, Kate sets off on a new
adventure….
Starting over in
California is easy, but Kate soon learns that leaving her old life behind
isn’t. Nicholas Lavigne is eager to help her forget, but two things still own
her heart, the dream of discovering the next great American novel, and
MacDermott Ellis.
As Kate tries to
rebuild her life she finds a surprising gift that reboots her career in a new
and unexpected direction. Suddenly her name becomes synonymous with one of the
biggest bestsellers publishing has seen in ages and she's welcomed back with
open arms. At the height of her success the ghosts of her past come back to
remind her of the world she'd been trying to forget and the man who never let
go of her heart.
Behind
the book, there’s always more to the story.
Welcome
to Publishing, the ego has landed.
“The
Publicist is great chick lit!” Elizabeth Barbarick, Stuffed Shelves
“Very well written with a great cast
of characters.” Kindles & Wine Book Blog
Author Bio
I've worked in publishing for twenty years
(give or take). Here's what this book isn't. It's not a slam against publishing
(though it is broken) and it's not a slam against authors (though some of them
are crazy). This book is not autobiographical though many of the stories are
true. No you won't know which ones, hell it's more fun to guess, right? I
continue to work in publicity and help authors because at the end of the day I
do love books, I love publishing, and I love authors. I hope you'll enjoy this
romp through Kate's world as much as I enjoyed creating it.
Find our more at: www.thepublicistnovel.com
Links
http://www.amazon.com/Shelf-Life-The-Publicist-Book-ebook/dp/B00FA5EB4Q/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1382023978&sr=8-3&keywords=shelf+life
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