**You Can’t Buy Love by Melanie A. Smith**
Good Morning,
Everyone! So thrilled to see you all today! I am thrilled to be able to share a
new-to-me author with you all today. I love discovering authors and this is a
fantastic way to get a glimpse into compatibility between a reader and author.
So let’s go for it! Please allow me to introduce to the blog Melanie A. Smith
and her latest release, YOU CAN’T BUY LOVE … Plus, a GIVEAWAY!
**MELANIE A. SMITH**
**BIO**
Melanie
A. Smith is the best-selling author of The Safeguarded Heart
Series and other contemporary romance fiction. Originally from
upstate New York, she spent most of her childhood in the San Francisco Bay
Area before moving to Los Angeles for college. After that, she spent
almost fifteen years in the Seattle Area, and now lives in the Dallas-Fort
Worth area of Texas with her family.
A voracious reader and lifelong writer, Melanie’s
writing began at a young age with short stories and poetry. Having
completed a bachelor of science in electrical engineering at the
University of California, Los Angeles, and a master’s in business
administration at the University of Washington, her writing abilities
were mainly utilized for technical documents as a lead engineer for the
Boeing Company, where she worked for ten years.
After shifting careers to domestic engineering and
property management in 2015, she eventually found a balance where she was
able to return to writing fiction.
Melanie is also a Mensan and enjoys spending time with
her family, cooking, and driving with the windows down and the stereo
cranked up loud.
To
find out more about Ms. Smith, please visit:
**YOU CAN’T BUY LOVE**
Publication
date:
August 11th, 2020
Series:
A Life Lessons Novel
Genres: Adult,
Contemporary, Romance
**BLURB**
From award-winning and international best-selling author Melanie
A. Smith comes the third book in a new series of steamy contemporary medical
romance standalone novels about life lessons that break all the rules.
Money can’t buy happiness, but neither can
pride …
Julianna
Magnusson is tired of working her tail off at her thankless job as a nurse
practitioner for the cardiac unit at Rutherford Hospital. Tired of having
little to no time for her own life. But most of all, she’s tired of pretending
that she’s happy about it all. So when her boss insists she attend the annual
hospital charity gala, spending a ton of money on a dress to impress a bunch of
stuck-up snobs doesn’t exactly sound like her idea of a good time.
Still,
ever the dutiful employee, she makes an appearance. Only to meet a handsome
stranger named Noah who stops her from drunkenly confronting the man who owns
the hospital about all the issues at work. Then Noah does so much more, giving
her a night of passion that she’ll never forget. Still, Jules has no intentions
of taking it further. As timely as meeting him was, Noah is many things she’d
never want in a man: Clearly elitist, arrogant, and bossy, he’s nothing more
than a one-night stand.
Which
was a great plan until he turns up at her hospital with a mind to shake things
up in a way that could affect her career and her decision to write him off,
igniting an epic battle between them as the chemistry that sparked the initial
attraction transforms into a battle of wills. Their clash could jeopardize everything
Jules has worked for — or, if she can look past her own pride, it might lead to
everything she needs. In the fight between what we think we want and what life
has in store for us, what wins?
**EXCERPT**
I
look up, and my head swims a little at the motion from the effects of the
alcohol. That’s what I get for being a hundred and twenty pounds and downing it
so fast on an empty stomach.
But
if I thought that was dizzying, it’s nothing compared to the man fixing me with
the most gorgeous smile I’ve ever seen. On an equally gorgeous face framed by
well-styled medium brown hair, with deep-set light brown eyes that remind me of
golden honey. His full lips are parted ever so slightly as his eyes slide down
my body, sending shivers up my spine.
“Thanks,”
I manage as my eyes travel over his well-tailored classic black tux. Even in
heels, he’s just a bit taller than me, with broad shoulders and a strong build.
My tummy flip-flops. I tell myself it’s the alcohol. Or I try to tell myself
that. But being a little tipsy … well, I don’t want to listen.
He
extends a hand. “I’m Noah,” he offers.
“Julianna,”
I reply, slipping my hand in his. Instead of shaking it, he raises it to his
lips, placing a kiss on the back. And I swear, I’ve never understood what the
word “swoon” really meant in a romantic sense until this moment.
“That’s
a beautiful name,” he replies.
I
don’t even care how cheesy his line is, every deep, spine-tingling word out of
his mouth fans the flames of my attraction to him.
“You
can call me Jules,” I counter.
He
cocks an eyebrow and gives me a devilish smile as he lets go of my hand. “Duly
noted. Sorry, I don’t have a nickname. It’s just Noah.” His grin widens.
“It’s
a good name,” I reply with a shy smile. God, I’m such an idiot.
At nearly eight, I decide I’ll stay to watch the sunset before going in, even if it makes me late. It’s just too gorgeous to pass up.
“Beautiful,
isn’t it?”
Wondering
how I already know his voice so well, I turn with a smile to see Noah settling
his arms on the balcony next to me.
“How’d
you find me?” I ask.
He
straightens up and gives my dress an obvious once over. “You’re hard to miss.”
I
let my hair shift into my face. I’m both flattered and a little shy again all
of a sudden.
I
feel his hand slip under my chin, lifting my face to look up into his.
“You
can try to hide behind that gorgeous mane,” he says, running his thumb along my
jaw, “but red dress or not, you were born to stand out, Julianna.”
“We
should get inside,” I mumble. My eyes dart to the glass doors behind us, to the
crowds of people filing into the ballroom. “Dinner is starting.”
He
considers me for a moment, not moving an inch.
“Meet
me after. Right here.”
“You’re
awfully bossy,” I remark, my lips curling into a smile despite myself.
“Are
you saying you don’t want to?” he teases, his hand sliding from my face, down
my shoulder, over my arm to hold my hand in his.
I
give his hand a small squeeze before withdrawing, frankly overwhelmed by how
drawn to this man I am. I’m not used to noticing men or being attracted to
them, much less actually wanting to act on it.
“I’m
not sure yet,” I reply.
He
tips his head back and laughs. “Oh, I think you are. But you’re not a
risk-taker, are you?” His heated gaze is borderline cocky as he watches me.
“I’ll be here at ten. I hope you are too.” But something about his tone is so
sure that I can tell he thinks I will be, which is underscored when he doesn’t
say another word before walking back into the foyer. I lose sight of him
quickly as he slips into the crowd.
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**GIVEAWAY**
Blitz-wide Giveaway (US ONLY)
This awesome
giveaway package includes a signed copy of You Can't Buy Love with a matched
bookmark, a F*ck Off I'm Reading tote, a hearts book sleeve, a Book
Boyfriends do it better mug, and a Romantic AF bookmark.
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