I love this blog tour!

I absolutely love In a Heartbeat's blog tour! Everyone's been more than amazing, I can't even put it into words how much I appreciate every single blogger/reviewer/reader who's read and supported my book! I keep receiving messages from people who've been moved by the story and it just makes me so, so happy. Thank you!

The lovely Kristina has a very personal story that she shares in her fabulous review. Read it on her blog Kristina's Books and More. 

I also wrote an exclusive scene for her blog stop - Top Ten things to do on a date according to Max and Stella. Here's an excerpt:

Top Ten things to do on a date...

According to Stella and Max from “In a Heartbeat”

Stella: “I can tell you’re going to say sex just by your annoying smirk.”

Max: “Sex.”

Stella: “Now that we got that out of the way, stop grinning like a horny teenager and let’s say something constructive.”

Max: “Do we need anything else? I think that pretty much covers it.”

Stella: “It says Top Ten things. We have to come up with nine more.”

Max: “Well, if you’re on a date with me, there won’t be much time left for anything else, let alone nine more things.”

Stella: “Then, let’s just imagine I’m not on a date with you. Hm, what would I want to do?”

Max: “Hey! Stop imagining dating someone else.”

Stella: “Come up with better ideas then.”

Max: “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?”

Stella: “Oh yeah.”

Click here to read the rest of the conversation.

Interview with Confessions of a Book Heaux

Confessions of a Book Heaux hosted me recently on their blog as a part of the "In a Heartbeat" blog tour and I loved their interview questions! Here's the whole interview:

Celebrity crush – Do I have to choose just one? Oh my, that’s hard! OK, I’m going to go with Joe Manganiello. No wait, Taylor Kitsch. No, no! Alexander Skarsgard! Why are you doing this to me?!

Weirdest phobia – Used cups and glasses. It’s not that I’m afraid of them or something, but I just can’t stand drinking from the same cup or glass twice. The moment it’s used once it needs to go in the dishwasher, no refills.

The best time of the day for sex – All day, every day. Every chance you get – use it!

I'm totally addicted to – books, tumblr, my Kindle, my phone, Dr. Pepper.

Marriage is – hard work, but once you’ve put in the hours and made the compromises, the rewards are amazing.

The best compliment I've been given was – “I miss you.”

The most important lesson I’ve learned about love – it’s unexpected, uncontrollable and can’t be forced.

If I could pick four people to have dinner with, dead or alive, I'd choose – Abigail Roux, Jared Leto, Rihanna and Taylor Kitsch.

Sex on the first date – if it’s what you want – go for it.

The illegal thing I would do if I could get away with it – speeding.

The quality I like in a man – patience, because I lack any.

The comfort food you most crave – pizza and French fries.

The best gift I've ever been given was – my Kindle. It opened a whole new world to me.

Most embarrassing moment was – during my university years (the first time around). It’s a blur of constant partying, drinking and a horde of people, so I don’t really remember the exact embarrassing moment, but I’m sure it was during that time.

I feel most sexy when – my husband looks at me.

5 book boyfriends (yes only 5) – Ty and Zane (yes, I’ll count them as one, because they’re already a couple), Vishous (Black Dagger Brotherhood), Trey (Sinners on Tour), Eric Northman (Sookie Stackhouse), Gideon Cross (Crossfire)

What is your favorite drink? – Red Bull and Dr. Pepper.

If you could be any character in fiction, whom would you be? – Alice in Wonderland.

If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be? – invisibility (on demand, not all the time), speed, the ability to speak any language.

How would you describe yourself in three words? – impatient, sarcastic, loyal.

First tour stop - at YA Book Addict

Kicking off this fabulous blog tour with a review and giveaway at YA Book Addict.

Review excerpt:

And just like that, in a heartbeat, their lives changed forever.

Happiness is discovering an author who's work you haven't read before and falling in love with the characters they have created and the story they have woven. So after reading In a Heartbeat, I am very happy indeed!!!

In a Heartbeat started with me having a huge smile on my face. Stella is part of a wonderful happy family. But within a few pages of starting this my face no longer contained that smile. Things fell apart very quickly. From one thing to the next Stella endures way more than any girl her age should have to deal with. Cancer being one of those things. After her latest round of treatment, Stella decides to get away for a few months and go to Italy to spend time with her Cousin Lisa and her Aunt Niki. Somewhere where she's not known as the girl with cancer.

Not long after arriving, Stella is on the beach when she catches sight of the incredibly gorgeous lifeguard Max. Stella is completely captivated by him. And it turns out that he is her cousins friend and they will be spending plenty of time together. After fighting their feelings for each other it soon becomes impossible to ignore and a beautiful romance blossoms between the two of them. But always in the back of Stella's mind is the possibility of her cancer returning.

My favourite character hands down was Max. He starts out as a flirt and readily admits to the amount of girls that he's been with. But his feelings for Stella are like nothing he's ever felt before. He was so loving and sweet and caring. It was impossible not to love him. And he's definitely going on my list of book boyfriends.

He had black shorts on and nothing else. The muscles on his chest, arms and shoulders flexed with every step he took.The tattoo on his hip moved in sync with his body and at that moment all Stella wanted to do was yank his shorts down and explore it. With her mouth.

Click here to read the whole review and enter the Rafflecopter for a chance to win a copy of 'In a Heartbeat' and some signed swag.
Thank you, Tracey, such a wonderful way to start!