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Nan
I turned to look up at him again but before I could speak he was in front of me pressing me against the wall. The heat from his body sent shivers over me as he grabbed my waist and inhaled sharply. “God, you’re fucking killing me,” he whispered then his mouth was on mine and I didn’t care who found us or if we got lost or if the place blew up. This was all I wanted.
I reached up and grabbed his shoulders to hold on and opened my mouth to taste more. The peppermint freshness of his mouth was delicious and I leaned in to him trying to get more. Anything he was willing to give I was going to take.
The ding of the door came too soon and he was moving me with his hand on my waist out into the hallway and toward my door. “Key,” he almost growled and I quickly grabbed my purse and pulled it out.
He took it from my hand and opened the door to my suite then pulled me inside.
I hoped this meant he wasn’t leaving.
With one hand he slammed the door closed then picked me up and carried me to the sofa where he sank down with me in his lap before grabbing my face and continuing to kiss me senseless. He seemed as hungry for me as I had been for him. His mouth trailed from mine to my ear then to focus on my neck. I arched to give him more access loving the feel of his whiskers on my skin. Every touch was like tiny jolts through my body. I couldn’t get enough of him.
“Fucking squirming in the car,” he muttered. “Watching you like that was driving me insane. Goddamn I wanted to bend you over the seat and fuck you while the driver watched me pound your ass.”
Oh my god. Who talked like that? Was he even serious? That was naughty and taboo. I liked the mental image in my head.
His hand slid up my thigh until his fingers brushed my panties. “This what you’re offering?” he asked kissing my collarbone then lifting his head to look at me. The tender places he’d been too rough with earlier he now soothed as if they were precious to him. My heart melted and I leaned into him opening my legs more so he could touch everything. All of me.
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Leading up to the much anticipated release of Up In Flames, I’ve been giving away books from the Rosemary
Beach Series. Each week through my social media accounts I am giving away a different book or set of books from my Rosemary Beach Series. That means you have 5 Chances to win each week.
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Addy
When we got home and I saw that Captain’s truck wasn’t in the drive, I knew wouldn’t be long before it would be. I took Franny over to visit with Mrs. Baylor and explained that I would be having company later, making sure that Franny could stay until I came for her.
Mrs. Baylor had looked concerned, but then I was battling anxiety, fear, and uncertainty so fiercely that hiding it was impossible. Getting Franny safely tucked away and dealing alone until Captain showed up was best. I had to come to a decision.
Captain knew something. He was connecting the dots. It was very likely he did recognize me but hated me so badly that he had let me leave. But I knew enough about the man he’d become to now he was going to want more answers. I expected his questions sooner rather than later.
I hadn’t been back at the house for an hour before his truck pulled into the driveway. When I heard the crunch of seashells under the tires. I knew without looking that it was him. I waited at my kitchen table while he made his way to the door.
His footsteps stopped, and he waited a moment before he knocked. This was it. Time for the truth. I’d deal with the consequences and keep Franny as protected as possible.
Standing up, I took a deep breath and tried to calm my beating heart, then took off my glasses and laid them on the table. There was no point in wearing them now. When I came here, I knew this day would come. I’d prepared for it several times over the past year. But I realized now that you could never truly prepare for something like this.
Our past wasn’t normal, yet neither was the way I loved River Kipling. He’d been my anchor in the storm until I had needed to break free to save him. And I had. Because I’d loved him that much.
As I opened the door, every memory I had of River flooded through me. Every good moment, every life-changing moment, every time he had made me feel safe. I owed it to that boy to answer to this man. I give him the truth. All of it.
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Leading up to the much anticipated release of Up In Flames, I’ve been giving away books from the Rosemary Beach Series. Each week through my social media accounts I am giving away a different book or set of books from my Rosemary Beach Series. That means you have 5 Chances to win each week.
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Mase
Two days after I took Reese home from Harlow’s, I was still wondering about her. Worrying about her damn hand and her walking everywhere. I was trying like hell to shake it. She wasn’t my responsibility.
Harlow handed me Lila Kate after she rescued her from her car seat. I held the little miracle baby close in my arms, because she was still so stinking tiny. And the way Grant hovered over her like she might break made me think she just might. I was careful.
“You carry her. I’ll get the diaper bag,” Harlow said, reaching for the large bag full of Lila Kate’s traveling supplies. The bag was bigger than the baby.
“We’re just going to meet the Finlays for lunch. She really needs all that stuff for the whole two hours we’re gone?” I asked, wondering how it was possible that Lila Kate required a bag that big.
Harlow just grinned and put the strap over her arm, then locked up the expensive SUV our father had given them when Lila Kate was born. “Let’s go.”
I followed Harlow toward the entrance. “Why didn’t we just use the valet?” I asked, thinking it would have been easier.
“Because it takes a while to get Lila Kate and all her stuff loaded. I hate holding up the line.”
I glanced at the valet, and there was no one there. I didn’t comment, though.
“Good afternoon, Mrs. Carter, Mr. Manning,” the guy at the door said, as he opened it wide for us to enter.
I wasn’t a member of the Kerrington Club, but Harlow, Rush, my father, Rush’s father, and, of course, Nan were all members. I think people assumed I was, too.
“Mrs. Carter, Mr. Finlay and his wife are already seated in the back room. You’ve been given privacy,” the hostess said, before we even reached her. We followed her through the dining room into a room with three glass walls overlooking the gulf and tennis courts.
Blaire stood up immediately and made her way to me. She wasn’t coming for me, though. That much I knew.
“Give her to me.” Blaire all but squealed, holding out her arms for Lila Kate.
“Hey, Mase!” Nate Finlay said, as he stood up on his chair and waved at me. The kid looked more and more like his father every time I saw him.
“Hey, little man.” I walked over to give him a fist bump.
“B’whoa it up. Like dis,” Nate said. Then he made a sound with his mouth like something was, in fact, blowing up and opened his fist.
“That’s an Uncle Grant thing,” Blaire said, laughing.
I made sure to blow it up and took the seat across from Nate and Rush.
Rush was grinning like Nate was the most entertaining thing in the world. “Sit in the seat. No standing. Remember,” he corrected him. Nate plopped down, and Rush ruffled his hair, then looked at me. “Enjoying your visit?” he asked.
“Yeah. It’s good to see Harlow doing so well. And happy.”
Rush nodded in agreement. “Grant, too. He’s always smiling these days.”
“Glad I don’t live here. You guys look happy and all, but you’re falling like dominoes. You, Woods, Grant, and now Tripp.” I leaned back and grinned. “It’s in the water here, so I can’t stick around too long. Not ready for that yet.”
Rush chuckled and looked over at Blaire, who was cooing at Lila Kate. Blaire was a beauty. No doubt about it. When Rush had decided to settle down, he picked a winner. But still, that wasn’t something I wanted. Not yet, at least. I was only twenty-five. Family life couldn’t be all fucking roses, the way this bunch made it appear.
“You just haven’t met her yet,” Rush said, as he looked at Blaire. “When you do, it doesn’t matter what you think now. She’ll be all you want in life.”
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Men pissed me off. In my experience, they always wanted something from me but it was never really me they wanted. I knew it without giving them more than a moment of my time. When they looked at me, they saw “daughter of a rock star” and “money.” Most of them were just hoping I’d get them on the cover of a cheap gossip magazine. This left me with little to no respect for the male species. I only held one man in high regard and that was my brother, Rush. He had always been there for me when I needed him—except for a few times when I was a raging bitch to his wife, Blaire. But now that I was over my jealousy, Rush was back to being my rock. And it was enough for me that he was happy.
I knew it was time I grew up and fought my own battles. I wasn’t doing a fantastic job of it, but I wasn’t doing too badly, either. I was managing things. In my own way… My phone vibrated in my hand and I glanced down to see Major’s face on the screen. This was my newest bad idea. He was gorgeous and almost too sweet for me—I usually liked at least a little bit of drama—but what kept him from being too perfect was the fact that he was a player. He loved women. Craved the attention he got from them. Hethought I was too stupid to know that when he wasn’t with me, he was usually with someone else, but his acting skills weren’t as fool-proof as he thought. I could tell by the way he responded to my texts if he was with someone else or if he had time for me. I thought I was dealing with this reality pretty well, but keeping my heart in check and not falling for his pretty-boy charms was getting harder. His kindness was getting to me, even though I knew I was nothing more than another girl to him. What are you doing? This was the kind of text I usually got when he was
alone and bored. At first I had thought he was genuinely interested in the answer, but after noticing how often the words “hey sweetie” and “babe” flashed across the screen of his phone when we were together, I knew that was all bullshit.
All men were liars. Even the big-hearted, pretty ones. I didn’t trust men, but unfortunately, I needed them in my life. I wish I weren’t always so needy for affection and attention, but I was. I hated that about myself, and I often tried to hide it, but it was getting harder to do that. Watching Rush abandon his playboy ways for the right woman and his best friend—and my one-time fuck buddy—Grant Carter turn into the perfect man for his wife, Harlow, hadn’t been easy. I wasn’t a Blaire or a Harlow. I didn’t inspire men to want to change for me. Admitting that hurt deeply, but it was something I was coming to terms with. Anger, self-loathing, and feelings of inadequacy can make a person hateful. Bitter. A monster.
That’s exactly what I didn’t want to become. As much as I wanted to ignore Major, I knew I wouldn’t. Because replying to him meant he’d give me attention, and then I could pretend for a moment that he had feelings for me. That I was worth more. That I was the kind of girl a guy would change for.
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Leading up to the much anticipated release of Up In Flames, I’ve been giving away books from the Rosemary Beach Series. Each week through my social media accounts I am giving away a different book or set of books from my Rosemary Beach Series. That means you have 5 Chances to win each week.
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Next week we’re giving away signed copies of You Were Mine. Stay tuned to Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter so you can enter to win.
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Tripp
A knock on my door brought me out of my thoughts. I walked back through the balcony’s French doors, wondering who it was. No one came over this late. The hope that it was Bethy was brief and fleeting. When I opened the front door and saw Woods standing there, I knew Della hadn’t been able to keep what I’d said a secret. I knew deep down when I admitted it to her that she’d tell one person. The one person she told everything to. I accepted that. I stepped back and waved him inside.
Woods didn’t speak as he stepped into the condo and walked into the living area.
“She told you what I said.” I decided to get to the point of this visit.
“She’s asleep and has no idea I’m here. But yes, she told me because she’s worried about you. And worried about Bethy. I’m here because I’m confused as hell. I’ve tried every fucking scenario in my head I could think of, and nothing makes sense. Eighteen? You left town when you were eighteen. Bethy would have been, what, sixteen?”
I walked over to the open doors and stared outside, unable to look at him. Admitting this to Della was one thing, but telling Woods, Jace’s best friend, was another. I already had Bethy’s hatred to deal with. I didn’t want Woods’, too. Even if I deserved it. “The summer before I left,” I reminded him. “You were around. And you know how I was missing a lot. No one knew where I was or who I was with.”
Woods blew out a breath and muttered a curse. “That was Bethy?”
He remembered. I’d been so caught up in her, and I’d gotten into the habit of giving excuses whenever they wanted to hang out. “Yeah,” I said simply.
“Holy fuck. I can’t believe that was Bethy.”
“I was coming back for her when I could. But she was too young, and I’d have ended up in jail if we’d been caught. She was my secret. I almost didn’t leave because of her. But then my dad found out and made it very clear that my time in Rosemary Beach was over. I’d spend the school year at Yale and my summers in Manhattan at the firm. If I stayed, I’d lose her. If I ran, then I had a chance of coming back for her.”
Woods didn’t respond at first.
This was a secret I’d carried for a long time. It was one that had changed everything for me. I understood that. I was ready to accept it. If everyone hated me, then I’d deal with that, too. All that mattered now was that I watched over Bethy. She was all I had left.
“Jace was going to ask her to marry him,” Woods said finally.
“I know. He was the better man. He was going to give her the life she deserved, and I wanted that for her. I wanted her happy. I wanted her to have a life she was meant for. She loved him. That’s what mattered. I was her past. A past she hates now.”
Woods walked over to stand beside me. “He never knew?”
I shook my head. “No. There was no reason to tell him. Bethy was his. I’d lost her long ago.”
“But you love her.”
“More than my next breath,” I replied.
“Shit,” Woods muttered.
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Leading up to the much anticipated release of Up In Flames, I’ve been giving away books from the Rosemary Beach Series. Each week through my social media accounts I am giving away a different book or set of books from my Rosemary Beach Series. That means you have 5 Chances to win each week.
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Next week we’re giving away signed copies of Take A Chance and One More Chance as a set. Stay tuned to Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter so you can enter to win.
For those who haven’t read them, here is an excerpt from one of the books!
An excerpt from TAKE A CHANCE by Abbi Glines
The morning after Grant had kissed me in the pool, he was gone. The way he’d acted after kissing me had been strange. I wasn’t sure what was wrong or if he had just regretted it and didn’t know how to get away from me. Waking up the next morning and Grant not being anywhere around had answered that question.
Dad was also gone. He hadn’t come home from his latest party binge but then I wasn’t surprised by that. Grant’s running off had hurt me. I hated that I felt anything for him. Kissing him had been a mistake. I wasn’t his type. I never wanted to be his type. Nan was not someone a sane person would desire to be.
Locking myself up in my room to read didn’t sound as appealing as it had before Grant. Instead I threw myself into tennis and swimming. I pushed all thoughts of Grant’s face out of my mind the best that I could. Someone should put a warning label on his lips. Beware don’t touch. They’re hard to forget.
Day three after Grant had disappeared I was outside swimming. Today I had successfully managed to push all Grant thoughts to the back of my mind. So when my head broke the water to find Grant Carter standing there looking down at me I wasn’t sure if I was imagining things or if he was really there.
I pushed my wet hair back and wiped the water from my eyes. Then I opened them again and there he stood. Still there.
“Hey,” he said with his sexy grin. I wanted to hurl something at him to make that smile go away. It needed a warning label too.
I wasn’t in the mood to talk to him. “Nan isn’t here,” I replied. She hadn’t been back since she’d left for Rosemary the last time. I was sure that was where Grant had run off to as well. He had gone to find her. Like he always did.
“Yeah, I know,” he replied.
I really should go back to swimming and ignore him. It was the smart thing to do. But then he could possibly take that as an invite to join me. “What do you need?” I asked in the most annoyed tone I could muster.
“I came to see you. It seems once a guy kisses you that you’re hard to forget,” he replied.
Not what I had been expecting. I swallowed the nervous knot in my throat. I would cave and forgive him too easily if he started saying things like that. Where had my backbone gone? I used to be stronger than this.
“You’re mad because I left,” he said.
I thought about replying and changed my mind. That would only give him more power. He didn’t need to know he affected me at all.
“It was a jackass thing to do. But you scared me. I like to flirt with beautiful girls but I don’t handle it well when one simple kiss makes my fucking head spin. You make me want things and feel a way I’m not ready for.”
I was expecting a lame “I’m sorry” not that. “Oh,” was the only thing I could come up with to say. What did it mean exactly that our kiss made his head spin? Was that a good thing? It sounded like it… maybe.
Grant ran a hand through his long unruly hair and let out a frustrated sigh. “I shouldn’t have left you without an explanation. It was unfair and I was only thinking of myself. I’m good at that. I just… what can I do to get you to forgive me?”
He still wasn’t asking for forgiveness. He was asking how to get forgiveness. Had anyone ever asked me how to get forgiveness before? How… unique.
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Happy Mother’s Day to all!
Leading up to the much anticipated release of Up In Flames, I’ve been giving away books from the Rosemary Beach Series. Each week through my social media accounts I am giving away a different book or set of books from my Rosemary Beach Series. That means you have 5 Chances to win each week.
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Next week we’re giving away signed copies of Forever Too Far and Rush Too Far as a set. Stay tuned to Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter so you can enter to win.
For those who haven’t read them, here is an excerpt from one of the books!
FOREVER TOO FAR by Abbi Glines
Rush’s mouth trailed kisses down my neck as the shower spray fell from above our heads like it was raining. I wanted one of these showerheads in our house. Both of Rush’s hands slipped around my waist and covered my stomach. He had a hard time keeping his hands off my belly these days. There was no mistaking that I was pregnant now. It was as if Rush needed to stake his claim regularly. If he wasn’t so dang cute when it came to protecting me it would get on my nerves.
Before I could completely enjoy having Rush’s body covering my backside and his hands on me, the high-pitched angry scream that I knew belonged to Nan stopped both of us. Rush’s body went rigid behind me.
“Nan?” I asked already knowing the answer.
“Yeah. Guess she found out I was here already,” he replied and pressed one more kiss to my neck. “You finish your shower. I need to go deal with this. She and my father do not get along.”
I nodded and stood under the warm water as he stepped out of the shower and grabbed one of the large white fluffy towels folded up on a marble pedestal table. I wanted to go with him but he hadn’t asked. But then he wouldn’t. He was so worried about anyone upsetting me.
A man’s deep voice began yelling in response to Nan’s screams. Who was that? I had only been around Dean a little but I didn’t think the man had ever gotten emotional about anything enough to raise his voice. I turned off the water and grabbed a towel then followed Rush into the bedroom.
“Who else is here?” I asked as he jerked on a pair of jeans over his naked ass and reached for a tee shirt.
“My guess would be Kiro. Apparently they’re having their father daughter bonding here,” he replied in a frustrated tone.
Kiro. I’d only ever seen pictures of the rock god. But he was here now. In this house…
“Just stay in here. This is why we came. So I could deal with her. She’s raising hell and Kiro can’t manage her. As soon as I get her calm and under control the sooner we can go back to Rosemary.”
I nodded and forced a smile. Rush started for the door then stopped and turned back around. A crooked grin tugged at his lips and he sauntered over to me. His hands slipped into my damp hair and he cupped my face as he gazed down at me. “I just want to stay here with you,” he whispered before lowering his mouth to mine.
I grabbed both his arms and held on to him as his mouth brushed gently against mine before he took a small lick at my bottom lip. I opened my mouth so he could taste more when another shrill scream came from downstairs. Rush pulled back and sighed. “Damn crazy family,” he muttered.
“Go deal with it. I’m okay here.”
A knock at the door surprised me and I pulled the towel tightly against me. Rush stepped in front of me to block anyone’s view.
“What?” he called out.
I peeked around his back as the door slowly opened. I was mentally preparing myself for Nan to come barging into the room. Instead, a girl about my age stood at the door. She didn’t look like anyone I would imagine belonged in this house. Her long brown hair brushed her waist in soft curls and was parted to the side. She had no bangs. It was all one length. Her sultry looking hazel eyes were framed with dark lashes but she wasn’t wearing any makeup. The straight legged shorts she had on hit just at her knee and she was wearing a pale pink blouse that buttoned up the front. It was simple and classy.
“Hello, Harlow,” Rush said surprising me even further. “I’m on my way down. I hear her.”
One of the girl’s perfectly sculpted eyebrows arched. “I was hoping I could hide up here with you. You’re really going down there to deal with that?” The southern twang to her voice startled me. Who was she and why did she have a southern accent? We were in Beverly Hills.
“That’s why I’m here. To help the situation,” Rush replied.
The girl nodded and then her eyes shifted from Rush to focus on me. “You must be Blaire.” 

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Happy Birthday, Abbi!
Tomorrow is Abbi’s birthday! We decided to celebrate with a contest for her readers and the winner is announced below. We also announcing the winner of the Spring Break Contest. Thank you to all who participated! Don’t forget to give a shout out to Abbi on social media tomorrow wishing her a Happy Birthday.
We love you all and thank you for all that you do to support Abbi!
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Jackie Kozdron from North Olmsted, OH, USA
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Stephanie Lashbrook from Wichita, KS, USA
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Follow Abbi on social media to see the daily giveaways that are posted Monday – Friday. Winners are announced the next morning. Beginning on Monday, April 18 and continuing through the release day of Up In Flames, each week we will give away a different signed book or books from the Rosemary Beach Series.
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Happppppy Early birthday to the #bestauthorintheuniverse 
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We are celebrating Abbi’s birthday coming on April 16 with a contest to promote Up In Flames. You do not want to miss out on this giveaway because the prize is an Up In Flames gift basket that includes a
SIGNED ARC COPY OF UP IN FLAMES
There are many ways to enter the contest and the more you enter, the greater your chances of winning! The entry options are below. You must click below for your entries to count.
Happy Birthday Abbi Contest
Also, don’t forget to enter the Spring Break Contest still going on:
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Both winners will be announced in the blog post on Friday, April 15!


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So cool! Although, I would be happy just with a signed book alone 
Never posted my opinion before but can’t help it this time, the sea breeze series has become one of my top series out of maybe 5, the books are the most realistic romances I’ve ever read and that’s a very huge thing because it’s rare for me to find something non paranormal that I like. Just wanted you to know that these books have really touched me. Each one was different with different problems and each brings out a different emotion. You are a very talented writer and I’m glad that after years I finally tried to find out if there was a series behind breathe
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So who is the father and mother of River Kipling? How is he related to blaire?
Congratulations, Abbi! That is an awesome story!
I love that my Fitbit keeps me accountable – I would love to follow your success on there as well!
Thank you for sharing your “secret.” And you look amazing btw!! I am also trying to lose weight. I’m overweight, but I have a ton of health issues fortunately none caused by being overweight but I’m hoping if I lose it will overall make me feel better. It’s so hard to keep track of fitness goals these days when you don’t have some sort of device. I don’t have a Fitbit, but dealing with the frustrations over working so hard and not losing is so annoying. I have the fact that I take a million medications daily for all my health issues that works against me. But again, thank you for being so inspiring.
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when is the movie coming out /
I started walking to work (3 miles round-trip) in December. About three times a week plus calorie tracking helped me lose 14 lbs in about 2.5 months. I barely changed my diet but still saw good results. Double chin was the first thing to go!!!! I have 20 lbs to go until my ideal weight and I stopped trying for the past month, but I restarted last week. walked 2.7 miles tuesday, 3.25 weds, 4 thurs, 8 sunday. I know that walking alone makes such a difference. Gotta shake that ass!
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It feels like the right time to spring a contest on you!
We’re welcoming spring break with a fabulous contest for one lucky person to win a $50 Gift Card and one of my books of your choice signed. I want to see pictures of you enjoying spring or your spring break with one of my books. Are you at the beach? Are you shopping? Are you relaxing at home? Or are you working hard and reading on breaks at the office? Be creative! I look forward to seeing those pics!
There are several ways to enter the contest. You only have to do one to be entered; however, the more pictures you send in, the more times your name gets “put into the hat”. Here are the ways you can enter:
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I just read both of these now, literally just finished the second one and already the wait is killing me! I am obsessed with your books and can’t believe i didnt know this existed but omg now i wish i didn’t know until the next installment was out! Its passed midnight, i have 2 kids under 2 who will be up before i can even fall asleep because ill be just thinking about what will happen next! Please post more!!!
Calling all Nan Haters Lovers!!!
Now you can share your feelings about everyone’s favorite bitch of Rosemary beach.
On March 30, 2014, Natasha Tomic of Natasha is a Book Junkie fame, posted the following on Facebook

“So, at the last signing that Abbi attended I wore this button and got quite a few people doing a double take and asking me, “Really?” Yes, really. I think Nan can be redeemed. She is not evil, she is the product of bad parenting, but I think there is a heart underneath all that malice. I’m hoping that I might have brainwashed Abbi with my “button strategy”, although she kept shaking her head at me and saying I was ruining her hashtag. #Whatever #NanLover #IWillWearYouDownAbbiGlines“
In tribute to the beginning of Natasha’s #NanLover campaign, we’ve designed this shirt for all you NanLovers out there. We have also recreated the button that started it all. Order yours today!


Congratulations to our Luck of the Irish Winner…Natalie Abitago of Round Rock, TX
Natalie, click HERE for information on how to claim your prize.


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Omg it’s been 2 years? Will I ever find out what happens between Asher and Dixie? Damn I shouldn’t have read it. ='(
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Over the past eight months (which was about when my weight loss really started to
show) I’ve received many emails, Facebook messages, Tweets, Instagram
comments, and questions at book signings all concerning my weight loss. To
everyone else it appeared to be a quick thing. Like I had a secret and they wanted in
on it.
There was no secret. This is exactly what happened…
On January 5, 2015 I went to my annual doctor’s appointment. I was one
hundred pounds over a healthy weight for my height and age. My blood pressure
was high and I was showing signs of other illnesses like diabetes. My doctor
informed me that if I continued on like I was, I’d die early and it would be a hard
death. My body was falling apart.
I was terrified.
I left that doctor’s appointment and went directly to a walking track in town.
I began walking that day. Two miles just about killed me. I was so out of shape. I
didn’t let that get me down though. I had a life to save and kids I wanted to raise.
I then went to the grocery store and bought healthy food. Snack items that
weren’t chocolate candies, or cookies. My now ex-husband told me I’d never stick
with it because I was going too hardcore. I couldn’t keep that up. If there is one thing
I can thank him for (other than my children) it is for telling me I couldn’t do
something…. because I am very competitive.
When I got home I took all the hidden snacks out of my office desk and tossed
them in the trash. We are talking Hershey’s kisses, Tim Tam’s, Twizzlers, and sadly
many more. I seriously had an issue.
Starting that day I got up every morning, saw the kids off to school, and went
to the track to walk. I built up to walking five miles a day on that track during the
month of January. I also purchased a FitBit and began to compete against friends
and readers. Again, I am very competitive, and I would walk until I had beaten
everyone I was in challenges with for that day. I walked rain or shine. Even pouring
rain. I was determined. However, after I walked in the first bad rain I went home, got
on Amazon and ordered myself a treadmill. Things got real then.
Since I had a treadmill set up in my office, whenever I got stumped in a scene
instead of eating a cookie I walked it out. By the end of February I was walking ten
miles a day. I had also lost fifty pounds.
March rolled around and my weekly weight loss almost completely stopped. I
was still walking ten miles a day and eating really healthy but I wasn’t losing. So I
got mad one day and ate all the stuff I’d been craving…. which, let me tell you, was a
lot of stuff.
The bad side is that made me sick at my stomach. The upside was I had just
found a trick. At the end of that week I’d lost five pounds. I realized that if I let
myself have a cheat day during the week it helped to jump start my metabolism.
To this day I still have a cheat day. I normally only cheat one meal now. The
stomach pains, that a big cheat day can cause, hurt. I don’t like that. And I don’t get
that hungry anymore. I don’t know if this is healthy so please don’t go jumping all
over me if you believe otherwise. My health is fantastic now and when I was one
hundred pounds overweight I had one foot in the grave. That’s all I need to know.
June 2015 I went back to my doctor because he was giving me time to lose
some weight before he put me on blood pressure medicine. I asked him to let me
attempt to get my number down before he put me on it. If my high blood pressure
was weight related I was going to fix it.
And I did.
I weighed in that day having lost ninety pounds. He walked into the room
shaking his head and accusing me of having surgery to lose the weight. I swore to
him I hadn’t. So he made me show him my stomach. He was amazed and gave me a
high five. I was incredibly proud of myself.
As of January 5, 2016 I’ve officially lost one hundred and twenty five pounds.
I now just maintain. I have a curvy build and I like it. I don’t want to lose my bottom
or my hips. I’m completely good with them. As long as they’re firm.
I walk four miles (sometimes more) a day and three days a week I add
weights, lunges, squats, crunches, and a few others. I think about everything I put in
my mouth and mentally tally the calories I intake a day. I keep it at a healthy number
and make sure they aren’t empty calories. My empty calories come once a week
when I cheat. I also drink at least one hundred ounces of water a day. I won’t lie this
is a newer thing for me but I wish I’d done it from the start. I’ve only been doing this
about two months now and I don’t know how I lived without all my water. I think it
would have been a tremendous help in my weight loss journey if I’d added it.
There you have it. That’s my “secret”.
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Get Lucky… with a Luck of the Irish contest, that is!
Promote the upcoming Up In Flames by Abbi Glines and our favorite red-head, Nan, for your chance to win Up In Flames products. Prize includes #NanHater shirt (available now), NanLover shirt, NanLover button, and an Up In Flames candle that is in the works.
Competition is now through Thursday, March 17 at midnight.
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