Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour & Giveaway for The Telegraph Proposal by Becca Whitham and Gina Welborn, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
ABOUT THE BOOK
Title: The Telegraph Proposal
Series: Montana Brides #3
Authors: Becca Whitham & Gina Welborn
Publisher: Zebra
Genre: Western Romance
Release Date: October 29, 2019
In the rough and rugged Montana Territory, the journey to true love is filled with unexpected twists--and sweet rewards--for daring frontier women who faithfully believe every heart has a home . . .
With the help of the Archer Matrimonial Company, Yancey Palmer has finally put Hale Adams, the man she's loved for ten years--sometimes not wisely or well--behind her. Yancey is so sure of her love for the man the agency matched her with, she readily promises a friend that she'll help Hale with his mayoral campaign without chasing him.
Hale has also engaged the services of the matrimonial agency. He's so pleased with one lady, he requests that she join him in Helena to commence a sixty-day courtship. But instead, the Archer ladies arrive in town to reveal the true identities of both Hale's and Yancey's matches: each other. Can they look past their misunderstandings and hurt to see that they are still a perfect match?
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EXCERPT
Carline lifted
the bottom edge of the quilt while Yancey pulled on the leather handle of the
rectangular oak box hidden under her bed. The pine floorboards were scratched
from the hundreds of times she’d pulled or pushed the box across them.
Knowing she was
doing the right thing didn’t stop Yancey’s chest from aching. She’d loved Hale
for so long. So very long. And—in truth—he was a good man. He just didn’t care two
beans or a pickle for her.
She opened the
lid. On top were a deep pink dried rose and a blue satin ribbon. The rose was
important because Hale had brought a dozen of them to her mother the first time
he’d come to the house for lunch. Ever since then, pink roses had been Yancey’s
favorite flower. She lifted the rose from the box, held it over the waste bin,
and crushed the crisp petals inside her fist.
“Goodbye, Hale,”
she whispered as she sprinkled the crumbled rose over lint, hair cleaned from
her brush, and other bits of refuse.
She nudged the
ribbon aside to take out a yellowed newsprint advertisement for Hale’s law
firm. She ripped it in quarters and let the pieces flutter into the waste bin.
Next came an article about a case he’d won. She ripped and released it. As the
pieces fell, the heaviness in her chest lifted.
Not much, but
enough to keep going until nothing was left but the blue ribbon.
She held it up,
her hand shaking.
“Are you sure?”
Carline knelt beside Yancey.
She laid the
satin across her thigh, smoothing it with her hand. Every other treasure was
adjacent to Hale—something he’d done that had nothing to do with her. “This is
my one true memory with him.”
“I know.”
Carline wrapped her arm around Yancey’s waist.
“How many times
have we planned ways for me to wear this in my hair or sew it into my dress or
wrap around my bridal bouquet?”
Carline answered
by hugging Yancey closer.
“He didn’t give
it to me.” Yancey wrapped the ribbon around her index and middle fingers,
savoring the silky feel against her skin. “Would it be so bad to keep it?”
“I can take it
for you.” Carline’s offer was made out of deep friendship. She knew what
letting go would cost.
Would that be
cheating? The ribbon would be gone. Mostly. Yancey sighed and shook her head.
“The entire
purpose is to leave Hale Adams behind. It has to go.”
She wriggled the
ribbon off her fingers, held it over the waste bin, and let it fall.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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| Gina Welborn and Becca Whitham |
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Gina Welborn is the bestselling author of twenty inspirational romances, including the Montana Brides Romances from Kensington Publishing. She’s a member of Romance Writers of American and American Christian Fiction Writers. Sharing her husband’s passion for the premier American sports car, she is a lifetime member of the National Corvette Museum and a founding member of the Southwest Oklahoma Corvette Club. Gina lives with her husband, four of their five children, a rabbit named Hobbit, and two cats that don't realize rabbits are edible.
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TOUR GIVEAWAY
(1) winner will receive a $50 Amazon gift card and a Montana huckleberry syrup and jam gift box!
Be sure to check out each stop on the tour for more chances to win. Full tour schedule shown below. Giveaway will begin at midnight October 28, 2019 and last through 11:59 PM EST on November 4, 2019. US only. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize.
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