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#NewRelease – Cherry Red – @DarleneLF @WildRosePress

I am super excited to turn my blog over to a fellow Wild Rose Press author, Darlene Fredette! Her new book, Cherry Red, is an inspirational romance. But I’ll let Darlene tell you about it.

Thank you, Jan, for letting me take over your blog site today to share the news about my new romance.

In my story, Cherry Red, the heroine, Carly Redd, creates new flavours of ice cream. While going to college, she worked as a bartender. She blended her knowledge of ice cream and alcohol and came up with several favourites for her adult customers.

Here’s the recipe for her Red Wine Float.

Add three maraschino cherries to the bottom of a large fancy glass.

Add two large scoops of vanilla ice cream.

Add three more cherries.

Fill the glass with red wine about an inch from the top.

Add another small scoop of ice cream.

Stick a straw in the drink and top with red sugar sprinkles and more cherries.

Serve immediately.

Blurb:

This summer, ice cream entrepreneur Carly Redd’s only focus is expanding her business—until she’s coerced into attending her ex’s engagement party. Showing up without a date is unthinkable. She reluctantly agrees to be escorted by her brother’s co-worker, although doing so breaks her rule of not dating firefighters.

The daughter of the town’s fire chief should wear a Do Not Touch sign, but firefighter Noah Harding’s interest blazed the moment he saw Carly. Agreeing to be her fake boyfriend is a no-brainer, but convincing Carly to trust him with her heart is harder than extinguishing a fire.

Overstepping the platonic-only rule is as dangerous as fire and ice swirling into a tempting combustion.

Excerpt:

“This might seem like a strange question, especially since we’ve just met, but would you be interested in going out for a coffee? Or an ice cream?” Noah rested an arm on the bar.

Carly glanced down at her jeans and black T-shirt embroidered with the company name and logo…a cluster of red cherries. In a room full of women all dolled up in fancy—and some a bit scanty—dresses, why would this incredibly handsome man ask her on a date? “I appreciate the offer, but I’m not interested…”

Noah raised a brow. “I know you like ice cream, so is it the coffee, or me?”

“What? No. I mean, yes.” She took a second to collect her scrambled thoughts. “I like coffee. I just don’t hang out with firefighters.” Not that he was a real firefighter. Did impersonators count in her rules of men to avoid? She never dated a stripper, but she wasn’t sure she could have a relationship with a guy who was paid to take off his clothes and have other women fawn over him. Not that the guy asked her on a date…just a simple coffee. His frown made her feel badly. “I’m sorry. It’s nothing personal.”

“Burnt in the past? No pun intended.” He smiled.

She couldn’t help but smile back. “Something like that.”

Buy Links:

This link will bring you to my website which has links to all distributing sites for my books.

Universal Purchase Link: http://darlenefredette.blogspot.com/2021/04/my-books-purchase-links.html

Social Media Links:

Author Web Site: http://darlenefredette.blogspot.com/

Blog: http://findingthewritewords.blogspot.com

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Darlene-Fredette/e/B005NAF660/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DarleneLF

Author Bio:

Darlene resides on the Atlantic Coast of Canada where the summers are too short, and the winters are too long. She writes contemporary romances with a focus on plot-driven page-turners. When not working on her next book, she can be found with her husband, her daughter, and her yellow Labrador.

47 thoughts on “#NewRelease – Cherry Red – @DarleneLF @WildRosePress”

  1. Congrats to Darlene on her new book. The “adult” ice creams sound delicious (thanks for the recipe) and the romance sounds sweet. Love the cover too. Thanks for the intro to Darlene and her book, Jan. Happy Reading.

  2. D.L. Finn, Author

    Congrsts on your nre release, Darlene! What a fun excerpt and now I craving ice cream.
    Thanks for hosting, Jan 🙂

  3. This sounds like a fun read, Jan. Thank you for hosting Darlene. I’m so pleased to meet her. 😊

  4. This sounds like a good read, and that cover is so cute and flirty. I enjoyed the blurb and the excerpt. All the best to Darlene with her new release.
    Thanks for sharing, Jan!

    1. I agree, Staci. Until a few months ago, I had never heard of alcohol mixed with ice cream. There is a shop in a neighboring city called the Cocktail Creamery. I haven’t made it over yet to check it out.

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