Summer #RomanticIdea from New Adult Author @michelleabbott4

Summer #RomanticIdeaHere’s a Summer #RomanticIdea from Michelle Abbott:

Buy a pack of Post-it Notes and on each one write down something that you love about your partner. Put the notes where your loved one will find them: on the fridge door, in their lunchbox, inside the door of their closet, in their shoe etc.

Jem coverAbout JEM
by Michelle Abbott

Two injured, stubborn souls meet unexpectedly. Will they save each other from their demons or have they been too damaged for too long to see past the pain?

Growing up, all Jem knew was hatred and the pain from his father’s fists. Taunted by the kids at school, he was alone, until a girl with carrot coloured hair sat next to him.

She smiled.
She listened.
She cared.

She was his angel, and he knew he’d love her forever. But Jem’s father hurts him in a way he never expected by taking him away from her.

Now eighteen, scarred inside and out, Jem trusts no one and has worked hard to ensure he’ll never be helpless again. But then he runs into his angel. The only problem is she doesn’t recognize him. Jem needs her to remember him, to show him that their time together meant to her what it did to him. For once in his life he wants to have mattered to someone, to her.

Devon is attracted to the muscular, tattooed, pierced hottie standing by the pub quiz machine. That is, until he punches a guy clean across the bar for daring to touch him. She’s had her fill of violent men and intends to avoid this one at all costs.

An excerpt from JEM:

I pull back the duvet and try to make as few movements as possible as I crawl in beside her and let the warmth from her body and the duvet envelop me. Her red hair is splayed out across my pillow. I reach out and stroke my fingers through the silken strands. My pillowcase isn’t getting washed again. It can smell of her forever so that whenever I lay my head on it, I can pretend she’s with me. Maybe it will be okay to move a little closer. I’m right on the edge of the mattress. If I fall out of bed I’ll wake her. I scoot closer to her, close my eyes and inhale. She smells of roses. Maybe I should get her some flowers. I picture myself holding a bunch of red roses and chuckle to myself. Nah, I’m not the suave type. Maybe I’ll get a rose tattoo to remind me of her scent.

Buy Links:
Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Jem-Michelle-Abbott-ebook/dp/B00U65KU22
Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jem-Michelle-Abbott-ebook/dp/B00U65KU22/

About Michelle Abbott
Michelle Abbott

Michelle Abbott lives in the UK and hates describing herself in third person.

She’s a self-published author who loves to write new adult romance about heroes who begin as the underdog and are protective of their girl.

She’s an avid reader of romance, is addicted to coffee and loves wine and chocolate, so yeah, not the most healthy eating and drinking habits 🙂 She spends way too much time online when she should be writing. She collects teddy bears and occasionally knits a couple of rows on a sweater she started years ago, which she may eventually finish in time to wear for her funeral 🙂

Website: www.michelleabbott.com/
Blog: http://michelle-abbott.weebly.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/michelleabbott4
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichelleAbbottRomanceAuthor

Cruising Alaska’s Spectacular Inside Passage #TuesdayTravels

Tuesday Travel buttonI spent the first week of June cruising Alaska’s spectacular Inside Passage on the Crown Princess, so this summer’s Tuesday Travels will focus largely on Alaska.

Crown Princess cruise ship

Crown Princess docked at Skagway, Alaska

Jann Audiss accompanied me as my traveling companion and we met my brother Mac and his wife Renee on board ship. Jann and I flew out of Orange County Airport very early on a Saturday morning. Bad news: getting up at 3AM. Good news: airport not crowded, so we got through check-in and TSA in about 20 minutes and had time for breakfast at Carl’s Jr.

Seattle

We arrived in Seattle on a beautiful summer day, and made the transfer to the ship for a late lunch in the buffet. Our spacious balcony stateroom was ready for us and we were able to get settled in before departure.

stateroom

We left Seattle in late afternoon and headed for the open seas in the company of NCL’s Norwegian Jewel, a very pretty ship.

Norwegian Jewel

And finally I’ll leave you with a picture of a beautiful sunset in Puget Sound.

Puget Sound sunset

Next stop, Juneau, Alaska!

Linda