{"id":2009,"date":"2023-08-17T07:21:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T05:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/?p=2009"},"modified":"2023-08-17T08:56:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T06:56:38","slug":"nan-reinhardts-new-release-meet-me-in-rivers-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/?p=2009","title":{"rendered":"Nan Reinhardt’s new release – Meet me in River’s Edge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Celebrating author Nan Reinhardt’s new release in her Weaver sisters’ series – Meet me in River’s Edge<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’m so thrilled Nan Reinhardt is back, this time talking about her latest release, Book 2 in the Weaver sisters’ series called Meet me in River’s Edge<\/em>. I’ve immediately fallen in love with the cover – scroll down to see what I’m talking about!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t go away – Nan is also sharing an excerpt with us below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A little bit more about Nan<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nan Reinhardt is a USA Today <\/em>bestselling author of sweet, small-town romantic fiction for Tule Publishing. Her day job is working as a freelance copyeditor and proofreader, however, writing is Nan\u2019s first and most enduring passion. She can\u2019t remember a time in her life when she wasn\u2019t writing\u2014she wrote her first romance novel at the age of ten and is still writing, but now from the viewpoint of a wiser, slightly rumpled, woman in her prime. Nan lives in the Midwest with her husband of 50 years, where they split their time between a house in the city and a cottage on a lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talk to Nan at: nan@nanreinhardt.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Website<\/a> | Facebook<\/a> | Twitter<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | Tule Publishing<\/a> | BookBub<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blurb<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He ticks every one of her \u201cnever again\u201d boxes\u2026
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Jo Weaver<\/strong> loves her job as a boat mechanic for her family\u2019s marina in River\u2019s Edge, Indiana. But when she\u2019s pulled away from her high school reunion with her sisters to fix a stranded yacht, she can\u2019t restrain her irritation. Jo doesn\u2019t like wealthy men who think they can have whatever they want, and she has no intention of falling for rich and charming again.

Born into the international Briggs Hotels empire, Alex Briggs<\/strong> has never felt comfortable with his life of privilege. Abandoning his family\u2019s business to pursue medical research, he\u2019s far more at home in his lab. When the yacht he restored himself breaks down on the way to an important conference, Alex begrudgingly goes in search of a boat mechanic and falls, literally, into Jo Weaver\u2019s arms. The fireworks he feels are impossible to ignore.

Jo does her best to keep Alex in the business zone, but he keeps slipping into something more. Can she trust her fragile heart, especially when Alex and his life-altering research are so far from River\u2019s Edge?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meet Me in River\u2019s Edge<\/em><\/strong> Excerpt #1: The Girl Mechanic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nan Reinhardt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut my dinghy\u2019s tied up at the showboat landing.\u201d His tone wasn\u2019t whiny, not at all, although the slight undercurrent of anxiety that he\u2019d clearly been trying to stave off since he\u2019d fallen into the party at the winery was starting to show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jo\u2019s sympathy grew slightly since his concern seemed to be for other boaters and not strictly himself, and he was a customer\u2014a potential<\/em> customer\u2014so she gave him a smile. \u201cChill. It\u2019s safe there, and I\u2019ll take you to get it once we figure out what\u2019s going on.\u201d She pulled into the gravel drive and then stopped the truck in the parking lot by the marina shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alex\u2019s brow furrowed as she opened her door. \u201cAre you going to call the mechanic to come out with us?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She held back the retort that immediately rose to her lips and instead merely replied, \u201cThe mechanic is already here.\u201d He had no way of knowing, after all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alex hopped out of the truck. \u201cI don\u2019t see any other cars and the place is dark.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m<\/em> the mechanic, Mr. Briggs.\u201d Jo slammed her door harder than was probably necessary, but it eased her urge to smack him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His jaw dropped. \u201cYou?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She hit the remote locks on the truck and strode to the service door, punching in the key code and tapping the light switch before giving him a cool stare. \u201cI promise it\u2019ll be more believable once I get into my coveralls and hat and collect some tools.\u201d She turned, deliberately not holding the door open for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alex had to rush to catch it before it shut in his face, which gave her a smidgen of satisfaction. \u201cLook, I\u2019m sorry. I got no problem with a girl mechanic. I\u2019m a millennial\u2014we\u2019re open to anything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jo stopped in the middle of the shop and spun around, hands on her hips. This guy was something else. \u201cA girl mechanic<\/em>? Did you seriously just say you had no problem with a girl <\/em>mechanic?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defensively, he raised both hands, managing to look innocent as a lamb and rocket-hot all at the same time. Damn him.<\/em> \u201cDon\u2019t shoot me. I\u2019ve never met a woman<\/em> boat mechanic before. It\u2019s . . . unexpected, that\u2019s all.\u201d Somehow, his open expression reminded her of a golden retriever, all eager and wide-eyed and trying desperately to please, so he could get what he wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She shook her head. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t try to disarm me, buddy. I\u2019m immune to river rat charm. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, that\u2019s who you\u2019ve got tonight.\u201d She held up her hand. \u201cWait here. I\u2019ll go throw on my coveralls and grab some tools.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nan tells us more about the story<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bringing the Magic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Weaver Sisters turned up in Max Lange\u2019s book, Falling for the Doctor<\/em><\/strong>, when they brought Max\u2019s love Lauren out to the showboat so they could have their reunion, and I was immediately intrigued with the idea of identical triplets. It\u2019s funny how character surprise us, first by appearing in our heads, then by going off on their own to tell their stories. Jazz\u2019s story, Home to River\u2019s Edge<\/em><\/strong>, book 1 in the Weaver Sister series was pretty much in my head when I sat down to write it, although it took some twists and turns I wasn\u2019t expecting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet Me in River\u2019s Edge<\/em><\/strong>, Jo Weaver\u2019s story was different. First of all, I knew my premise\u2014a female boat mechanic who had no use for the rich, entitled \u201criver rats\u201d who cruised the Ohio River in their expensive yachts all summer long suddenly falls in love with one of them. I also knew that Alex, the hero and heir to a vast hotel fortune, had to bring his own special magic to win Jo over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding a touch of magic to a contemporary romance was a tricky business for me because I\u2019m not a paranormal writer, but I knew that Jo and Alex\u2019s romance would get a little push from a very unusual and other-worldly source\u2014Alex\u2019s dead twin sister, Arianna. She\u2019s not a ghost in the book, but rather a presence that Alex feels driving him toward Jo, a woman who is so not his type. The scientist in him might ordinarily have eschewed the feeling that his sister\u2019s spirit was close, but Alex was used to feeling Ari near. He knows Jo is the one and it only takes a little nudge from the other side to convince him to pursue her. He wins Jo\u2019s heart, but relinquishes it when he realizes that he may not be able to give her a forever. They are both devastated by his decision to part, but Ari is there, pushing him toward his happily-ever-after. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The magic was fun, I loved creating subtle, not creepy, ways to bring Ari into Jo and Alex\u2019s story. I hope you enjoy Meet Me in River\u2019s Edge<\/em><\/strong> and that you can find the magic, too! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks, Nan for stopping by and sharing your new story with us – I know she will fly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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