{"id":626,"date":"2015-11-17T06:51:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T06:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/?p=626"},"modified":"2015-11-17T06:52:21","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T06:52:21","slug":"book-blitz-for-suzanne-jefferiess-the-joy-of-comfort-eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/?p=626","title":{"rendered":"Book Blitz for Suzanne Jefferies&#8217;s The Joy of Comfort Eating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I have the pleasure of being part of fellow South African author Suzanne Jefferies&#8217;s Book Blitz tour for her latest release <em>The Joy of Comfort Eating.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-P7KDKbQVaps\/VkYueZgYXsI\/AAAAAAAAfVg\/pVzKedo1FGQ\/s1600\/The%2BJoy%2Bof%2BComfort%2BEating%2BRDB%2BBanner_edited-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-P7KDKbQVaps\/VkYueZgYXsI\/AAAAAAAAfVg\/pVzKedo1FGQ\/s320\/The%2BJoy%2Bof%2BComfort%2BEating%2BRDB%2BBanner_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-o-kCoHFx9C8\/VkYuizJdybI\/AAAAAAAAfVo\/rh0N1PvwJ9o\/s1600\/The%2BJoy%2Bof%2BComfort%2BEating.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-o-kCoHFx9C8\/VkYuizJdybI\/AAAAAAAAfVo\/rh0N1PvwJ9o\/s320\/The%2BJoy%2Bof%2BComfort%2BEating.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Title: <em>The Joy of Comfort Eating<\/em><br \/>\nAuthor: Suzanne Jefferies<br \/>\nSeries: Standalone<br \/>\nGenre: Chick Lit\/Romance\/Erotica<br \/>\nPublisher: Fire Quill Publishing<br \/>\nRelease Date: Nov 17<br \/>\nEdition\/Formats: eBook &amp; Print<br \/>\nBlurb\/Rating:<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the worst day of Charlie Everson\u2019s life. Not only can she no longer fit into her clothes\u2014disaster for any public relations director\u2014but also her first love, the sexy super-successful Brian Tendai, is her new CEO, the last person she ever expected to run into. Seeing him again tumbles Charlie back into her past. There are still so many unanswered questions: he\u2019s convinced she left him, she\u2019s convinced he left her. Charlie minimizes the \u2018ex\u2019 factor. Tell that to her emotions that are running wild.<br \/>\nBut Brian\u2019s not there to rekindle their romance. He\u2019s overseeing Queenswood Communications\u2019 recent merger after a hostile takeover. Guess whose name is at the top of the list?<br \/>\nThey agree to one night together, just the one, then it\u2019s back to business as normal. Or is it?<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">The Joy of Comfort Eating is a contemporary romance novel set in cosmopolitan Johannesburg.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-LxRrMOB19ZE\/VkYvcC95r8I\/AAAAAAAAfVw\/UzOC7cow-0A\/s1600\/The%2BJoy%2Bof%2BComfort%2BEating%2BWrap.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-LxRrMOB19ZE\/VkYvcC95r8I\/AAAAAAAAfVw\/UzOC7cow-0A\/s320\/The%2BJoy%2Bof%2BComfort%2BEating%2BWrap.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"218\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jh1p8v5iT4w\/VkYwHhYLdmI\/AAAAAAAAfV4\/493XvnVQo0I\/s1600\/Giveaway%2B%2528Generic%2529.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jh1p8v5iT4w\/VkYwHhYLdmI\/AAAAAAAAfV4\/493XvnVQo0I\/s200\/Giveaway%2B%2528Generic%2529.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"100\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a id=\"rcwidget_edoxulis\" class=\"rcptr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/54e9c425178\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-raflid=\"54e9c425178\" data-template=\"\" data-theme=\"classic\">a Rafflecopter giveaway<\/a><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/widget-prime.rafflecopter.com\/launch.js\" type=\"mce-mce-no\/type\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-OVU4mMqW_p8\/VkYw0-TGE6I\/AAAAAAAAfWE\/hkDR860xMrE\/s1600\/Suzanne%2BJefferies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-OVU4mMqW_p8\/VkYw0-TGE6I\/AAAAAAAAfWE\/hkDR860xMrE\/s200\/Suzanne%2BJefferies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Suzanne Jefferies loves to write contemporary romance and paranormal fiction. She believes in happily-ever-afters, in fiction. As a member of ROSA (Romance Writers of South Africa), she knows that she\u2019s not the only believer in romantic tension and emotional power smacks to keep the romance reader hooked. A movie fanatic, she spends most of her time writing scripts, fielding production for short films, and trying again. Working in communication, she has done more than her fair share of corporate and investor PR, and now lectures in between editorial jobs for big, glossy company magazines. The Joy of Comfort Eating is her first contemporary romance novel.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Charlie picked up her diary, and some cuttings that needed photocopying before making her way to the office kitchen. Her third trip of the morning. She intended to make a quick in and out.<\/p>\n<p>Conversations about Pauline Black, her viper-bitch boss, the lack of proper coffee, the surge for new business, Pauline Black\u2014a popular topic\u2014and the crappy pay, did not interest Charlie today.<\/p>\n<p>When she arrived at work, James had not been by to say hello. Nothing. James had not called that morning. He hadn\u2019t even tried to SMS. Or email. And her attempts to curl her hair with a straightener had resulted in an untimely kink. Her sweater cooked her. But, thankfully, it covered her backside.<\/p>\n<p><em>This denim skirt is a definite mistake. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kicking open the kitchen door, warped from Gauteng thunderstorms, Charlie immediately felt the change in atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>My word, the kitchen was&#8230;what was the word? <em>Buzzing. <\/em>That could only mean one of two things. There was either food, but there had been no reminder for a birthday tea on the notice board. Or, there was a new man, and Charlie could probably guess who.<\/p>\n<p>As she shifted over to the kettle, trying not to catch any stray eyes, she listened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you see what he was wearing?\u201d asked Busi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose shoes, I know,\u201d answered Sarah, the intern. \u201cHand-crafted, fine leather.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, not the shoes, that shirt. It was just so\u201d\u2014she gesticulated with her hands\u2014\u201cso square-cut, so masculine, so\u2026perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is gorgeous, isn\u2019t he? Married, I suppose?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo ring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLots of married men don\u2019t wear rings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charlie heaped four tablespoons of hot chocolate into her mug, adding a drop of milk before beating it into a thick paste.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure he\u2019s not married,\u201d said Busi, \u201che doesn\u2019t seem the type.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charlie poured the steaming hot water over the paste, watching the chocolate bubble over as it swam to the top of the mug.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsn\u2019t he fucking gorgeous?\u201d Charlie heard Shelley ask behind her. \u201cWhat do you think? Oh, Charlie, you\u2019re getting hot chocolate all over the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charlie wiped the underside of her mug with the sleeve of her sweater.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said to myself: Now, Shelley, calm down here. He is just a man and all\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho\u2019re you talking about?\u201d Charlie interrupted. As if she didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new CEO.\u201d Shelley took her mug down from the shelf, its porcelain finish had a slight crack in it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Brian Tendai. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery, very edible,\u201d said Sarah, nodding<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can hardly believe he\u2019s the new CEO. We don\u2019t often get good-looking men in here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>James. James is good looking. Nice. Good looking. Pleasant. Sort of boyfriend. Maybe. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Charlie slid her finger around the rim of the mug to catch the escaping chocolate rivulets. \u201cWho\u2019s that?\u201d she asked, slurping, feeling the warmth ooze through the ceramic of the mug. \u201cBrian someone or other?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPauline mentioned him yesterday. In the meeting? Remember? They say he\u2019s divorced, and has two houses on the coast of France,\u201d Shelley continued, smoothing her bob to the side, and wiping away any stray mascara from under her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLucky him,\u201d Charlie murmured. She thought about walking past James\u2019 office. Maybe send him a funny email? <em>I know, I\u2019ll send him a WhatsApp wink. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe used to be a big CEO of an electronics company or some such. Something about digital music, I think.\u201d Busi continued applying a big glob of lip gloss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoesn\u2019t look old enough,\u201d Sarah responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, not of someone else\u2019s company. His <em>own <\/em>company. Some Internet business, or something to that effect,\u201d added Busi. \u201cDamn, I best get back to my desk. Don\u2019t want Pauline in here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charlie felt her shoulders start to relax.<\/p>\n<p>Reality check. Must be a different Brian. Hers wouldn\u2019t have been caught dead as a CEO of a communications company. Not even a listed one. Now, as a lead guitarist in a rock band, definitely. That\u2019s all he\u2019d talked about. That and Arsenal winning the Premier League, which seemed unlikely at the time with Man U sucking up everything in sight. Busi had mentioned music, though.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy the hell\u2019s he at Queenswood, then? I thought he was here to chop out the dead wood, then move on to whatever venture comes up next,\u201d Charlie asked, watching Busi and Sarah\u2019s departing backs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cC\u2019mon, Charlie, I doubt it\u2019s that dramatic. But I intend to find out. After all, I am one of the most, if not <em>the<\/em> most interesting women here,\u201d Shelley retorted, barracuda smile in place as she took her tea and slunk out of the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie wondered whether or not the new CEO was having an affair with Pauline. Panic struck her. Was James having an affair with Pauline? He spent a lot of time behind her enamel blue door. Did he pace the floor concocting strategies? Or did he ravish her angular body on her slab of a desk?<\/p>\n<p>Just send the WhatsApp, already!<\/p>\n<p>Having hoovered up most of her hot chocolate, Charlie thought about placing marshmallows between Tennis biscuits, then blowing them up into sticky delight in the microwave.<\/p>\n<p>She checked the biscuit barrel. No such luck. She checked her watch. Too early for the door-to-door sandwich man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd this here is Charlotte.\u201d She heard Shelley in the corridor before she saw her, beaming from ear to ear. With her hand on his sleeve, she announced, \u201cCharlotte, this is our new CEO.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charlie nearly dropped her mug.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ooooh. My. Brian.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brian-Badass<em>&#8211;<\/em>Tendai. There. In front of her.<\/p>\n<p><em>Here!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>She felt the flush from the top of her head to the soles of her feet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChar-lie Ever-son,\u201d he said, stretching her name out. \u201cHow are you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood.\u201d She wiped away the chocolate moustache, and then flipped her hair.<\/p>\n<p>There was absolute silence as she drank him in; tall\u2014still tall\u2014deep brown eyes, broad shoulders. His hands.<\/p>\n<p><em>Remember those hands, <\/em>she asked herself.<\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #8ed2c1; font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themetint: 153;\">Author Links <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Suzanne-Jefferies\/e\/B0076INQUU\">Amazon Author Page<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/226725455457159627.weebly.com\/blog\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/suzanne.jefferies.7?ref=br_rs\">Facebook<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/suzannjefferies\">Twitter<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/226725455457159627.weebly.com\/\">Website <\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I have the pleasure of being part of fellow South African author Suzanne Jefferies&#8217;s Book Blitz tour for her latest release The Joy of Comfort Eating. &nbsp; Title: The Joy of Comfort Eating Author: Suzanne Jefferies Series: Standalone Genre:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6,4],"tags":[60,62,11,61,12],"class_list":["post-626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-blogging","category-books","category-writing","tag-johannesburg","tag-public-relations","tag-romance","tag-south-africa","tag-contemporary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":627,"href":"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions\/627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}