Release Day Blitz: BATTLE OF THE BULGE
Today we have the release day blitz of Mimi Jean Pamfiloff’s THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE! Check out this fun new romance and grab your copy today!
Title: The Battle of the Bulge
Author: Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Genre: Romance
About THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE:
From New
York Times Bestseller, Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, comes a new Romantic Comedy.
“Chicks can’t be bodyguards. Especially hot chicks."
MY NAME IS MITCH HOFER. I’m a world-famous swimmer
from Australia, best known for three things: my gold medals, my looks, and
filling out a swimsuit with my…eh-hem–bulky equipment. Let’s just say there’s a
reason my nickname is “The Bulge.”
But beyond the fame, sponsors, and glory, there’s
more to me than people know, including one hell of a mess I’ve gotten mixed up
in. Life or death stuff, so bring in the professionals. Just don’t give me a
chick bodyguard. Especially a young hot one who hates my guts.
MY NAME IS ABI CARTER, and I hate Mitch Hofer.
Yeah, he might be the sexiest champion swimmer in the world, but I’d give this
guy a gold medal for being a first-class jerk.
Unfortunately, my boss has given me a choice–guard
Mitch or get another job. And I really need the money. I can be professional,
but if Mitch says “chicks can’t be bodyguards” one more time, I just might
strangle him myself.
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Exclusive Excerpt:
Abi
If you could pick one word to
describe yourself, what would it be?
Optimist?
Extrovert?
Driven or feisty?
If you’d asked me a few years
ago, I would have said shy. Seriously, turtles had nothin’ on me. I was the
girl in school who always pushed her hair down around her face, sat in the back
of the classroom, and rarely raised her hand. I never would’ve described myself
as brave. Or deadly
Of course, I’m all grown up
now, nearly twenty-two, and I can’t afford to be that girl anymore. Especially
because I need money. A lot of it. Which is why I’m standing in the slushy mud
after hiking seven hours in the freezing Alaskan snow while carrying a
fifty-pound pack filled with survival gear. This is the world’s toughest job
interview, but if I pass, I’ll make three times what I could anywhere else.
A projectile whizzes past my
ear, and I plunge headfirst into a thick pile of snow between two towering
pines. Jesus! Who am I kidding? I’m no GI Abi! I’m a certified
geekoid. President of the Star Trek Uhura Club, avid
romance-book lover, cowbell player in my university’s beginners’ band, and the
founder of Business is Sexy enthusiast group who promotes business and finance
majors among the women’s clubs on campus. All these groups are new endeavors for
me—my way of trying to be more social—so I can learn to love new things.
Okay. Most new things. This
bodyguard bootcamp? Possibly a huge mistake.
Of course, I’m not naïve. I
know that life rarely turns out the way people expect. When my father died of a
heart attack about six years ago, I never imagined how much I’d miss him.
Suddenly, this man who used to drive me crazy with his lectures about grabbing
the bull by the horns became the one person no man could ever compare to.
Losing him made me see how special he was and how lucky we were to have
him—something my mother knew for years.
After he died, her life began
falling apart. Not because she wallowed or felt sorry for herself. Not even.
She is a pillar of strength, both as a human being and as the owner of an
interior design company. Her misfortunes have all been a series of random
events—some horrible client who spent one hundred K on custom furniture and
design work then decided to sue for his money back because his new girlfriend
didn’t like the style. That same week, there was a flood in her warehouse and
her insurance company went under. Fabrics, curtains, pillows, and her entire
house-staging inventory for the realtor clients. Gone. It’s been one disaster
after another, but she still manages to keep a high chin and a wide smile.
Honestly, her can-do attitude
is what inspired me to apply for a job as a bodyguard. I’m fighting for a
chance to get our mortgage back to square, pay for my final semester of
college, and keep her interior design business from tanking. If I’m lucky, I’ll
run my own business someday, too.
I remove my dirty white parka,
toss it to the snow-covered ground, and press my back to a wide tree trunk. I’m
frozen to the bone, but my camo thermal shirt will blend in better with the
bark.
One more kill, Abi. Just one
more, and this will all be over. No,
I’m not really going to kill anyone. But I do have to tag one more trainer with
my airsoft rifle. Otherwise, I fail bootcamp. I’m all out of ammo, so after
this last pellet, it’s game over.
"You got this, girl,” I whisper
to myself, ignoring the aches in my back, legs, and arms from crouching and
crawling over rocks and frozen branches.
I hear my target’s soft
footsteps crunching through the freshly fallen snow. This is it.
Steady. Keep calm…I wrap my frozen pink finger around the trigger and hold
my breath. You got this, Abi. You got this.
Suddenly, I hear more
footsteps approaching to my left. And to my right! They’ve been tracking me all
day, and now I’m surrounded.
Just like I’d hoped. Because sometimes life hands you lemons. And other times it hands you
grenades.
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