TITLE: My Life in Shambles
AUTHOR: Karina Halle
GENRE: Romance
PUBLICATION: April 10th, 2019
Synopsis
They say bad things happen in threes.
After my boyfriend broke off our engagement, I lost my apartment, and was laid off from my job, I can definitely attest to that.
They also say life is what happens when you say yes to new adventures.
So when my two sisters invited me to ring in the new year in Ireland, I decided to throw all caution to the wind and go for it. I was going to let “saying yes” be my new resolution.
Little did I know I’d spend New Year’s Eve having a hot and dirty one-night stand with Padraig McCarthy, one hell of a sexy Irishman. I also didn’t know that the brooding and intense sex god was one of Ireland’s top rugby players.
A rugby player with a proposition for me:
Come with him to his tiny hometown of Shambles and pretend to be his fiancé for a few days, just so that his ailing father can have some peace of mind.
It sounded simple enough.
It was anything but.
Not when a town gets up in your business, not when the media hunts you down, not when your past comes back in the picture, not when there are real hearts and feelings at stake.
Not when there are secrets that could break you.
They say life is what happens when you say yes to new adventures.
This is my life in Shambles.
After my boyfriend broke off our engagement, I lost my apartment, and was laid off from my job, I can definitely attest to that.
They also say life is what happens when you say yes to new adventures.
So when my two sisters invited me to ring in the new year in Ireland, I decided to throw all caution to the wind and go for it. I was going to let “saying yes” be my new resolution.
Little did I know I’d spend New Year’s Eve having a hot and dirty one-night stand with Padraig McCarthy, one hell of a sexy Irishman. I also didn’t know that the brooding and intense sex god was one of Ireland’s top rugby players.
A rugby player with a proposition for me:
Come with him to his tiny hometown of Shambles and pretend to be his fiancé for a few days, just so that his ailing father can have some peace of mind.
It sounded simple enough.
It was anything but.
Not when a town gets up in your business, not when the media hunts you down, not when your past comes back in the picture, not when there are real hearts and feelings at stake.
Not when there are secrets that could break you.
They say life is what happens when you say yes to new adventures.
This is my life in Shambles.
Kat's Review
’MY LIFE IN SHAMBLES:
by Karina Halle is a full length, stand alone, contemporary romance novel.
To New Years resolutions.."What if is fear. Even if is faith...." And to just saying yes..
Valerie Stephen’s life is in shambles, they say bad luck runs in three’s and that seems to be running true in Valerie's life, first her relationship crumbles, she is currently homeless and then to top it all off she’s laid off from her dream job.
With nothing holding her back any more she jumps at the chance of a lifetime when her two sisters beg her to bring in the New Year in Ireland. A chance encounter at a pub the three were at has Valerie saying yes to new adventures, from a one night stand with a hot rugby player, which is a first for her, to travelling with Padraig to his hometown being introduced to his dying father as his fake fiance. Slowly lines become cloudy and that's where I got caught up with all the swoony moments Karina threw my way.
I found Valerie's character so easy to connect with, from her hang ups about her body image to her happy go lucky view on life with just the right amount of sassiness thrown in who wears her heart on her sleeve.
Padraig oh this man made me swoon, he's broody, shrouded in darkness which sticks to him like a cloak, his life is falling down around his ears.
My life in shambles ticked all the boxes one could ever ask for, this was such a heartfelt emotional story, these two characters were simply sublime, they were perfect for each other, straight away as soon as I started this I was pulled into the storyline, it flowed perfectly, each page just pulled me deeper under their spell. I fell in love within a few chapters and couldn't put it down.
To New Years resolutions.."What if is fear. Even if is faith...." And to just saying yes..
Valerie Stephen’s life is in shambles, they say bad luck runs in three’s and that seems to be running true in Valerie's life, first her relationship crumbles, she is currently homeless and then to top it all off she’s laid off from her dream job.
With nothing holding her back any more she jumps at the chance of a lifetime when her two sisters beg her to bring in the New Year in Ireland. A chance encounter at a pub the three were at has Valerie saying yes to new adventures, from a one night stand with a hot rugby player, which is a first for her, to travelling with Padraig to his hometown being introduced to his dying father as his fake fiance. Slowly lines become cloudy and that's where I got caught up with all the swoony moments Karina threw my way.
I found Valerie's character so easy to connect with, from her hang ups about her body image to her happy go lucky view on life with just the right amount of sassiness thrown in who wears her heart on her sleeve.
Padraig oh this man made me swoon, he's broody, shrouded in darkness which sticks to him like a cloak, his life is falling down around his ears.
My life in shambles ticked all the boxes one could ever ask for, this was such a heartfelt emotional story, these two characters were simply sublime, they were perfect for each other, straight away as soon as I started this I was pulled into the storyline, it flowed perfectly, each page just pulled me deeper under their spell. I fell in love within a few chapters and couldn't put it down.
Author Bio
Karina Halle is a former travel writer & music journalist and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal & USA Today Bestselling author of The Swedish Prince, The Pact, Love, in English, The Artists Trilogy, Bad at Love & over 45 other wild and romantic reads. She lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband and her adopted pup Bruce, where she drinks a lot of wine, hikes a lot of trails and devours a lot of books.
Halle is represented by Root Literary and is both self-published and published by Atria Books/Simon & Schuster and Hachette. Her books have been published in France, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Hungary, Brazil, Bulgaria, Israel and Croatia.
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You can also hit her up on Instagram at @authorHalle, on Twitter at @MetalBlonde and on Facebook. You can also visit www.authorkarinahalle.com and sign up for the newsletter for news, excerpts, previews, private book signing sales and more.
Halle is represented by Root Literary and is both self-published and published by Atria Books/Simon & Schuster and Hachette. Her books have been published in France, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Hungary, Brazil, Bulgaria, Israel and Croatia.
Karina Halle isn't on Goodreads and does NOT check her messages here - please contact her via Facebook instead.
You can also hit her up on Instagram at @authorHalle, on Twitter at @MetalBlonde and on Facebook. You can also visit www.authorkarinahalle.com and sign up for the newsletter for news, excerpts, previews, private book signing sales and more.
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A pretend relationship and a Rugby player? I'm sold. What you say about their chemistry and how emotional the story is, that's what I always loved about Karina Halle's books. She writes fantastic love stories!
ReplyDeleteOMG you have to read this one!! If you are a fan of this authors this is a must read..Such a unique heart felt story. I loved these two characters so much. xox
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