Getting By (A Knight’s Tale I) by Claudia Y. Burgoa is a new-adult
contemporary romance novel, published February 18, 2014.
Synopsis:
When Emma Anderson arrived at San Francisco International
Airport, she regretted accepting the distinction of being the maid of
honor to Gaby’s—her childhood friend—wedding. It had been years since the
last time she set foot in Menlo Park, where her parents had been killed.
The rug where she had been shoving her feelings since that day
looked bumpier than a camel’s hump. Who could blame her; if she hadn’t
been selfish they’d still be around. Ever since that fateful day,
Emma has been perfecting the knack of Getting By.
Cade’s wedding in Menlo Park—a city close to San Francisco—might
be the perfect place for Jake Knight to shake the memories of his ex,
Emma Anderson for good. Single, available women galore for an entire week
was the perfect medication, one he intended to take three times a day
for an entire week to return to his player days. It was a plan the
former spy thought flawless until he came face to face with the maid of
honor. Jake’s perfect retreat turns into a flight, fight or hide week
of celebrations.
This is the first book in the 4 book series. The
second book will be released later this year.
Claudia lives in Colorado with her family and three
dogs. While managing life, she works as a CFO at a small IT Company. She’s
a dreamer who enjoys music, laughter and a good story. Claudia writes
romance, sci-fi, and fantasy. She has published two novels: Where Life Takes
You and Getting By. Claudia is currently working on Standing
By, the second book in the Knight series. For 2014, Claudia plans to released
three, perhaps four novels.
Follow Claudia:
“You sure about being here?” She nodded, answering my
question. Then I slipped one of the migraine pills in her hand and opened a
bottle of water. I noticed that Mom and Dad had walked over to Gaby, who waited
for them on the corner of the street. After gulping her medicine and water, she
handed the bottle over to me. “Text me if you need me to pick you up earlier,
Pretty Girl.” She nodded again and I kissed her temples. “Liam, can you walk
her to the shop, please?”
Mitch couldn’t hold his tongue any longer, and spoke up,
saying, “What was that about?” I glared at him. “Mom being too quiet is scary,
right? You want to throw her at her own game? Am I next to be extremely nice
with Emma, as if she was my girl?” I grinned, he got me. “Pointers for it to
work. Try to change your concerned look, stop drooling and perhaps Mom might
believe you.” I narrowed my eyes. “Yeah, it was that obvious since we hit the
hotel restaurant at eight this morning, Jay. You were too couple-like. Let’s
run you through the breakfast highlights.
“You spotted the girl and
ran to her whispering in her ear, giving her a stupid smile I’ve never seen you
wear before.” I smirked, remembering the fork, and snorted. Ignoring me, he
continued, “At breakfast you two were sitting too close for comfort. Not even
Mom and Dad were that close. The best part wasn’t the medicine errand you ran
for her. No.” No? I put a hand on the
back of my neck and continued listening to the play by play that made me look
like a moron in love. “The freaky part, where everyone dropped their jaw at the
table, was when Emma reached toward your plate and grabbed strips of
your bacon.” I shrugged, what was wrong with it? “Not once, but several times.
No one is allowed to touch your food, Jake. Ever since we were little, you
hated it. Yet, Emma touched your food, and while she was doing it, you were a
millimeter from kissing her. You two are too comfortable with each other, and
the daunting part, Jake, is that the two of you fit so well that you don’t
realize how wrong everything looked for the ones that don’t know about your
relationship.”
“Or for the ones that know you two broke up,” Liam added. I
didn’t notice when he came back. “The parental units are suspicious, Jake. Come
clean and put some space between you and Emma before Mom chooses the wedding
location and makes Dad buy the two of you a house next door to theirs.”
“Did you have to deal with the TMI all the time, Li?” Mitch
shivered after Liam nodded with a blank stare. “I never checked to see if the
girl I slept with used the pill or not. Add to that the hot factor that she
carries condoms in her magic bag.”
“It’s different when you’re with a girl for more than one
n—” I rubbed the back of my neck. “Can we not talk about my girl?” I gulped
after uttering the last two words and began to think about some form of
rehabilitation to move on.
This giveaway is for 1 KINDLE e-book copy of Getting By (A Knight's Tale I) by Claudia Y. Burgoa
The winner's email will be given to the publicist, so they can send you the Kindle copy of the book.
I will also email the winner when the giveaway is over to let them know they won.
