Thursday, April 11, 2013

Straight Reading from the Library: Class Reunion by Kenzie Michaels


Kenzie Michaels' newest book Class Reunion was sent to me for review by Goddess Fish Promotions as part of a virtual book tour. Kenzie will be awarding one eBook copy of All She Ever Wanted to one randomly drawn commenter and a $10 Freya's Bower GC to another randomly drawn commenter during the tour. You can see the rest of the tour stops by going to Kenzie's tour page: http://goddessfishpromotions.blogspot.com/2013/02/virtual-review-tour-class-reunion-by.html


READ THE BLURB

After being burned pretty badly by two different women in his past, Brian Vellinger has sworn off romance. Commitment-shy for the past fifteen years, he is stunned by his sudden attraction to a woman he's not seen since the last day of their senior year. 

Natalie Collier thinks she's successfully put Brian Vellinger out of her mind. After harboring a secret crush all through high school and into college, she is both alarmed and thrilled when Brian makes his intentions known at their 25th class reunion. But will she succeed in softening his casual, 'sex only' policy, or will she end up just another notch on his belt?


READ THE REVIEW

This short story is the perfect size for a lunchtime read if you are looking for one.  The premise? What happens when a woman finds out her high school crush is available? Does she go for it? There's only one problem-- all he wants is a one time, casual, sex only night.

There's not a lot of drama here, with the exception of her ex-boyfriend, who won't accept the fact they aren't together, and Brian's casual weekly "frienship"---in a longer book, it would have been good to develop both of those and throw more conflict into the story.  

Ms. Michaels does a good job, however, in developing the two main characters--you see where they are coming from (especially Brian) and root for them to come together. I will definitely be on the lookout for more stories by Ms. Michaels.



MEET THE AUTHOR

Kenzie Michaels resides in the Midwest with her husband, three children, and various household pets. Her fifth-grade teacher showed this avid reader how to write the stories swirling in her head, successfully unleashing her imagination upon the written word.

Kenzie is the 'wild child' of author Molly Daniels. They cohabitate nicely inside the brain of a woman in Indiana who's the mother of three and 'Aunt Molly' to the entire neighborhood. A devout chocoholic, her hubby has learned to watch out when the characters in her head take over and not get too upset when the words are flowing and all concept of time is lost. (LOL)
  
Here is where Kenzie can be found:





11 comments:

  1. Thank you Judith:) I'm glad you enjoyed it!

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  2. It sounds an entertaining read.
    Best luck, Mrs Michaels, with the tour and promoting!
    Carmen
    http://shadowspastmystery.blogspot.ro/

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    1. Thank you Carmen:) This has definitely been an exciting week! Still waiting on cover art for the 3rd book in this trilogy, Off The Clock, which I believe should be released either late this month or early next.

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  3. Congrats on all the good reviews and success of the series. I do the love the cover!

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    1. Ooooh yes! This is definitely one of my favorite covers:) Love it when the cover artist 'gets' it on the 1st try! Thanks for stopping by Amber:)

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  4. I'm in love with this premise. I have my own class reunion this year and can't wait to see which people remind me of the characters! Nice to see you again Mackenzie and I wish you all the best!

    Melissa
    daringzoey@yahoo.com

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    1. LOL....I have my 30th next year and wonder if anyone will TALK to me, now that this has been released! When friends first discovered what I was writing, a few said to me, "Sweet, innocent YOU wrote THAT?" One said she literally fell off her chair when I sent her an excerpt And when I did walk into the reunion, our class clown grabbed me in a hug, repeated "Kenzie, Kenzie, Kenzie....I got nothin'!" and walked away. I announced, "Mark this day down in history! I have rendered Fred SPEECHLESS!"

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  5. Judith notes the short length in her review...While I don't think I'd read it during lunch, since I sometimes eat lunch at my desk in the Library, I DO love a quickie read in the evening before bed. Sometimes a very short read is all I can manage after a long work day!
    catherinelee100 at gmail dot com

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    1. Catherine, I have a 42K book called Teacher's Pet, also with Freya's Bower, and it's actually my best seller. If you're in the mood for something longer. I went through a period of time where I was lucky to turn out a 25K book.

      I tried not to give the feeling of leaving things hanging; sometimes I'll read a short book and think, "But wait....what happens NEXT?" I tried to wrap things up so readers wouldn't feel 'cheated'. Make sense?

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  6. Congratulations to Melissa K, who wins the copy of All She Ever Wanted, and ELF, who wins the $10 Freya's Bower GC!

    Thank you so much for hosting me this week!

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