Straight Chatting from the Library: For You I'd Break by Hannah Jordan

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What is the favorite book you remember as a child?

The Popcorn Book. I lived in a rural area where there weren’t many doctors. I waited hours with my mom every time my brother or I needed care. The doctor’s office had a copy of the book in the waiting room, so we read it A LOT. My mom bought us books all the time, but never allowed us to buy that one. I think she wanted to keep it “special”, so we’d be entertained while we waited.

Tell us about your current book in 10 words.

Wallflower’s second chance post-divorce with her high school crush.

E-Reader or print? and why?

I read romances on my e-reader because I’m in Kindle Unlimited and burn through smut. I like to read nonfiction and literary novels in print because I scribble notes in the margins like I’m still in grad school.

One book at a time or multiples?

Multiple. I’m always reading romance, but I also enjoy nonfiction and fiction in other genres. I love learning new things, so I’ll often read a novel and a nonfiction book at the same time.

I’m typically beta reading for someone else as well. I have a group of writers who’ve helped me through edits of The Peace Falls Series, and I try to return the favor anytime they need me.

Right now I’m reading The Anxious Generation about how kids use digital spaces, Laura Landish’s Never Bargain with the Boss, and a fellow RWA mentee’s beta draft.

Dog-ear or bookmark? (don't worry—Librarian Judith won't hold it against you—much)

Since I read paper books with a pen in my hand, I usually stick the pen in the book to keep my place.

When do you do most of your reading?

I read nonfiction and beta read during the day when I’m most alert. I like to read romances at night to unwind.

Favorite genre?

Romance! The list of romance authors I admire (and read every chance I get) is long, but includes writers in different subgenres. I’ll read an LJ Shen novel one week, a Pippa Grant another, and an Amy Harmon the following. One writes fairly dark romance, one writes romantic comedies, and one writes historical romance. I love them all!

Do you loan your books?

Only if I haven’t written in them. Knowing people read the spicy scenes I’ve written doesn’t bother me, but I’d hate for someone to read my unfiltered thoughts scratched out in the margins of a book.

Re-reader or not?

I enjoy re-reading my favorites. I love Jane Austen. It should have been my first clue during my literary fiction phase that I might be writing in the wrong genre. Austen’s writing is masterful and I will die on that hill, but when it comes right down to it, she wrote romances. Exceptional romances, but romances. I have read and re-read most of her novels. I also enjoy re-reading a good series if I need to rest my brain for a while.

What would make you not finish a book?

Bad writing. I start editing the book while I’m reading, and it pulls me from the story.

READ THE BLURB

When Rowan’s two-year marriage ends with a crash, she returns home to Peace Falls, VA, riding shotgun in her sister’s 1990 Cadillac hearse. Everything about her is damaged: her heart, her pride, her bank account, and her spine—thanks to a tourist, a Segway, and finding her husband getting busy with her boss. But Rowan is determined to reclaim her career and city life as soon as she recuperates and lands a new job.

Caleb “Cal” Cardoso didn’t notice wallflower Rowan in high school, but the former football star, and Peace Falls’s newest physical therapist, can’t take his eyes off the stunning redhead now. Too bad he’s sworn off relationships. After his last hookup purposely tanked his online reputation, Cal stands to lose his job if a single patient leaves his care. Which is why he can’t let Rowan switch to another practitioner, despite the friction between them, and why he definitely can’t act on his growing attraction.

Rowan agrees to remain Cal’s patient if he helps her younger brother train for football tryouts. Though Cal hasn’t touched a football since the accident that killed his best friend, he agrees, and as Cal helps heal Rowan’s body, she begins to heal his heart.

For You I’d Break is a small town romance with a hefty dash of spice, a HEA ending, and a cast of memorable characters, including a goth sculptor who secretly loves to decorate cakes, a fearsome-looking felon with a heart of gold, a hothead with a sweet side, a karma-devoted barista who collects damaged pets and first dates, and a lovable dog with more emotional sense than everyone put together.

READ AN EXCERPT

Just then, the second door opened and out walked Caleb Cardoso in a pair of slate gray scrubs. Years of watching him swagger down school hallways and sprint across football fields did nothing to prepare me. He’d added more muscle to his lean frame, his broad shoulders tapering to a narrow waist. His dark, tousled hair looked styled to suggest he’d just climbed out of bed after an all-night sexfest. His jaw was sharper, his cheek bones more chiseled. When he looked at me with those rich chocolate eyes, all the air left my lungs.

“Mrs. Norris,” he said, glancing at the tablet in his hands.

The sound of my married name lifted the lust fog from my brain. “Please call me Rowan,” I said, relieved I’d finally managed to speak in his presence.

He studied my face, frowned, and looked back at his tablet. “Nice to meet you,” he said, studying my face again. “I’m Cal. Take a seat on the first table.”

Lauren would have politely told him that we were two years apart in school. Poppy would have flipped the embarrassment of being forgotten back onto Cal with a snide comment about his observation skills. Not that anyone ever forgot Poppy. I just turned my back to him and hoped he hadn’t seen my cheeks burn. People often didn’t remember me, but it still stung, especially when it was someone I’d spent so much time fantasizing about in my teens. As I crossed the room, I could feel him behind me, watching my every movement.

MEET THE AUTHOR

Hannah Jordan grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia but wound up in South Jersey after falling in love with her complete opposite. She's got all the degrees of a "serious" fiction writer but only smiles when she's writing romance.

She lives with her husband and two daughters in a picturesque town outside of Philadelphia where she enjoys reading in all genres, especially the spicy ones, and confusing people with her half-Southern, half-Northern accent.

The first book in her Peace Falls Small Town Romance Series, For You I’d Break, launched July 17, 2024.

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