{"id":1927,"date":"2018-02-24T07:02:55","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T14:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/?p=1927"},"modified":"2018-02-23T17:04:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T00:04:25","slug":"romance-is-in-the-air-featuring-kimberley-montpetit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/?p=1927","title":{"rendered":"Romance is in the Air: Featuring Kimberley Montpetit"},"content":{"rendered":"      <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34532\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Romance-Kimberley.jpg?resize=470%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34086\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hearts-row-e1516297431778.png?resize=520%2C76\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"76\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2EoFu9g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34552 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/JessicaJames_CVR_LRG-2-e1518643083646.jpg?resize=320%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>A feisty ballerina with a broken heart. A minister-in-training whose faith can work miracles. Can two strong-willed people find true love and a match made in heaven?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>JESSICA &amp; JAMES: A Love Story<\/strong> is a boxed collection of two romances set in Snow Valley, Montana\u2014the saga of rising star ballerina Jessica and the sparks that fly between her and gorgeous James Douglas, the new pastor in town.<\/p>\n<p>This collection includes new chapters, and a Brand New Bonus Wedding novella!<\/p>\n<p>Suffering with a broken heart, Jessica has struggled to forgive herself for that fateful night when her childhood love was killed in a car accident. After staying away from home for years, she finally returns for Christmas and meets James Douglas who is unlike any minister-in-training she\u2019s ever known. James can not only dish back Jessica\u2019s finely tuned sarcasm but understands grief all too well, turning Jessica\u2019s world and her faith upside down. Is she ready to take another risk on love?<\/p>\n<p>Living 2,000 miles apart proves difficult and Jessica and James&#8217; love is tested in a myriad of ways, but James can\u2019t get the spitfire Jessica out of his mind. When she comes home to Snow Valley to accept an inheritance with her male ballet partner in tow, James and Jessica&#8217;s passion for each other takes on a new edge.<\/p>\n<p>Clean romance with heart, and a surprise wedding you won&#8217;t see coming.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2EoFu9g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34099 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Romance-logo-amazon.png?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/37564000-jessica-james\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34102 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Romance-goodreads-logo-1.png?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34086\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hearts-row-e1516297431778.png?resize=520%2C76\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"76\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34106\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Romance-praise.png?resize=230%2C95\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"95\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Great Love Story for everyone!<br \/>\nThis was a very moving romance about loss and moving forward with life and forgiveness. It shows how much we can inhibit our growth after a devastating event. Recommend this collection for teens to adults, along with a few Kleenex. Have liked the Snow Valley Series. Wish it was a real place to go and visit for Christmas!<\/p>\n<p>I absolutely loved this book! It is a touching &amp; emotional story about family, friendship, love, and faith. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the story of Jessica &amp; James. A MUST READ FOR EVERYONE!!!<\/p>\n<p>All those Happily Ever After lovers out there, this is a story for you to grab, snuggle up with a comfy blanket and get lost in the love story of two characters who are not perfect but growing, healing and learning to love and be loved. Be warned that you might just be sucked into it and not want to set it down or to say goodbye to these characters once the final page has been read. I can&#8217;t recommend this one enough.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34086\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hearts-row-e1516297431778.png?resize=520%2C76\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"76\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34127\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Romance-99-cent.png?resize=230%2C95\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"95\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2EoFu9g\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34562\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Romance-kimberley-99.jpg?resize=414%2C314\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34086\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hearts-row-e1516297431778.png?resize=520%2C76\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"76\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2Cln4QQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34536 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Romance-Snow-Valley.jpg?resize=410%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2Cln4QQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Romance by Kimberley!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34086\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hearts-row-e1516297431778.png?resize=520%2C76\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"76\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34091\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Romance-1-excerpt.png?resize=230%2C95\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"95\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At last, she was in the sanctity of her own bedroom \u2013 a tousle of strewn clothes, unopened mail, and dishes from late night snacks sitting on the nightstand. Unfortunately, with the grueling Swan Lake ballet schedule, she hadn\u2019t had time to properly clean her apartment in a month.<br \/>\nFifteen minutes later she was dressed in jeans, a cute yellow sweater and brown suede boots with her hair pulled off her face, tendrils of curls popping out along the sides.<br \/>\n\u201cYou will have to take me as I am, James Douglas,\u201d Jessica said out loud, searching for her handbag under the couch pillows.<br \/>\n\u201cAnd that\u2019s just how I like you,\u201d a deep, male voice said at the door. \u201cEvery which way you are every, single day.\u201d<br \/>\nIt was James, standing tall, fresh and perfect in her foyer, although overdressed in a gray woolen overcoat like the Pastor Dude he was. At least that\u2019s what Jessica\u2019s eighteen-year-old brother, Sam, called him.<br \/>\nJessica sucked in a breath, trying not to swoon at how good James\u2014her James\u2014looked. \u201cHow\u2019d you get in the door?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI knocked,\u201d he confessed. \u201cBut I spotted your car outside and then discovered the front door wasn\u2019t locked, so I took the liberty of coming in.\u201d<br \/>\nHe smiled and his beautiful crystal blue eyes knocked Jessica over like they always did. Her stomach shot into her throat at the sight of him and her heart began to race. Every single time.<br \/>\n\u201cI probably didn\u2019t hear you from the sanctity of the shower.\u201d<br \/>\nHe came closer, closing the front door behind him. \u201cI didn\u2019t try the handle on your bedroom door. I do have discipline even if it was a temptation. But one of these days, Jessica,\u201d he added with a murmur.<br \/>\n\u201cI didn\u2019t think pastors of God ever got tempted,\u201d she teased, a delicious shiver running down her neck when he ran his warm hands along her bare arms.<br \/>\n\u201cWe just pray a lot.\u201d<br \/>\nJessica\u2019s mouth quirked up and they grinned at each other before he gave her a long, slow kiss.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34086\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hearts-row-e1516297431778.png?resize=520%2C76\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"76\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34093\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Romance-Author-About.png?resize=230%2C95\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"95\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-34535\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Kimberley.jpg?resize=250%2C359\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"359\" \/><strong>Author Kimberly Montpetit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When she was in Paris, Kimberley Montpetit spent most of her souvenir money at the La Patisserie shops with their beautiful and delicious pastries. She grew up in the fabulous city of San Francisco, loves all things chocolate, and now lives in a small town along the Rio Grande with her engineer husband and three sons.<\/p>\n<p>She once stayed in the haunted tower room at Borthwick Castle in Scotland and didn&#8217;t sleep a wink, sailed the Seine in Paris, rode a camel in the ancient world wonder of Petra, shopped the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, and spent the night in an old Communist hotel in Bulgaria.<\/p>\n<p>Kimberley also writes Award-winning Middle-Grade novels with Scholastic and epic Young Adult novels with Harpercollins under the name, Kimberley Griffiths Little.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kimberleymontpetit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34104 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Romance-website.png?resize=120%2C120\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KimberleyMontpetit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34100 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Romance-facebook-square.png?resize=120%2C120\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimberMontpetit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34101 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Romance-twitter.png?resize=120%2C120\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/kimberleygriffithslittle.us7.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=1c4f0a9faacb123e80367339c&amp;id=c9f8ba617b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34135 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Romance-news.png?resize=120%2C120\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34086\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hearts-row-e1516297431778.png?resize=520%2C76\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"76\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34092\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Romance-also-by.png?resize=230%2C95\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"95\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2Cln4QQ\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34558\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Romance-Also-by-Kimberley-1.jpg?resize=570%2C279\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34086\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hearts-row-e1516297431778.png?resize=520%2C76\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"76\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34094\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Romance-Giveaway.png?resize=230%2C95\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"95\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34095\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iamareader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Romance-25.jpg?resize=470%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Giveaway Details<\/strong><br \/>\n$25 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash Giveaway<\/p>\n<p>Ends 3\/13\/18<\/p>\n<p>Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code or Paypal Cash. 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