This is my stop during the book blitz for Madness or Love by Selina Bodur. This book blitz is organized by Lola’s Blog Tours. The book blitz runs from 24 till 28 October, you can view the complete blitz schedule on the website of Lola’s Blog Tours.
Madness or Love (Be With Me #1)
By Selina Bodur
Genre: Romance
Age category: New Adult, Adult
Blurb:
Victoria is the young woman every girl wants to be—bright, driven, confident, and compassionate. She knows what she wants and how to get it. She never gives up on her dreams. But her personal life is a bit dull. At least, until she met him.
Ian Young is Hollywood’s rising star. His impossibly-deep blue eyes are the talk of every magazine. His masculine body and chiseled face are in every girl’s dreams.
Fate brings them together one night in London, and they click perfectly. Against all logic, the strange connection between them deepens.
But will their friendship withstand the distance? Will the ocean between them tear them apart, or will love get in the way?
You can find Madness or Love on Goodreads
You can buy Madness or Love here:
– Amazon
– Amazon UK
About the Author:
Selina Bodur was born and raised in Bulgaria, but currently she lives in the UK. Over thirty, dark-haired, and a little overweight ordinary woman, that’s her. She was constantly in the search of who she wants to be – learning to play an accordion, singing, and painting. But becoming a writer was always a childhood dream of hers. Even when she was very young her imagination had been running wild. Selina preferred to create worlds instead to live in the real one. As a teenager she ventured into poetry, and published few of her poems and couple of short stories. She loved to pour her heart out on the pages, covered in tears. She had to grow up and pushed her writing dream in the deepest and dustiest corner of her mind.
After years spent in searching for the right carrier and blindly jumping from hotel management to waiting on tables she ended up in the Car Valet and Cleaning Business, 3000 kilometers away from her home country Bulgaria. On the bright side, one thing had been born from the lack of social life, the homesickness, and the many hours spent in front of the computer—she began writing again.
In 2013 she released her debut novella “Fighting the Impossible”, followed by the poetry collection “The Death of the Rose”. “Be With Me” series is her next project, and the first installment “Madness or Love” will be out in October 2014.
She still dreams of becoming a full time writer.
You can find and contact Selina here:
– Website
– Facebook
– Twitter
– Goodreads
There is a tour wide giveaway for the book blitz of Madness or Love. These are the prizes you can win:
– amazon gift card $5
– 10 e-copies (mobi) of Madness or Love
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Read an Excerpt from Madness or Love:
“Victoria was flipping through the next week’s schedule when she heard the sliding doors. She lifted her eyes gently, studying the man approaching her—faded tan leather jacket, gray V-neck T-shirt, dark denim jeans, unlaced military boots in a natural color, dark, messy hair, and tired blue eyes. She held her gaze on his face a little longer. He had a polished look; his skin was healthy and well maintained. His whole body radiated confidence, but the eyes were what made you stop, although they were the only feature that gave away his fatigue. After more than a seven hour flight, only the fine lines around his eyes spoke about a jet lag.
And then he smiled at her. The most genuine and warm smile that she’d ever come across transformed his face immediately. The jet lag was gone and replaced with kindness and compassion. Amazed, she smiled back with her innermost, reserved-only-for-friends-and-family smile. Her soul instinctively responded to the glow coming out of him. He closed the distance fast, and she stood up.
“Mr. Young, welcome!” She offered her hand, and he took it. Two warm palms connected into one. No electricity flowed, no desire overwhelmed their bodies—just calmness, security, trust, two souls who finally found each other. Bizarre, she thought, resisting the urge to tell him all of her secrets. A soul mate. The thought crossed her mind for a fraction of a second.
“Ian, just Ian, please.” His voice broke her line of thought. “And you are?”
“Victoria Dean, Senior Front Office Assistant. Nice to meet you! I hope you’ll enjoy your stay at Boutique on the Gardens.” They held hands longer than necessary, and he briefly glanced at their entwined fingers. Was it the exhaustion or was this woman making him feel—he tried to put a name to it—accepted, cared for, welcomed, safe? She wasn’t a Hollywood beauty, the kind he was so tired of. His first impression was she radiated goodness, like a little bowl of happiness. And without a doubt, that made her look so damn attractive—not the impossibly green eyes or the sexy, full lips, though they played a part too. Her smile widened, reflecting his. Bizarre. The thought circled his mind. He figured he was immune to beauty; however, that wasn’t why he felt connected to her. The lack of an instant physical attraction between them could have been a result of his long flight, but the feeling of total understanding was inexplicable.
She was the first to regain her composure. “I hope you had a tolerable flight,” she said, and very slowly pulled her hand away. Waiting for an answer with genuine interest, she looked him straight in his eyes.
He shrugged. “Pleasant enough, if you can ever call an eight-hour-long butt cramp pleasant.”
She laughed—a tinkling, enchanting sound. “Okay then, I’ll make this quick. I need you to sign this.” She passed him a paper. “Your key is here, and you’re free to go and take care of your . . . backside.”
It was his turn to laugh. “You don’t happen to know a twenty-four-seven on-call massage service?”
“I am sorry, I don’t.” She thought for a second. “I can try to find someone online for you.”
“I don’t think it will be necessary, but thank you, anyway,” Ian simply responded.
“Anything else I can do for you?”
“You’ve done enough.” He winked.
She felt the heat rising in her cheeks. Please, don’t blush, she begged silently and, hoping her body wouldn’t betray her, looked at him bravely. “The apartment is on the top floor,” she said, trying to change the subject. “Do you need any help with your luggage?”
“I’ll be fine, Victoria.” And a moment later, he disappeared into the elevator.”
