{"id":30423,"date":"2018-02-14T11:00:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=30423"},"modified":"2018-02-13T21:45:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T02:45:35","slug":"excerpt-reveal-gentleman-nine-by-penelope-ward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=30423","title":{"rendered":"Excerpt Reveal: Gentleman Nine by Penelope Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GENTLEMAN NINE<\/strong>
\nA Standalone Contemporary Romance Novel<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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New York Times, USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal <\/i>Bestselling Author <\/strong>
\nPenelope Ward <\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Releasing February 19, 2018<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Pre-order today!<\/strong>
\niBooks<\/a>\u00a0| B&N<\/a> | Kobo<\/a> | Paperback<\/a>
\nAmazon Audio<\/a> | Audible<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Sign up to be alerted when it goes live on AMAZON<\/a><\/strong>
\n**No Amazon e-book preorder. Will go live on\/around release day.** <\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Blurb<\/b><\/h4>\n

From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new, sexy standalone novel.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Growing up, the three of us were friends.
\n<\/span>He was the nerd.
\n<\/span>I was the playboy.
\n<\/span>She was the beauty.<\/span><\/p>\n

Deep down, I only ever wanted her. I kept it inside because Rory and I made a pact that our friend, Amber, was off-limits.
\n<\/span>He lied.<\/span><\/p>\n

I went off to college, and he got the girl.
\n<\/span>Amber never knew how I felt.
\n<\/span>They were together for years\u2014before he broke her heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through it all and across the miles, she and I casually stayed in touch.
\n<\/span>When my job sent me to Boston for a three-month contract position, Amber let me stay in her spare room.<\/span><\/p>\n

Still reeling from her breakup, she\u2019d sworn off men.
\n<\/span>One night, I opened her computer to find the shock of my life. She\u2019d hesitantly contacted a male escort company. Afraid to date and get her heart broken again, she was looking for sex with no strings.
\n<\/span>Every emotion imaginable ran through me: protectiveness, jealousy\u2014curiosity.
\n<\/span>Amber had chosen Gentleman Number Nine and sent him a message.
\n<\/span>She opened up to him, confessing, among other things, her physical attraction to her friend\u2014me. But she considered me off-limits\u2014and she thought I was a manwhore. (Ironic, considering the circumstances.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Eventually, she set up a date to meet Gentleman Nine at a hotel.
\n<\/span>When she showed up several nights later to meet him, she got the surprise of her life to see me standing there\u2014with an offer I hoped she wouldn\u2019t refuse.<\/span><\/p>\n

Find Gentleman Nine\u00a0<\/em>on\u00a0GOODREADS<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

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Excerpt<\/strong><\/h4>\n

G9,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Is that what your friends call you? I like that. Thanks for the answers.
\n<\/span><\/i>That\u2019s an interesting question\u2014why tonight of all nights? Well, I saw my ex tagged on Facebook with another woman, and that put me over the edge. But it\u2019s more than that. Lately, I\u2019ve developed a strong attraction to a good friend of mine, and that\u2019s sort of screwing with me a bit. He\u2019s actually temporarily living in my condo, but he\u2019s someone I\u2019ve known for years. I\u2019ve always thought he was extremely handsome, but it\u2019s complicated. He and I would not be a good match romantically. He\u2019s not the monogamous type, or at least, he never used to be. We\u2019re better off as friends. He was also the best friend of my ex years back, so there\u2019s that. Having him around, though, has made me more sensitized to my sexual desires. Little things like the waft of his scent, the way he touches the small of my back when he passes by me in the kitchen\u2026it\u2019s like my body is on this constant state of alert. So, I was thinking if I could just\u2014for lack of a better word\u2014get laid, maybe I could get this feeling out of my system.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span>Amber<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

My jaw was open as I just sat there staring at the screen.
\n<\/span>Holy shit.
\n<\/span><\/i>I read it again.
\n<\/span>And again.
\n<\/span>And again.
\n<\/span>I honestly didn\u2019t think that Amber felt that way about me. She would always make jokes about me being good-looking, but her attraction to Rory proved that her taste wasn\u2019t exactly conventional. Now, I really felt like shit for invading her privacy, because there was no way she would\u2019ve been okay with confessing that to me. I never imagined any of this had to do with <\/span>me.<\/span><\/i> I\u2019d assumed it was solely about Rory.
\n<\/span>She wanted to use another man to f*ck <\/span>me<\/span><\/i> out of her system?
\n<\/span>That revelation left me shocked and confused\u2014not to mention hard as f*ck thinking about the fact that Amber wanted me.<\/span><\/p>\n

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About the Author<\/b><\/h4>\n

\"\"Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling author. She\u2019s a seventeen-time New York Times bestseller. Her novels are published in over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world. Having grown up in Boston with five older brothers, she spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor, before switching to a more family-friendly career. She is the proud mother of a beautiful 13-year-old girl with autism and a 12-year-old boy. Penelope and her family reside in Rhode Island. <\/span><\/p>\n

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FACEBOOK<\/a> | WEBSITE<\/a> | TWITTER<\/a> | INSTAGRAM<\/a> | PINTEREST<\/a> GOODREADS<\/a> | FB FAN GROUP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Additional\u00a0books by\u00a0Penelope Ward<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Penelope Ward can always be counted on for fantastic contemporary romance!\u00a0 Whether romantic comedy or drama, she always brings the feels, and there are some all-time faves on this page!<\/p>\n

These are Penelope Wards’s individually written books.\u00a0 Please also check out our Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward spotlight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n

Standalones<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"Taylor’s Father<\/strong>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"The House Guest<\/strong>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\" \u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

The Rocker’s Muse
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Buy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

The Drummer’s Heart<\/strong>
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"The Surrogate
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0\u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Apple Books<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 B&N<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kobo\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Google Play<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Paperback<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Audible\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"I Could Never
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\nBuy: \u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Apple Books<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0B&N<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Kobo\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Google Play<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Paperback<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Audible<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Toe the Line
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0Amazon \u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0\u00a0Paperback<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Apple Books<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0B&N<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Kobo\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Google Play<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Audible<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Moody<\/strong>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0\u00a0Apple <\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0 B&N<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kobo\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Google Play<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Audio\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Paperback\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"The Assignment
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0\u00a0Amazon\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0\u00a0Apple<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0B&N<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Kobo\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Google Play<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Audio<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"The Aristocrat
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon <\/a>|\u00a0 iBooks <\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0B&N<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kobo\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0 Google Play<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Audio\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"The Crush
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0<\/a> | \u00a0iBooks<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 B&N<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kobo\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Google Play\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Audio<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"The Anti-Boyfriend
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0\u00a0iBooks<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 B&N<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kobo\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Google Books<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Audio\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Just One Year
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Buy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0| \u00a0iBooks \u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0\u00a0Nook\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Kobo\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Google Play<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Audio<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"The Day He Came Back
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0| \u00a0iBooks<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Nook\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Kobo\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Google Play<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Audio\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"When August Ends<\/strong>
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0Amazon\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 iBooks<\/a> |\u00a0 Nook\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Kobo\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Google Play<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Paperback<\/a> |\u00a0 Audio<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Love Online
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0iBooks<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0B&N<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0Kobo<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0Google Play<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0Paperback<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0Audio<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/p>\n

Drunk Dial<\/strong>
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0 <\/a>|\u00a0 iBooks<\/a>\u00a0| B&N<\/a> | Kobo<\/a> |\u00a0Paperback<\/a>\u00a0| Audio<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gentleman Nine
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0Amazon<\/a> | iBooks<\/a>\u00a0| B&N<\/a> | Kobo<\/a> | Paperback<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Amazon Audio<\/a> | Audible<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Mack Daddy
\n<\/b>Review<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Nook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/strong>Jaded and Tyed<\/strong> (standalone novella that follows on from Neighbor Dearest)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a> (paperback only)\u00a0 |\u00a0 Audible<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"neighbor Neighbor Dearest<\/strong> (standalone but follows on from Stepbrother Dearest)
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Nook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Kobo<\/a>\u00a0| Paperback<\/a> |\u00a0Audible<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"RoomHate\"RoomHate
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0B&N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Kobo<\/a>\u00a0| Paperback<\/a>\u00a0| Audible<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"SinsSins of Sevin
\n<\/strong>Buy:\u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0B&N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Kobo<\/a>\u00a0| Paperback<\/a>\u00a0| Audible<\/a>\u00a0
\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"StepbrotherStepbrother Dearest
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0B&N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Kobo\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0Paperback<\/a> |\u00a0Audible<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n

Gemini (Interconnected Standalones)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"Gemini\"\u00a0 <\/strong>\"Jake<\/strong>\u00a0 \"My<\/strong>\u00a0 \"Jake\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gemini <\/strong>(Allison & Cedric)
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Buy:\u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0B&N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Kobo<\/a>\u00a0| Paperback<\/a> |\u00a0Audible<\/a><\/p>\n

Jake Undone (Jake, #1)<\/strong> (Jake & Nina)
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Buy:\u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0B&N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Kobo<\/a>\u00a0| Paperback<\/a> | Audible<\/a><\/p>\n

My Skylar <\/strong>(Skylar & Mitch)
\n<\/strong>Buy:\u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0B&N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Kobo<\/a>\u00a0| Paperback<\/a> | Audible<\/a><\/p>\n

Jake Understood (Jake, #2)<\/strong> (Jake & Nina)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0B&N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Kobo<\/a>\u00a0| Paperback<\/a> | Audible<\/a><\/p>\n

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  GENTLEMAN NINE A Standalone Contemporary Romance Novel   New York Times, USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Penelope Ward   Releasing February 19, 2018   Pre-order today! iBooks\u00a0| B&N | Kobo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[290],"tags":[432,132],"class_list":["post-30423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-news","tag-excerpt-reveal","tag-penelope-ward"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/PW-Gentleman-Nine-BookCover5x8_HIGH.jpg?fit=150%2C234&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gaNL-7UH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}