{"id":31156,"date":"2018-03-13T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=31156"},"modified":"2021-10-15T09:36:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T13:36:01","slug":"blog-tour-arc-review-giveaway-ink-a-love-story-on-7th-and-main-by-elizabeth-hunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=31156","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour, ARC Review & Giveaway: Ink (Love Stories on 7th and Main, #1) by Elizabeth Hunter"},"content":{"rendered":"

INK, an all new opposites attract, Contemporary Romance<\/strong><\/h4>\n

by Elizabeth Hunter is AVAILABLE NOW!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Amazon US\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Amazon UK<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Amazon CA<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Synopsis<\/strong><\/h4>\n

It\u2019s everything but business as usual.<\/em><\/p>\n

Emmie Elliot hadn\u2019t expected to come back to Metlin, California. She definitely didn\u2019t expect to stay. She returned to her childhood home with a mission: Sell the building that housed her grandmother\u2019s book store and move on with her life<\/p>\n

But life doesn\u2019t always go according to plan.<\/p>\n

To reopen her grandmother\u2019s book shop, Emmie will need a hook. She\u2019ll need a strategy. She\u2019ll need an\u2026 Ox?<\/p>\n

Miles Oxford doesn\u2019t have much interest in quiet bookstore owners. He\u2019s a tattoo artist without a space to work, and the last thing he wants is to get involved with anyone after his last disaster of a relationship. Work and pleasure don\u2019t mix for Ox, but since he doesn\u2019t have any interest in the cute girl with the bold business proposal, he should be safe from any awkward complications, right?<\/p>\n

She sells ink. He tattoos it. Unusual? Yes. But a book shop\/tattoo studio might be the ticket for both Emmie and Ox to find success on their own terms. As long as they keep their attention focused on business.<\/p>\n

Just<\/em> on business.<\/p>\n

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Review<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cAll the best romances have to bubble under the surface for a while.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

4.5 stars!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m a huge fan of Elizabeth Hunter\u2019s PNR writing, and was excited when I learned she would be writing a contemporary romance. And then when I saw that blurb, I knew I had to have it. And I\u2019m happy to say that it more than met my expectations! This book is lots of fun, with a chemistry-filled, slow-burning friends-to-lovers romance, lots of funny moments, lots of heart, and a beautiful love story. I read this book in one sitting, unable to put it down, and I absolutely loved it!<\/p>\n

Emmie Elliot has returned to her home town of Metlin, California following the death of her grandmother. She is tying up loose ends and is looking over her grandmother\u2019s beloved bookstore, which she intended to sell, when she decides to uproot her life in San Francisco, stay and make a go of it for herself. She\u2019s a mad booklover, and the store has been in her family for years, she can\u2019t just let it go. But the store is too big, and she\u2019ll need a partner of sorts to help with the costs. And then she Miles \u2018Ox\u2019 Oxford.<\/p>\n

Ox is a talented tattoo artist whose relationship has just blown up (all over the street in fact), becoming even more of a disaster because he was dating his boss. So now he is unemployed and looking for work. And then the nerdy book girl over the road offers him an unusual opportunity \u2013 to open up a tattoo studio in her bookstore. They are both dedicated and driven to succeed, they both deal in ink, and it\u2019s an unusual twist that could just work in their small town, so their store, Ink, is born.<\/p>\n

But with so much on the line for both of them, and Ox\u2019s bad experiences leaving its mark, they put a rule in place where they keep things strictly business between them. Which is all fine\u2026 until their friendship begins to simmer with the attraction that they both so clearly feel for each other, and the lines of their arrangement become all kinds of blurry.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks, Emmie \u2026 Thanks for dreaming big enough for both of us.\u201d
\nHer heart pounded heart. \u201cAnd thanks for having my back.\u201d
\nOx lifted his head and locked eyes with hers. \u201cAlways.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

OMG, I love, love, love this relationship! The chemistry is fantastic, and Emmie and Ox together are something really special. Their friendship is easy and natural with great banter and sweet moments. And the fact that the two of them are wildly attracted to each other underneath it all brings a fantastic dynamic. The slow build-up had me tingling with anticipation, loving every moment while waiting for something to happen, and it\u2019s paced perfectly as we watch things between them shift and change and oh-so-naturally become something so much more.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re right.\u201d He leaned closer. His lips were so close she could feel his breath against her lips. \u201cI don\u2019t work for you. You don\u2019t work for me. We\u2019re partners and we\u2019re grown-ups and Emmie, for fuck\u2019s sake, you have to kiss me because I can\u2019t do it and I\u2019m dying here.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Squee!<\/p>\n

But can they balance their business relationship with their deepening personal one? And do they both have their attention focussed in the right place to really make a go of things? Their feelings for each other are strong, but it takes more than just that to make a relationship work, and their journey is realistic and beautifully written.<\/p>\n

\u201cI need this to work,\u201d he murmured. He was not talking about the shop.
\n\u201cI know,\u201d she said.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The love story is the heart of this book, and it\u2019s fun and flirty with lots of emotion. Emmie and Ox are wonderful characters and seeing them become friends, get to know each other and then fall for each other was just gorgeous.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what it feels like to fall in love. The realization was quiet and sure. This was what it felt like to fall in love. It wasn\u2019t the lightning strike he\u2019d been expecting. It wasn\u2019t the big dramatic moment. It was this.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

*dreamy sigh*<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s so much more to this book! The friendships and family relationships are wonderful, with great side characters and lots of scope there for future books. And the creation and running of their store was a fantastic backdrop to it all. Does every book lover dream about what it would be like to run their own bookstore, or is that just me? Regardless, I thought it was fun and interesting, and something that all book lovers will be able to relate to and enjoy.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s watching us,\u201d Emmie muttered.
\n\u201cWhat?\u201d
\n\u201cShe\u2019s. Watching. Us.\u201d
\n\u201cDon\u2019t care. Let her watch.\u201d Ox drew her up and kissed her temple. \u201cI\u2019ll take care of this.\u201d
\nEmmie might have imagined the collective sigh that emanated from the romance section of the bookstore, but she didn\u2019t think so.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is such a great read. Smart and fun, with characters that you can\u2019t help but love and a gorgeously slow-building, chemistry-filled romance. And with so many more stories just begging to be told, I can\u2019t wait for more from this series.<\/p>\n

4.5 stars!<\/p>\n

An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Love Stories on 7th and Main<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Ink (#1)<\/strong>
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\nBuy:\u00a0\u00a0Amazon\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 iTunes\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Nook\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Kobo\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Smashwords<\/a><\/p>\n

Hooked (#2)<\/strong>
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 iTunes\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Nook<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kobo\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Smashwords<\/a><\/p>\n

Grit (#3)<\/strong>
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 iTunes<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Nook<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Kobo<\/a><\/p>\n

Sweet (#4)<\/strong> – Prequel novella published as book #4
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\"\"Give<\/strong>away<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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To celebrate the release of Ink, Elizabeth Hunter is giving away a signed paperback AND a $25 Amazon gift card!<\/h4>\n

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ENTER GIVEAWAY HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n

The Escapist Book Blog is not responsible for this giveaway.<\/em><\/p>\n

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About Elizabeth Hunter<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"ELIZABETH HUNTER is a contemporary fantasy, paranormal romance, and paranormal mystery author. She is a graduate of the University of Houston Honors College and a former English teacher. She once substitute taught a kindergarten class, but decided that middle school was far less frightening.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s the author of the Elemental Mysteries<\/a>, the Irin Chronicles, and the Cambio Springs Mysteries.<\/p>\n

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