{"id":39074,"date":"2018-12-12T08:30:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T13:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=39074"},"modified":"2018-12-12T08:40:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T13:40:47","slug":"excerpt-promotional-tour-verity-by-colleen-hoover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=39074","title":{"rendered":"Excerpt & Promotional Tour: Verity by Colleen Hoover"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Verity, an all-new romantic thriller from #1 New York Times<\/i> bestselling author Colleen Hoover, is available now!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Download your copy today or read FREE in Kindle Unlimited!
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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity’s notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn’t expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity likely didn’t intend for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity’s recollection of the night their family was forever altered. <\/span><\/p>\n

Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen’s feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife’s words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue to love her.<\/span><\/p>\n

Find\u00a0Verity<\/em> on GOODREADS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

\u201cWhat are you<\/span> wearing<\/span><\/i>?\u201d Corey is staring down at my shirt, perplexed, just now noticing it despite having spent the last fifteen minutes with me. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I look down at my oversized shirt. For a moment, I forgot how ridiculous I look. \u201cI spilled coffee on my other shirt this morning and had to change.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhose shirt is that?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I shrug. \u201cProbably yours. It was in my closet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou left your house in that? There wasn\u2019t something else you could have worn?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t look high fashion?\u201d I\u2019m being sarcastic, but he doesn\u2019t catch it.<\/span><\/p>\n

He makes a face. \u201cNo. Is it supposed to?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Such an ass. <\/span><\/i>But he\u2019s good in bed, like most assholes. <\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m actually relieved when the conference room door opens and a woman walks in. She\u2019s followed, almost comically, by an older man walking so closely behind her, he bumps into the back of her when she stops. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGoddammit, Barron,\u201d I hear her mumble. <\/span><\/p>\n

I almost smile at the idea of <\/span>Goddammit Barron<\/span><\/i> actually being his name. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jeremy enters last. He gives me a small nod that goes unnoticed by everyone else. <\/span><\/p>\n

The woman is dressed more appropriately than I am on my best day, with short black hair and lipstick so red, it\u2019s a little jarring at nine thirty in the morning. She seems to be the one in charge as she reaches for Corey\u2019s hand, and then mine, while Goddammit Barron looks on. \u201cAmanda Thomas,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019m an editor with Pantem Press. This is Barron Stephens, our lawyer, and Jeremy Crawford, our client.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Jeremy and I shake hands, and he does a good job of pretending we didn\u2019t share an extremely bizarre morning. He quietly takes the seat across from me. I try not to look at him, but it\u2019s the only place my eyes seem to want to travel. I have no idea why I\u2019m more curious about him than I am about this meeting. <\/span><\/p>\n

Amanda pulls folders out of her briefcase and slides them in front of Corey and me. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThank you for meeting with us,\u201d she says. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to waste your time, so I\u2019ll cut right to the chase. One of our authors is unable to fulfill a contract due to medical reasons, and we\u2019re in search of a writer with experience in the same genre who may be interested in completing the three remaining books in her series.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I glance at Jeremy, but his stoic expression doesn\u2019t hint at his role in this meeting. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWho is the author?\u201d Corey asks.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re happy to go over the details and terms with you, but we do ask that you sign the non-disclosure agreement. We would like to keep our author\u2019s current situation out of the media.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOf course,\u201d Corey says. <\/span><\/p>\n

I acquiesce, but I say nothing as we both look over the forms and then sign them. Corey slides them back to Amanda.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHer name is Verity Crawford,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019m sure you\u2019re familiar with her work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Corey stiffens as soon as they mention Verity\u2019s name. <\/span>Of course<\/span><\/i> we\u2019re familiar with her work. Everyone is. I hazard a glance in Jeremy\u2019s direction. <\/span>Is Verity his wife?<\/span><\/i> They share a last name. He said downstairs that his wife is a writer. But why would he be in a meeting about her? A meeting she isn\u2019t even here for?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re familiar with the name,\u201d Corey says, holding his cards close.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cVerity has a very successful series we would hate to see go unfinished,\u201d Amanda continues. \u201cOur goal is to bring in a writer who is willing to step in, finish the series, complete the book tours, press releases, and whatever else is normally required of Verity. We plan to put out a press release introducing the new co-writer while also preserving as much of Verity\u2019s privacy as possible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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About Colleen Hoover <\/b><\/h4>\n

\"\"Colleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times and International bestselling author of thirteen novels and multiple novellas. She lives in Texas with her husband and their three boys. She is the founder of The Bookworm Box, a non-profit book subscription service and bookstore in Sulphur Springs, Texas. <\/span><\/p>\n

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