{"id":57610,"date":"2021-02-22T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=57610"},"modified":"2021-02-22T05:45:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T10:45:09","slug":"release-blitz-the-crush-by-penelope-ward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=57610","title":{"rendered":"Release Blitz: The Crush by Penelope Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Crush by Penelope Ward is now live!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

A brother’s-best-friend standalone contemporary romance<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

From<\/em>\u00a0New York Times\u00a0bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new standalone, second-chance story of forbidden love\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s natural to want the one you can\u2019t have. And for as long as I could remember, I\u2019d secretly wanted my brother\u2019s best friend, Jace.<\/p>\n

He was six years older and always treated me like the sister he never had.<\/p>\n

Fast forward a decade.<\/p>\n

We were all in our twenties now. Jace had moved in with my brother, Nathan, and me to help us make ends meet after our parents died.<\/p>\n

It was just the three of us\u2014an odd family dynamic.<\/p>\n

Living under our roof, Jace was as bossy and protective as ever.<\/p>\n

But he certainly didn\u2019t\u00a0look<\/em>\u00a0at me like a sister anymore. That was what made things so complicated.<\/p>\n

I was pretty much hot and bothered twenty-four-seven.<\/p>\n

And he was torn.<\/p>\n

The signs were subtle, at first. Like on movie night, I\u2019d casually rest my leg against his, and he wouldn\u2019t exactly shift away.<\/p>\n

Still, I assumed he would never\u2026go there.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nathan would kill us.<\/p>\n

The knowledge of that wasn\u2019t enough to stop the inevitable, though.<\/p>\n

Eventually our slow burn exploded.<\/p>\n

But more than the physical attraction, we\u2019d developed a strong connection.<\/p>\n

We just couldn\u2019t get caught, right?<\/p>\n

That sounded simple.<\/p>\n

Until it wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

This is a story of forbidden love, broken trust, and an unexpected second chance.<\/p>\n

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Add to Goodreads<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

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Penelope Ward\u00a0is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.<\/p>\n

She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.<\/p>\n

With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over twenty novels. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.<\/p>\n

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Check out our\u00a0Penelope Ward Author Spotlight<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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