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Review & Giveaway: Running On Empty by Meg Benjamin

Running On Empty

by Meg Benjamin

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GENRE: Contemporary Romance

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BLURB:

Ronnie Ventura has every reason to distrust Fairstein Productions: she’s had run-ins with their shows before. But Fairstein’s newest reality show offers Ronnie a chance to redeem herself from looking like a blonde bimbo. All she has to do is win a modified triathlon. Simple, right? Except this is Fairstein, and nothing is ever simple with them.

Ronnie’s boss at the Blarney Stone bar and café, owner Ted Saltzman, is a lot less convinced that another Fairstein show is just what Ronnie needs, particularly when he’s head over heels about Ronnie himself. But she’s determined, and he’s a man in love.

Ted becomes her running coach, which fans their budding romance to a fever. But can Ronnie’s newfound confidence stand up to the usual Fairstein plots? And can Ted find a way to keep his true love in Salt Box if Hollywood tries to steal her away again?

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My Review:

A few months ago I have read the first book in this series and I was very curious to see a story with a protagonist that I had found a little irritating, Ronnie. She's changed a lot and it was enjoyable to be with her.

Ronnie is a veteran of a reality show, when the show was over she has asked Ted for a job in Blarney Stone and he has hired her as a waitress. She has the chance to change her life and he has increased his customers, many are curious to know the star of the TV. But spending more and more time together will be difficult to hide the strong attraction that exists between them.

The Blarney Stone is a welcoming and peaceful retreat in a quiet town of Colorado, Salt Box, I spent a great time in this city with its colorful characters

The characters are well developed and very realistic, are people I would like to know.

It's the third and final book of the trilogy Salt Box but can be read as a standalone, the author is very good at providing the essential information of the characters already known in earlier books

It was a truly engaging and delightful read, well written with a few but very sexy scenes. It kept my attention the entire time.

Highly recommended for those who love romance

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EXCERPT:

She turned to look at him full on, her eyes like brown velvet. His pulse kicked up a few hundred beats.

“Would you like me to go with you tomorrow? As your trainer?” He held her gaze for a long moment.

She shook her head, her lips moving up in a slight smile. “No. Thanks, but no. This is my problem, and I’m going to deal with it.”

His hand moved to the side of her face, almost without any conscious design on his part. Her skin felt like satin, soft and warm. Velvet eyes, satin skin, a smile like…Ronnie. He didn’t have any metaphors for that. He rubbed his thumb across her upper lip, feeling it pucker slightly beneath his touch.

His cock was straining, heat throbbing in his veins. She’s vulnerable. Don’t take advantage of her, you jerk.

Ronnie stared at him wide-eyed, almost like a child. Defenseless, exposed. Leave her alone.

And then she moved forward swiftly, bringing her hands to the sides of his face, and kissed him.

For a moment he was too astonished to do anything except kiss her back. His brain seemed to be cloaked in a red haze of lust. He drank in her scent, that mixture of Salt Box and the Blarney Stone, sweet willows and malty beer, that added to the aroma of pine sap and ancient wood smoke that seemed to linger around his cabin.

He pulled back slightly, staring into those great brown eyes, the color of cinnamon coffee now. Then he bent his head, running his lips in a line along her throat, to the joining of neck and shoulder.

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Meg Benjamin is an award-winning author of contemporary romance. Her Konigsburg series for Samhain Publishing is set in the Texas Hill Country and her Ramos Family Trilogy is set in San Antonio’s King William District. Her Salt Box trilogy takes place in her new home the Colorado Rockies. She’s also the author of Going Up In Flames, part of the Sapphire Falls Kindle World series. Meg’s books have won numerous awards, including an EPIC Award, a Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, the Holt Medallion from Virginia Romance Writers, the Beanpot Award from the New England Romance Writers and the Award of Excellence from Colorado Romance Writers. Meg’s Web site is http://www.MegBenjamin.com.

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Meg’s Books:

Konigsburg, TX

Venus In Blue Jeans ISBN 9781605043692

Wedding Bell Blues ISBN 9781605046303