{"id":22162,"date":"2018-08-01T08:09:16","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T12:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=22162"},"modified":"2022-10-12T08:48:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T08:48:42","slug":"cover-reveal-excerpt-bona-fide-beauty-by-landra-graf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/01\/cover-reveal-excerpt-bona-fide-beauty-by-landra-graf\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Reveal &#038; Excerpt \u2756 Bona Fide Beauty by Landra Graf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-22162\" data-postid=\"22162\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-22162 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_qfrd179 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_j04m163 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_q2l2013 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LandraGraf-bonafide-beauty-draft3.jpg?w=640\" title=\"Cover Reveal &#038; Excerpt \u2756 Bona Fide Beauty by Landra Graf\" alt=\"Cover Reveal &#038; Excerpt \u2756 Bona Fide Beauty by Landra Graf\">\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_qjsr092 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #f7d5c1;\"><em><strong>She&#8217;s going to lose her house.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #f7d5c1;\">Kathleen Baum has four months to complete the city&#8217;s required code changes to her grandma&#8217;s home. Otherwise, she loses it. Strapped for cash, Kat&#8217;s only way to get the funds is to bargain with her devil cousin. She agrees to an unwanted makeover, but she&#8217;s not good at taking direction, pretend or not.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #f7d5c1;\"><em><strong>He&#8217;s going to lose his business.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #f7d5c1;\">Devid Esposito has worked all his life to build a successful image consulting company, but if he doesn&#8217;t start bringing in new clients the business will be bankrupt in three months. The board is ready to oust him when his partner, Kat&#8217;s cousin, enters with the opportunity to get his mojo back; all he needs to do is help Kat, with a makeover. Unfortunately, Dev doesn&#8217;t take on female clients anymore since the last one broke his heart and used his tips against him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #f7d5c1;\">When they find out they have a common enemy, his heart-breaking client is her code-breaking-whistleblower, and the easiest way to bring the foe down is to accept the other&#8217;s help. Losing their hearts to each other was the one thing they didn&#8217;t plan for.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_wg5o663 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_wyld119  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Aug 28, 2018 (reissue)<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong> <em>Bona Fide<\/em><br \/><strong>Book:<\/strong> 1<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong>\u00a0$4.99<\/p><hr \/><h2>Excerpt<\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI realize you\u2019re spoon-shaped.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She paused her movements, breakfast sandwich already released from its packaging and on a one-way collision with her mouth. \u201cWhat\u2019s that mean?\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNothing. Forget I said it.\u201d Dev opened the passenger-side door of his BMW car. <em>A fancy car.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt\u2019s not nothing. What kind of spoon are we talking about?\u201d She slid into the leather seat before taking the next bite of her sandwich\u2014 a delicious egg and cheese concoction on a perfectly toasted English muffin.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDoesn\u2019t matter,\u201d he replied before he shut her door and walked around to the driver\u2019s side. He acted like a gentleman and reminded her of one of those heroes she\u2019d watched from her movies yesterday. The little gestures, breakfast, opening and shutting doors. What was next? Would he dab any cheese that got on her face?<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once he\u2019d gotten settled into his seat, she lit in again. \u201cMatters to me. Are you a spoon?\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dev chuckled. \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The car roared to life beneath them, and she set the sandwich in her lap to get her seatbelt on and then resumed eating. She took another bite of heaven before continuing with the conversation. The silence brought even more worries to her mind. \u201cAnd if we\u2019re on the subject of spoons, I would rather be a teaspoon than, say, a soup spoon. I\u2019d be horrified if someone called me a serving spoon.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cForget the spoon.\u201d Dev glanced over his shoulder before turning the wheel to guide the car into the street. \u201cYou can be a teaspoon&#8230; Well, no maybe you\u2019re a soup spoon.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kat swallowed her latest bite rather harshly, and it hurt as much as his comment. \u201cExcuse me, did you just call me fat?\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His eyes were on the road. The only signal he had any guilt or concern about his last sentence was the way a finger slipped beneath his shirt collar and tugged it away from his neck. \u201cNo, not fat, but more proportioned, like the beauties of Italy. 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Excerpt \u2756 Bona Fide Beauty by Landra Graf\" alt=\"Cover Reveal &#038; Excerpt \u2756 Bona Fide Beauty by Landra Graf\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>She's going to lose her house.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>Kathleen Baum has four months to complete the city's required code changes to her grandma's home. Otherwise, she loses it. Strapped for cash, Kat's only way to get the funds is to bargain with her devil cousin. She agrees to an unwanted makeover, but she's not good at taking direction, pretend or not.<\/p><p><em><strong>He's going to lose his business.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>Devid Esposito has worked all his life to build a successful image consulting company, but if he doesn't start bringing in new clients the business will be bankrupt in three months. The board is ready to oust him when his partner, Kat's cousin, enters with the opportunity to get his mojo back; all he needs to do is help Kat, with a makeover. Unfortunately, Dev doesn't take on female clients anymore since the last one broke his heart and used his tips against him.\u00a0<\/p><p>When they find out they have a common enemy, his heart-breaking client is her code-breaking-whistleblower, and the easiest way to bring the foe down is to accept the other's help. Losing their hearts to each other was the one thing they didn't plan for.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Aug 28, 2018 (reissue)<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong> <em>Bona Fide<\/em><br \/><strong>Book:<\/strong> 1<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong>\u00a0$4.99<\/p><hr \/><h2>Excerpt<\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI realize you\u2019re spoon-shaped.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She paused her movements, breakfast sandwich already released from its packaging and on a one-way collision with her mouth. \u201cWhat\u2019s that mean?\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNothing. Forget I said it.\u201d Dev opened the passenger-side door of his BMW car. <em>A fancy car.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt\u2019s not nothing. What kind of spoon are we talking about?\u201d She slid into the leather seat before taking the next bite of her sandwich\u2014 a delicious egg and cheese concoction on a perfectly toasted English muffin.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDoesn\u2019t matter,\u201d he replied before he shut her door and walked around to the driver\u2019s side. He acted like a gentleman and reminded her of one of those heroes she\u2019d watched from her movies yesterday. The little gestures, breakfast, opening and shutting doors. What was next? Would he dab any cheese that got on her face?<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once he\u2019d gotten settled into his seat, she lit in again. \u201cMatters to me. Are you a spoon?\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dev chuckled. \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The car roared to life beneath them, and she set the sandwich in her lap to get her seatbelt on and then resumed eating. She took another bite of heaven before continuing with the conversation. The silence brought even more worries to her mind. \u201cAnd if we\u2019re on the subject of spoons, I would rather be a teaspoon than, say, a soup spoon. I\u2019d be horrified if someone called me a serving spoon.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cForget the spoon.\u201d Dev glanced over his shoulder before turning the wheel to guide the car into the street. \u201cYou can be a teaspoon... Well, no maybe you\u2019re a soup spoon.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kat swallowed her latest bite rather harshly, and it hurt as much as his comment. \u201cExcuse me, did you just call me fat?\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His eyes were on the road. The only signal he had any guilt or concern about his last sentence was the way a finger slipped beneath his shirt collar and tugged it away from his neck. \u201cNo, not fat, but more proportioned, like the beauties of Italy. 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