Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Blurb Blitz + #Giveaway: Among the Branded by Linda Smolkin @lindasmolkin @GoddessFish
Among the Branded
by Linda
Smolkin
GENRE: Contemporary
Fiction
BLURB:
While attending Valor
of the ’40s, art director Stephanie Britain stumbles upon a flea market selling
letters from the war. She buys a handful, hoping they’ll inspire the redesign
for a client’s website at her branding and design firm. She’s at first drawn by
the lost art of penmanship, but soon discovers a hidden treasure nestled inside
declarations of love from homesick soldiers. Stephanie enlists a coworker to
translate one and realizes it’s not a love letter after all. When a shocking
discovery about a client causes Stephanie to question her principles and
dedication to her firm’s business, she’s forced to make a difficult
decision—one that could give her peace of mind, yet ruin her career in the
process.
Contemporary fiction
with elements of suspense, Among the Branded explores family life, an
unexpected friendship, and moral conflicts that make us wonder what’s more
important: our livelihood, or our beliefs.
Excerpt:
My phone pinged, and I grabbed it
from my pocket. These days, I had to put all my reminders in the phone, or I’d
forget to take care of them. Everything was in there. Change the sheets. Take
Jack to taekwondo. Pay the bills. Water the plants. This time it was a more
interesting reminder about our getaway.
We decided to take a short trip
after dropping Jeremy off at college, and Jack would choose the place, within
reason. For the past few months, we’d been so busy finalizing college plans,
shopping for supplies, stockpiling food for Jeremy, and now it was Jack’s turn
for attention. I cleared the reminder from my phone and asked if he’d made a
decision.
“Let’s go to the Bahamas, to that
resort in the commercials.”
“Sweetie, it’s hurricane season, and
I can’t take that much time off work. What if we hit a few theme parks?”
“That’s boring.”
Sveta walked in, overhearing our
conversation. “Since you like costumes so much, why don’t you go to Valor of
the ’40s?”
“What do costumes have to do with
it?” I asked.
“You were so good as Ripsie. Maybe
you’ll want to reenact a war.”
I rolled my eyes. “You’re joking,
right?”
“Only about dressing up. Jack would
love it. They have World War II planes, tanks, all that cool stuff. And it’s
near Jeremy’s college.”
“Mom, can we go?”
“Sounds interesting. But maybe
something more relaxing?”
“You just said theme parks. How’s
that relaxing?”
Jack had a point. He always had a
point. He was twelve after all, and he was onto me like my expression lines.
AUTHOR Bio
and Links:
Linda
Smolkin always wanted to be a writer—ever since she saw her first TV commercial
and wondered how to pen those clever ads. She got her degree in journalism and became
a copywriter. Linda landed a job at an advertising agency, where she worked for
several years before joining the nonprofit world. She’s the author of the
novels Among the Branded (May 2017) and The Arrival of Elsa (March 2018). When
not in front of the computer, she’s behind the drums (slightly) annoying her
husband, son, and their 70-pound dog.
She grew up on the East Coast and currently calls Virginia home.
Among the Branded on Amazon
Giveaway:
$25 Amazon/BN GC
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12 comments:
Thanks for hosting!
Congrats on the tour and thanks for the chance to win :)
The author is having some trouble commenting, so asked me to share this: "
Good morning, everyone! I'm Linda Smolkin, author of Among the Branded. Thanks for stopping by on my second and final week of the book tour. This is my debut novel, and I'm excited to get it out into the world. I'll be stopping by here throughout the day. It's hard to tell, but I don't see a reply button under the comments so I might not be able to thank you personally. But, if you have any questions for me or about my book, you can find me on Twitter @lindasmolkin. Have a great Tuesday! ~Linda"
Which writer had the biggest influence on your career? Thanks for the giveaway. I hope that I win. Bernie W BWallace1980(At)hotmail(d0t)com
Great post - I enjoyed reading the excerpt. Thanks for sharing :)
An interesting story line.
I love all I have read so far, and am anxious to read the rest.
I sure appreciate the chance at winning. Thanks and hope you're not sick of hearing from me.
It's great fun to be able to enter nice giveaways. Thanks again for the chance!
This book sounds great.
The book sounds really interesting. I love the ideas of finding old letters.
This story sounds like such an amazing read. Thanks so much for sharing an excerpt and bio. Have a great weekend!
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