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Just a Kiss by Kate Kisset

I was lucky enough to meet Kate Kisset on Instagram. We quickly became friends and I started my count down for her amazing book to be released. When I got a copy of this witty, romantic, amazing book I was jumping off the walls. My wait was well worth it. Just a Kiss made me fall in love with the wine country, and with Sarah and Jamie. Actually, with every character in this book. Kate is a brilliant writer who will have you hooked in by the end of the first page. This story is the perfect read for this summer. Well enough of me talking now

Romance author Kate Kisset takes you on a tour of the “real” Wine Country locations in her new novel Just a Kiss.

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I had so much fun writing Just a Kiss.  It was the perfect excuse to tell a hot and sweet love story set and set the tale in my home town. Grounded in romance and vino, my characters live and work in Napa – Sonoma wine country, an hour north of San Francisco.

The Single Girls Wine Club series centers around three roommates who live in an historic villa in Sonoma called “Bella Villa.” In future books, each woman, will “star” in a toe-curling love affair they never saw coming.

There’s a reason I’m known as “The Real Wine Wife” on Twitter! Many of the book’s venues are a“real” wine country locations. I also use actual events and pour genuine wine whenever possible throughout my Single Girls Wine Club series.

So, without further ado, let’s dive into a few story scenes from my first book of the series, Just a Kiss.

Pour a glass of your favorite vino and let me show you around wine country…

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In Just a Kiss, Lulu Castelli is the landlord of “Bella Villa” but she’s more like a friend to the three women of The Single Girls Wine Club who live there. The actual building is an exact replica of the family home “Count,”Agoston Haraszthy built for his family in the 1800s. It’s now on the Bartholomew Winery property in Sonoma.

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This is Sarah Dupont’s view in my wine country romance Just a Kiss. The original owner of the property, founded Buena Vista Winery.   I remember the day I took this photo. I kept thinking…“What if someone still lived here? What if she had roommates? What if she met the love of her life…?”

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In Just a Kiss, Lulu Castelli is the great granddaughter of a famous winemaker very similar to Agoston Haraszthy.  Mr. Haraszthy, the self-proclaimed “Count of Buena Vista,” created California’s first premium winery in Sonoma Valley in 1857.

Just a Kiss is the first of three stories planned in The Single Girls Wine Club series. The debut novel centers on the love story between Sarah Dupont and Jamie Santino.

The story begins when Sarah Dupont takes the advice of her best friend and moves to Sonoma Valley. She opens a café in the heart of town on the Sonoma Plaza.

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There really is a bakery-café on The Plaza.  I didn’t use the name because Sarah and Jamie do the kinds of things that get “real” people fired. 🙂 Sarah’s shop is called The Vine Café.

Do you notice the green awning in the photo above? Sebastiani Theatre is a California landmark and plays an integral role in the story because Jamie Santino is an actor.  Sarah meets him when one of her roommates convinces her to give Jamie baking lessons for an upcoming movie role.

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A much older crowd than Jamie Santino pulls in!  I snapped this from the café next to the theatre. I think they were showing a documentary about eggs.

The six gorgeous Santino brothers appear throughout The Single Girls Wine Club stories. In Just a Kiss, although Jamie is the “star” of the story, you’ll meet all of the Santino brothers. Their family owns Napa Valley’s Santino Family Winery.  So of course, I had to do some “research.”

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Here I am hard at work at B.R. Cohn Winery…

Now, back to the tour…

The annual lighting of the Sonoma Plaza Christmas tree is mentioned in the book’s first scene. My family attends this magical event every year…

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Collage of various photos of Sonoma and Napa events. Top left is the annual lighting of the Sonoma Plaza’s Christmas tree. I’m standing in front of the plaza, facing the crowd. It’s a not-to-be-missed event!

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Vineyard Colors: There’s a moment in Just a Kiss when Sarah Dupont looks out her window and contemplates the future. This is what she sees.

I hope you enjoyed the mini-tour!  If you’d like to see more of wine country and Just a Kiss story scenes, check out my photo gallery on www.KateKisset.com here. 

Buy Just a Kiss on Amazon.

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About Kate Kisset: 

Former San Francisco radio disc jockey Kate Kisset has a passion for telling great stories. After playing thousands of Pop, Country, Rock and Oldies tunes, for her primarily female fan base, she changed her tune and became an author.  Just a Kiss is the first book in her wine country romance series, The Single Girls Wine Club. She lives in Northern California and Santa Barbara with her family and rescue pup “editor” Luciana Parmigiana, where she hikes, reads, listens to music, and drinks wine.

Links:

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Make sure to pick up your copy of of Just a Kiss: http://www.amazon.com

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And Forever by Danielle Sibarium blog Tour.

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I’m so excited to be part of the And Forever book tour. I was luck enough to read an advance copy of this book and I immediately fell in love with Stephanie and Jordan fall over again.

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And Forever–

“Sometimes being with the one you love hurts more than being without them.”

“There’s nothing you can’t do if you want it bad enough.” This is the mantra Jordan Brewer drilled into my head since the day I met him. He convinced me nothing is out of my reach, not even him.

I love Jordan, and Jordan loves me, but something always gets in the way. I had to fight tooth and nail to convince him we belong together. Now he’s mine, but I’m not sure our love is strong enough to survive.

I’m away at school and Jordan’s playing drums for a local band. We hardly see each other, and when we do, he’s haunted by demons from his past. I’m struggling to fit in and he’s struggling with his ever-growing mountain of guilt. Will we be able to hold on to each other through the tough times, or will it all come tumbling down around us?

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If you haven’t met Stephanie and Jordan, make sure to read the first book For Always and see why so many people fell in love with them.

For Always

FOR ALWAYS

There’s nothing you can’t do if you want it bad enough-

I entered the world with a massive defect. I attracted death. Like a magnet. That was my life before I met Jordan Brewer, the boy I became infatuated with. Obsessed with. The boy that became my everything.

I know he wants me, too. I see it. I feel it. But he’s older, and won’t act on his feelings. That’s okay, I know in time I’ll make him mine. Just as the promise of a future together is within my grasp, his life is torn apart. Now I have to convince him to let go of his past and hold on to me. Because he’s my always and forever. And I’ll never let him go.

You never really get over your first love. Such is the case for Fourteen year old Stephanie Barrano, self-proclaimed misfit and death magnet. A freshman in High School, Stephanie is befriended by Jordan Brewer, a hot, in demand senior, who pulls her from the outer circle of obscurity, into the realm of acceptance. Jordan quickly works his way into Stephanie’s heart. He’s her everything. And the only person she trusts with the truth about her father’s death. While she knows he has strong feelings for her, he won’t act on them and uses her age as an excuse. Stephanie doesn’t let this deter her. She vows to wait for him, knowing in time she’ll win his heart.

Two months before her eighteenth birthday, Jordan serves as an impromptu prom date. After sharing a magical evening, Jordan leaves Stephanie with the promise of a future together. Until, he is involved in a terrible car accident. Jordan, not only shuts Stephanie out, he blames her for the death of someone close to him. Feeling broken and beaten, will she try one last time to get through to Jordan or will she lose him forever?

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Covers Reveal: For Always & And Always by Danielle Sibarium

To celebrate the upcoming release of And Always, the long awaited sequel to For Always by Danielle Sibarium, she is revealing two new covers. The first one is a new cover for: For Always, and the second cover is the reveal of the cover for And Always. I hope you love them as much as I do.

For Always

“There’s nothing you can’t do if you want it bad enough.”

I entered the world with a massive defect. I attracted death. Like a magnet. I could feel it all around me. It wrapped its icy fingers tight around my chest, leaving me no room for escape. That was my life before I met Jordan Brewer, the boy I became infatuated with. Obsessed with. The boy that became my everything.

I knew he wanted me, too. I saw it. I felt it. But he was older, and wouldn’t act on his feelings. I knew in time I’d make him mine. Just as he promised me a future together, his life was torn apart. He turned away from me and shut me out of his life. Could I convince him to let go of his past and hold on to me? Or would he continue to punish us both for something he couldn’t control?

Purchase links for For Always-
Amazon– http://www.amazon.com/Always-Danielle-Sibarium-ebook/dp/B006ACBCPO/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
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Nook– http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/for-always-danielle-sibarium/1106795575?ean=2940013748286
Kobo– http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/for-always-1

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“Sometimes being with the one you love hurts more than being without them.”

“There’s nothing you can’t do if you want it bad enough.” This is the mantra Jordan Brewer drilled into my head since the day I met him. He convinced me nothing is out of my reach, not even him.

I love Jordan, and Jordan loves me, but something always gets in the way. I had to fight tooth and nail to convince him we belong together. Now he’s mine, but I’m not sure our love is strong enough to survive.

I’m away at school and Jordan’s playing drums for a local band. We hardly see each other, and when we do, he’s haunted by demons from his past. I’m struggling to fit in and he’s struggling with his ever-growing mountain of guilt. Will we be able to hold on to each other through the tough times, or will it all come tumbling down around us?

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Teaser Tuesday

I can’t believe the holidays have officially begun. This year went by way too fast. I feel like I don’t have enough hours in the day, especially writing two books. I need more hours with all of these characters. I can’t wait for all of you to meet Jax & Nikki from A Beautiful Mess, and see what’s going on with Jade & Austin in the sequel for Because of You. For now enjoy two new teases from A Beautiful Mess & Because of Me.

 

A BEAUTIFUL MESS

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BECAUSE OF ME

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Teaser Tuesday

For the past few months I have been working on two different books. One is the first book titled A Beautiful Mess to my summer romance series Sunset Cove and other is Because of Me, the sequel to Because of You. Both of these books will be out in 2015. Until their release date I will bring you teases every Tuesday. As soon as I get release dates I will let you now. For now enjoy of these two new teases.

A BEAUTIFUL MESS TEASE

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BECAUSE OF ME TEASE

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