Counter Culture by JL Merrow blog tour
Hi,
I’m JL Merrow, and I’m delighted to be here today to celebrate the release of
my new rom-com, Counter Culture,
which features a clash of cultures between a socially conscious steampunk and a
stressed-out department store retail worker.
About Counter Culture
Customer service has never been this personal.
Robin Christopher,
beleaguered retail worker, isn’t having an easy November. His boss is raising
stress levels planning a Black Friday to end all Black Fridays, his family
doesn’t understand him, and his best friend thinks his new crush is a
hallucination brought on by watching too many episodes of Doctor Who.
Archie Levine dresses in
Victorian style and divides his time between caring for his young son and
creating weird and wacky steampunk gadgets from bits of old junk—when he’s not
looking after his mum and trying to keep on good terms with his ex. The last
thing he’s got time for is a relationship, but the flustered young man he met
while disembowelling a fridge is proving very tempting.
When his mum’s social
conscience is roused by a local store with a cavalier attitude to the homeless,
former rough sleeper Archie shares her anger. Little does he know that Robin
works for that same store. When Archie finds out he’s sleeping with the enemy,
things could cut up very rough indeed.
About JL Merrow
JL
Merrow is that rare beast, an English person who refuses to drink tea. She read Natural Sciences at Cambridge, where
she learned many things, chief amongst which was that she never wanted to see
the inside of a lab ever again.
She
writes (mostly) contemporary gay romance and mysteries, and is frequently
accused of humour. Two of her novels
have won Rainbow Awards for Romantic Comedy
(Slam!, 2013 and Spun!, 2017) and
several of her books have been EPIC Awards finalists, including Muscling Through, Relief Valve (the Plumber’s Mate Mysteries) and To Love a Traitor.
JL
Merrow is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, International
Thriller Writers, Crime Writers Association, Verulam Writers and the UK GLBTQ Fiction Meet organising team.
Find
JL Merrow online at: https://jlmerrow.com/, on Twitter as @jlmerrow, and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/jl.merrow
Giveaway
To
celebrate this release, one lucky
person will win a $10 gift card to Riptide. Leave a comment with your contact
info to enter the contest. Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on November
9, 2019. Contest is NOT restricted to U.S. entries. Thanks for following along, and don’t forget to leave
your contact info!
Tour Schedule
Tuesday 11/5
Wednesday 11/6
Thursday 11/7
Wednesday 11/8
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