Hairpin Curves by Elia Winters Blog tour & Excerpt
Author: Elia Winters
Length: 320 pages
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Imprint: Carina Press (Carina Adores)
On-Sale: July 28, 2020
Format: Trade Paperback *also available in ebook and audiobook formats.
Price: $14.99 U.S.
ISBN: 9781335146656
Book Description: RITA® Award—winning author Elia Winters delivers a sexy, playful frenemies-to-lovers road-trip romance.
Megan Harris had hopes of seeing the world, but at twenty-five she’s never even left Florida. Now a wedding invitation lures her to Quebec…in February. When her ex-friend Scarlett offers to be her plus-one (yeah, that’s a whole story) and suggests they turn the journey into an epic road trip, Megan reluctantly agrees to the biggest adventure of her life.
A week together in a car is a surefire way to kill a crush, and Scarlett Andrews has had a big one on Megan for years. The important thing is fixing their friendship.
As the miles roll away, what starts as harmless road-trip games and rest-stop dares escalates into something like intimacy. And when a surprise snowstorm forces Megan and Scarlett to hunker down without the open road as distraction, they’ve got a bigger challenge than making it to the church on time: facing the true nature of their feelings for each other.
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Author Bio
EXCERPT
Megan hadn’t brought a lot of clothing on this trip, anticipating
getting to do laundry at some hotel along the way, but she had a couple of nice
outfits in addition to the dress she planned to wear for the wedding. She
selected an emerald green sweater dress from her suitcase. She was normally
more of a jeans kind of girl, but this dress made her feel cute, and it felt
very Nashville when she paired it with some knee-high boots. She gathered up
her clothes and undergarments and headed for the bathroom.
When she left the bathroom, Scarlett was pinning up her curls
into two buns up near the top of her head. It was one of the cutest hairstyles
she wore, and one that always made Megan wish for something other than her own
super-straight brown hair. Scarlett looked away from her hair when Megan
entered the room, her gaze skimming down Megan’s body in a way that made Megan
burn up inside.
Before Scarlett could say something, whether it was going to be
a compliment or not, Megan blurted out, “I don’t know what to do with my hair.”
Scarlett tapped her lips, studying her like she was an interesting
painting. “You want me to curl it?” Scarlett asked.
“My hair doesn’t curl.” Megan had never had any luck with that.
“It’s too fine.”
Scarlett tucked the final bobby pin into her own style and
walked over to Megan, running her hand through Megan’s hair. The contact sent a
chill all down Megan’s spine. Oh, she wanted Scarlett to keep touching her like
that.
“It’s pretty fine.” Scarlett gathered up a bunch of Megan’s hair
in her hands. Megan shivered. Hopefully Scarlett wouldn’t notice the shiver.
“It would curl if you didn’t wash it so much. You need it to get dirty.”
Megan
laughed, and it sounded breathless coming out. “I don’t really do dirty.”
Scarlett still had the hold on her hair, and she tipped Megan’s
head back to look at her. “You sure about that?”
The unspoken after last night hung in the air between
them. Megan sucked in a breath, her lips parting, and their gazes locked. Then
it was like Scarlett had suddenly realized what she said, and she slid her
hands out of Megan’s hair and backed away. “Your hair is cute just like it is.
You don’t need to do anything to it.” She turned toward the mirror again and
fumbled with her makeup bag. Was it Megan’s imagination, or were Scarlett’s
hands shaking? “You, uh, ever think about cutting it?” Scarlett asked.
Megan was still rattled and warm all over. It took her a moment
to process Scarlett’s words. “Oh. Yeah, actually. Sometimes I think about a
pixie cut. Cutting all of it off. But I get nervous.”
“It’s a big step. But you’ve got the perfect heart-shaped face
for it.” Scarlett glanced over, then back at the mirror. “If you ever want to
do it, there’s probably a million great salons along our road trip. Could be a
fun change. And it grows back.”
She was talking fast. Megan was having a hard time thinking.
“Yeah. Maybe. I’ll…do my makeup.”
She had the new makeup from Sephora to try, and while it wasn’t
her area of expertise, she put together what she hoped was a good look—not
super fancy, but she didn’t end up looking like a clown, either. When she
returned from the bathroom, Scarlett was done.
“What about lipstick?” Scarlett asked.
“I’m wearing some.” Megan resisted the urge to touch her lips in
reflex.
Scarlett frowned. “Nude?”
“It’s light pink.”
“You need a bold lip. Something
really red. It would bring the whole look together.”
“I don’t have anything really red.” Megan stuck with all light
pinks whenever she got makeup, which wasn’t very often. Red was showy and
ostentatious, and she wasn’t the type of person to try to get noticed.
Scarlett rummaged in her bag and pulled out a lipstick. “Here.
Let me.” She touched Megan’s chin, gently tilting her head back, and then began
to apply the lipstick with focused precision. Megan tried not to shiver as
Scarlett held her face perfectly still, her attention locked onto Megan’s lips.
When she finished, they held that pose, and desire flared up in Megan like a
flashover. She wanted to lean forward and ruin that perfect lipstick against
Scarlett’s berry-red mouth.
Copyright © 2020 by Elia Winters
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