Spotlight & Giveaway: Always Enough by Kelly Elliott

Posted April 7th, 2020 by in Blog, Spotlight / 46 comments

Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Kelly Elliott to HJ!
Spotlight&Giveaway

Hi Kelly and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, Always Enough!

 

Please summarize the book for the readers here:

Always Enough is a book about letting go of your past mistakes and demons and allowing your heart to open up to forgiveness and love. The story is full of laughter, but also hope and a bit of heartache.
 

Please share your favorite line(s) or quote from this book:

“I’m asking you to stay.”
“Why?”
“Because I need you, Ty.”
I just love that Kaylee opens up to him like this. She’s such a strong woman, yet she showed her need for Ty.

 

Please share a few Fun facts about this book…

  • The scene where they talk about Kaylee cutting steel for her garden beds was totally based on me!
  • I I wrote this book almost as fast as I wrote Never Enough. Took me less than a month to write it.
  • I always wanted to name a little boy if I had a boy, Ty. Only had a girl and I had been waiting for the perfect book to use Ty!

 

What first attracts your Hero to the Heroine and vice versa?

We first meet Ty and Kaylee in Never Enough and I think that is really where the reader’s interests will be peaked. I think readers will love the banter between the hero and heroine. It’s fun and flirty!

 

Did any scene have you blushing, crying or laughing while writing it? And Why?

I think the scenes between Ty and Kaylee in the beginning when they are both denying the attraction between them are fun! I just love how they go back and forth! Here’s a sneak peek!

The sound of a truck pulling up had me waving my hand in the air to clear out the smoke. Hopefully it wasn’t the fire department again. The last time they were here, I had set fire to a pan filled with grease in my sink. Who would have known how easily grease fires started?
Walking toward the gravel drive, I felt my heartbeat pick up. God help me. It was worse than the fire department . . . it was Ty.
“Perfect, as if this day couldn’t possibly get any worse.”
I was covered in dirt, smoke, and Lord only knows what else, and Ty Shaw was walking toward me, looking as handsome as ever, which made my heart race a little bit more. The man was too good looking for his own good, and what made him even more attractive was he didn’t act like he knew it.
“What is it with you and fires, Kaylee?” Ty asked, a sexy-as-sin smirk on his face as he walked over to me.
Lord, that smile. Dark-brown hair and eyes the color of the Montana sky. Not to mention the smoking-hot body.
I chuckled to myself at the irony of the “smoking-hot” reference, with my huge fire going behind me.
With a half shrug and a wink, I replied, “What can I say, I have weird fetishes.”
Ty’s eyes darkened with a sexual look that left my lower stomach pulling with desire. We constantly danced around the fact that we were sexually attracted to each other. Or maybe I just secretly wanted him to want me, because truth be told, I wanted this man like no other. My poor overworked vibrator could back up that claim.
“Is that so? Fire?”
“Don’t worry,” I egged him on. “I keep it out of the bedroom.”

 

Readers should read this book….

Readers should read this book if they want a love story that isn’t perfect. There are real life issues that both the hero and the heroine have to deal with it and I think it makes the story deeper in a sense. My hope is that as you read it you feel the emotions of the characters. Maybe even shed a few tears, laugh a little and escape your own problems for a bit.

 

What are you currently working on? What other releases do you have in the works?

Currently I’m writing the third book in the Meet Me in Montana series, Good Enough. My next release is Lucky in Love, which comes out June 9, 2020!
 

Thanks for blogging at HJ!

 

Giveaway: A signed paperback of Never Enough and Always Enough

 

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Excerpt from Always Enough:

“You can leave, Ty. I’ve got this.”
“Kaylee, will you just let me help you with that?”
She looked up at me, pure determination in her eyes. “I can handle this. I don’t need your help.” “Clearly you do. You’re going to flood this whole bathroom, and then it’s going to leak downstairs, and you haven’t even let the ink dry on the contract from buying this place yet.”
Kaylee tried harder. If she ended up breaking it, things were going to go from bad to worse.
“Shit! Come on, you stupid thing!”
“Just let me help.”
“I’ve got it!” She jerked again, and again it didn’t move. I could see the frustration beginning to build on her face.
“For fuck’s sake, will you just stop being afraid to admit that you need help and let me get it tightened? You’re being childish.”
She let go of the wrench to say something to me, and I grabbed it. “Let me get in there.”
When she moved, she shot me a look that said a million and one things, number one being to fuck off. When I got the water to stop spewing, I stood and wiped my face off with my shirt. I was frustrated as fuck that she just couldn’t have moved over and let me fix the damn thing.
“I don’t understand why you’re so afraid to ask for help.” Her fists balled up at her sides, and her face turned red as a tomato. Oh, hell. I just poked a little too hard at the bees’ nest.
“I’m not afraid to ask for help! My whole life, I’ve never had to ask for help, because no one ever let me do a fucking thing! I’m capable of doing things, you know!”
This was a side of Kaylee I’d never witnessed before. The girl on the verge of losing her shit.
She threw up her hands and let out a frustrated scream, causing me to take a step away from her. If I wasn’t careful, she might start swinging.
“It got stuck, that’s all. If you’d given me a minute and let me think, instead of trying to do it for me, I would’ve gotten it. I’ve managed to do plenty on my own, and I don’t need . . . I don’t need . . .”
I smirked, and I had no idea why. But I couldn’t stop myself from poking her a little more. “You don’t need what, Miss Independent?”
Tears filled her eyes, and I instantly felt like a dick. A big fucking dick who needed to have his ass kicked.
“I don’t need you . I can do this if you would just have faith in me, John! Why can’t you just believe in us!” She shook her head. “I mean, in me ! Why can’t you just believe in me?”
She turned around and wrapped her arms around her body, clearly trying to keep from crying. Then she started to breathe, deeply. One deep breath in, one long one out. I knew that technique all too well. She was trying to keep herself from losing her shit.
I slowly walked up to her and put my hands on her shoulders. Her body tensed. After turning her to face me, I placed my finger under her chin and lifted her face to meet my gaze. There were so many things I wanted to say to her. How much she meant to me. How much I wanted to hold her in my arms and tell her everything was okay.
But how could I, when my own mind was filled with so many doubts?
“I have faith in you, Kaylee. Please don’t ever doubt that.”
She was one of the strongest women I’d ever met. The fact that she’d picked up and left her family to start a new life in Montana alone showed what an incredible woman she was. A single tear slipped free and made a slow trail down her cheek. It killed me to see her cry. I didn’t like knowing I was the cause of that tear.
“I’ll go ahead and go. I’m sorry I upset you.”
Before I took a few steps back, I kissed her forehead and turned to leave, but I stopped and looked at her once more and said, “I’m not John.”
She sucked in a breath and took a step away from me. “Wh-what?”
“You called me John.” “I . . . I didn’t mean . . . I didn’t mean to call you that.”
With a nod, I turned and headed out of her room and down the stairs.
When I reached for the front door, her voice stopped me.
“Wait. Don’t go.”

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Book Info:

The second novel in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott’s Meet Me in Montana series turns up the emotion with a story about finding true love and healing broken hearts.
Grieving the loss of her fiancé two years ago, Kaylee longs for a fresh start. When she follows her best friend from Atlanta to Hamilton, Montana, Kaylee looks forward to the wild terrain and a new town to help her forget the memories and dreams of a life that will never be hers.
After a tragic car accident, Ty Shaw is told he may never walk again. But Ty doesn’t easily accept defeat, and through grit, determination, and more physical therapy than any man should ever endure, he beats the odds. Even though he’ll never ride again, Ty longs to feel alive—the way he did on the Professional Bull Riders circuit.
When Kaylee meets Ty, she finds him just as captivating as the rugged landscape of Montana. When Ty is with Kaylee, he remembers just how good life can be. But can they move beyond their broken hearts and dreams to find a second chance with each other?
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Meet the Author:

Kelly Elliott is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling contemporary romance author. Since finishing her bestselling Wanted series, Kelly continues to spread her wings while remaining true to her roots and giving readers stories rich with hot protective men, strong women and beautiful surroundings.

Her bestselling works include, Wanted, Broken, The Playbook, and Lost Love, to name a few.

Kelly lives in central Texas with her husband, daughter, two pups, four cats, and endless wildlife creatures. When she’s not writing, Kelly enjoys reading and spending time with her family.

To find out more about Kelly and her books, you can find her through her website.

www.kellyelliottauthor.com
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46 Responses to “Spotlight & Giveaway: Always Enough by Kelly Elliott”

  1. Nancy Payette

    Sort of. More of a resentful friendship. Dealing with one now. Sometimes things don’t work out due to no fault of your own but you’re ready to move on. You can do it angry or just let go with a ‘wish you well’ but goodbye.

  8. Janine

    I can’t really say I have had a love/hate relationship with anyone unless a family member counts.

  9. Karina Angeles

    Yup. My hubby. I love him so much, but he does things purposely to make me hate him sometimes. With the stay at home order, I’ve noticed JUST how annoying he can be.

  12. hendeis

    The only time I’ve had a love/hate relationship is after I’ve broken up with a guy.

  18. laurieg72

    Yes, my parents. My dad died in 1992 so now with my mother. She was never a loving, demonstrative parent. I ‘m the youngest of 3. I was an extra child. My older brother is her favorite. He can do no wrong. He’s 7 years older than me. My sister is 2 years older. After I married, my mom starting picking on me, plus verbally putting down my husband. Before we had children we went to stay with them for a week’s vacation in Florida. It ended with them threatening to disown me, because my husband didn’t pass them a dish of broccoli. He didn’t hear the request and it escalated into an argument. I refused to contact them for 8 years. Finally after we had four children and my dad was having heart by pass surgery, my husband encouraged me to reach out to them.

    My mom is now 95. My sister and I visit weekly assisting her with shopping, cleaning and washing. She’s somewhat appreciative of what we do. I feel obligated to help her. I have striven to treat my children with respect I shower my children with all the love and affection I didn’t receive from my parents. They know they can ask me anything and I will do anything I can for them.

  20. anna nguyen

    yes with a person who was an old coworker. they could be funny and the life of the party sometimes, but other times they would get on my nerves real bad

  22. Juli Huber Hall

    If you count siblings then yes, with my twin sister.
    No to romantic relationships.

  25. Caro

    Mmmhhh, I remember HATING thia classmate back in HS. I just couldn’t stand him, he wasn’t a bad guy, I just couldn’t stand him.

    That’s it, lol

  32. Kay Garrett

    Well, when we first met hubby and I didn’t care for one another at all. Then give it a couple years and each of our situations changed and we were inseparable. Been together a long time time and I can’t think of my live with out him now.
    2clowns at arkansas dot net