Spotlight & Giveaway: Blush by Helen Hardt

Posted February 28th, 2023 by Sara @HarlequinJunkie in Blog, Spotlight / 19 comments

Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Helen Hardt to HJ!

Hi Helen and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, Blush!

Thank you for inviting me today!

Please summarize the book for the readers here:

Blush begins is the first in a Follow Me spinoff series that focuses on Braden Black’s BDSM club, Black Rose Underground. Shy Mandy Thomas has been in love with her best friend, Jackson Paris, since high school. When she finally decides it’s time to give up her unrequited love and join Tinder, she finds more than she bargained for!

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

Why am I love with him again?
Easy.
Because he’s the other half of me. He always has been.

Please share a few Fun facts about this book…

This book is different from the Follow Me Series in that it focuses on one couple, and their love story is complete in this book. Its two sequels, Bloom and Blossom, will follow this one but will be able to be read as standalones.
I was craving sushi when I began writing Blush, and sure enough, Mandy and Jackson’s thing is to eat sushi together!

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

It’s clear from the premise that Mandy has been in love with Jackson forever. They’ve known each other since they were toddlers, and they’ve been besties their whole lives. I don’t want to give too much away on Jackson’s part. Suffice it to say that Mandy isn’t the sweet and innocent woman he thought she was!

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

I’ve written so many books now that I rarely blush anymore! But I always laugh and cry. Again, I don’t want to give too much away, but I laughed when I wrote the conversation between Jackson and his boss and friend, Ben Black, at the juice bar, and I cried when I wrote the scene where Mandy thinks Jackson has abandoned her.

Readers should read this book….

because it’s hot! But even more so because it’s a friends to lovers romance that will tug at your emotions.

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

Scorch, book twenty-four in the Steel Brothers Saga, releases September 27, and Buck, book four in the Gems of Wolfe Island series (which spins from the Wolfes of Manhattan) releases October 25. Then Bloom (featuring Mandy’s sister, Frankie) is coming in January 2022!

Thanks for blogging at HJ!

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Book Info:

#1 New York Times bestselling author Helen Hardt takes fans deeper into the world of Black Rose Underground with the first in an all-new series featuring a sweet virgin next door who’s ready to be anything but. After meeting Mr. Dark and Sexy on Tinder, she’s all in and excited about joining him at an exclusive club. But Mr. Dark and Sexy may not be who he seems…
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Meet the Author:

#1 New York Times, #1 USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Helen Hardt’s passion for the written word began with the books her mother read to her at bedtime. She wrote her first story at age six and hasn’t stopped since. In addition to being an award-winning author of romantic fiction, she’s a mother, an attorney, a black belt in Taekwondo, a grammar geek, an appreciator of fine red wine, and a lover of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. She writes from her home in Colorado, where she lives with her family. Helen loves to hear from readers.
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