Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author June Faver to HJ!
Hi June and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, Welcome Back to Rambling, Texas!
Please summarize the book for the readers here:
Reggie Lee Stafford is a hometown girl. She lives in Rambling, the small Texas Hill Country town where she was born. She hasn’t really imagined life beyond the city limits. As a single parent, her world revolves around Shannon, her young daughter. Reggie’s goals involve being able to support her and have a home of their own. Instead, they live with her widowed dad. Reggie divides her time between working in the family convenience store and writing obituaries or covering local events for the local weekly newspaper, The Rambling Gazette.
Her peaceful life is turned upside down when Frank Bell returns to town in the wake of his great-aunt’s demise. Frank, who was the bane of her teen-age existence, has come to claim his vast inheritance, and threaten Reggie’s well-ordered way of life.
Too well, she recalls the misery of their clashes in high school. Reggie and her brainy girlfriends were horrified when he dubbed her ‘Regina Vagina’, rhyming her name with the female body part. She retaliated by calling him ‘Franklinstein’ but it didn’t have near the impact of Frank’s label.
Frank first came to Langston as a teen after being expelled from a prestigious Dallas prep school for fighting. His great-aunt took him in when his globe-trotting parents didn’t want the responsibility. He has abandonment issues, and tried not to get too attached to anything.
He has spent the years since graduation, exploring Europe and building immense wealth, while avoiding serious relationships with the army of beautiful women he has bedded.
In his quest to live “in the moment” Frank makes a practice of avoiding long-term responsibilities.
He’s constantly conflicted by his growing attraction and how comfortably he slides into the relationship. Relationship?
He never wanted a relationship, at least not until now…but then again, it’s Reggie, the star of all his early fantasies. Even worse, he’s falling for her adorable little girl as well. He’s beginning to see himself as a part of a whole, and Frank is definitely a free agent. Free to cut and run on a whim…but somehow he finds himself imagining a future in the small town with Reggie and her daughter.
Please share your favorite quote from the book:
“Oh, no! It’s Franklinstein!”
Tell us about the book with this fun little challenge using the title of the book:
Reunion Romance
Affair to forget
Make me!
Believe
Love/Hate?
I think I’m falling…
No turning back
Give me forever.
What do you want people to take away from reading this book?
I hope readers enjoy the story. The take-away is that everyone changes over time, and even old enemies can be redeemed.
Thanks for blogging at HJ!
Giveaway: A Print copy of Welcome Back to Rambling, Texas by June Faver
To enter Giveaway: Please complete the Rafflecopter form and Post a comment to this Q: Do you believe people can change? What characteristics about yourself do you wish you could change?
I wish I could embrace mornings as easily as I do nightfall. Being a “night person” is not always convenient, but that’s when my creativity seems to soar.
Book Info:
Worlds collide when downhome girl Reggie Lee Stafford comes face-to-face with her high-school en-emy…
Reggie Lee Stafford is a small town Texas hometown girl. She lives in Rambling, in Texas Hill Country where she was born. As a single mom, her world revolves around her young daughter and her beloved job at the local newspaper. But her peaceful life is turned upside down when Frank Bell—the bane of Reggie’s teenage existence—returns to town to claim his vast inheritance.
Frank is now the owner of a charming old Victorian house and the local paper where Reggie is em-ployed. Although Frank had intended to sell everything, he takes the opportunity to act as publisher of the Gazette to get closer to Reggie. If he plays his cards right, he might be able to make up for all the hurt he caused her. But Reggie has more than her own reputation to protect this time, and Frank is going to have to pull out all the stops to prove he’s worth a second chance.
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Meet the Author:
June Faver loves Texas, from the Gulf coast to the panhandle, from the Mexican border to the Piney Woods. Her novels embrace the heart and soul of the state and the larger-than-life Texans who romp across her pages. A former teacher and healthcare professional, she lives and writes in the Texas Hill Country.
Nicole (Nicky) Ortiz
Yes I do believe people can change.
Same as you. I’m a night person. Also wish I had more energy in the morning too
Thanks for the chance!
Mary Preston
Fundamentally I believe that people remain the same. I am not sure what I’d change. It took me a long time to become this me.
anxious58
I’m a morning person always have been. I’ve been set in my ways for so long I couldn’t change.
EC
Yes, changes can creep up when one doesn’t even expect it. There are some characteristics that I would like to change, but I’m not ready to make it public.
Lori Byrd
People can change if they want to. I don’t want to change.
janinecatmom
I do believe people can change. I wish I wasn’t so much of a worrier.
Pamela Conway
I believe some people may grow up & mature some & change. Whereas other people not so much. I’d be much better if I didn’t procrastinate on doing things I just don’t want to do & be on time more often!!
Lori R
I believe people can change and I believe things that happen to us can make us change. I would change my being a perfectionist.
Debra Guyette
I wish I had more self confidence. There are some things that can change about a person.
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I would love to get more organized in my closet. Thanks for this amazing giveaway.
Charlotte Litton
I think people can change, I would like to be more organized.
Rita Wray
I’m not sure I could change. I’m pretty set in my ways.
Glenda M
I believe people can change IF they want to do so. Honestly the things I’d like to change about myself are physical- getting rid of chronic medical problems. That would help me increase my activity level and strength
Amy R
Do you believe people can change? yes
What characteristics about yourself do you wish you could change? more outgoing
Kathleen O
Some people do change, but they really have to want to. If I could change one character flaw about me it’s that I don’t know how to know help people. Even when they don’t want it.
lasvegasnan
I would change a lot of stuff.
isisthe12th
Yes, I think people can change. I strive to be more confident in my day to day life. Thank you
Teresa Williams
People can change if they want to.I wish I could get more into cleaning my house I’m also a night person
SusieQ
People can change. I would like to be more consistent in my maintaining a clean house.
Colleen C.
I wish I had less anxiety
bn100
not really
Nina T
Yes and no. Hm, what would I change about me… probably overthinking. I would love to not overthink as much as I do…
hartfiction
Anybody can change. They just have to want to.
Banana cake
I definitely would say people can change. It’s part of growing up
diannekc
I do think.people can change. I wish I was more organized.
Mary C.
Yes, I believe people can change.
Set a morning schedule and stick to it.
Kay Garrett
Most definitely! I think I have changed a lot over the years part from maturity and part from the school of hard knocks. There are things I wish I could still change like worry less, only eat when hungry and to be more spontaneous when appropriate. I may be a senior citizen, but I’m still a work in progress. 🙂
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Bonnie
Yes, I believe people can change. Since I am usually quiet and shy, I wish I could be more outgoing and enthusiastic.
Ellen C.
Yes, people can change. I would like to be more confident.
rkcjmomma
Yes people can change! I wish i would stop being a people pleaser so much even when it hurts me
Linda Herold
I would be less of an introvert!
Teresa Warner
Yes I do!
joab4424
I would like to stop wishing I could change things I did in the past.
Daniel M
yes, and wish for less anxiety
Summer
I think change is possible. I definitely relate to not being a morning person.
Patricia B.
Hello, Fellow Night Person. I really need to shift back a bit and get to bed earlier, but never seem to manage it.
I do believe people can change. A good many of us mature quite a bit by the time we reach 30 and continue to do so as the years go by. We are often put into a role when we are young through no fault of our own. Once we are out on our own, we get a chance to grow and become ourselves, not who others are making us be, thus causing a misinterpretation of what is really inside. I have many years on me and have changed over the years. I wish I could stop procrastinating and get more done.