Getting By (A Knight’s Tale I) by Claudia Y. Burgoa is a new-adult
contemporary romance novel, published February 18, 2014.
Synopsis:
When Emma Anderson arrived at San Francisco International
Airport, she regretted accepting the distinction of being the maid of
honor to Gaby’s—her childhood friend—wedding. It had been years since the
last time she set foot in Menlo Park, where her parents had been killed.
The rug where she had been shoving her feelings since that day
looked bumpier than a camel’s hump. Who could blame her; if she hadn’t
been selfish they’d still be around. Ever since that fateful day,
Emma has been perfecting the knack of Getting By.
Cade’s wedding in Menlo Park—a city close to San Francisco—might
be the perfect place for Jake Knight to shake the memories of his ex,
Emma Anderson for good. Single, available women galore for an entire week
was the perfect medication, one he intended to take three times a day
for an entire week to return to his player days. It was a plan the
former spy thought flawless until he came face to face with the maid of
honor. Jake’s perfect retreat turns into a flight, fight or hide week
of celebrations.
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This is the first book in the 4 book
series. The second book will be released later this year.
Book Excerpt:
Nights meant sleep and dreams—my archenemies. The Crowley to
my Dean Winchester, the Green Goblin to my Spider-man, the list of superheroes
and their opposites was long, and so became the analogies I used on a daily
basis. My lack of sleep began with Dad and his conditions for me to continue my
art. Then came my parents' deaths. Those took a toll on me because I mixed
dreams with realities and hopes. Not once did I have a nightmare, all of them
were sweet and real. Seeing Mom and Dad on those nights filled my gut with
nails, and my head pounded with the reminder that they were gone the next
morning. Those had been merely fantasies that would never become a reality.
For the past three months I had been evading sleep and
working overtime, over the overtime. The dreams of elevators, trips to
sophisticated-secluded spots after a week of work and delicious nights with a
man who I was required to forget in order to move on, came daily—nightly. They
not only hit me with vengeance, but they came tangled with what humans liked to
call hope. The urge to crawl inside myself to avoid the need of his touch,
kisses and whatever it was that we had not long ago, consumed me. If I had the
powers to morph into an animal, it’d be a sea turtle and I’d stay inside my
shell for the next hundred years. Past the stage of melancholy and into the
real world, I pushed my body outside of the bed and into the shower, where I
got ready to face the Clements and the house next door.
About the Author:
Claudia lives in Colorado with her family
and three dogs. While managing life, she works as a CFO at a small IT
Company. She’s a dreamer who enjoys music, laughter and a good story. Claudia
writes romance, sci-fi, and fantasy. She has published two novels: Where Life
Takes You and Getting By. Claudia is currently working on Standing By, the
second book in the Knight series. For 2014, Claudia plans to released three,
perhaps four novels.
Website: http://www.claudiayburgoa.com/
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