Happily Ever After by Elizabeth Maxwell – a Review & Giveaway
Happily Ever After
by Elizabeth Maxwell
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Links to order Happily Ever After: Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo
Description:
In this witty, sexy tale, an erotic novelist meets the fictional hero of her most recent book in real life, and must decide whether she wants to get him back between the pages—or between her sheets. At forty-six, Sadie Fuller’s life isn’t exactly romantic. A divorced, overweight, somewhat sexually frustrated mother of an eleven-year-old, she lives in the suburbs, shops the big box stores, makes small talk with her small-minded neighbors, and generally leads a quiet life. But while her daughter is at school, or when Sadie is up late at night, she writes erotic fiction under the name KT Briggs.
Then, during a routine shopping trip, Sadie runs into someone familiar…too familiar, in fact. She encounters an incredibly handsome man exactly like the one in her imagination—and her latest novel. Is Aidan Hathaway really one of her characters? And if so, what is he doing in Target? As Sadie tries to negotiate this strange new world, her eyes begin to open to romantic possibilities in places she never dreamed of looking… places where Happily Ever After might not be so far-fetched after all.
Review:
HAPPILY EVER AFTER by Elizabeth Maxwell is in a class of novels that can cause “snaughling”. That is laughing so hard you snort, then laughing because you snorted! This is a novel that is really out there at times, but it is a fun and quirky read.
Sadie Fuller is a divorced 46 year old woman who is a little overweight, raising her daughter in the suburbs and who writes erotica at night! Poor Sadie even had to find a man on Craigslist to have sex with once a week! She is an expert at creating fabulous characters who have the most amazing sex ever, but her own life is not very exciting.
Her life changes when she runs into a man at Target who looked oddly familiar! He is the sexy, uber-hot, character from her latest novel! What in the heck is happening? How has her hunky hero come to life? Her neighbors are envious when the handsome “Aidan Hathaway” shows up at a school charity event. Even her gay ex-husband is wondering what is going on! As Sadie tries to solve this mystery, other characters start to show up and she and her characters need to figure out how to break a spell so that they can all live “happily ever after”!! Maybe Sadie didn’t realize that her own happiness was right under her nose.
This was a fun and totally original novel that will lead to much “snaughling”. Come up, you know you want to read it now!! Enjoy!
Reviewed by Jules
Copy provided by publisher
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Wonderful review, Jules. I love the premise of this story. Everyone would love to have their dreams (books) come alive. I’m glad you had fun “snaughling”.
love the sound of this story. thank you for this wonderful review. i am going to look for this book.
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Thanks for the post, I loved reading your thoughts. I could so use a good *snaughling* and this looks perfect for me! (I’m already smiling as I type this!) haha Please enter me in your giveaway, I follow you on both fb & twitter. Thank you! =D
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“Snaughling” had me “Giggle-snorting”! Sounds like a fun read! 😉
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Wonderful review Jules. And I had always heard it called ‘giggle snort’ but snaughling sounds about right 😉
Thanks Sandy, snaughling is a hearty, deep in the belly feeling. Maybe, it’s due to the erotica! There I go again…….
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I often wondered what happened when characters took over in a book but I never considered “real” life. What fun! Please include me in your drawing. Thanks!
Great review Jules! I will definitely be adding this to my TBR list.
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Wonderful review Jules-sounds like a cute story. Thanks.
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Sounds like a fun read! Please enter me into the giveaway.
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Hi Elizabeth,
I enjoyed reading synopsis and review by Jules for your book Happily Ever After. And, love the cover. This sounds to be a great read and I will definitely look forward to reading about Aidan and Sadie. You are new to me author and I enjoy getting to know new authors.
Many thanks for your time.
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Loved the review, I’d like to read this book.
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Please enter me in the giveaway, sounds like a fun read. Thanks!
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Wonderful review Jules. Congrats to Elizabeth
What a lively and entertaining sounding book!!! It’s not that often that the heroines in romance stories are 20 something’s and not 40+ mom’s with kids living a relatively boring life. I would l really love to read this amusing book and thank you for giving me the chance!
Awesome review. Would love to read.
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This book sounds AWESOME! Your review makes me want to read it, and I thank you for the opportunity to enter. I am already a fan (with notifications) on FB and Twitter.
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What a fun sounding book! Thanks for the chance to win a copy.
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Thanks, Jules. Sounds like a fun book to read. Maybe I will be lucky and win this giveaway.
Very nice review and thanks for the giveaway
Wonderful review. I will have to read this fun sounding book.
Thank you so much for the giveaway! The book sounds like something I’d like to read.
Love the review!!! What an interesting concept!!! Not sure how freaked out I would be to actually meet someone I dreamt about or conjured up in my mind. Please enter me in the giveaway. Thank you.
This sounds really cute & unique!
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Great review Jules! I gotta read this one, it sounds too good to pass up!
This book sounds so interesting!!! I love paranormal edges! 🙂 I follow TRC on facebook and twitter. Good luck all (even though I hope that I win lol). 🙂
Awesome review Jules . Sounds like this ones a winner I guess I best give it a look see .
This sounds like a great book. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
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Please enter me into the contest! I liked on Facebook and get notifications and follow on twitter! Debra.diaz@yahoo.com! Thanks for the chance to win, the book sounds great!
Wonderful review Jules and great giveaway. I read a similar story but only the hero came to life. Sounds interesting.
sounds like a wonderful story
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I cannot waqitto find out what happens next!
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Thanks for the teaser and giveaway!