Saturday, February 23, 2013

Aloha to Jessica Scott and ANYTHING FOR YOU: A Coming Home Short Story

Anything For You

Ua ola loko i ke aloha.

Love gives life within.

Jessica at RWA 2012 in Anaheim

Jessica Scott personifies Aloha.  From her bio (at this link),

Jessica Scott is a career army officer, mother of two daughters, three cats and three dogs, wife to a career NCO and wrangler of all things stuffed and fluffy. She is a terrible cook and even worse housekeeper, but she's a pretty good shot with her assigned weapon and someone liked some of the stuff she wrote. Somehow, her children are pretty well adjusted and her husband still loves her, despite burned water and a messy house.

Oprah has called her. True story.

Her debut novel BECAUSE OF YOU launched Loveswept, the first Random House digital imprint.



BECAUSE OF YOU featured Army wounded warrior Shane and breast cancer survivor Jen.   Next came UNTIL THERE WAS YOU with "by the rules" Evan and "break the rules" Claire.  For Valentine's Day, Jessica Scott returned to Shane and Jen with ANYTHING FOR YOU:  A Coming Home Short Story.   Borrowing from Paul Harvey, ANYTHING FOR YOU is "the rest of the story".   It was a heartwarming short story that delivered the guts and glory of a romance that bloomed from tragedy:

Sergeant First Class Shane Garrison has spent a year recovering from his combat injuries. A year spent in the arms of the woman of his dreams. But loving Jen comes with a price: every time he touches her, he faces the uncertain fear that loving her might mean losing her forever.

Jen is a breast cancer survivor and with Shane, she’s found a man who loves her despite her scars. But her scars may be too much for their love to survive.

As their love grows, so does the risk to Jen’s life. And Shane must make the toughest decision any man can make to save the woman he loves.


I am giving away an ecopy of BECAUSE OF YOU and ANYTHING FOR YOU to one randomly selected commenter.  To ente the giveaway,

1.  Leave a comment about your special talent - cooking?  housekeeping?  sharpshooter?  

I'm good at tap dancing ... the kind that gets me out of a speeding ticket.

2.  This giveaway is open to all readers.

3.  Comments are open through Saturday, March 2, 10  pm in Hawaii.  I'll post the winner on Sunday, March 3.

Mahalo,

Kim in Hawaii

To learn more about Jessica and her books, check out her website at jessicascott.net.



16 comments:

  1. Drawing and painting. And I almost forget, sleeping. :D

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  2. My special talent -- being lazy!!! LOL


    I have these wonderful ebooks, please do not enter me in today's drawing.

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  3. My special talent is doing housework, but not as often as I used to. LOL

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  4. My special talent is taking photos of my dog. I love taking her out on outings and capturing the moments on film.

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  5. Hmmm... reading? If that can be considered as a talent?

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  6. I'm great at cleaning... my boyfriend and i have a compromise, he cooks, I clean ;)

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  7. I'm great at cross stitching and reading.

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  8. I can crochet. Not sure if that is the talent you wanted.

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  9. If you can call being a very caring and generous person a talent, then that's mine. Please don't enter me in this giveaway - I have all of Jessica's books. And, may I say that she's definitely been blessed by the cover gods!

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  10. Well, taking care of cats lol. I'm good at games and crafty things too.

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  11. I'm not exactly talented, I'd usually claim reading, but that isn't very special. I guess I'll go with talking, I can run my mouth like nobody's business. :D

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  12. Lol at some of these answers. Love them. ;)
    I have been told that I bake really well. I guess that would be my special talent. I try not to do it often because I have a really big sweet tooth and want to eat it too. :)

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  13. My embroidery is quite good. If I do say so myself.

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  14. Babysitting would have to top my list right now! lol

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  15. Okay I would say my special talent is that I am good listener and good friend.

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