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Emerson and John meet on the boardwalk as the moonlight dances off the Chesapeake Bay.
She thinks he’s gorgeous and comes down with a case of instalove. He thinks she’s a panhandler and gives her five dollars.
The embarrassment is enough to send tattoo-sleeved and turpentine-stained antiques restorer Em running for a life makeover. The only problem is, she’s spent the last decade looking after everyone else in her little town and now she’s totally forgotten how to self-care.
Adding to that garbage heap of a situation is tonight’s blind date.
Of course, it turns out to be with the man who mistook her for homeless. And, of course, he’s a clean-cut Navy test pilot stationed a stone’s throw from her antiques shop. All the whiskey and chocolate in the café can’t help the awkwardness between Em and this cold, stoic, modern Mr. Darcy.
Fortunately, their tiny, tight-knit community won’t let one (or two) bad nights come between a couple everyone knows is uncannily perfect for each other.
John is the Golden Boy; the prodigal son finally returned home to the beloved island, but she’s been there all along, holding everyone together. Em and John’s chemistry creates more sparks than a jet’s afterburners, but they’re just too different. If she tries—and fails—at this relationship, she might not just lose the guy; she might lose her whole found family.
Unless she decides to trust John to help her navigate, Em might be stuck circling the runway in a loveless holding pattern.
B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree
Winner of the 2020 Best Indie Book Award for Romance
Winner of the 2020 IndieReader Discovery Award for Chick Lit
2021 Book Award & Screenplay Finalist, Page Turner Awards
“Well…That Was Awkward is as exuberant and voluptuous (read: thick and full of curves) as its heroine Emerson Broome.
-Debra Domal, smilepolitely.com
“A wonderful balance of heart and humor, sex and soul, depth and deliciousness.”
-IndieReader.com
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Author Bio:
Megan Montgomery is a multi-award winning author of steamy, smart, character-driven romance.
Her debut novel, WELL…THAT WAS AWKWARD, described as “a big, juicy bit of Chesapeake Bay culture,” was inspired by her homesickness for southern Maryland.
She now lives among the cornfields of Illinois with her family–but don’t ever mistake her for a Midwesterner. A goth at heart since age 12, she loves the color black, Mozart’s Requiem, and the history of death and burial rites. When she’s not writing, reading, or cooking dinners her son won’t eat, you’ll find her volunteering at the library or the medicinal herb garden, or cackling over a cauldron during a full moon.
Her books have received the B.R.A.G. Medallion, Best Indie Book Award for romance, the Indie Reader Discovery Award for chick lit, the Rudy Award for contemporary romance, and were a finalists in the Page Turner Book and Screenplay Awards, but she’s most thrilled when she makes personal connections with readers.