Virtual Book Tour and Giveaway: The Time Traveling Matchmaker (Time Traveling Matchmakers #1) by Janie Emaus

Welcome to my stop on the virtual book tour for The Time Traveling Matchmaker by Janie Emaus. This book tour was organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. On my stop, I have an excerpt from the book as well as a great guest post about what era the author would love to time travel to if she could. There's also the tour wide giveaway for a chance to win a $50 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card. Be sure to visit the other stops on the tour for more content. Enjoy!

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Title: The Time Traveling Matchmaker

Series: Time Traveling Matchmakers #1

Author: Janie Emaus

Publisher: The Wild Rose Press

Publication Date: July 25th 2022

Print Length: 224 pages

Genre: Time Travel Romance

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In The Time Traveling Matchmaker, love takes on a new meaning when soul mates are brought together through time and space.

Like every goal-oriented twenty-something, Jessica Singleton, an aspiring filmmaker, is obsessed with finding her future as quickly as possible. What she doesn't know is that the future is obsessed with finding her, too. Renn Porter, an agent with Time Traveling Matchmaker's Inc, blasts back in time - and into her life- in order to transport Jessica to the soul mate who has paid for this service...in the future. But things turn dangerous when it's revealed that Renn has been sent after his own soul mate.

Caught between two times, Jessica and Renn must struggle to stay alive. Falling in love is the biggest risk either of them has ever taken - because, as they are destined to learn, the very existence of Time Traveling Matchmakers, Inc. rests in Jessica's hands.

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EXCERPT:

Ever was a word that didn’t do well alone. It goes much better with happily and after. The way my life used to be. The way I thought it never would be again after David, and then along came Renn. And the world opened up, even better than before. His lips. His touch. His eyes. His voice. There wasn’t room in my mind for thoughts of anything else.

It didn’t matter that he claimed he came from the future. Maybe he did. So many things in this world defy logic. Especially love.

Please, God, bring him back to me.

My stomach growled. I opened the fridge again and picked up the healthiest looking apple, one without any bruises.

The apple tasted sour. I spit the skin into my hand and tossed the whole thing in the trash. The fabric in my pocket grew warm.

“Jessica.”

I spun around. Renn leaned against the wall, his trench coat open to expose a silky blue shirt. His lemony scent drifted into the room.

“It’s you,” I said, stating the obvious and feeling foolish for doing so.

His smile filled me with lightness.

“It’s me,” he said, as if he’d just returned from the store. In fact, he held a bag of donuts.

Donuts! He vanishes out of the bathroom and materializes out of thin air the next day with donuts?

A second later, the bag fell to the ground, and I was in his arms, kissing him. Putting the ever back into my life.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Janie Emaus believes when the world is falling apart, we’re just one laugh away from putting it together again. The Time Traveling Matchmaker is her debut adult novel. She is also the author of the blended holiday picture books, Latkes for Santa Claus, and the forthcoming Matzo Balls & Easter Eggs. Her essays, stories and articles have been published in numerous magazines, anthologies, and websites. In 2016 she won an honorary mention in the Erma Bombeck Writing competition.

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GUEST POST:

I'd love to travel one hundred years back to the Roaring 20s. No cell phones. No social media. Life wasn't perfect, but it seemed freer and happier. I'd go to Paris and hang out with F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Edith Wharton. How fun would that be? "Hello, Janie. Care to share a Gin Rickey with me?" "Why, yes, Mr. Fitzgerald." Well, I'm not sure what I would call him. My words would probably be stuck in my throat. Also, I loved the clothing and hairstyles of that time.

 

Sign me up for the next Time Travel Expedition - destination 1920. Hey, in 1922, no one could imagine carrying a small device that connected you to the world, allowed you to buy things, listen to music or send messages. Anything is possible!

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GIVEAWAY:

Janie Emaus will be awarding a $50 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter. Good luck!

(All the Ups and Downs is not responsible for this giveaway, its entries, or the prize. Goddess Fish Promotions and the author assume all responsibility over this giveaway.)

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