Virtual Book Tour and Giveaway: Who Says You Can't Go Home? (Camden Lake #1) by Andria Henry

Welcome to my stop on the virtual book tour for Who Says You Can't Go Home? by Andria Henry. This book tour was organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. On my stop, I have an excerpt from the book as well as a fun guest post from the author regarding romance tropes. There's also the tour wide giveaway for a chance to win a $25 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: Who Says You Can't Go Home?

Series: Camden Lake #1

Author: Andria Henry

Publisher: Champagne Book Group

Publication Date: July 17th 2022

Print Length: 192 pages

Genre: Contemporary Romance

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What if your path forward leads you back home?

When Toronto party girl Kylie is fired from her perfect job, she's forced to do the one thing she never wanted to do: go home. Returning to her sleepy hometown is her definition of failure. She drags herself back to the lakeside town of Camden with her tail between her legs, and she'll do whatever it takes to get back to the big city.

When Derek runs a routine traffic stop on a speeder, the one person he never expects to see in Camden again is Kylie. In fact, he barely recognizes her. She doesn't look like the quiet, sweet girl he had a crush on in high school.

Kylie's brother offers her a job back in the city if she can prove she’s changed her ways. She finds the perfect opportunity, but it means working with Derek to save the town’s waterfront. Can she look past their feud and get the job done?

Can she avoid falling in love with him and complicating her plans to return to the big city?

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EXCERPT:

“Maybe she’s on the lam from a shady business deal gone bad.” Cate dunked her hands back into the soapy sink to grab another dish.

“Really.” Derek took a plate from the dish rack to dry. Maybe he shouldn’t have told his sister about running into Kylie.

“Or she had an affair with her boss and needs to hide to raise their love child in peace.”

“You watch too much TV.”

“Why else would she be in town when it’s not Christmas?”

“She’s probably just visiting her parents or something.” Derek put the plate away.

“Well did she say anything to you?”

“Mostly she apologized for speeding then yelled at me when I gave her the ticket.”

“She’s lucky you didn’t throw her in jail.” She flicked dish water at him.

“Speeding isn’t exactly an indictable offense.”

“I’ve seen you throw folks in the cell for less. Someone endangering the citizens of Camden by driving like that?” She side-eyed him. “Are you going soft?”

“What? No.” He took another plate to dry.

“Wait, are you still sweet on her? It’s been like ten years.”

“Did you just say, ‘sweet on’? Am I eighteen again? No. She seems to be even more of a snob now than she was back in school.”

She huffed and fished around in the soapy sink for the cutlery.

“Besides she’s so…different. I didn’t even recognize her at first.”

“But she looked good, right?” She grinned and bumped her hip against his.

“She looked, well, like too much.”

“Uh huh.”

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Andria Henry is the author of adult sweet romance and romantic comedy, as well as young adult and middle grade science fiction and fantasy. She firmly believes that coffee is a food group, the holiday season starts on November 1st, and that stories are our most important resource. She lives with her husband, kids, and furkids in Hamilton, Ontario.

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GUEST POST:

- What is your favorite romance trope and why?

Ah tropes. They get knocked a lot in reading and writing circles, but truly tropes are what make stories hit us right in the feels. Author Theodora Taylor talks about adding butter to our stories to make them more delicious and that’s exactly what tropes are! Want more delicious baking? ADD MORE BUTTER. And everyone has different kinds of butter that they like. For example, I love books and TV shows that have coffee shops. To me, that’s story butter. Does it change the plot? Not necessarily, but it changes the flavour of it and makes it more appealing to me.

Tropes are queen when it comes to butter. They are the characters or plot points that we love seeing in stories. And when tropes are used in the marketing of a book, readers know immediately if the book is their flavour or not.

For example, Who Says You Can’t Go Home has a whole lot of butter that I personally love reading, so I put it in my stories. It has a small town, a quirky cast, a coffee shop setting, and cute pets! Delicious story butter!

Okay, now I’m craving butter toast. Be right back…

That’s better. Where was I? Right! Tropes!

I personally have tropes that I gravitate toward and tropes that I avoid. No shade, but I’m not a fan of love triangles. But I do love Enemies-to-Lovers especially when paired with Forced Proximity. Take two people who hate each other (usually for misconceived reasons) and make them work together toward a common goal? I love it! I love seeing the way they slowly see the other person in new ways that chip away at the walls around their heart.

*sigh*

Oh sorry, I drifted off in daydream land for a moment.

My love for Enemies-To-Lovers definitely informed the relationship between Kylie and Derek in Who Says You Can’t Go Home. Through misunderstandings and misconceptions of each other they bicker and fight, but then are forced to work together on a big project that will help Derek sway townsfolk to support his petition to stop the waterfront development. It will also help Kylie prove that she is no longer a flaky party girl who can’t take on an important career.

Through working together, they learn to let go of their misgivings and truly see the other person and how much stronger they could be as a team. Book 2 of the Camden Lake series will be showcasing another of my favourite tropes: Friends-to-Lovers.

Thanks so much for taking the time to read my post! I would love to hear what you think about Enemies-to-Lovers and what your favourite tropes are in the comments!

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GIVEAWAY:

Andria Henry will be awarding a $25 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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