Blurb:
Annabeth
is a hopeless romantic who believes in soul mates. In fact, she’s been writing
to hers each year on her birthday since she was sixteen.
Now,
at thirty-four, she’s still holding out hope of finding Mr. Right, even though he’d
be fighting an uphill battle to gain her trust thanks to a traumatic experience
years before that’s left her unable to commit.
When
Annabeth meets a handsome literature professor named Alex on her thirty-fourth
birthday, she thinks her quest may finally be at an end. Things don’t quite go
as planned, so Annabeth resolves to do everything she can over the next year to
find the unknown recipient of her letters. But blind dates, Meetup events, and
online singles sites have nothing on what fate has in store for her when a
co-worker unexpectedly quits and Annabeth finds herself working in close
quarters with both Alex and her long ago ex, Nick. Fighting her attraction to
one and loathing for the other, Annabeth is forced to face all of her old
insecurities while keeping an eye on a scheming frienemy who may derail her
hopes and dreams.
Written
in the tradition of Bridget Jones’ Diary, Kim Gruenfelder’s A Total
Waste of Makeup, and Melissa Pimental’s Love By The Book, this
romantic comedy shows that love on the sweet side can exist for the modern
girl, if only she’s willing to trust herself and search hard enough.
About the Author:
Nicole
Evelina is an award-winning historical fiction and romantic comedy writer. Been Searching for You won the 2015
Romance Writers of America (RWA) Great Expectations and Golden Rose contests.
She
also writes historical fiction. Her debut novel, Daughter of Destiny, the first book of an Arthurian legend trilogy
that tells Guinevere’s life story from her point of view, was named Book of the
Year by Chanticleer Reviews, took the Grand Prize in the 2015 Chatelaine Awards
for Women’s Fiction/Romance, won a Gold Medal in the fantasy category in the
Next Generation Indie Book Awards and was short-listed for the Chaucer Award
for Historical Fiction. Later this year, she will release Madame Presidentess (July 25), a historical novel about Victoria
Woodhull, America’s first female Presidential candidate, which was the first
place winner in the Women’s US History category of the 2015 Chaucer Awards for
Historical Fiction.
Nicole
is one of only six authors who completed a week-long writing intensive taught
by #1 New York Times bestselling author Deborah Harkness. Nicole has traveled
to England twice to research the Guinevere’s Tale trilogy, where she consulted
with internationally acclaimed author and historian Geoffrey Ashe, as well as
Arthurian/Glastonbury expert Jaime George, the man who helped Marion Zimmer
Bradley research The Mists of Avalon.
Nicole
is a member of and book reviewer for The Historical Novel Society, and Sirens
(a group supporting female fantasy authors), as well as a member of the
Historical Writers of America, Women’s Fiction Writers Association, Romance
Writers of America, the St. Louis Writer’s Guild, Women Writing the West, Broad
Universe (promoting women in fantasy, science fiction and horror), Alliance of
Independent Authors and the Independent Book Publishers Association.
Review:
Been
Searching for You starts off in an unusual way. It’s Annabeth’s thirty-fourth
birthday, and she’s writing a letter to her soulmate. She’s done so every year
since she was sixteen. As yet, she has no idea who he is. She simply believes
he’s out there somewhere, and they’ll find each other someday—even though she
finds it hard to trust men after her hometown boyfriend dumped her when she refused
to have sex with him.
Her
best friend, Mia, is a top model and party girl who dates her other best friend
and work-partner, Miles. Together, Annabeth and Miles are the top public
relations creative team in Chicago, and her birthday happens to fall on the
same night as the Chicago’s Top Fifty Singles event she and Miles have
organized. While singles will be auctioned off, there’s also mingling over
drinks and hors d’oeuvres. Annabeth meets Professor Alex Grantham who has
agreed to bid on Mia for a friend. Besides, he’s just getting over someone
else. The timing isn’t right.
Been Searching for You was a refreshing,
sweet romance about a nice girl who reminded me a bit of myself. Annabeth is a
bit smarter than the average person, well-read, and a hopeless romantic who’s
been crushed. But she does find her Mr. Right, and since it’s a romance, I don’t
think I’m giving too much away by saying she gets her HEA. You have to read the
book to find out how.
Author Website: http://nicoleevelina.com
Heat Rating: PG-13
Length: 310 Pages
Prices:
Print: $13.99
E-Book: $3.99
Audio: $17.46
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