Wednesday, December 7

*** RELEASE BLITZ, REVIEW, EXCERPT & GIVEAWAY *** Room Service by Poppy Dunne

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Book Title: Room Service 
Author: Poppy Dunne 
Genre: Romantic Comedy 
Release Date: December 7, 2016 
Hosted by: Book Enthusiast Promotions

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I've spent seven nights cooped up in this five star hotel, sleeping on 1000 thread count sheets and working sixteen hours a day. At least room service is covered under my expense account. But all work and no play leaves a girl dateless for her brother's wedding.

Prospects aren't totally bleak, though. Four meals a day, I get to drool over this sexy room service guy: he's got a perfect body, easy smile, and a sense of humor that has me snorting over my personal pizza. He's all that and a bag of chips. Specifically, the jumbo bag of ranch barbecue chips that I ordered for breakfast out of desperation on Day Four. 

I finally found the courage to 'accidentally' let my bathrobe slip, and ask him to be my plus one at my brother's wedding. So maybe I had to offer him a little money. So what? There's no way I can face my family, make my ex rue the day he left me, or screw off this work stress without his helping hand.

But what happens when I find myself falling for my fake, paid-for boyfriend? Judging by the comped mozzarella sticks he brought me for breakfast, maybe there's a chance he's falling for me too?

excerpt

“Really? She’s never mentioned you before,” Mom purrs. But damn it, Ben’s ready for her.

“I wanted to tell everyone right away, but she waited. That’s one of the things I love about her—how wise she is. When you have something special, you take it slow.” Then he leans down and presses his lips to my cheek, just a whisper of a touch. Instantly, and startlingly, my insides kind of gel together. Thank god he’s holding me up. “That’s part of the reason I’m so excited to meet all of the family now. You should be so proud of your daughter.”

His confident smile is killing Mom right now. He’s throwing a bucket of water on her, and we’re watching as the witch melts down to a cream pair of Manolo Blahniks and a spilled cosmopolitan.

Her horror at being unable to mock me gives me life. It spurs me on. Move in for the kill, Alex. I grip Ben by his lapel.

“You always know just what to say,” I murmur, trying to sound kittenish. Then I get up on my tiptoes and kiss him.

It’s supposed to be a moment to make Mom uncomfortable and get out of our faces. But the second our lips connect, a hot spark shoots through my body. Instead of freezing or shoving me away—which Ben could do, because I’m borderline assaulting him right now—he pulls me closer. Our bodies melt together.

My head tips back and I inadvertently sigh into his mouth, my lips opening just a little, and that’s when I feel his tongue trace my lower lip, then stroke against mine just hard enough to make my pulse race. There’s nothing in our verbal contract that mentions making out, but I can’t stop myself from reaching up my arms to twine around his neck. As we kiss his hands slide down my back, a little possessive. I think I’m getting dizzy. Man, this guy is a good actor.

He trails his fingers just above the curve of my ass, too. Classy, but still enough to make an onlooker a little uncomfortable. Bullseye. We break apart, even though part of me would like to stay locked to his face. Mom’s gulped down her drink in one go, clearly desperate to get the hell away from her daughter’s happiness. It feels good.

“Well. You two have a pleasant evening.” She says it like we’re a pair of strangers whom she just walked in on to find screwing in a corner of the bathroom. “Go find Rollie before you…do whatever it is you do.” I want to say ‘have sex in the front hall,’ but think better of it. She walks away from us, stiff-kneed and red-faced. My mother tried to embarrass me and got it thrown right back in her face. It’s like Christmas in February.

Though watching her walk away like I just stripped in front of her is kind of like a stiletto to the heart. Since Todd and I broke up—hell, since I took myself out to California and basically flipped her kind of life the double bird—she’s been distant. At least, more distant than she used to be. I can’t help wishing she could just be happy for me and the man I paid to be my date. Is that so much to ask?


Everyone needs a little Room Service in their lives. It was a laugh out loud debut that delivered the goods-all of them. Told from the heroine's pov, we get to see the world from Alex's witty and sometimes wacky perspective and she left me giggling and guffawing all throughout her story. Add in the sexy server, Ben, and they not only steamed up the hotel sheets but my Kindle too. I thoroughly enjoyed my time spent with these two and can't wait from more from Ms. Dunne. 

Alex is a trust fund girl who has spent most of her adult life trying to shed the rules and expectations forced on her by her wealthy family. She's an almost 30, unmarried, workaholic who may be out of a job soon if she can't land the next act for her jazz club. Hiding away in a New York hotel trying to come up with a way to lure one of the next big things in the music industry to her West Coast club, she meets Ben her room service attendant. And just when she thinks she's embarrassed herself enough, thank you very much, by ordering enough food for an entire family, her mother calls reminding her that her brother's wedding is this weekend and her ex is coming with a date. So Alex does the only thing she can, she pays the hot guy that delivered her food to be her date. But that's when things get tricky because she soon realizes she wants more than just her room serviced. 

Poppy Dunne has come bursting on the scenes with one of the funniest books I've read this year. Alex was at time ridiculous but still so relatable. Her inner dialogue had me in stitches and her interactions with Ben had me full on belly laughing. This was fun and easy story that has made me so excited to see what else Ms. Poppy writes next. 

Reviewed by Paige 

★★☆ 5 "Serviced" Stars ☆★★ 

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meet the author

After ten years of hiding behind a bathroom door, Poppy Dunne has sent both children to school, emerged from the bathroom, and is excited to release Room Service, a romantic comedy plotted mostly on the toilet.

Poppy writes books with relatable heroines who speak their minds and whose riotous inner dialogue reflects their complex characters. Her goal is to deliver a story that has equal parts heart, romance and humor. Her heroes are swoon worthy, yet hold on to your suspension of disbelief, because they pick up their own socks and cook.

In her free time, she looks for hobbies other than Netflix and procrastinating to fill out this author bio. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and children.
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1 comment:

  1. Thanks so much for this great post about Room Service and taking the time to read and review.

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