Colleen will be on tour in March/April with her chick lit novel Elly in Bloom. I am looking for book bloggers to post reviews, interviews, guest posts, and excerpts for this tour. Kindle and PDF copies will be available worldwide, and print copies will be available for US/Canada residents who would like to review the book. Please fill out the form below if you would like to be included. Thank you!
Summary:
Surrounded by lush flowers and neurotic brides, chubby 32-year old Elly Jordan has carved out a sweet little life for herself as the owner of Posies, a boutique wedding florist in St. Louis. It’s not bad for a woman who drove away from her entire life just two years ago when she found her husband entwined with a red-headed artist.
Sure, Elly has an embarrassingly beautiful best friend, a terribly behaved sheepdog and a sarcastic assistant who she simply calls “Snarky Teenager”, but overall her days are pleasantly uneventful. As a bonus, her new next door neighbor just happens to be an unnervingly handsome musician who has an eye for curvy Elly. Just when she feels that she is finally moving on from her past, she discovers that an extravagant wedding contract, one that could change her financial future, is more than she bargained for.
With the help of her friends, staff and the occasional well-made sandwich, Elly bravely agrees to take on the event that threatens to merge her painful history with her bright new life, and finds herself blooming in a direction she never imagined.
Elly’s voice, both charming and hilarious, will appeal to those readers who have been looking for a new voice in chick-lit, and will give women of all sizes the realistic heroine they’ve been waiting for.
“Colleen Oakes is a crisp, intelligent new voice in chick-lit fiction, adept at handling both a character’s inner and outer world. Her dialogue is brisk and clever and her plotting is a smooth invitation to keep turning pages…” – Andrea (Ande) Waggener, Author of Alternate Beauty
**Colleen’s tour is now full. Thanks to everyone who signed up!**
