RELEASE BLITZ Title: If We Were Young Series: If We Were #1 Author: Anna Bloom Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance Release Date: February 24, 2020   BLURB Ronnie Childs has questions. What if she’d said “yes” to Matthew Carling that day? Why does he now hate her with a chilling iciness that numbs her bones and makes her heart ache? Is it possible to still be the same as you once were when everything has changed so much? How can they work together to save their companies when they can’t even hold a civil conversation? So many questions and so little time to discover the answers. Once Ronnie and Matthew were best friends, but time has moved on and those memories are now locked in the shadow of the past. Things would be so different if they were young, but sometimes the answers to life's challenges aren't always as straightforward as they seem. Fifteen years have passed by in a blink. Will fifteen days be enough to make things right? GOODREADS LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50311719-if-we-were-young PURCHASE LINKS – 99c for a VERY limited time! US: https://amzn.to/2RSWJDu UK: https://amzn.to/2U6ZvYx CA: https://amzn.to/2GB3MMa AU: https://amzn.to/2Gv5PRQ Free in Kindle Unlimited EXCERPTS #1 I suspended breathless and shivering as we swiped and dove, pushing and pulling, our teeth clashing with the delicate clink of silver against a china teacup. I was the teacup and I had taken myself close to smashing. I’d do it to myself though. No one else would get to take me there. This would be on me. If I could take my heart and give it bravely, without fear of consequence, then I’d own the repercussions. I could blame no one else. On a backwards count from three, I broke my lips from his. His breath rasped with a ragged edge, reaching into my mouth and pulling me closer. “I have a theory.” “Oh, you do?” I almost melted at the deep burr of his tone. “It’s that some things are meant to be perfect. Some of us are designed to fit together just so: big and small; tall and short; black hair, blonde. Perfect opposites.” “I think you’re taking credit for my theories.” I held my hand up. At dinner the other night he’d wanted me to say the words. Here they were. I dug down deep, scraping them out of my scared and petrified soul. “If we don’t try then we will never know how perfect it could be.” His smile liquified my insides. “Now she gets it.” #2 “We’ve never kissed.” Oh God. My stomach plummeted with the minor chords. “No.” “And physically we don’t know if we are even compatible.” His gaze swept over me. “I mean, you’re a wee lass.” “Wee lass! Don’t you…” “But.” His gaze intensified. Heaven crashed to earth and obliterated us. “But?” Shaky and wanton, I warmed on the inside like a chocolate fondue. “Since I’ve known you, it’s been the most natural thing to hold your hand. From the earliest days even when I knew I shouldn’t, I still did it. It felt like nothing and everything all at once.” I breathed in slow. Lest I might pass out. “So I think if holding your hand feels like everything, then what happens if I do this?” I forced myself to maintain eye contact as, with his free hand, he used a finger to trail up my throat and along the edge of my coat collar. I held in my breath as he then ran it along my cheekbone, around my ear, slipping into my hair. “You almost kissed me once.” I stuttered the words, each syllable gushed with the pound of my heart. “I know.” I could taste his breath, feel the warmth of his mouth hovering just above mine. Sweet Sake and Matthew combined. I wanted to inhale him. COMING SOON IN THIS STANDALONE SERIES #2 When We Are Old US: https://amzn.to/2P1wgDe UK: https://amzn.to/2V52uBk CA: https://amzn.to/2V22p1i AU: https://amzn.to/2V4FrH4 AUTHOR BIO A book hoarder and coffee addict by heart Anna Bloom loves to write extraordinary stories about real love. Based south of London with her husband, three children and a dog with a beard, Anna likes to connect with readers, fan girl over her favourite authors and binge watch Supernatural and Superhero movies while drinking lots of wine. AUTHOR LINKS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnaBloomBooks Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/295002200840504 Twitter: https://twitter.com/annabloombooks