Release Day Blitz + Giveaway: London Falling by Chanel Cleeton

London Falling (International School #2)

Author: Chanel Cleeton
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Publisher: Harlequin HQN (Digital First)

Description:

We weren't a relationship, we were a ticking time bomb...

Maggie Carpenter walked away from the hottest encounter of her life when she left the seductive glitz of England for summer break in her South Carolina hometown. Now that she’s returned to the International School in London—and sexy, privileged Samir Khouri is once again close enough to touch—she can’t help but remember the attraction, the drama … the heartbreak.

She can’t help but want him even more.

Samir can’t afford to fall for someone so far removed from his world, not when his time in London is running out. It's his senior year—his last chance at freedom before he returns home to Lebanon. There, he’ll be expected to follow in his father’s footsteps—not follow his heart to Maggie. But when a scorching secret hookup becomes a temptation neither can resist, they’ll both have to fight to survive the consequences … and find a future together.

Don’t miss this explosive sequel to I See London, and the riveting conclusion to Maggie and Samir’s story. This is a New Adult romance recommended for readers 17 and up.

Originally a Florida girl, CHANEL CLEETON moved to London where she received a bachelor’s degree from Richmond, The American International University in London and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Chanel fell in love with London and planned to stay there forever, until fate intervened on a Caribbean cruise, and an American fighter pilot with smooth dance moves swept her off her feet. Now, a happily ever after later, Chanel is living her next adventure in South Korea.

Law school made Chanel realize she’d rather spend her days writing sexy stories than in a courtroom, and she hasn’t looked back since. An avid reader and hopeless romantic, she’s happiest curled up with a book. She has a weakness for handbags, her three pups, and her fighter pilot husband. Chanel writes New Adult contemporary romances and thrillers.

She is the author of I SEE LONDON and LONDON FALLING, published by Harlequin HQN, and FLIRTING WITH SCANDAL, the first book in a new NA series to be released by Berkley in 2015. 

AUTHOR LINKS:
Website:  www.chanelcleeton.com
Facebook:  www.facebook.com/authorchanelcleeton
Twitter:  www.twitter.com/chanelcleeton
Goodreads:  www.goodreads.com/chanelcleeton

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Join us for a party celebrating London Falling's release! A group of amazing authors will be stopping by to host the party and there will be giveaways, teasers, games, and much more!

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Cover Reveal: London Falling by Chanel Cleeton

London Falling (I See London #2)

Author: Chanel Cleeton

Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

Expected Release Date: July 7, 2014

Publisher: Harlequin HQN

 

Description:

We weren't a relationship, we were a ticking time bomb...

Maggie Carpenter walked away from the hottest encounter of her life when she left the seductive glitz of England for summer break in her South Carolina hometown. Now that she’s returned to the International School in London—and sexy, privileged Samir Khouri is once again close enough to touch—she can’t help but remember the attraction, the drama … the heartbreak.

She can’t help but want him even more.

Samir can’t afford to fall for someone so far removed from his world, not when his time in London is running out. It's his senior year—his last chance at freedom before he returns home to Lebanon. There, he’ll be expected to follow in his father’s footsteps—not follow his heart to Maggie. But when a scorching secret hookup becomes a temptation neither can resist, they’ll both have to fight to survive the consequences … and find a future together.

Don’t miss this explosive sequel to I See London, and the riveting conclusion to Maggie and Samir’s story. This is a New Adult romance recommended for readers 17 and up.

Originally a Florida girl, at seventeen Chanel Cleeton moved to London to attend an international university. In the four years that followed, she received her bachelor's and master's degrees, learned how to dance, travelled through Europe, and made lifelong friendships. Chanel fell in love with London and planned to stay there forever. But fate intervened on a Caribbean cruise, when an American fighter pilot with smooth dance moves, swept her off her feet.

Now, a happily ever after later, Chanel is living her next adventure in South Korea. An avid reader and hopeless romantic, she is happiest curled up with a book. She has a weakness for handbags, puppy cuddles, and her fighter pilot husband.
 

Chanel is the author of the New Adult books I See London and London Falling with Harlequin HQN. Learn more about her on her website at www.chanelcleeton.com. Keep up with Chanel's latest news, book giveaways, and more on her monthly newsletter at www.chanelcleeton.com/mailing-list/.

AUTHOR LINKS:
Website:   www.chanelcleeton.com
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Chapter Two Reveal: I See London by Chanel Cleeton

 

I See London

Author: Chanel Cleeton

Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

Release Date: February 3, 2014

Publisher: Harlequin HQN (Digital First)

Description:

Maggie Carpenter is ready for a change— and to leave her ordinary life in South Carolina behind. But when she accepts a scholarship to the International School in London, a university attended by the privileged offspring of diplomats and world leaders, Maggie might get more than she bargained for.

When Maggie meets Hugh, a twentysomething British guy, she finds herself living the life she always wanted. Suddenly she’s riding around the city in a Ferrari, wearing borrowed designer clothes and going to the hottest clubs. The only problem? Another guy, the one she can’t seem to keep her hands off of.

Half French, half Lebanese, and ridiculously wealthy, Samir Khouri has made it clear he doesn’t do relationships. He’s the opposite of everything Maggie thought she wanted…and he’s everything she can’t resist. Torn between her dream guy and the boy haunting her dreams, Maggie has to fight for her own happy ending. In a city like London, you never know where you stand, and everything can change in the blink of an eye.

This is a New Adult romance recommended for readers 17 and up.   

"A sassy, steamy and sometimes sweet read that had me racing to the next page to see if Samir would be on it. Mmm, Samir..." - New York Times Bestselling author Chelsea M. Cameron

"I See London is fun, sexy, and kept me completely absorbed." - Katie McGarry, author of Crash Into You

Chapter 2

George dropped my bags off at the front of a long hallway marked by a number of heavy doors.

“This is as far as I go.”

“Do you turn into a pumpkin past this point or something?”

He laughed. “No. But your roommate is number one on Residence Life’s hit list.”

Oh, god. “She can’t be that bad. Please tell me she’s not that bad.”

“Oh, she’s worse. We were in the same class last year. Trust me, I know.”

I never considered they would put me with someone older. “Worse, how?”

George grinned. “We call her the Ice Queen.”
I groaned.
“Apparently she used to model before coming to school. She was in a French rap video or something. Thinks she’s better than everyone else and isn’t afraid to let them know it.”

“Awesome. What about Noora?”


“I don’t know her. She must be a freshman.”

“Why don’t they put all the sophomores together?”

“Because none of the sophomores would have Fleur as a roommate. She was supposed to have a single but something fell through. She’ll probably be even more pissed off now.”

Fabulous.

“Look, if you want to apply for a roommate change, come by our office. We’re on the ground floor.”

I smiled weakly, mentally already racing to the office. “Thanks.”

I walked down the hall, dread filling me as I searched for room 301. I stopped in front of a door with three name tags on it. I looked down at the room code on the piece of paper, struggling to punch in the numbers on the little metal keypad. I turned the knob. Nothing. I stared back at the numbers.

Three tries later I was in.

I swung open the door, dragging my first bag over the threshold, stopping short at the sight of the room that was to be my home for the next year. It was small. Ridiculously
small. Everything was pretty basic, three small beds, three wardrobes, three desks...and two big windows. I walked over, peering out at the view of Hyde Park. The lush green trees, the expanse of grass, the heavy iron gates— the magic of it all— made up for everything else.

I spent the next hour unpacking my suitcases, hanging clothes up in the tiny wooden wardrobe the school provided. Thankfully I was the first one to arrive. I set a few things out—my favorite books, a few mementos from home, pictures with friends.

The sound of the door opening startled me.

“Hi.”


A girl stood in the doorway, bags on her shoulders. Her hair was covered by a gorgeous purple silk scarf.

“Please tell me this is the right place.”


“I’m Maggie. Are you Noora?”


She waved with her free hand. “Nice to meet you.”

I grinned. “Nice to meet you, too.”

She dropped her bags down on the empty bed. “Is this it?”

“Yeah. Hard to believe they mean for three of us to live here, isn’t it?”

“Have you met the other girl?”

“I haven’t. I heard she’s a sophomore, though.” I didn’t mention the rest.

“Are you a freshman?” Noora asked.

“Yep.”


“Me, too.”


“Nice. Where are you from?”

“Oman.”

Way more glamorous than South Carolina. We chatted for a few more minutes, talking about our backgrounds. I liked her immediately; she was so friendly and outgoing, it was impossible not to. If Fleur was the Ice Queen, Noora was her polar opposite. I spent an hour helping Noora unpack before she left the room to go visit with a friend from home. Still no sign of my third roommate. Maybe she wouldn’t ever show up.

A girl could dream.

As soon as Noora left, I called my grandmother. It was early morning in the U.S., but she’d always been an early riser.

“How are you settling in?”

A wave of homesickness rushed over me at the sound of her voice. I even missed the Southern accent I’d worked so hard to erase from my own. I leaned back against my bed, tucking my knees against my chest.

“It’s going. It’s still early, though.”


“Have you made any friends?”


“The people seem nice so far.” I didn’t mention Fleur. My grandmother worried enough as it was.

“Have you been getting enough to eat?” She was always trying to fatten me up.


I grinned. “I promise I’m going to go get lunch soon. Although I bet the food won’t be anywhere near as good as yours.”

Ever since my mom left, my grandparents had raised me. They were my parents more than my biological ones were. And still—

Not quite the same.


“Have you heard from Dad?”


“Sorry, honey. I haven’t.”


I pushed down the familiar hurt that rose in my throat, forcing the words out. “Do you know where he is now?”

“Somewhere in the Middle East, I think. You know how these things are, honey. He can’t say where.”

“When do you think he’ll be back?”

“Hopefully by Christmas. He said he might be able to come home this year. We could spend Christmas together again.”

I hadn’t spent a Christmas with my dad in at least three years. But I didn’t want to disappoint her. He did enough of that.

“That sounds great, Grandma.”

We talked for a few more minutes before I hung up the call, tears welling up in my eyes. 

We’d never been apart for more than a day or two. I wiped at my face, surprised by the emotion filling me.

For a moment I just sat there, wallowing. I felt disgusting. I’d been traveling for fifteen hours and jet lag was creeping up on me. I needed a shower. I grabbed a towel and my bath stuff, heading for the door. The school had communal bathrooms on each floor— thankfully divided by gender. It was one of the things I had been dreading about dorm life. I wasn’t exactly a get naked in front of everyone kind of girl.

The bathroom, like my dorm room, was a bit of a disappointment. Definitely keeping my flip-flops on for this one.

I settled into the shower just as the first tears began to fall.

*** 

It felt weird walking back to my room in just a towel, but the only places to change in the bathroom were fairly public. This seemed like the lesser of two evils. I clutched the top of the terry cloth with a tight fist. At least I felt a little more human after my shower.

Luckily the floor was still pretty empty as I padded down the hall. This was the first day students could move into the dorms but school didn’t start for a few days. I’d come early to get the lay of the land and learn my way around London. I stopped in front of my door, shifting my bath caddy to the other hand so I could punch in the code. This time I got in on the first try.

Shutting the door behind me, I set down my bath stuff and grabbed the clothes I’d left on the bed. Then I unwrapped the towel from my body, letting it drop to the floor.

“I was wrong. You’re definitely my type.”

I whirled around in shock at the sound of that voice, smooth and teasing, my gaze colliding with the boy from the steps—

And then his gaze traveled lower, and he wasn’t looking at my eyes anymore.

I SEE LONDON February 3, 2014 I SEE LONDON Copyright © Chanel Cleeton Permission to reproduce text granted by Harlequin Books S.A.

Check out Chapter One HERE.

Originally a Florida girl, at seventeen Chanel moved to London to attend an international university. In the four years that followed, she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, learned how to dance, travelled through Europe, and made lifelong friendships. Chanel fell in love with London and planned to stay there forever. But fate intervened on a Caribbean cruise, when an American fighter pilot with smooth dance moves, swept her off her feet.

Now, a happily ever after later, Chanel is living her next adventure in South Korea. An avid reader and hopeless romantic, she is happiest curled up with a book. She has a weakness for handbags, puppy cuddles, and her fighter pilot husband. Chanel writes New Adult contemporary romances and Young Adult thrillers. Her New Adult debut, I SEE LONDON, will be released by Harlequin (HQN) on February 3, 2014, followed by a sequel, LONDON FALLING, later in the year.

AUTHOR LINKS:
Website:   www.chanelcleeton.com
Facebook:   www.facebook.com/authorchanelcleeton
Twitter:   www.twitter.com/chanelcleeton
Goodreads:   www.goodreads.com/chanelcleeton

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Book/Author Feature + Giveaway: Chanel Cleeton

Hey everyone! Today I'm hosting author Chanel Cleeton on the blog to talk about her upcoming book, I See London. Don't forget to check out her guest post and then enter the giveaway!

I See London

Author: Chanel Cleeton

Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

Release Date: February 3, 2014

Publisher: Harlequin HQN (Digital First)

Description:

Maggie Carpenter is ready for a change— and to leave her ordinary life in South Carolina behind. But when she accepts a scholarship to the International School in London, a university attended by the privileged offspring of diplomats and world leaders, Maggie might get more than she bargained for.

When Maggie meets Hugh, a twentysomething British guy, she finds herself living the life she always wanted. Suddenly she’s riding around the city in a Ferrari, wearing borrowed designer clothes and going to the hottest clubs. The only problem? Another guy, the one she can’t seem to keep her hands off of.

Half French, half Lebanese, and ridiculously wealthy, Samir Khouri has made it clear he doesn’t do relationships. He’s the opposite of everything Maggie thought she wanted…and he’s everything she can’t resist. Torn between her dream guy and the boy haunting her dreams, Maggie has to fight for her own happy ending. In a city like London, you never know where you stand, and everything can change in the blink of an eye.

This is a New Adult romance recommended for readers 17 and up. 

Spring break in Paris

The first time I saw the Eiffel Tower at night, it took my breath away. It also made me cry. There was something about it— lit up like a Christmas tree— that overwhelmed me. Maybe it was what it represented, the fact that I was somehow in France, a country I’d been reading about since I was a kid. Most likely, it was the fact that I was this eighteen year-old girl who had grown up in a relatively small town, leading a relatively boring life. Until I started college.

When I started writing I SEE LONDON, it was a bit like traveling back in time. The book is inspired by the four years I spent living in London, attending an international university. In a lot of ways, that’s where the similarities end. Once I started writing, my characters took over (as they usually do). I share some things in common with my heroine, Maggie— like me she grew up in a small town, full of dreams of adventure. And like me, she was dazzled the first time she went to Paris, moved by the beauty of the Eiffel Tower.

Going to university in London was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. It is such an amazing city. Samuel Johnson, I think, said it best, “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London, all that life can afford.” I could have spent four years exploring London and still have stumbled across surprises. But one of the best things about going to college in England was the opportunity to travel to other countries for really cheap prices. Sometimes that resulted in creative transportation— like the time my friends and I took a bus to Paris (there was a ferry involved) or the flight on an airplane so cramped that we couldn’t read a magazine without hitting the seat in front of us. Regardless of how we got there, it was ALWAYS an adventure.

Writing about an international university in London gave me the opportunity to send my characters to Paris for spring break, Venice in the fall. It gave me a chance to relive some of my favorite trips and share my love of those cities with my readers.

Paris plays a special role in this trip; it is the city of love, after all :) Thanks to a cheap Eurostar ticket, Maggie and her friends take a trip to Paris that they’ll never forget. For Maggie, it’s a sign of how far she’s come— she’s living her dreams and figuring out what she wants. She’s awed by Paris, by the magic of it all. I can identify :)

At its heart I SEE LONDON is about following your dreams. For Maggie, her freshman year is a chance to reinvent herself, to build the life she’s always wanted. It’s a time for the kind of friendships that are often forged in adventure, for taking chances and for following her heart, and most of all it’s a time to be dazzled— by places, people, and possibilities. 

Thanks for stopping by and sharing some behind-the-scenes info about I SEE LONDON, Chanel!

Originally a Florida girl, at seventeen Chanel moved to London to attend an international university.  In the four years that followed, she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, learned how to dance, travelled through Europe, and made lifelong friendships.  Chanel fell in love with London and planned to stay there forever.  But fate intervened on a Caribbean cruise, when an American fighter pilot with smooth dance moves, swept her off her feet. 
 

Now, a happily ever after later, Chanel is living her next adventure in South Korea.  An avid reader and hopeless romantic, she is happiest curled up with a book.  She has a weakness for handbags, puppy cuddles, and her fighter pilot husband.  Chanel writes New Adult contemporary romances and Young Adult thrillers.  Her New Adult debut, I SEE LONDON, will be released by Harlequin (HQN) on February 3, 2014, followed by a sequel, LONDON FALLING, later in the year.   

AUTHOR LINKS:
Website: www.chanelcleeton.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/authorchanelcleeton
Twitter: www.twitter.com/chanelcleeton
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/chanelcleeton

BOOK ORDER LINKS:
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