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We are so excited to bring you the Release Day Launch for Chelsea Fine's RIGHT KIND OF WRONG! Published by Grand Central Forever, RIGHT KIND OF WRONG is the third novel Chelsea's Finding Fate Series and is a New Adult Contemporary Romance. Check out the excerpt below and enter the giveaway!

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EXCERPT:

Padding my bare feet back into Jack’s bedroom, I start riffling through his drawers like a wet raccoon, searching for something that can pass as pajamas. I try on four pairs of basketball shorts and two shirts before finding items small enough to fit me without being obscene.

I’m not a small person—not at all. I’m average height, average weight. It’s just that Jack’s a giant who, apparently, wears size 100 in everything. Twisting the shirt around my middle so it hangs properly, I absently inhale and smile when I catch Jack’s scent.

What? No. Don’t smile about that, you idiot.

I unclench my fists from his shirt and smooth out the wrinkles I created clutching it to my nose. I’m not like a wet raccoon at all. I’m worse. Raccoons would be ashamed of me.

My inner dialogue—I’ve just accepted that I’m certifiable, at this point—comes to a halt when I hear an engine in the front yard.

Jack.

My first instinct is to run outside and smack him—you know, violent tendencies and all—but I regain my composure and choose a more mature tactic.

I stand perfectly still in the dark living room and wait for him with a scowl.

Through the window, I watch his dark figure stumble out of the car and slowly climb the front steps all hunched over. What did he do, go get drunk? Great.

I cross my arms, scowl still poised to kill, and wait as he opens the door and quietly steps inside. He flicks on the living room light and I ready myself for the shit storm I’m about to rain all over his ass. But my words, my anger, my bitter intentions fall away the instant I see his face.

“Jack.” It’s more of a gasp than a word as it leaves my mouth.

He pulls his eyes up from his bloody and torn hand, and sets them on me. “Jenna. What the hell?” Several emotions cross his eyes. Anger. Fear. Relief. Anger.

I pull a face. “Don’t ‘what the hell’ me. You’re the one who stole my car and drove off into the night.”

He screws his face up. “So you waited up to yell at me?”

“Well…” I pause.

Is that why I waited up? Well, crap.

“Yeah,” I finally say, not particularly proud of my answer.

“Typical,” he mutters. “Listen. I’m not in the mood to bicker with you right now so if you don’t mind rescheduling this bitch-out for tomorrow, that would be great.”

He brushes past me, his shoulder lightly sweeping mine, and halts at the touch. Facing me, he softens his husky voice. “I’m sorry.”

Long eyelashes lower over his storm-gray eyes as he searches my face, and the wicked wildfire inside me instantly reignites as his gaze drops to my mouth.

The thick frustration that filled the room just moments ago thins into a sweet trepidation, curling around us with a daring charge. So delicious. But so dangerous.

I carefully step back and clear my throat. Jack does the same. We’re masters of avoidance.

Without another word, he moves past me and marches down the hall. That’s when I spy the blood running down the back of his shirt from a large gash between his shoulder blades.

My heart stops.

“Jack?” I say, staring with wide eyes. “What happened to your back?”

He looks over his shoulder and frowns. “Oh. That.” Turning back around, he continues striding down the hallway. “Knife wound.”

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RIGHT KIND OF WRONG Synopsis:

Sometimes wrong can feel oh so right . . . Jenna Lacombe needs complete control, whether it’s in the streets . . . or between the sheets. So when she sets out on a solo road trip to visit her family in New Orleans, she’s beyond annoyed that the infuriatingly sexy Jack Oliver wants to hitch a ride with her. Ever since they shared a wild night together last year, he’s been trying to strip away her defenses one by one. He claims he’s just coming along to keep her safe-but what’s not safe for her is prolonged exposure to the tattooed hottie. Jack can’t get Jenna out from under his skin. She makes him feel alive again after his old life nearly destroyed him-and losing her is not an option. Now Jack’s troubles are catching up to him, and he’s forced to return to his hometown in Louisiana. But when his secrets put them both in harm’s way, Jenna will have to figure out how far she’s willing to let love in . . . and how much she already has.

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Kim’s Review

4.5 Stars!!

This is the 3^rd in the Finding Fate Series but can be read without reading this first two in the series.

Jenna has never trusted in love. She saw what happens when a person lets love take control as both her mother and grandmother loved a man who left them and she wasn’t going to follow in their footsteps. She has plans for the future and nothing and no man would change her plans. Getting a scholarship to a University out of state in Arizona had her leave her mother and 3 sisters behind to pursue her plans for the future. Everything was going along great until one night when she let her control go and slept with her friend Jack.

Jack moved to Arizona to get away from his past so he wouldn’t end up like his father. Leaving everything including his mother and two brothers in Louisiana Jack finally had his life on track until he met Jenna. She was the only woman that ever made him think of something more and sleeping with her that one night just proved it. Jack didn’t just want one night with her he wanted her for life but she had a plan and it didn’t include him.

Just as school was about to start up again both Jack and Jenna got a call and both had to head home to Louisiana. Since Jenna’s hometown of New Orleans was only two hours away from Jack’s Little Vail he decided to hitch as ride with her without asking knowing she wouldn’t agree. After some convincing Jack finally gets Jenna to agree. The two-day trip is one of the longest in their life and what fate throws at them can either make or break what they have.

This is the first book of Chelsea Fine’s that I’ve read and I’m now a fan of hers. Jenna is one of the most strong-willed, stubborn female characters I have come across. She is dead set against love and so focused on her plans for the future that she is making herself miserable. She knows what she is feeling but goes against everything her heart and grandmother is telling her. She is so afraid to be brave and let go of the control she holds onto for dear life that she pushes the only guy who she has ever trusted away. Jack Oliver was handed a crappy hand thanks to his loser father and has made the best of what could of been a bad life. He had to grow up too fast and be the man of the house taking care of his mother and two brothers but never complained about what he sacrifice to do so. He is a true protector to the core with a big heart and patience of a saint and that patience’s comes in handy when dealing with head strong, stubborn Jenna Lacombe. Things may not go according to either of their plans but how they truly care for one another shows throughout the book. There were times when I thought that these two would be doomed and I didn’t think Jenna would ever see or appreciate what was in front of her, Jack.

I loved the characters and how their lives weren’t perfect but a mess just like the rest of us. It was a refreshing and nice to read. I was gifted this book in exchange for an honest review and I think Chelsea Fine had the right amount of romance and suspense in this book to make this a must read.

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ABOUT CHELSEA FINE: Chelsea lives in Phoenix, Arizona where she spends most of her time writing stories, painting murals, and avoiding housework at all costs. She’s ridiculously bad at doing dishes and claims to be allergic to laundry. Her obsessions include: superheroes, coffee, sleeping-in, and crazy socks. She lives with her husband and two children, who graciously tolerate her inability to resist teenage drama on TV and her complete lack of skill in the kitchen.