{"id":1995,"date":"2014-02-19T07:54:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T15:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alicrean.com\/?p=1995"},"modified":"2014-02-19T07:54:22","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T15:54:22","slug":"book-it-in-news-today-denise-grover-swank-gives-business-as-usual-prologue-sneak-peek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/index.php\/2014\/02\/19\/book-it-in-news-today-denise-grover-swank-gives-business-as-usual-prologue-sneak-peek\/","title":{"rendered":"Book It &#8211; In News Today: Denise Grover Swank Gives Business As Usual Prologue Sneak Peek!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1998 aligncenter\" alt=\"Business-As-Usual-Banner\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Business-As-Usual-Banner.jpg?resize=600%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Denise Grover Swank has released the Prologue Reveal of the third book in her Off The Subject Series, Business As Usual. The New Adult, College Romance series takes place on the campus of Southern University and has garnered a rather large following. This latest book stars the sister of book number two&#8211;Redesigned, hero, Reed Pendergraft. Lexi Pendergraft is about to meet her own hero, Ben Masterson, in Business As Usual. I have every hope that he will be one of those men who makes it his business to take care of sexy-fun-time-business.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Business-Usual-Denise-Grover-Swank-ebook\/dp\/B00HYMUEKS\/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1392781866&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=business+as+usual\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1996\" alt=\"Business as Usual\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Business-as-Usual.jpg?resize=237%2C366&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"237\" height=\"366\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <strong>Business As Usual Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lexi Pendergraft has given up on finding love after a disastrous encounter with her last boyfriend. Instead, she focuses on two things: One, setting up a summer program for underprivileged middle-school aged students. And the second, getting to the bottom of her brother Reed\u2019s recent strange behavior. His secret is destroying his relationship with his fianc\u00e9e Caroline, and Lexi will do anything to help him save it. Especially after he gave up his dream to give Lexi a chance at a semi-normal college experience, something her parents threatened to steal from her after her rape a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Masterson is determined to make it through his final semester of his senior year at Southern University. After recently losing his full ride scholarship, he\u2019s suffering from sleep deprivation while trying to keep up with his mechanical engineering courses and working three part time jobs. He thinks he\u2019s lucked out getting a job in the university math lab. The only problem is his boss\u2014Reed Pendergraft.<\/p>\n<p>As part of a role in a community theater play, Lexi wears a black wig and feels a confidence she hasn\u2019t experienced in over a year. When she wears it to a bar close to the theater, she doesn\u2019t think Ben, a bartender there, recognizes her. While Ben\u2019s intrigued about what she\u2019s up to, he\u2019s smart enough to stay far away from his overprotective boss\u2019s sister. Until fate forces him to help her, but why won\u2019t she tell him her real identity?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/18053586-business-as-usual?ac=1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1696 aligncenter\" alt=\"Add To Goodreads Badge\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/goodreads-badge-add-plus_zps5d68ec23.png?resize=130%2C41&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"130\" height=\"41\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Business As Usual Pre-Order Links:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Business-Usual-Denise-Grover-Swank-ebook\/ dp\/B00HYMUEKS\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1392687833&amp;sr=8- 1&amp;keywords=business+as+usual+denise+grover+swank\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/store.kobobooks.com\/en-US\/ebook\/business-as-usual-7\" target=\"_blank\">Kobo<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Denise Grove Swank Bio:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1997 alignright\" alt=\"Cathryn Farley Photography\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Denise-Grover-Swank-.25.jpg?resize=207%2C310&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"207\" height=\"310\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Denise Grover Swank was born in Kansas City, Missouri and lived in the area until she was nineteen. Then she became a nomadic gypsy, living in five cities, four states and ten houses over the course of ten years before she moved back to her roots. She speaks English and smattering of Spanish and Chinese which she learned through an intensive Nick Jr. immersion period. Her hobbies include witty Facebook comments (in own her mind) and dancing in her kitchen with her children. (Quite badly if you believe her offspring.) Hidden talents include the gift of justification and the ability to drink massive amounts of caffeine and still fall asleep within two minutes. Her lack of the sense of smell allows her to perform many unspeakable tasks. She has six children and hasn\u2019t lost her sanity. Or so she leads you to believe<\/p>\n<p><strong>Denise Grove Swank&#8217;s Webtracks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.denisegroverswank.com\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/denisegroverswank.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blog<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DeniseGroverSwank\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeniseMSwank\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/b\/112962290373130143712\/117610425436934177677\/posts\">Google+<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/4921525.Denise_Grover_Swank\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Denise-Grover-Swank\/e\/B005ANAB6K\/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1392782511&amp;sr=1-1\">Amazon Author Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Business As Usual Prologue Reveal:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;\"><a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"View Business as Usual Prologue by Denise Grover Swank on Scribd\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/207648517\/Business-as-Usual-Prologue-by-Denise-Grover-Swank\">Business as Usual Prologue by Denise Grover Swank<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"doc_835\" src=\"\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/207648517\/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=scroll&amp;show_recommendations=true\" height=\"600\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-auto-height=\"false\" data-aspect-ratio=\"undefined\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Denise Grover Swank&#8217;s Books:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/After-Math-Off-Subject-1-ebook\/dp\/B00BSIPO7W\/ref=la_B005ANAB6K_1_9?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1392782515&amp;sr=1-9\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2003\" alt=\"DGS\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DGS.jpg?resize=237%2C366&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"237\" height=\"366\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>After Math Synopsis (Book 1 Off The Subject Series):\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Scarlett Goodwin\u2019s world is divided into Before and After.<\/p>\n<p>Before she agreed to tutor Tucker Price, college junior Scarlett was introvert, struggling with her social anxiety and determined to not end up living in a trailer park like her mother and her younger sister. A mathematics major, she goes to her classes, to her job in the tutoring lab, and then hides in the apartment she shares with her friend, Caroline.<\/p>\n<p>After junior Tucker Price, Southern University\u2019s star soccer player enters the equation, her carefully plotted life is thrown off its axis. Tucker\u2019s failing his required College Algebra class. With his eligibility is at risk, the university chancellor dangles an expensive piece of computer software for the math department if Scarlett agrees to privately tutor him.Tucker\u2019s bad boy, womanizer reputation makes Scarlett wary of any contact, let alone spending several hours a week in close proximity.<\/p>\n<p>But from her first encounter, she realizes Tucker isn\u2019t the person everyone else sees. He carries a mountain of secrets which she suspects hold the reason to his self-destructive behavior. But the deeper she delves into the cause of his pain, the deeper she gets sucked into his chaos.\u00a0<strong>Will Scarlett find the happiness she\u2019s looking for, or will she be caught in Tucker\u2019s aftermath?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/17270349-after-math?bf=500&amp;from_search=true\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1696 aligncenter\" alt=\"Add To Goodreads Badge\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/goodreads-badge-add-plus_zps5d68ec23.png?resize=130%2C41&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"130\" height=\"41\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If you are an Indie author and you would like to be part of the All The Things Inbetween <a href=\"http:\/\/alicrean.com\/2014\/01\/31\/weekly-indie-word-slinger-project-2014\/\">Weekly Indie Word Slinger Project 2014<\/a>. 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