Release day: Quinn, by design

Today is the official release of Quinn, by design by Jennifer Raines (Choosing Family #2) (ebook  and paperback, Inkspell Publishing). Here’s the blurb:

She’s antiques royalty, he’s relentlessly modern

Master carpenter Niall Quinn’s passion is creating bespoke furniture. Everything else comes second until his ex-fiancé ditches him when he gifts another creation to a friend, and he discovers his brother has been carrying his dead father’s debts.

Niall’s self-respect demands he pay his share. He’s landed a prestigious exhibition of his work with a top gallery, possible in part because of the support of an antiques dealer who’s been mentor, patron, and generous landlord. Niall’s hoping the exhibition will establish his reputation and boost his bank balance.

Lucy McTavish’s grandfather, antiques supremo Cameron (Cam) McTavish raised her. His death leaves her totally alone. Lucy drained their personal accounts to provide twenty-four-seven in-home palliative care for Cam. The thought of poverty paralyses her, a crippling reminder of life before Cam found her. Laden with debt, she plans to sell Cam’s workshop to ensure his antiques emporium survives.

When the will is read, Niall Quinn holds the keys to Cam’s workshop. Lucy’s convinced he conned her grandpa in his last days and demands he restore antiques for her. Niall is blindsided by the bequest, but worries about yet another debt and agrees to the work.

Lucy and Niall circle each other. In sharing stories and drawing closer, Lucy figures out debt is her childhood bogeyman resurrected by Cam’s death. Niall has real debts and, unaware of his exhibition, she looks for clients who’ll pay him for the work she’d been demanding for free.

With the exhibition drawing closer, it’s crunch time. Will Niall choose his exhibition or Lucy? Does Lucy want a man who won’t share his dreams with her?

Jennifer dropped by today to tell us a little about this book:

Quinn, by design is Book 2 in my contemporary romance series, Choosing Family. Readers met the gentle carpenter, Niall Quinn, in Book 1 and know he’s committed to paying his share of his dead father’s debts. I’ve been thinking about male leads a lot lately, and there’s room for all sorts in our fantasies and our lives, but at the end of the day I write female leads who want passion laced with respect, great sex along with taking a turn at the laundry, so Niall’s a cinnamon roll kind of hero, but no pushover. This book is about opposites: antiques shop owner vs struggling woodworker, a gift vs a debt, sex vs intimacy. And it’s about looking around you and choosing who you want to be part of your inner circle. I had fun with the research on this one—antique furniture, crockery, even antique frames for paintings—plus you get a catch up on the other characters from Book 1.

You can find out more about this book at Jennifer’s website or buy it from here.