Dempsey’s Grill by Bryan Fagan is a Spring Into Books Festival pick #romance #romcom #comedicromance #giveaway
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Title Dempsey’s Grill
Author Bryan Fagan
Genre Contemporary Romance, Comedic Romance
Publisher The Wild Rose Press
Book Blurb
Gibson Baker had it all. A beautiful house. A beautiful girlfriend. A steady job and the world's most comfy couch. But when Gibson loses his job and his girl on the same day, he is forced to crawl home to Mom and Dad. At least Mom’s happy to see him.
Excerpt
We met when we were 15, but it felt like I'd known Dempsey my entire life. Dempsey and his mom moved into the house next to ours on a hot July afternoon. My previous best friend and her mom had moved out a week earlier. I was suffering from withdrawal when he showed up. I had never had a friend move away. We'd been best friends most of our lives and watching her leave was the first heartbreak I had ever experienced.
As time went on and his popularity soared, Dempsey tried his hand at basketball and baseball. By the time we entered our senior year Dempsey had grown into a 6'5 200 pound three sport legend. He led our football team to its first state title in his junior year and brought home our only basketball state title. When we graduated he took his trophies home with a smile. He would never play ball again and he was fine with that. He had a plan, he said. He always had a plan. And now you know Dempsey.
Her name was Gail. We met in the first grade. Lunch time to be exact. She had grown nearly a foot. Her strawberry blonde curls had straightened but her green eyes were just as bright as the last day I saw her.
We paused, our memories dancing before our eyes. First grade monkey bars, second grade water fights, sixth grade dance, the day she moved away and the day I saw her again. Did it all happen in five seconds? Memories can do that, can't they?
Dempsey was in love. Don’t ask me how or why but trust me, he was. Maybe it was the way he followed Hope with his eyes as she flung Gail over the lawn chair. Or maybe it had something to do with how little help I received when I attempted to stop Gail from tossing Hope into her newly planted daisy garden. The award-winning daisy garden I might add.
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What’s your favorite thing about springtime?
I live in Western Oregon. In the spring, everything comes alive. The trees, the flowers and the people. The dulls of winter have worn off and it feels like a new beginning.
Why is your featured book a must-read this spring?
Dempsey's Grill is all about new beginnings. It's a lot like spring where everything wakes up, so do the people and places in Dempsey's Grill. The story is about starting over. A second chance. A new beginning.
That's the feeling I get when spring arrives and I hope the people who read my book feel the same.
Giveaway –
One lucky reader will win a $100 Amazon gift card.
Open internationally.
Runs April 1 – 30, 2025
Drawing will be held on May 1, 2025.
Author Biography
I was born and raised in Burlington, Washington. A little farming town 70 miles north of Seattle. I bummed around with odd jobs after high school until one day I spotted a small college in Ashland, Oregon. I later settled in Eugene, Oregon with my wife and two daughters. I began my writing career with the help of my daughters. When they were little, they drew pictures and created stories. One day they asked me to join them. I remember the day my four-year-old asked if I would do something for her. She asked if I would write a novel. And that was the day I began to write.
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