Release Blitz - Mollywood by LG Pace III & Michelle Pace

Title: Mollywood

Series: Carved Hearts #2

Authors: L.G. Pace III & Michelle Pace

Release Date: October 27, 2014

"A good chef can throw seemingly random ingredients into a pot and create something delicious. On rare occasions, fate does the same thing with hearts. With the right combination of elements at just the right time, a couple can fall head over heels in love. That being said, blending two lives can get messier than any kitchen and also a hell of a lot harder to clean up."  

Molly's food truck took Austin by storm, and she's got more prospects than she knows what to do with. Her crazy ex is out of the picture, and she's moved in with her gorgeous boyfriend, Joe. She and Joe rarely see one another, and when they do, their time is squandered arguing. Molly's anxious to break this cycle because the tension between them is literally making her sick.  

After years alone and shattered, Molly has reawakened a part of Joe that he was sure couldn't be revived. He's terrified of losing her, but their combined baggage makes every step forward seem littered with landmines. Molly's more than worth the fight, but she shouldn't be the one he's constantly battling. A master carpenter by trade, Joe has restored countless treasures which seemed beyond repair. He's determined that he and Molly won't be the exception.  

Fate kicks in the door and rocks them to their very foundation. Boundaries are tested, tears shed, and Molly and Joe will question everything they think they know about themselves and each other.

  

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Good Wood was such a beautiful, unexpected book that reading (and loving) the follow-up, Mollywood, seemed like a no-brainer. I had high hopes, and L.G. Pace III and Michelle Pace not only met them, they exceeded them. This book was as beautiful as the first – and it gave me all the good feels. 

Molly Hildebrandt and Joe Jensen are living together, and both of them have seen their businesses grow exponentially. Life should be perfect, but with work keeping them apart and their constant bickering, it’s enough to make Molly sick and Joe scared of losing her. 

They are determined to make this relationship work. Joe loves his quirky girl and just wants to keep her safe and by his side. Molly has put her past – and her psycho ex – behind her and loves being with her sexy carpenter. 

But breaking the cycle of arguing isn’t so easy. Especially not when fate throws a spanner in the works, and they find themselves facing an uncertain and unexpected future.

Argh, I LOVE THIS SERIES. I couldn’t stop talking about Good Wood after I read it andMollywood is no different. It’s. Just. That. Good. This story was exceptionally – and seamlessly – well-written by two authors, and had me laughing, sighing, shaking my Kindle (as a substitute for these characters who sometimes should have known better) and crying. Sometimes all within in a few pages. 

Joe... Oh, sexy Joe. I love his gruff exterior, and he showed excellent growth from the first book. He’s not perfect – what man is? – but he is perfect for Molly. Who is, in turn, perfect for Joe. I loved them together. I loved their happy moments and their sad. I loved their (sometimes) misplaced anger and their willingness to make it work. The only thing I didn’t love? That it had to end. 

I hope to get more from this series – and not just the upcoming Heartwood, which I’d like to be opening right about now. There are so many wonderful characters here that could, and should, get their own stories, starting with Mac and Kelly. Please make that happen!! 

Mollywood is the second book in the Carved Hearts series and should be read after the exceptional Good Wood. No cliffhanger.

~ Review by Beth

A few months ago I picked up a book titled Good Wood. I thought, hey, this looks like a light and fun read. Boy, was I wrong. But I was pleasantly surprised at how much I loved the book and the characters. In Mollywood, the second book of the series, we get reacquainted with Joe and Molly. 

Molly is still running her thriving Wrapgasmic food trucks and Joe's carving business, Good Wood, has really taken off. The couple are living together and still trying to adjust to the ups-and-downs in their relationship. Fate has other plans in store for this couple, though. As if their coupling didn't start out tumultuously enough, throw in some drama and meddling family members, and you have yourself another great read! 

I adore this couple. A-D-O-R-E! Not just the fictional one, but also husband-and-wife authors, LG Pace III and Michelle Pace. The stories they create are so real and heartfelt.Mollywood was a great addition to this series and when I reached the end, I was surprised to see it wasn't an end at all; we're getting more of Joe and Molly soon! Just to clarify, it's not a cliffhanger, rather a Happily For Now. And I, for one, cannot wait to see where their story takes them next. 

Fabulous & Fun, Mollywood gets 4 1/2 Stars from me.

~ Review by Erin

I found myself looking over at Joe’s perfect profile, and felt that familiar ache in my chest. Frustrated at our disjointed state and suddenly overwhelmed with emotion, I stopped in my tracks. Joe turned to face me, a perplexed expression marring his flawlessness. I placed my hands on both of his uncharacteristically smooth cheeks and looked him in the eye. 

 “I love you, Joe.” I felt my throat narrow painfully, and blinked away unexpected tears.  

“I love you, too.” His frown deepened and he brushed my sweeping bangs away from my eyes. “What’s wrong, Molly?”

It was a good question and I wished I had a reasonable explanation. We’d come so far and been through so much, it seemed unfair that we couldn’t get it together long enough to enjoy any of it. I’d been wracking my brain for weeks to find the right thing to say, a verbal Band-Aid to slap over a hemorrhaging wound. It made me wish my love life could be as straightforward as my job.  

A good chef can throw random ingredients into a pot and create something delicious. On rare occasions, fate does the same thing with hearts. With the right combination of elements at just the right time, a couple can fall head over heels in love. That being said, blending two lives can get messier than any kitchen and also a hell of a lot harder to clean up. I wasn’t usually such a bawl baby, but when it came to Joe, all bets were off. I was freaked out about “us” just then, and what we were becom- ing. I pulled his face down to meet mine and kissed his lips delicately, so he wouldn’t be covered in my lipstick all night.  

“Let’s try to enjoy ourselves and talk about the ugly stuff afterwards. Okay?”   

L.G.Pace III has spent several decades pouring creative energy into other things besides writing. He began his current journey by telling his two daughters bedtime stories about a magical realm and a hero named Terel. Though that story is still sitting unfinished in the electronic universe he has managed to bring two other stories out of the dark maelstrom of his mind for others to enjoy. He dwells in the great state of Texas with his wife, novelist Michelle Pace and their children.

 

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Michelle Pace lives in north Texas with her husband, Les, who is also a novelist. An Iowan native, she is the mother of two lovely daughters, Holly and Bridgette, and one uber-charismatic son, Kai. A former singer and actress, Michelle has always enjoyed entertaining people and is excited to continue to do so as a writer.

 

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Release Blitz - Good Wood by LG Pace III & Michelle Pace

 

 

Title: Good Wood
Series: Carved Hearts #1

Authors: LG Pace III And Michelle Pace

Release Date: July 21, 2014
 

 

"It’s the sign of a true artisan when he can create beauty from what others consider trash. It takes heart to use a twisted bit of scrap and make something from it as if it were good wood.”

Somehow Joe survived the unlivable, and now he's just going through the motions. An endless string of one night stands does little to dull the ache from all he's lost. Even though he distracts himself daily with back-breaking work, his violent rage still simmers just under the surface.

Then along comes Molly, the feisty baby sister of his two best friends. Joe hasn’t seen her in years, and he's unprepared for his reaction to her when she falls out of the food truck and into his arms. Molly is still as mouthy as ever, and now she's as delicious as the food she's serving up. It's totally against "The Bro Code", but he just can't seem to keep his hands off of her.

Molly has come back home to Austin to mend fences and feed a whole new crowd. Dealing with Joe's demons doesn't figure into her business model. Something is very different about him and she craves the ‘Old Joe’ she used to have a crush on.

Still, the broody carpenter's swagger is damn near irresistible. And all work and no play makes Molly a cranky girl.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perhaps it’s not the done thing, but I am the first to admit that I judge books by their covers and by their titles. In the case of Good Wood, I felt the need to read it because it had a humorously dirty title and I assumed the book would be much the same. The blurb warned me that Joe Jensen had “survived the unlivable” but even so I wasn’t truly prepared for a book with a punny title to affect me so deeply, to make me cry and mourn, to make me smile and laugh, to make me ache. But it did. And it was better than good.

Joe Jensen is a master at his craft – an artisan – but since his whole world ended, he hasn’t had the fire in him to carve. He’s not the man he once was and he survives the days working hard, drinking harder and having meaningless sex night after night.

Molly Hildebrandt is back home in Austin, trying to put her life and her family back together. Her new food truck brings her face-to-face with the man she’s loved for years – her twin brothers’ best friend, Joe but he’s not the same smiling, carefree guy he once was. Molly isn’t home to fix Joe and to heal the pain of his past but she can’t seem to resist him.

Joe knows that he’s broken and Molly is strictly off-limits but he can’t stay away. Together they can make something new and beautiful out of the scraps of the past, but if only they’re willing to take the chance.
 

This book completely took me by surprise in the best possible way. It was beautifully written – every passage felt like it had purpose, every action and reaction blended together to create characters and events that were real and raw and heart-breaking. The alternating POV was the perfect way to tell this story because it allowed both Joe and Molly a chance to make themselves heard. Neither of them was lost to the other, the pain of their pasts, their hopes for the future and their fears in the present were given equal weight and importance. 

Good Wood was written by two authors – Michelle Pace and L.G Pace III – but the story was seamless. There was no change in tone or style that made me wonder who had written which passage or paragraph or chapter. It flowed perfectly, with the right amount of angst and sorrow balanced by moments of levity, building to an interesting and rewarding finish that promises more in the future for the carpenter and the chef.

I loved the friends and family that surrounded and supported Joe and Molly and I found myself mentally checking off which characters I would like to see get their own stories first. I couldn’t be happier that I decided to judge this book by it’s title and take a chance on it, even if (especially because) it was radically different to the book I pictured in my mind. Good Wood exceeded the claim of it’s title – it wasn’t just good, it was great.
 

Good Wood is the first book in the Carved Hearts series and can be read as a standalone. No cliffhanger.

~ Review by Beth

 

 

I must admit I went into this book completely blind. I never read the blurb but was intrigued by the title, Good Wood. I figured I'd be in for a fun and lighthearted romance. Boy, was I wrong. 

Good Wood is written by a husband and wife team, it was so flawlessly put together, you'd never know that it wasn't written by just one person. I LOVED that Joe and Molly were, for lack of better words, average Joe's. They were regular down to earth people that didn't drive flashy cars, that weren't billionaires, famous etc. It was refreshing to read about people that seemed more realistic and relatable. 

Joe and Molly are such a great match for each other. Both trying to heal and move on from traumatic pasts, they fit and just make sense together. They're two broken souls that just mesh. 

Good Wood is a gem of a read. A thoroughly well rounded romance that made me laugh, made me a bit teary eyed and left me feeling great when I flipped that last page.

 

~ Review by Erin

 

 

 

 

 

L.G.Pace III has spent several decades pouring creative energy into other things besides writing. He began his current journey by telling his two daughters bedtime stories about a magical realm and a hero named Terel. Though that story is still sitting unfinished in the electronic universe he has managed to bring two other stories out of the dark maelstrom of his mind for others to enjoy.

 

He dwells in the great state of Texas with his wife, novelist Michelle Pace and their children.

 

 

 

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Michelle Pace lives in north Texas with her husband, Les, who is also a novelist. An Iowan native, she is the mother of two lovely daughters, Holly and Bridgette, and one uber-charismatic son, Kai. A former singer and actress, Michelle has always enjoyed entertaining people and is excited to continue to do so as a writer.

 

 

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