{"id":1549,"date":"2026-04-16T22:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2026-04-16T22:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:30:20","slug":"blurb-blitz-tour-by-chance-by-d-taylor-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/blurb-blitz-tour-by-chance-by-d-taylor-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Blurb Blitz Tour: By Chance by D. Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Congratulations to tour winner Leslie P. and to host winner Sandra’s Book Club.<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Thank you for your interest in hosting this tour, but all the stops have now been filled.<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Blurb Blitz Tour for BY CHANCE by D. Taylor, a historical romance available now. The tour will run March 2 – March 20, and this tour will not include interviews or guest blogs; however, a blurb, excerpt and author bio will be provided to every host for inclusion on their blog. An epub copy of the book is available for review.<\/p>\n

D. Taylor will be awarding a $10 Amazon\/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner during the tour, and a $10 Amazon\/BN gift card to a randomly drawn host.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

SYNOPSIS\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Charlotte Douglas has spent far to long trying to stitch her life back together after a single betrayal shattered her place in the community that once adored her. With every polite nod and measured smile, she shoulders the same whispered story: she is not the young lady she ought to be \u2014 and certainly not the kind any respectable man would escort into a ballroom.<\/p>\n

Then a flat tire on a warm afternoon brings Elias Navarro to her gate.<\/p>\n

A hardworking mechanic with steady hands and a restless heart, Elias has lived safely, sensibly, and without surprise. Until Charlotte. With her quiet fire, careful poise, and eyes that dare him to look closer, she becomes the first woman in years to make him want more than the life he knows.<\/p>\n

What begins as a returned plate and a shared cup of coffee becomes something neither expected:\u00a0late-afternoon walks, borrowed laughter, the charge of almost-kisses, and the slow, undeniable pull toward something tender.<\/p>\n

But Charlotte\u2019s past is a room full of watching eyes\u2014and the Winter Soir\u00e9e is coming.<\/p>\n

When Charlotte hesitates to invite Elias, terrified he will judge the truth she\u2019s never said aloud, he mistakes her quiet fear for rejection. And when cruel words at the ball turn her reputation into spectacle, Elias steps into the fray without hesitation\u2014proving himself steady, fierce, and nothing like the man who once broke her heart.<\/p>\n

What follows is a reckoning of truths:
\nher fear of being unworthy,
\nhis fear of not belonging in her world,
\nand the choice they must face\u2014
\nwhether love found by chance can become love fought for on purpose.<\/h3>\n

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TOUR PARTICIPANTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n
March 2:\u00a0Sandra’s Book Club<\/a>
\nMarch 3:\u00a0Romance Novel Giveaways<\/a><\/p>\n
March 3:\u00a0Karen J Mossman- Wirkd of Stories<\/a>
\nMarch 4:\u00a0Aubrey Wynne: Timeless Love<\/a><\/div>\n
March 4:\u00a0Long and Short Reviews<\/a>
\nMarch 5:\u00a0Always Reading<\/a><\/div>\n
March 5:\u00a0Tina Donahue Books – Heat with Heart<\/a>
\nMarch 6:\u00a0FUONLYKNEW<\/a>
\nMarch 9:\u00a0Joanne Guidoccio<\/a><\/div>\n
March 9:\u00a0A Wonderful World of Words<\/a>
\nMarch 10:\u00a0Locks, Hooks and Books<\/a><\/div>\n
March 10:\u00a0The Key of Love<\/a>
\nMarch 11:\u00a0Boys’ Mom Reads!<\/a>
\nMarch 12:\u00a0Maggie Blackbird<\/a>\u00a0– review
\nMarch 13:\u00a0Read Your Writes<\/a>
\nMarch 16:\u00a0Dawn’s Reading Nook<\/a><\/div>\n
March 16:\u00a0The Pen and Muse Book Reviews<\/a>
\n<\/a>March 17:\u00a0Stormy Nights Reviewing & Bloggin’<\/a><\/p>\n
March 18:\u00a0nanasbookreviews<\/a><\/div>\n
March 18:\u00a0What Is That Book About<\/a><\/p>\n
March 19:\u00a0This Writer’s Life<\/a>
\nMarch 20:\u00a0Teatime and Books<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
March 20:\u00a0Author Deb Bailey<\/a>\u00a0– review<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to tour winner Leslie P. and to host winner Sandra’s Book Club. Thank you for your interest in hosting this tour, but all the stops have now been filled. Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Blurb Blitz Tour for BY CHANCE by D. Taylor, a historical romance available now. The tour will run […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,22,17],"tags":[23],"class_list":{"0":"post-1549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blurb-blitz","8":"category-historical-romance","9":"category-virtual-tours","10":"tag-historical-romance"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1550,"href":"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549\/revisions\/1550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}