Smart Girls Series by Rhoda Baxter is a series of standalone rom-coms. For this blog tour, you may choose to feature 1, 2 or 4 of the books, on up to three different dates, or all on the same one. It is entirely up to you.
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If you wish to participate please contact me on rachel@rachelsrandomresources.com with your name, blog name, availability and which book(s), and how many dates you would like.
Girl on the Run by Rhoda Baxter
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Genre - Contemporary rom com/ Chicklit
Blog Tour Dates: 7th - 20th November 2021
Publication Day: 2014
Standalone Book 1 of the Smart Girls Series
Formats Available - Mobi or Epub
Estimated Page Count - 300
Potential Trigger Warning: Mild peril (a mugging)
Type of Post Available - Review Only
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After a humiliating split from her celebrity ex, Jane is hiding from the spotlight. She’s moved city, moved jobs and changed her hair. She wants to disappear and finish her training as a patent attorney.
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Marshall has worked hard for years and nomination to the partnership is tantalisingly close. He must avoid scandal at any cost.
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When they meet, their attraction is impossible to ignore. Neither wants a fuss, but with the paparazzi following Jane and an office trouble maker determined to sabotage their relationship, they can’t escape unscathed.
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Girl on the Run is the first in a series of standalone contemporary romances. Ideal for fans of Mhairi McFarlane or Sue Moorcroft.
Girl Having A Ball by Rhoda Baxter
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Genre - Contemporary rom com/ Chicklit
Blog Tour Dates: 7th - 20th November 2021
Publication Day: 2016
Standalone Book 2 of the Smart Girls Series
Formats Available - Mobi or Epub
Estimated Page Count - 300
Potential Trigger Warning: underage drinking
Type of Post Available - Review Only
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Twenty two year old Stevie needs to prove to everyone that she’s a grown up. So she throws herself into her dream of becoming an event planner by agreeing to organise a fundraising ball in Oxford. Add a rambling house, a committee that can’t agree and budget that’s far too small, Stevie thinks things can’t get worse. Until her childhood crush, her big brother’s old housemate, turns up.
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Tom is working hard to be the success his mother wants him to be. When he realises that the ball his mum and her friends are organising will be run by his friend’s baby sister ‘poor, needy Stevie’, he steps in to avoid disaster. But Stevie is no longer a teenager, she’s a disturbingly attractive young woman … and she’s not about to let anyone get in her way.
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Shortlisted for the 2017 Romantic Comedy Award from the Romantic Novelists’ Association, Girl Having a Ball is the second standalone novel in Rhoda Baxter’s Smart Girls series. Ideal for fans of Mhairi McFarlane and Sue Moorcroft.
Girl In Trouble by Rhoda Baxter
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Genre - Contemporary rom com/ Chicklit
Blog Tour Dates: 7th - 20th November 2021
Publication Day: 2016
Standalone Book 3 of the Smart Girls Series
Formats Available - Mobi or Epub
Estimated Page Count - 300
Potential Trigger Warning: spiders, miscarriage
Type of Post Available - Review Only
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Olivia doesn't believe in happy families. She can't trust men to be reliable, so she’d rather manage without one. As for kids - she's never having those.
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Marine biologist Walter is losing his daughter. He longs for a second chance to prove he can be a reliable dad.
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When Olivia discovers she's pregnant by her douchebag ex, Walter finally sees a way to be more than just a friend-with-benefits to her.
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But how can he persuade the most
independent woman he's ever met to accept his help, let alone his heart?
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Girl In Trouble is a standalone novel in the award nominated Smart Girls series. If you like warm, witty, women's fiction, you'll love this book. Ideal for fans of Meg Cabot or Jennifer Crusie.
Girl At Christmas by Rhoda Baxter
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Genre - Contemporary rom com/ Chicklit
Blog Tour Dates: 7th - 20th November 2021
Publication Day: 2016
Standalone Novella 4 of the Smart Girls Series
Formats Available - Mobi or Epub
Estimated Page Count - 98
Potential Trigger Warning: on page heart attack, discussion of diets and eating
Type of Post Available - Review Only
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Tammy is normally at her happiest at Christmas, but she's been dumped by her long term partner, with no real explanation... and her Christmas looks pretty bleak.
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Lawrence has just been told he has an inherited heart condition... and he's not allowed to eat too many mince pies. Not exactly a recipe for a great holiday.
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With time running out for Lawrence, will he tell Tammy how he feels before it's too late?
- Plus sized hero
- British Asian heroine
- Romance in a microbiology lab
- All the Christmas feels
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Girl At Christmas is a standalone novella in the award nominated Smart Girls series. If you like heartwarming, sweet romance and an unusual chubby hero, it's the perfect book for you.
Blog Tour Schedule
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Maximum 3 stops per day. Confirmed blogs will appear here.
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7th November
8th November
9th November
10th November
11th November
12th November
13th November
14th November
15th November
16th November
17th November
18th November
19th November
20th November
About Rhoda Baxter
Rhoda Baxter writes romantic comedies about people who make her laugh. A microbiologist by training, Rhoda loves all things science geeky. She also loves cake, crochet and playing with Lego. You can find out more about her (and get a free book by signing up to her newsletter) on her website.
You can find her wittering on about cake and science and other random things on her website (http://www.rhodabaxter.com), on Facebook, or on Twitter (@rhodabaxter). Please do say hello if you’re passing.
You can also follow her on Bookbub.
