Oceans Away by Skye McNeil 💕 Guest Post, New Release Tour & Print Book Giveaway 💕 (Contemporary Romance)

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When the girl next door returns home as a millionaire to face the farmer who never lost hope, she’s caught between the man of her past and the man meant for her future.

Adopted as an infant, Ireland Leighton grew up in the heart of the Midwest. After inheriting millions from her biological parents, she is determined to help others any way she can. The only string is a business engagement with another millionaire. Ireland returns to Iowa years later to plan her brother’s tropical wedding. The festivities would be easier if her sexy ex-boyfriend stayed out of reach and her future wasn?t already planned.

Time suppressed his feelings for the girl next door, but Gideon Taggart isn’t about to let Ireland escape again. Farmer by day, veterinarian by choice, his second chance with his first love is far from easy. He soon discovers that no matter how much he loves Ireland, she’ll always choose her family over a future with him.

Oceans Away is book two in Skye McNeil’s stand-alone contemporary romance series, Atlas. Each book contains a millionaire to envy, snort-worthy comedy, and visits to many beautiful cities in the world. Yes, all of that, plus each novel ends with a fabulous HEA.

The One Song That Epitomizes OCEANS AWAY

I absolutely love music. It’s constantly on in the background when I’m writing, reading, or just going about everyday life. Most of the time, it’s the country genre, but I also enjoy pop. As with all my stories, I create a playlist of songs that I listen to the most while writing. For Oceans Away, several songs were on repeat, but the one that I believe truly epitomizes Ireland and Gideon’s love story is “Ocean” by Martin Garrix and Khalid. Ironically, the song also helped me come up with the title. I was in a rut and couldn’t think of a title or even a song that summed it all up. That’s when I heard “Ocean” on the radio. I immediately got goosebumps and knew this was what I’d been searching for.

If you haven’t heard it, here are some of the lyrics:

You could put an ocean between our love, love, love
It won’t keep us apart
You could build a wall, I would run it up, up, up
Just to get to your heart
If we’re caught in a wave
Baby, we’ll make a way
You could put an ocean between our love, love, love
It won’t keep us apart

Those words are Gideon Taggart to a tee. He’s been in love with Ireland Leighton since they were children and never gave up hope that someday they’d be together. Despite their shaky relationship, Gideon is the rock Ireland never knew she needed. I won’t give too much of the story away because it truly is spectacular how the two find each other after being apart for years.

Later in the song is where I connected Ireland to the lyrics:

When my head goes in different directions
You know my heart’s never on the move
And in the dark times, you don’t have to question
If I’m a hundred with you…

Shadows play on idle hands
I lose myself, I do
But I’ve found my way to velvet sands
I’ll crash right into you

No matter how many years pass, Ireland feels the pull of her hometown. She searched the globe for happiness, but never found it. Home is where she feels the most comfortable. It’s also the place she hasn’t wanted rto return to because of who she’ll find. Gideon is the man she’s been running from, but she always ends up right where she started.

Throughout Oceans Away, there’s a tug and pull between Ireland and Gideon’s romance. Being a free spirit, Ireland doesn’t want to settle and if she chooses Gideon, she’s afraid that’s exactly what will happen. Gideon’s aware of Ireland’s wanderlust and doesn’t want to hold her down with his affection.

In the end, these words fit Gideon’s selfless love:

Tell me what you’re crying for
I’ll wipe your tears, oh love
If your soul is aching love
We’ll comfort you for sure

Gideon would do anything for the woman he loves, even let her go if it secured her happiness. Ireland must choose between a safe future and what she believes could be the best adventure of her lifetime. Whether with Gideon or by herself, Ireland finds out exactly why love transcends Oceans Away.

I’m off to listen to “Ocean” on repeat, and I hope you’ll grab your copy of book two in my Atlas series, Oceans Away and enjoy Ireland and Gideon’s story.

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When a fun-loving American nanny turns a millionaire British single dad’s world upside down, it’s inevitable life is going to get complicated.

Taking a break from screenwriting in New York City, Londyn Bellerose takes a nannying job in Colorado to get away from the hubbub. A summer to live without regrets is all she wants. While her boss is British, gorgeous, and a millionaire, he has no clue how to have fun. Determined to mend the relationship between father and daughters, Londyn doesn’t expect to fall for the museum curator.

Londyn is American and everything Callum Archer swore to never fall for again. With her carefree spirit and energetic smile, she’s perfect to nanny Callum’s two daughters. The problem is she’s also perfect for him. She’s sassy, musical, and tends to speak her mind more than she means to.

When old history and new dreams threaten her happily ever after, will Londyn and Callum’s love survive?

Hearts Abroad is book one in Skye McNeil’s contemporary romance series, Atlas. Each book contains a millionaire to envy, snort-worthy comedy, and visits to many beautiful cities in the world. Yes, all of that, plus each novel ends with a fabulous HEA.

Skye McNeil began writing at the age of seventeen and has been lost in a love affair ever since. During the day, she moonlights as a paralegal at a law firm favouring criminal law.

Skye enjoys writing romantic comedies and cozy mysteries novels that leave readers wanting more and falling in love over and over. She writes contemporary and historical novels ranging from sweet and sassy to steamy and sultry.

Her constant writing companions are two cats and two dogs. When she’s not writing, Skye enjoys spending time with family, photography, volleyball, traveling, and curling up with a cup of coffee and reading.

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