by
Dina Keratsis
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GENRE:
Contemporary Romance
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Lucretia
“Cree” Cabot spends her time saving everybody else to avoid
facing her own haunted life. Between raising her younger brother and
trying to open a women’s shelter, Cree has built an impenetrable
wall around her heart. But when a tenant for Cliff Cottage appears at
her door, he cracks her vigilantly controlled world, forcing her to
look within to confront the emptiness inside.
Mike
Sullivan, famous superhero artist, is searching for a peaceful summer
break and a new perspective on life. A farm in sunny Santa Cruz seems
like just the place. Looking to escape from his usual routine, he
doesn’t count on falling for a woman who is as stubborn as the mule
that lives in her barn. Yet beneath Cree’s prickly exterior, he
finds a woman in pain—a woman with an immense capacity for love.
Mike knows she is the only one for him, but will Cree find the
courage to truly live and love before the best thing to walk into her
life leaves her behind?
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Excerpt:
Sundown
hovered in the sky and was reflected in the surf, a great smearing of
lime and fuchsia and orange sun. Mike and Cree stood on the Boardwalk
and leaned over the railing to view the beach and pier as they ate
hot dogs and sipped Cokes.
Tourist
families trickled from the dusk-ridden amusement park while teenagers
and college kids filled it. Down on the beach, couples strolled at
the edge of the surf. A man jogged with his dog. Behind them, the
carousel bellowed its macabre tones and Cree shivered.
She
hated the merry-go-round. To her, the ride promised an escape to
magical and faraway places but as soon as you bought a ticket, you
found that you had been duped, all hopes dashed in a never-ending
circle of ups and downs, dreams frozen in the mouths of screaming
horses.
So she
turned her back on the beach and let the white and colored lights of
the Boardwalk dazzle her until she could tune out the strains of the
calliope. Mike, she snorted, no doubt loved the awful contraption.
She looked at him and shook her head. He was staring at the monstrous
thing with a half smile on his lips and a dreamy look in his eyes.
He was
right about coming here, she thought, as she tossed her napkins in
the basket. She inhaled the salt air and sweet smell of cotton candy
and felt light and free.
She felt
young again, on the brink of promise, as if she were here with her
girlfriends, giggling at the thrill of night and hoping that the hot
guy from gym class would notice her. Only this time, she was here
with an even hotter guy. She stood up a little straighter, let her
step swagger a bit as she began to walk.
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**SPOILER FREE**
Nice read... well written easy to follow. It's not one of those that bounce back and forth. It was smooth right from the start. The past stays in the past and walls are not to be broken down.. But once you pick this book up you'll find out if that stay the situation or not. This author has a lot of skill and her book shows it!
*Received for an honest review*
Nice read... well written easy to follow. It's not one of those that bounce back and forth. It was smooth right from the start. The past stays in the past and walls are not to be broken down.. But once you pick this book up you'll find out if that stay the situation or not. This author has a lot of skill and her book shows it!
*Received for an honest review*
AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Dina
Keratsis is an award-winning author of romance fiction in which all
roads lead to illumination and magic is found in the mundane. A New
England girl, she has a penchant for punk rock, Scottish tea rooms
and a mad crush on Sirius Black. She lives in Massachusetts with her
husband and two children.
Website:
www.dinakeratsis.com
Facebook:
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Twitter:
@dinakeratsis
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Amazon:
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