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Hot Flash by Kathy Carmichael

C alm, cool, and premenopausal, single mom and chef Jill Morgan Storm has set out on a scheme to find and wed a traveling salesman. In return, she hopes for one week of marital bliss, three weeks off while her new husband is out of town, and a nice monthly paycheck. Enter Davin Wesley, the opposite of the type of man Jill is searching for—an elementary school teacher who refuses to skedaddle out like a good little husband. Jill isn’t sure if she can keep up the protests because his kiss is pure fire and he won’t be discouraged. Suffering from hot flash after hot flash, she’s unsure if she can say no as her hormones scream yes.

Reviews

“I have never laughed or cried so hard as I have with this truly wonderful book!” —Kathy Boswell, managing editor, The Best Reviews

“A pure joy to read . . . a flavor all its own. Reviewer Top Pick!!!” —Night Owl Romance

“A very fun read.” —Leslie Granier, Armchair Interviews

“I highly recommend Hot Flash to anyone who loves to read romance. You will not be disappointed.” —Romance Junkies

“Indeed a major must-buy for this month; don’t miss it!” —Romance Reviews Today

“Pay attention book and movie fans alike because I would not be surprised to see this on the big screen! A laugh-out-loud treasure of a book for women and mothers of all ages!” —Coffee Time Romance

“This story is beyond worthwhile and highly entertaining. Carmichael’s writing is easy to lose yourself in.” —Romance Readers Connection

“Contemporary romance fans who want plenty of laughs will enjoy the frolics.” —Midwest Book Review

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November Surprise by Laurel Osterkamp

T wenty years
Six presidential elections
Two brothers
One consuming love affair

For Lucy Jones, the distinction between love and politics is hazy at best. Both can be all-consuming, and either can lead to a heart-breaking loss or an exhilarating win. Whatever the case, if you’re seen as a loser, you probably are one. Lucy first learns this lesson in 1988, when she’s a shy girl, battling a high school bully and rooting for Dukakis. Through the years Lucy will experience stunning victories and agonizing defeats as she makes the choices that define her. Meanwhile, she also struggles to define her relationship with Monty, who comes in and out of her life like the changes in public opinion. Is Monty simply a one-night stand, a kindred spirit, or the love of her life? And by 2008, can he offer her a change to believe in?

Over the course of twenty years and six presidential elections, Lucy grows and adjusts with the times. Filled with snarky political and pop-culture references, November Surprise is about the journey we take to believe in a candidate, in love, and in ourselves.

November Surprise is a companion piece to Campaign Promises, which is free on Amazon. They can be read in either order.

*WARNING – the political views expressed in this book are fiercely liberal. If you’re a conservative, be prepared for your blood to boil.

Reviews

“Well developed and spotlessly executed… Bravo to Laurel Osterkamp for yet another chick-lit title that charms the reader, and leaves us rooting for Lucy and Monty as if they were friends of our own.” -Keri English for IndieReader.com

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The Old American Artist, a Love Story by Felipe Adan Lerma

A romance and an artist’s story, how could it not be a love story?

We all love a story that shows how a loving pair, meeting obstacles in life, overcome that challenge, and resolve to love each other. But what happens during the “lived happily ever after” part? What are the details, what might the process be, achieving and living that post-crisis life?

This arc, from boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy regains girl, morphs, in this first of three books, in the trilogy Triptych, into that fuller story of life, and love.

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Details

This is the first of several books centered around Arturo the artist, his wife Rosetta, and their family. That is of course, the simple layout. Complexities of relationships, living many years, and addressing meaning in life, are the more complex issues.

My own working preference, and manner of doing best it seems, is to concentrate a point of view from one character, with input from other surrounding important characters. So I do better, as a writer, creating three novellas, than trying to mesh together stories about the artist Arturo, his wife Rosetta, and all the children and grandchildren and the main characters’ childhoods involved.

Thus, the first three books are, “The Old American Artist, a Love Story,” “Rosetta,” and “The Children.”

Though the differing books’ stories are not entirely concurrent, there is some overlap, producing, I believe, some interesting effects.

Also, in terms of scenic technique and narrative, the form I follow here is less linear, and more cinematic.

In the first book, and it appears in the second and third books as well, two timelines are used.

One is set all in one part of a day, Arturo’s movement from the morning of his big anticipated art show that evening to that event.

This timeline is interspersed in scenes with the second time frame, which begins over thirty years earlier, and provides an interacting backstory to the events of that one day.

Almost all issues are resolved by the end of this first book, with hints of issues that are picked up and elaborated in the second book, “Rosetta.”

I chose to call this a “love story” rather than a romance, even though, as per the Romance Writers of America, this book qualifies as a story about “a central love story and an emotionally-satisfying and optimistic ending.”

The reason for that is because of the equally important story of being an artist, which makes this book a cross genre offering.

Romance and art. It had to be a love story.

Adan Lerma
July 01, 2012

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Find You in the Dark by A. Meredith Walters

M aggie Young had the market on normal. Normal friends, normal parents, normal grades…normal life.

Until him.

Clayton Reed was running from his past and an army of personal demons that threatened to take him down. He never thought he had a chance at happiness.

Until her.

Maggie thought their love could overcome anything. Clay thought she was all he needed to fix his messy life.

That together, they could face the world.

But the darkness is always waiting.

Sometimes the greatest obstacle to true love is within yourself.

DISCLAIMER: Content contains intense/sexual situations and crude language. Intended for Mature YA/Adult audiences.

Reviews

“The book felt REAL – the journey, the characters, the struggles… Everything that happened was believable, powerful, and very well written and I found myself unable to stop thinking about the story even when I wasn’t reading it.” -Aestas Book Blog

“This was a very emotional and difficult read for me. However, I strongly recommend this powerful and poignant story. It is one that cannot and must not go unrecognized. Walters did a wonderfully moving and thoughtful job of telling Clay and Maggie’s story. I eagerly await the continuation to this story.” -Flirty and Dirty Book Blog

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Bent by HB Heinzer

I f there’s one thing Julia Wilson has learned in life, it’s that you can’t push your own dreams to the background for anyone. Newly divorced, Julia returns to the hometown she once swore would never see her again. Her plan is simple; enjoy the cheap rent her friend is offering and stay just long enough to develop a plan to make her own dreams come true.

It doesn’t take long before Julia realizes she’s made a big mistake.

Micah Anderson came closer to breaking Julia than anyone else ever had. After promising her forever, he broke her heart the week before she left for college. Now, Julia’s back in town and he’s going to have to tell her the truth about why he left her. It’s not possible to hide a twelve year old child when you live in a town of 5,000 people.

Is following her dreams worth it if it means giving up on a second chance with her first love? Is trying to make a relationship work worth it if his past becomes a threat to her safety?

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