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SALE + GIVEAWAY: November Blue and Thompson Sisters Boxed Sets

January 22, 2015

November Blue and Thompson Sisters Boxed Sets

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Have you checked out the Thompson Sisters? Or the November Blue Series? Both are well loved by readers, with combined thousands of reviews on Amazon and other online booksellers!

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November Blue

This is the series that started my love affair with all things written by Andrea Randall

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This is one of the best series I have ever read. It will build anticipation, make your heart beat so much faster, give you twists and turns you couldn’t think of, and give you the most epic ending ever. So worth the read!

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Categories : Contemporary Romance, Giveaway, Suspense Tagged : Andrea Randall, Charles Sheehan-Miles, Giveaway, November Blue, Thompson Sisters

BLOG TOUR REVIEW and GIVEAWAY: GIRL OF LIES (RACHEL’S PERIL #1) by CHARLES SHEEHAN-MILES

December 27, 2013

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Synopsis:

Andrea Thompson is smart, assertive and beautiful. She’s also desperately lonely. Raised in Europe by her grandmother, she struggles knowing neither of her parents wanted her, and she has no idea why.

When Andrea receives an urgent call from her older sister Carrie, she agrees to fly to the United States to help. Carrie’s newborn daughter Rachel needs a bone marrow transplant.

What Andrea doesn’t know is that her return to the United States will launch a chain of events that will uncover secrets hidden for decades. Secrets which will rock the Thompson family and ignite a political firestorm.

Secrets that some will kill to protect.

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My Review:

Girl of Lies is a story about the Thompson sisters, but it is really a thriller with lots of twists and many different characters. This is part of a series so I assume some of these characters might appear again later.

In Girl of Lies, we meet Andrea, who travels to America for testing as a possible bone marrow donor for the daughter of Carrie. This book pretty much grabs you from the opening and takes off from there. I absolutely love the author’s writing style and he keeps you in suspense throughout the entire book. I don’t want to give anything away about the plot as it is best read without knowing any spoilers. Suffice it to say that I do love a good cliffhanger and this book ends with a major one! The pacing and the plot are incredibly fast-paced and really exciting. I also loved the setting of the book. Can’t wait to see where the author takes us with the next installment in this series!

(Copy provided by the author in return for an honest review.)

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Charles Sheehan-Miles has been a soldier, computer programmer, short-order cook and non-profit executive, and is the author of several fiction and non-fiction books, including the indie bestsellers Just Remember to Breathe and Republic: A Novel of America’s Future.

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Categories : 4 Stars, Adult Suspense, Blog Tour, Giveaway Tagged : Charles Sheehan-Miles, Girl of Lies, Rachel's Peril, thriller

COVER REVEAL ~ GIRL OF LIES (RACHEL’S PERIL #1) by CHARLES SHEEHAN-MILES

December 16, 2013

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Synopsis:

Andrea Thompson is smart, assertive and beautiful. She’s also desperately lonely. Raised in Europe by her grandmother, she struggles knowing neither of her parents wanted her, and she has no idea why.

When Andrea receives an urgent call from her older sister Carrie, she agrees to fly to the United States to help. Carrie’s newborn daughter Rachel needs a bone marrow transplant.

What Andrea doesn’t know is that her return to the United States will launch a chain of events that will uncover secrets hidden for decades. Secrets which will rock the Thompson family and ignite a political firestorm.

Secrets that some will kill to protect.

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Charles Sheehan-Miles has been a soldier, computer programmer, short-order cook and non-profit executive, and is the author of several fiction and non-fiction books, including the indie bestsellers Just Remember to Breathe and Republic: A Novel of America’s Future.

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BLOG TOUR, EXCERPT and GIVEAWAY: NOCTURNE by ANDREA RANDALL and CHARLES SHEEHAN-MILES

August 28, 2013

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TITLE: NOCTURNE

AUTHORS: Andrea Randall and Charles Sheehan-Miles

Release Date: August 24, 2013

Synopsis:

From the bestselling authors of In The Stillness and The Last Hour, a new story of forbidden love and second chances.

Savannah Marshall is a gifted flutist and daughter of musical royalty when she enrolls in the elite New England Conservatory of Music. Brilliant, eclectic and passionate, she lives music, but struggles with her plans for the future.

Gregory Fitzgerald is one of the most renowned cellists of his generation. A member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and professor at the Conservatory, he is laser focused on his career to the exclusion of friends, family and especially romance.

When Gregory and Savannah’s paths cross in the classroom, it threatens to challenge more than their wildly differing beliefs on music. Friendships, ethics, and careers are put on the line as Gregory and Savannah play a symphony of passion and heartbreak.

In the final movement, Gregory and Savannah are handed their greatest challenge, as the loss of absolutely everything they’ve held as truths hangs in the balance.

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Gregory:
I frowned. Her tone rang with unattractive self-importance. She’d done the things I’d asked, true. But she’d also included nearly five pages of completely irrelevant material. “Hardly. Miss Marshall, the assignment was a comparison of the music and its elements. Not a biography. You have more than three pages in this paper abouthis wife. What possible relevance does she have to the assignment?”
Savannah shouted, her brown eyes nearly popping out of their sockets. “She shot herself in the chest days after he announced he was divorcing her! How could that not be relevant? How could that not affect his music?” The color in her cheeks deepened the louder her voice got.
I sat forward in my chair and against my better judgment, found myself arguing back, “It’s completely irrelevant! The assignment was to compare the musical composition, not delve into the composer’s personal life!”
She flipped the pages of the report and stabbed it with her index finger, leaning over my desk as she did so. “I did do that, if you’d actually bothered to read the paper. Yes, the music was changed, and I illustrated that in the paper. But his music was changed by his life. His music was changed by his experiences. But, this isn’t about me at all, is it? This is about my mother! Are you simply punishing me because of her?”
At that, I stood. Her chain of logic made no sense at all. What did her mother have to do with anything? Of course, Savannah came from good musical stock, and that had to be respected on some level. But punishing her? No, I was pushing her. Pushing her to do better than the paper she’d turned in.
I did something I have never done in my entire career as an instructor. I shouted at a student, leaning forward over my desk, which had the effect of bringing us nearly face to face. “Miss Marshall, I don’t care if your mother is a harlot selling herself in the street! This isn’t about that. It’s about you and your talent. You are too good for this!”
Her face went slack, reflecting shock at my words. I continued, inching closer to her face until we were almost nose-to-nose. “You have the ability to be one of the premier musicians this school has ever graduated. And yet you waste it. You waste it on your pointless musical experiments. You waste it on your weekends spent …dancing … and drinking … when you should be perfecting your craft. You waste it on the time you spend with that boyfriend of yours.”

Author Bios:

Andrea Randall:

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I started writing poetry long before writing fiction. I firmly believe Poetry is a solid foundation for all other forms of writing. It taught me that a single word can make or break the world.
I write fiction because my characters have a story and they want me to tell it.
I hope you enjoy the pieces of my soul that I share with you.

Charles Sheehan-Miles

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Sheehan-Miles has been a soldier, computer programmer, short-order cook and non-profit executive, and is the author of several fiction and non-fiction books, including the indie bestsellers Just Remember to Breathe and Republic: A Novel of America’s Future.

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The Last Hour (Thompson Sisters) by Charles Sheehan-Miles

May 22, 2013

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Title: The Last Hour (Thompson Sisters)

Author: Charles Sheehan-Miles

Release date: April 19, 2013

Age Group: Adult

Genre: Contemporary

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Twenty-seven year old Carrie Thompson-Sherman has the life she always wanted: her PhD, a prestigious fellowship, and an amazing husband.

Her life begins to unravel as a jealous colleague puts her fellowship in jeopardy and a haunting secret Ray Sherman carried home from Afghanistan comes to light.

Hounded by a federal investigation and the ensuing media feeding frenzy, Carrie and Ray desperately lean on each other, until a disastrous accident puts both Ray and her sister’s lives at risk.

In the last hour, Carrie and Ray will each find themselves faced with a choice.

A choice that will change everything.

Review:

This is quite a book! I read this as a standalone, but I am going to read Just Remember to Breathe which is also about the Thompson sisters. I don’t want to give away any spoilers so I will try to give my impressions without giving away the specifics.

The Last Hour is a very, very creative book which tells both sides of Carrie and Ray’s story. The author is very gifted at doing this and this book packs an emotional wallop. It grabbed me right from the beginning. This book was a page-turner for me, but it requires that attention be paid to the writing. If you want a creatively written, deeply-felt storyline, The Last Hour is for you.

I enjoyed reading Carrie and Ray’s alternating voices and felt very emotionally connected to these characters. I am now a huge fan of Charles Sheehan-Miles and look forward to reading Just Remember to Breathe and A Song for Julia, as well as his future books.

ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.

About the Author:

Charles Sheehan-Miles has been a soldier, computer programmer, short-order cook and non-profit executive. He is the author of several fiction and non-fiction books, including the indie bestsellers Just Remember to Breathe and Republic: A Novel of America’s Future.

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Categories : 4.5 Stars, Contemporary Romance Tagged : 4.5 stars, Charles Sheehan-Miles, contemporary romance, The Last Hour

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