Kierra Centerand was once vivacious and outgoing, that all
changed the night her stepfather killed her family in an explosion that
authorities wrote off as an accident. Now, ten years later Kierra has returned
to the small town of Briarview to find answers, confront her demons, and see if
she can finally move on with her life. Not much has changed, Briarview is still
the quaint, charming, small town Kierra left behind. Only now her high school
boyfriend is the sheriff, and her stepfather is somewhere in the town, hiding
in plain sight.
When Bryan Donaldson sees Kierra again for the first time he
is surprised, she’s no longer the fun blonde he remembers, but rather she’s
shy, prone to panic attacks, and hiding from the world. When Kierra’s
stepfather starts making threats, Bryan is determined to keep her safe in his
arms, and in his bed, for life.
Excerpt:
Kierra's chest
suddenly felt too tight to take a breath. She
desperately wanted to
tell him to stop talking, to run away. She
wished she had never
come to town, and that she was anywhere but
here listening to
Bryan's calm, soothing voice.
“I can also tell you
the thing that's going to be the hardest to
hear. The explosion
was ruled an accident. It appears that they only
did a cursory
investigation, but there was no reason to suspect foul
play. It was ruled an
accidental gas leak. Most importantly, in that
investigation they
didn't find a fourth body in the house. The only
victims of that
explosion were your grandparents, and your mother.”
Somewhere in the
distance a bird chirped and parents cheered
at the Peewee football
game. Kierra heard it all as though it were a
million miles away.
She couldn't breathe. She couldn't think.
Her stepfather was
alive somewhere.
No one believed her
ten years ago, no one was going to
believe her now, but
she knew for certain that somehow he was
responsible for the
explosion that killed her family.
And he was still out
there somewhere.
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10 ways to keep the romance alive
1.
Never stop dating your
partner
2.
Remember the little
things
3.
Love notes are always
appreciated
4.
Hold hands
5.
Always kiss goodnight
6.
Always kiss good
morning
7.
Pick your battles-in
any argument think "Do I want to be right, or do I want to end the
argument". There's only one right choice.
8.
Give gifts for
"no reason"
9.
Give your partner
compliments when they least expect them
10. Put your phone down and have a conversation at
least once a day, every single day.
Meet Angela Evans
As a
child Angela remembers her mother telling friends that Angela would
read anything she could get her hands on, even the back of the cereal box. That
changed when she discovered romance novels as a teenager, secretly reading her
mother’s entire collection of Kathleen E. Woodiwiss and being amazed at how
captivating the stories were. She knew that writing romance novels was
what she wanted to do for a living.
She has recently published her first novel, Hiding
in Plain Sight, and begun writing the second book in the series. She is also a
member of Romance Writers of America (RWA) as well as her local chapter and she
enjoys being active in both.
Angela
lives in Southern Illinois where she is living her own happily ever after with
her husband of over 20 years, their two children, a very spoiled white german
shepherd and two equally spoiled cats. When she’s not writing she loves
reading, cooking, and photography.
Comments
I hope Kierra's stepfather gets what is coming to him soon.
All the best.