Found Not Lost

THIS IS A GUEST BLOG POST FROM JULIA LONDON, AUTHOR OF ONE SEASON OF SUNSHINE

“…our past is our present and our future, that we are all pieces of our past and our loves.”

This book is about Jane, who goes in search of her birth mother. She takes a job as a nanny for the widower Asher and his two children. She begins to fall for Asher and the kids, but as things heat up, devastating secrets begin to emerge that not only threaten the happiness Jane has found, but her search for herself as well.

I began with the idea of having a woman search for her birthmother, but Jane evolved into a more complex woman than I think I had originally intended. I didn’t want her to be a clichéd orphan looking for happiness. I wanted her to come from a big, loving, family to make her internal conflict that much more compelling. Her mother is a woman who has a lot of love to give, and she, along with the rest of Jane’s family, loves her every bit as much as if she’d given birth to her. She reminds me of a friend of mine who is in the process of adopting a child from China. She already loves that little girl and she’s never even touched her. I think some people are just wired to give love to children.

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Title: Deep Kiss of Winter
Authors: Kresley Cole and Gena Showalter

Publish Date: October 2009
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 432
ISBN-10: 1439159661
ISBN-13: 9781439159668

THE STORIES:
UNTOUCHABLE By Kresley Cole
A breathtaking tale of a brutal vampire soldier about to know love for the first time…and a Valkyrie aching to be touched.

Murdoch Wroth will stop at nothing to claim Daniela the Ice Maiden — the delicate Valkyrie who makes his heart beat for the first time in three hundred years. Yet the exquisite Danii is part ice fey, and her freezing skin can’t be touched by anyone but her own kind without inflicting pain beyond measure. Soon desperate for closeness, in an agony of frustration, Murdoch and Danii will do anything to have each other. Together, can they find the key that will finally allow them to slake the overwhelming desire burning between them?

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GENRE: Women’s Fiction, International Adventure, Thriller
PUBLISHER: Bernard Books Publishing
PUBLISHER WEBSITE: https://bernardbooks.com
PAGE COUNT: 400
PUBLICATION DATE: February 2010
TARGET AGE: 13 and above
ISBN: 978-0-9824526-0-8
PRICE: $19.99
WHERE AVAILABLE:
1. Publisher: https://bernardbooks.com
2. Amazon: http://amazon.com


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Book Title: It Happened One Night
Author: Lisa Dale

Category: FICTION, ROMANCE
Edition: Forever Special Release
Publish Date: 11/1/2009
ISBN: 9780446406901
Pages: 368

SUMMARY
Sometimes love finds you when you least expect it. Lana Biel has always wanted to shake the dust of Vermont off her feet and see the world, one exotic country after another. But when a lighthearted spring fling changes her life forever, she turns to the one man whose strong shoulders can lighten any burden: her best friend, Eli Ward. Eli has always been there for Lana–after all, that’s what best friends do. But Lana isn’t the only one hiding something. Eli is keeping secrets of his own that threaten their relationship.

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Book Title: The Smart One and the Pretty One
Author: Claire Zebnic website
Category: FICTION
Publish Date: 9/10/2008
ISBN: 9780446582063
Pages: 304

SUMMARY:
“This sparkling novel about two sisters is both witty and stylish. Even if you don’t have a sister of your own, you won’t be able to resist LaZebnik’s charming take on modern relationships. Read it!”
- Holly Peterson, bestselling author of The Manny

When Ava Nickerson was a child, her mother jokingly betrothed her to a friend’s son, and the contract the parents made has stayed safely buried for years. Now that still-single Ava is closing in on thirty, no one even remembers she was once “engaged” to the Markowitz boy. But when their mother is diagnosed with cancer, Ava’s prodigal little sister Lauren comes home to Los Angeles where she stumbles across the decades-old document.

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I read this book a few months ago and since I have been on an unplanned break of sorts, I am just getting around to posting some reviews. My sister’s birthday just passed and while brainstorming for possible gifts for her, I immediately thought of this book given her nature to support causes for children.

You’ll see by reading the summary for this book that it is a story within a story, within a story. I loved how the different stories were masterfully woven in this novel. I couldn’t put the book down, almost holding my breath to see what would happen next. I felt outraged at the atrocities, but there were also many touching moments that brought tears to my eyes. Books that elicit emotions are rare and this once certainly accomplishes that with characters that are sympathetic and very easy to relate to. John Shors is a master at painting pictures with words. I felt like I was right there in the middle of Ho Chi Minh City with it’s smells, noise and activity. This story was well crafted by a master story teller.

Book Title: Dragon House
Author: John Shors
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: NAL Trade (September 1, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0451227859
ISBN-13: 978-0451227850
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