by Lori
Ryan
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Ever Hopeful
by Lori
Ryan
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BLURB:
Combining
heart-soaring contemporary romance with heart-pounding suspense is a trademark
of New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lori Ryan—and in her novel
Ever Hopeful she delivers spectacularly on both counts.
Two-months
pregnant and trapped in a violent marriage, Laura Kensington realizes that her
ruthless and powerful in-laws will never let her go, even after the strange
sudden death of her abusive husband.
Fleeing far away to the Texas ranch of Cade Bishop, a strong yet tender
man who believes in second chances, Laura finds herself irresistibly drawn to
Cade’s gentle passion and giving heart. But there is no escaping the shadows of
her past and soon danger re-enters her world, pulling Laura into a deadly web
of lies, betrayals, and murder. And only
Cade Bishop’s quiet strength and unwavering love can set her free.
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Excerpt
“You wanna
know the first time he beat her so badly she couldn’t leave the house for a
week?” Cade asked.
“No,” Shane
managed to say but Cade wasn’t listening to him. He was staring at the wall
like he was seeing the story he was telling and he was too trapped by the power
of it to see what was around him or hear Shane’s voice.
“When her
brother died. She wanted to go home to the funeral, but her husband had a
business dinner she needed to be at. She had the nerve to ask him to postpone
it so she could fly home for her brother’s funeral. The irony was, she couldn’t
go to the dinner with him anyway. After the beating he gave her, she couldn’t
be seen in public for over a week so she missed the flipping dinner anyway.”
The brothers
sat together without speaking for a long time. There was nothing to say. Shane
couldn’t imagine the fear Laura must have been living in every single day. The
threat of having the person you thought you loved and could trust turn on you
like that.
“I wish he
wasn’t dead,” Cade said. Shane didn’t have to ask why. He was thinking the same
thing himself. If her husband wasn’t dead they could hunt him down and have the
satisfaction of teaching him what it was like to be hit by someone so much
stronger than yourself, to live in constant fear.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Lori is an
award winning author and stay-at-home mom. Her second book, Penalty Clause, won
first place in the romance category in Lcuky Cinda Publishing’s Annual Global
Writer’s Contest in 2013.
Lori has had
a number of careers before embarking on her newest adventure of writing novels.
After graduating from the University of Connecticut School of Law, she
practiced law for three years, working primarily in the areas of utilities law
and intellectual property litigation.
More
recently, Lori owned and operated a dog training business in Austin, Texas,
where she specialized in aggression and became an expert in the field of dog
bite analysis. Lori sold her dog training business in 2013 and is now a full
time writer and mother of two.
Lori still
lives in Austin with her husband -- who is endlessly supportive of her changing
career paths -- and her two children, one cat, and three dogs.
How can your
readers follow you?
To follow me
on Facebook, visit: http://www.facebook.com/loriryanromance
To visit my
website, visit: http://www.loriryanromance.com/
Want to be a
part of my online street team? Email me at Loriryanauthor@gmail.com and put the
words ‘street team’ in the subject line. I’ll email you back with directions for
joining my team.
To join my
email list to receive updates and news, including sneak peeks and free
giveaways or contest news, visit
http://www.loriryanromance.com/#!join-my-mailing-list/cdpp.
To buy my
books, visit my author page on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/author/loriryan.
Release:
January 26th
I’ll be
having events and contests January 26th through February 9th
Ever Hopeful
will be priced at 99 cents for the first two weeks!
Price
increases to 2.99 on February 10th
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