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Sunday, December 13, 2020

Book Review and Giveaway - Rocky Mountain Revenge By: Rhonda Starnes on Tour with Celebrate Lit

 


About the Book

Book: Rocky Mountain Revenge


Author: Rhonda Starnes

Genre: Inspirational Romantic Suspense

Release Date: July, 2020

To survive her deadly homecoming, she’ll need to trust a man from her past…

Temporarily home to help at her family’s vet clinic, Grace Porter has no intentions of staying—but someone’s determined she won’t live long enough to leave. With both Grace and her sister in the crosshairs, her ex-boyfriend, Police Chief Evan Bradshaw, must protect them. But can the single dad lawman uncover the truth about why a killer’s out for vengeance before time runs out?

 

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About the Author

Rhonda Starnes is a middle school language arts teacher who has dreamed of being a published author since she was in seventh grade. She lives in North Alabama with her husband, who she lovingly refers to as Mountain Man. They enjoy traveling and spending time with their children and grandchildren. Rhonda writes romantic suspense with rugged heroes and feisty heroines.

 

More from Rhonda

Probably the number one question any author receives is “How did you come up with the idea for the story?”

 

When the Love Inspired editors announced, in February 2019, they were hosting The Great Love Inspired Author Search, I knew I had to enter. After all I’d spent the last six years targeting the Harlequin Love Inspired lines. This would be my fourth time entering one of their pitch contests, my third pitching to Love Inspired Suspense. The only problem was I didn’t have anything new to enter. They’d already seen all of my manuscripts.

 

I follow the Love Inspired editors on social media, so I had read several posts on themes and settings they’d like to see. One editor had even mentioned Colorado as a setting she’d like to see in a book. This started my wheels turning because my husband and I lived in Colorado for a few months when we were first married. We loved our time there and have often talked about going back one day. I started researching parts of the state that we didn’t get to visit when we lived there, and then I created the fictional small town of Blackberry Falls.

 

I’d had an idea in the back of my head for while about a story that involved a heroine who wasn’t in law enforcement but who witnessed a crime while on video chat. That’s how I came up with Grace Porter, a veterinarian who had run away from her small-town roots. And what’s a homecoming story without a reunion romance? Enter, Police Chief Evan Bradshaw, the man Grace had left behind. Once I had the opening scene, main character, and setting in place, everything else just kind of evolved from there.

My Thoughts

I absolutely loved this book! This is the debut Love Inspired Suspense Novel for the author - and I hope she has a bunch more lined up. In this book, Grace Porter has returned to her home town of Blackberry Falls. Her sister is brutally attacked - and then the perpetrator sets their sight on Grace. The chief of Police, Evan, who is also Grace's ex boyfriend is the one that is trying to get to the bottom of it. Old feelings will be re-kindled and Evan wants to keep Grace and her sister safe at ALL costs.
There is a lot of action in this book - the twists and turns that the author takes you on will keep you guessing until the end.
This author wrote some amazing characters, the storyline grabbed me from the first chapter and I did not want to put the book down.

I received a copy of this book through the Celebrate Lit Blogging program -- all thoughts are my own.

Blog Stops

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Simple Harvest Reads, December 11 (Guest Review from Donna Cline)

For the Love of Literature, December 12

Lighthouse Academy, December 13

Connie’s History Classroom, December 13

Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, December 14

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Inklings and notions, December 15

Betti Mace, December 15

Happily Managing a Household of Boys, December 16

deb’s Book Review, December 16

Texas Book-aholic, December 17

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Locks, Hooks and Books, December 18

A Good Book and Cup of Tea, December 18

For Him and My Family, December 19

Pause for Tales , December 19

Artistic Nobody, December 20 (Guest Review from Joni Truex)

SusanLovesBooks, December 20

Splashes of Joy, December 21

Ashley’s Bookshelf, December 21

Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, December 22

Daysong Reflections, December 22

Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Rhonda is giving away the grand prize package of a $25 Amazon gift card and a copy of Rocky Mountain Revenge!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.

 https://promosimple.com/ps/104a4/rocky-mountain-revenge-celebration-tour-giveaway


4 comments:

  1. Thank you for the review and for being part of my Celebrate Lit tour!

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  2. This book sounds like a really good page-turner.

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  3. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this book, it sounds like a must read for me.

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  4. Looks like an interesting book.
    Thanks for the contest. 

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