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#NewRelease KNOWING VERA by Rachelle Ayala #romanticsuspense #Filipino #Australia

Knowing Vera , a thrilling romantic suspense and cross-cultural family drama, released September 6 on Amazon.

Excellent and exciting read! – Cate Beauman
The tension just ups and ups!  Well, done. – H. Elliston
Vera’s dating Zach, casually, not committed, when she finds out her long-departed father is the killer of Zach’s mother many years ago.

Meanwhile, Zach reevaluates his life after a tragic accident and realizes he's falling in love with Vera.

Can their timing be so wrong? Vera knows the...

Tag, You're It - Rachelle Ayala's Next Book, Knowing Vera - #romanticsuspense

Patricia Zick, author of Trails in the Sand, tagged me back in April to talk about my latest Work In Progress. Here's her post. So... months later, I finally have Knowing Vera ready (almost). You may request a free ARC (Advanced Readers Copy) by contacting me at my email: ayala.rachelle @ gmail . com [remove spaces]. Okay, so, here are the answers to the Tag questions.

What is the title of your Work in Progress?

I considered many titles before coming up with the simple Knowing Vera. The st...

#BookReview FINDING FOREVER by Melisa Hamling #romance #paranormal

Finding Forever by Melisa M. Hamling
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

It's difficult for me to write a review about this book, not because it wasn't awesome, but because it is so different from anything I've ever read. It made me feel things I usually don't feel when reading a book: simultaneous enchantment and dread.

Morgan Masters could be anyone of us. A woman with a tragic past and a humdrum life. Everyone tells her to settle for the ordinary, but she yearns for romance and a love that spans time and...

#CoverReveal PERFECTION CHALLENGED by Jade Kerrion #scifi Double Helix series

Perfection Challenged, the thrilling conclusion to Jade Kerrion's multiple award-winning, bestselling DOUBLE HELIX series, will be released on September 17th and will be available in paperback and all electronic formats. Beta readers have declared Perfection Challenged "the best of the four books...the perfect ending to an amazing series." If you've never picked up the DOUBLE HELIX series, keep on reading for a special offer on Perfection Unleashed, the book that launched the DOUBLE HELIX ser...

#CoverReveal Finding Home by Lauren K. McKellar #YA #contemporary #fiction

Synopsis: Moody, atmospheric, and just a little bit punk, Finding Home takes contemporary YA to a new level of grit... When Amy’s mum dies, the last thing she expects is to be kicked off her dad’s music tour all the way to her Aunt Lou in a depressing hole of a seaside town. But it’s okay — Amy learned how to cope with the best, and soon finds a hard-drinking, party-loving crowd to help ease the pain. The only solace is her music class, but even there she can’t seem to keep it together, sabo...

#CoverReveal FINDING FOREVER by Melisa Hamling #romance

Finding Forever by Melisa M. Hamling
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult

Synopsis:
Through the splinters of glass, I see his face, the one who has this hold on me, on my soul, and I know he holds the key to something I have yet to learn.

Be careful what you wish for, you may just get it. Morgan Master’s is about to find out that what you wish for doesn’t come in a perfect little package.

Plummeting off the side of the mountain wasn’t the escape Morgan had planned....

#CoverReveal Rebecca Berto's Re-release of PRECISE: a novella #drama #abuse

Title: PreciseAuthor: Rebecca BertoSeries: Pulling Me Under #0.5 (prequel novella)Published | Updated version: November 27, 2012 | August 19, 2013Genre: Women’s FictionAge Group: AdultCover Designed by: Berto DesignsPages: 96 (Now 30% longer!)
Book description:Katie is a wife, a caring best friend, and the one person her mother, Rochelle, hates more than anyone. No one sees the darkness lurking just under the surface of their mother-daughter relationship, instead viewing Rochelle as misunderst...

#BookChat The Final Descendants by Karina Gioertz #fantasy #scifi

The Final Descendants And The Well Of Wishes Lost (Book 1)
At fourteen, Bryze Brooks has no idea about her extraordinary ancestors. After her father's death, she had grown up far away from the family manor on Ratclif Circle and the secrets it held within its walls. But everything changes when a surprise phone call leads Bryze back to the house where she comes face to face with her astonishing past. Once there, she begins to discover that all is not what it seems. Fantastic tales begin to inter...

#BookReview EMOTIONAL ASSAULT by Lisa Kroulik #marriage #relationships

Emotional Assault: Recognizing an Abusive Partner's Bag of Tricks by Lisa Kroulik
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book is borne out of experience. For years, the author didn't understand why she was on pins and needles, trying desperately to please her husband. She was taught to submit to him, to put him first, to do all of the things a wife should do. Instead, her husband made her jump through higher and higher hoops and played a barrage of emotional tricks on her to keep her in her place.

I found...

#BookReview A BEAUTIFUL FOREVER by Lilliana Anderson #romance

A Beautiful Forever by Lilliana Anderson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I liked this book much better than A Beautiful Struggle. I did not like Katrina to begin with. That story was all about drinking and going to the bar scene. Katrina was too full on herself and viewed Elliot like a prize catch to gloat over the other women at the law firm.

So, I'm very happy that Katrina settled for David and allowed Elliot to find someone he could truly care for. Paige is a damaged woman who is not looking for fore...