Linda Wells's Blog, page 2
April 5, 2025
CYPRESS LAKE is free on Kindle April 5-6, 2025!
https://www.amazon.com/CYPRESS-LAKE-T...
Alexa Smith has left her small-town Florida roots behind for a glamorous life as a flight attendant. However, her upcoming high school reunion is dredging up more than a little heartache. Alexa's one true love is still in Cypress Lake--with his wife and daughter. As Alexa confronts her feelings for Rick Young, she finds herself tossed into a tangled web of mystery and murder that has its roots in decades-old resentments. Rick's wife is dead, and any one of Alexa's friends or family could be next!
Alexa Smith has left her small-town Florida roots behind for a glamorous life as a flight attendant. However, her upcoming high school reunion is dredging up more than a little heartache. Alexa's one true love is still in Cypress Lake--with his wife and daughter. As Alexa confronts her feelings for Rick Young, she finds herself tossed into a tangled web of mystery and murder that has its roots in decades-old resentments. Rick's wife is dead, and any one of Alexa's friends or family could be next!
March 15, 2025
CYPRESS LAKE is free on Kindle March 15-16, 20205!
https://www.amazon.com/CYPRESS-LAKE-T...
"The combination of the romance and suspense is solid, engaging, believable and balanced. Overall, a first-class romantic thriller with a great twist at the end that I never saw coming." -Goodreads reviewer
"The combination of the romance and suspense is solid, engaging, believable and balanced. Overall, a first-class romantic thriller with a great twist at the end that I never saw coming." -Goodreads reviewer
February 28, 2025
CYPRESS LAKE: A Romance Thriller is free on Kindle 3-1 to 3-2-25!
https://www.amazon.com/CYPRESS-LAKE-T...
Alexa Smith has left her small-town Florida roots behind for a glamorous life as a flight attendant. However, her upcoming high school reunion is dredging up more than a little heartache. Alexa's one true love is still in Cypress Lake--with his wife and daughter.
As Alexa confronts her feelings for Rick Young, she finds herself tossed into a tangled web of mystery and murder that has its roots in decades-old resentments. Rick's wife is dead, and any one of Alexa's friends or family could be next
Alexa Smith has left her small-town Florida roots behind for a glamorous life as a flight attendant. However, her upcoming high school reunion is dredging up more than a little heartache. Alexa's one true love is still in Cypress Lake--with his wife and daughter.
As Alexa confronts her feelings for Rick Young, she finds herself tossed into a tangled web of mystery and murder that has its roots in decades-old resentments. Rick's wife is dead, and any one of Alexa's friends or family could be next
February 2, 2025
Thanks KIRKUS REVIEWS for the wonderful MIDNIGHT BEACH review!
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-re...
A quietly absorbing story of fractured family ties and deception.
Wells’ story is an impressive exercise in subtlety. It draws readers in with its depiction of a strained marriage and a mother worried that her children miss their absent father; readers, at the outset, only know as much as Leigh, who simply can’t explain the “rift” between the couple. The alternating narrative perspectives of Kristen, Garrett, and others gradually illuminate all that’s been unfolding over the previous six months. The author gleefully piles on savory thriller ingredients: snooping through emails, the appearance of threatening notes, and suppressed resentment sparking hate-fueled revenge.
Wells’ concise prose keeps the narrative moving at a steady beat—surprising turns come one after another. Most of the intersecting sub-plots wrap up convincingly; some are predictable, while others are left open, implying the directions certain relationships will go. The murder happens later in the tale than some readers may anticipate, but its impact is great and leads to an unforgettable ending.
A quietly absorbing story of fractured family ties and deception.
Wells’ story is an impressive exercise in subtlety. It draws readers in with its depiction of a strained marriage and a mother worried that her children miss their absent father; readers, at the outset, only know as much as Leigh, who simply can’t explain the “rift” between the couple. The alternating narrative perspectives of Kristen, Garrett, and others gradually illuminate all that’s been unfolding over the previous six months. The author gleefully piles on savory thriller ingredients: snooping through emails, the appearance of threatening notes, and suppressed resentment sparking hate-fueled revenge.
Wells’ concise prose keeps the narrative moving at a steady beat—surprising turns come one after another. Most of the intersecting sub-plots wrap up convincingly; some are predictable, while others are left open, implying the directions certain relationships will go. The murder happens later in the tale than some readers may anticipate, but its impact is great and leads to an unforgettable ending.
January 25, 2025
MIDNIGHT BEACH is free on Kindle today, January 25, 2025!
https://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Beach...
A family betrayal has brutal consequences in this sexy romantic suspense novel.
A family betrayal has brutal consequences in this sexy romantic suspense novel.
January 18, 2025
DEAD LOVE is free on Kindle January 18 and 19, 2025!
https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Love-Lind...
"Wells delivers a debut thriller about a terrorist attack, the people determined to stop it and the woman at the heart of it all.
A tightly plotted, satisfying mystery-thriller." -Kirkus Reviews
"Wells delivers a debut thriller about a terrorist attack, the people determined to stop it and the woman at the heart of it all.
A tightly plotted, satisfying mystery-thriller." -Kirkus Reviews
January 4, 2025
MIDNIGHT BEACH: A Romance Thriller is free on Kindle 1-4 and 1-5-25!
https://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Beach...
Forty-two-year-old Leigh Prentiss has everything she wants in life: beautiful children, a successful career, and a thriving marriage to her attorney husband, Garrett. But recently he's been distant, and when he abruptly abandons the family vacation to their luxurious beach house in Midnight Beach, Florida, Leigh takes it personally. After her recently divorced younger sister, Kristen, joins the trip, she does little to ease her sister's mind.
As lies pile up higher than the sand castles, Leigh finds comfort in her new friendship with former marine and stockbroker Jack McDermott-even as she attempts to trust her husband. But when betrayal hits home in more ways than one, Leigh must decide if all love eventually becomes a lie. And if so, who can she ever trust again? Midnight Beach is a gripping, fast-paced romance mystery with sex, secrets, and a murder that changes everyone's chance at happily ever after.
Forty-two-year-old Leigh Prentiss has everything she wants in life: beautiful children, a successful career, and a thriving marriage to her attorney husband, Garrett. But recently he's been distant, and when he abruptly abandons the family vacation to their luxurious beach house in Midnight Beach, Florida, Leigh takes it personally. After her recently divorced younger sister, Kristen, joins the trip, she does little to ease her sister's mind.
As lies pile up higher than the sand castles, Leigh finds comfort in her new friendship with former marine and stockbroker Jack McDermott-even as she attempts to trust her husband. But when betrayal hits home in more ways than one, Leigh must decide if all love eventually becomes a lie. And if so, who can she ever trust again? Midnight Beach is a gripping, fast-paced romance mystery with sex, secrets, and a murder that changes everyone's chance at happily ever after.
December 14, 2024
DEAD LOVE is free on Kindle 12-14 to 12-15-24!
https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Love-Lind...
"A tightly plotted, satisfying mystery-thriller." -Kirkus Reviews
A captivating suspense thriller full of sharp turns and surprising twists, Linda Wells’s story is so frighteningly real it could have been pulled off the day's headlines. Her deft handling of multiple viewpoints lends breadth and emotional depth that resonates long after the cover is closed.
As chilling as it is erotic and sexy, Dead Love will draw you in from page one as its relentless pacing drives toward its shattering climax.
"A tightly plotted, satisfying mystery-thriller." -Kirkus Reviews
A captivating suspense thriller full of sharp turns and surprising twists, Linda Wells’s story is so frighteningly real it could have been pulled off the day's headlines. Her deft handling of multiple viewpoints lends breadth and emotional depth that resonates long after the cover is closed.
As chilling as it is erotic and sexy, Dead Love will draw you in from page one as its relentless pacing drives toward its shattering climax.
November 16, 2024
MIDNIGHT BEACH is free on Kindle November 16-17, 2024!
https://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Beach...
A family betrayal has brutal consequences in this sexy romantic suspense novel.
High school teacher and mother Leigh Prentiss is living her dream life with her husband, Garrett. But when he abandons the family’s trip to their luxurious Florida beach house, she suspects her marriage is struggling.
To make matters worse, her recently divorced younger sister, Kristen, joins the vacation and convinces Leigh that all men eventually cheat.
Unsure of who to trust, she befriends former marine and stockbroker, Jack, as she unravels the truth. But will it be in time to save her marriage? Or will she fall in love with someone else? When a murder rocks the entire family, all bets are off, and happily ever after will go to whomever finds their way through the lies—alive.
A family betrayal has brutal consequences in this sexy romantic suspense novel.
High school teacher and mother Leigh Prentiss is living her dream life with her husband, Garrett. But when he abandons the family’s trip to their luxurious Florida beach house, she suspects her marriage is struggling.
To make matters worse, her recently divorced younger sister, Kristen, joins the vacation and convinces Leigh that all men eventually cheat.
Unsure of who to trust, she befriends former marine and stockbroker, Jack, as she unravels the truth. But will it be in time to save her marriage? Or will she fall in love with someone else? When a murder rocks the entire family, all bets are off, and happily ever after will go to whomever finds their way through the lies—alive.
November 2, 2024
DEAD LOVE is free on Kindle today, November 2, 2024!
https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Love-Lind...
"Wells delivers a debut thriller about a biological terrorist attack, the people determined to stop it and the woman at the heart of it all.
The book is a swift read—chapters average less than four pages each—and a shocking scene near the end draws the story to a worthy denouement.
A tightly plotted, satisfying mystery-thriller." -Kirkus Reviews
"Wells delivers a debut thriller about a biological terrorist attack, the people determined to stop it and the woman at the heart of it all.
The book is a swift read—chapters average less than four pages each—and a shocking scene near the end draws the story to a worthy denouement.
A tightly plotted, satisfying mystery-thriller." -Kirkus Reviews
