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Monday Book Review: Lovers Lame

Lovers Lame by Robert Rudney I am going to be doing an interview with this author. Now that I’ve finished the book I need to ask him the questions! So stay tuned for that in the future. Review… Summary: Dave is born with a disability that affects his ability to use his left side, particularly his arm. He isn’t used to thinking of himself as disabled, however. He focuses on what he can do and doesn’t see himself as part of this “disabled” group. Then he loses his job and ends up helping out at a group called Abilities, which is focused on trying to encourage employers to give people with disabilities a chance. There Dave meets Jessica and falls hard for her. {I’m not sure how I feel about the title. On the one hand...

Friday Excerpt: Stuck in the Middle

This week’s theme for Romantic Friday Writers is really interesting! I’m going to quote directly from their page: This prompt is about the others in the romance couple’s lives during the break-up. Inlaws, best friends, siblings and other immediate family – including the kids – the parents. Anyone who has connected with the couple and is expected to choose sideswhen the relationship ends. What we want to see is how “the others” feel or is changed by the ending relationship, and what they see as the strengths/weaknesses of the couple. We want to live the romance through a second party. (This is also not a love triangle.) This section is still very much in rough draft form, but this is the novel that I’m currently polishing. Word count: 300 ###...

Monday Book Review: Cowboy Down

Cowboy Down by Vanessa Gray Bartal Review… Summary: In typical rom-com fashion, the plot set up is far fetched but fun. Layla, a foster kid just leaving the system, witnesses a murder and is sent into witness protection at a ranch with four brothers (cousins of one of the police officers). She goes from Chicago to Montana and it’s an adjustment, but she loves housekeeping for the four cowboys. She falls for Cade, who has recently been paralyzed in an accident involving a bull. While Layla and Cade fluctuate between enjoying and misunderstanding each other, the murderer is busy tracking her down to eliminate her as a witness. The tone of the book is much lighter than one might expect from a plot involving murder. The Good: There’s a lot of good!...