SYNOPSIS:
The Past…
As childhood sweethearts, Brian and Melissa's plans were simple: finish school, get married, and live happily ever after. Unfortunately, life didn’t go as planned. Melissa went away to college, and Brian married her best friend.
The Present…
Seventeen years have passed and Brian's stable family life has come crashing down around him. His wife’s a cheater, his teenage daughter is hiding things from him and Melissa is back in town to remind him of what he lost all those years ago.
Melissa's returned home, ready to forgive and focus on her future, but that all changes the day she gets a desperate phone call from Brian’s daughter, Erin. Thrown back into Brian’s tumultuous life, Melissa struggles to move beyond the pain of his broken promise.
The Future…
While working together to save Erin from the evil web she’s caught in, Melissa and Brian fight to fix the past or face losing each other all over again.
As childhood sweethearts, Brian and Melissa's plans were simple: finish school, get married, and live happily ever after. Unfortunately, life didn’t go as planned. Melissa went away to college, and Brian married her best friend.
The Present…
Seventeen years have passed and Brian's stable family life has come crashing down around him. His wife’s a cheater, his teenage daughter is hiding things from him and Melissa is back in town to remind him of what he lost all those years ago.
Melissa's returned home, ready to forgive and focus on her future, but that all changes the day she gets a desperate phone call from Brian’s daughter, Erin. Thrown back into Brian’s tumultuous life, Melissa struggles to move beyond the pain of his broken promise.
The Future…
While working together to save Erin from the evil web she’s caught in, Melissa and Brian fight to fix the past or face losing each other all over again.
REVIEW:
FIVE STARS
Broken Embrace, book
three of the Embrace Series, held my attention from the first page. It follows
characters from book two, Brian and Melissa, on their journey for a second
chance at love, weaving suspense, romance and betrayal into their journey.
Brian and Melissa wore
promise rings sealing their love in high school. Melissa leaves for college and
shortly after that hears from her twin sister Ali that Brian has married one of
her best friends Julie. Devastated and with no explanation from Brian, Melissa
spends the next 17 years away from her family trying to recover.
Melissa finally trusts
her heart to another man, Chase, and moves home to be with her twin sister in a time of turmoil. At home again she reunites with her old high school
friends Julie and Brian. Melissa vows to mend the damaged relationship
with Julie and get to know her children Cody and Erin, but she keeps her distance from the
one love of her life who broke her heart, Brian.
Then the roller-coaster
ride begins. Brian finds his world turned upside down by the betrayal of his wife and the dangerous secrets kept by his daughter Erin.
Melissa is brought into
the family chaos by Erin who turns to her instead of her dad for help when her reputation
and her family are threatened. Melissa steps forward to help Brian regain his
balance and rebuild his life with his two children at the potential cost of damaging her own
relationship with her fiancé.
Melissa realizes she
wants to be a part of this shattered family but doesn’t know if she trust Brian
to keep her heart safe a second time.
Dana Mason takes us on a
turbulent ride with this love story complete with suspense, broken promises, deceit, and
forgiveness. Her fast paced writing kept me turning the pages well past my
bedtime. I appreciate Dana's ability to show each character making choices that impacted
the outcome of the story and ultimately helped them heal and grow. Hard lessons are learned through
some pretty violent situations affecting all the characters. A must read, along
with the first two books of the series Dangerous Embrace and Precious Embrace.
Will there be a book #4? How about Matty and Erin? I hope so!!
AUTHOR
BIO:
Dana Mason is happily settled in a
small valley amongst the California grapevines with her husband and three
children. Author of the romantic suspense, Embrace Series, she's written about
a group of friends from Northern California who learn just how short life can
be when you don't hold on to what's important. Second chances don't come
easy...but sometimes love is worth the risk.When not writing, Dana specializes in professional development and training. She's also a board member on the local Art's Council and does what she can to support the art community.
Dana Mason Media Links:
@danamason06
PURCHASE LINKS:
Dangerous Embrace
(Book #1)
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1oVyCyU
Barnes&Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dangerous-embrace-dana-mason/1113029974?ean=2940015543834
Precious Embrace
(Book #2)
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1kXkvZg
Barnes&Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/precious-embrace-dana-mason/1115958930?ean=2940148345701
Broken Embrace (Book
#3)
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1l0Y40W
Wowza! That sounds like an awesome story.
ReplyDeleteIt IS an awesome story!!
ReplyDeleteThis definitely goes on my TO READ list!! Thank you, Linda, for the tip.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for joining the tour, Linda, and for the awesome review!
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