Ever Hopeful Blurb:
Combining heart-soaring contemporary romance with heart-pounding
suspense is a trademark of New York Times
and USA Today bestselling author
Lori Ryan—and in her novel Ever Hopeful she
delivers spectacularly on both counts.
Two-months pregnant and trapped in a violent marriage, Laura Kensington
realizes that her ruthless and powerful in-laws will never let her go, even
after the strange sudden death of her abusive husband. Fleeing far away to the Texas ranch of
Cade Bishop, a strong yet tender man who believes in second chances, Laura
finds herself irresistibly drawn to Cade’s gentle passion and giving heart. But
there is no escaping the shadows of her past and soon danger re-enters her
world, pulling Laura into a deadly web of lies, betrayals, and murder. And only Cade Bishop’s quiet strength
and unwavering love can set her free.
Excerpt
Laura smiled but Cade’s comment sent her thoughts in a
completely different direction. She was suddenly painfully aware that she
wanted him to see her as a woman. How totally inappropriate was that? She was
pregnant with her dead husband’s child and running from his family. She might
be a grown woman but the fact was, she’d never been independent. She’d always
been tied to a man—first her father and then her husband. This was the time in
her life when she needed to take charge, learn to support herself, and be
independent. Yet, here she was thinking about how gorgeous the man sitting
across from her was and wondering if he liked what he saw when he looked at
her.
Cade frowned at her. “What are you thinking? You seem like
you took a little trip in your head for a minute.”
If only you knew.
Laura shook her head. She needed to figure out how she was
going to take care of her baby when it came, how she would support them both.
How she was going to get away from the Kensingtons and their powerful,
seemingly endless reach. How she’d fight them if they tracked her down and
tried to take the baby from her. The last thing she should be thinking was what
it would be like to be in Cade’s arms, to touch him and feel his mouth on her
skin....
“I was just thinking that I need to find a way to support
myself and the baby. I can’t live off you guys forever.”
“Try telling that to Mama. I think she’s planning to adopt
you,” said Cade.
Laura felt a sharp pain at his joke and had a feeling she
probably grimaced. What would it have been like to be born to May Bishop? To
have been raised in a place like this by someone who loved her? To receive the
unconditional love that a parent is supposed to have for their child?
Fairy tales…. She’d given up on things like that a long time
ago. It wasn’t useful to sit and pity herself and cry about her circumstances.
But, being so close to a family like the Bishops...made her want to go back in
time and rewrite her story. If not rewrite who she was born to, at least change
her decision to marry Patrick.
“Well, I’ll have to come up with something,” Laura said, but
in all honesty waiting tables was about the only thing she was qualified to do.
She forced a smile.
She may not have ever had a mother like May Bishop, but she’d make damn sure
her child did. Her baby would know she was loved no matter what. That nothing
could ever take her mother’s love away. If Laura was sure of one thing in her
life, she was sure of that. She would love this child with all her heart and
all that she was.
Lori Ryan
is a NY Times and USA Today bestselling author who writes contemporary romance with
a twist of suspense. She lives with an extremely understanding husband, two
wonderful children, two mostly-behaved dogs, and a lone little cat in Austin, Texas. It’s a bit of a
zoo, but she wouldn’t change a thing.
Lori published her
first novel in April of 2013 and has written three more books since then. Each
of Lori’s books have made their way to the Amazon bestseller list and she
quickly climbed the Amazon bestselling author list, as well. In November, 2013,
Lori and a group of romantic suspense authors landed on the USA Today and NY
Times bestseller lists with an anthology only eight months after the release of
Lori’s first book.
Lori loves to
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promises to do a happy dance around her office every time you write one!
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Release: January 26th
I’ll be having events and contests January 26th through February 9th
Ever Hopeful will be priced at 99 cents for the first two weeks!
Price increases to 2.99 on February 10th
Contest:
Contest for readers, authors, bloggers (open to all): I am giving away one Kindle Paperwhite (or gift card of equivalent amount if outside the US or UK) to one entrant in the two week long contest.
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