Please welcome Jana Richards and her new release,
Lies and
Solace – Book 1,
Love at Solace Lake series
Genre: Contemporary Romance, small town romance
Keywords: contemporary romance, small town romance, mystery, touch
of paranormal, murder
ISBN: Ebook ISBN 978-0-9952791-0-0
Length: Novel
Release Date: March 14, 2018
Cover Artist: Angela Waters
Series Blurb:
Love is worth the risk…
As the sisters struggle to breathe new life
into the failing lodge, old fears and questions rise to the surface even as new
love presents itself. Why did their father murder their mother? What truths did
their grandparents keep from them? The sisters must fight to keep the wounds of
the past from putting their futures, and their fledgling relationships, in
jeopardy.
Blurb for Lies and Solace:
She can’t live with one more lie. He
can’t tell the truth.
Harper Lindquist is convinced she’s found
the answer to her financial prayers. Unless she pours cash into crumbling
Solace Lake Lodge, she’ll lose her family’s legacy. Her would-be savior arrives
in the middle of a Minnesota blizzard and she’s determined to prove to her
reluctant, and trapped, financier the lodge is a sound investment. But Harper
isn’t completely honest with him. And she has no idea the lake is hiding
secrets of its own.
Ethan James is a liar, but his money is very real. He isn’t convinced a broken-down inn is a smart investment opportunity. But the more he understands Harper’s dreams and desires, the more he wants to be the man to make them come true. The trauma in both their pasts means neither can fully trust the other. They must find the courage to love, to trust, and to accept, or yesterday’s sorrows will keep them apart.
Ethan James is a liar, but his money is very real. He isn’t convinced a broken-down inn is a smart investment opportunity. But the more he understands Harper’s dreams and desires, the more he wants to be the man to make them come true. The trauma in both their pasts means neither can fully trust the other. They must find the courage to love, to trust, and to accept, or yesterday’s sorrows will keep them apart.
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Excerpt
She’d just placed the last dish on the drain board when Ethan entered the kitchen,
his hair still damp from his shower. He’d shaved with the razor she’d found for
him and was wearing his own clothes again. Once
more the elegant, well-dressed businessman. The chasm grew between them even as he stood in her kitchen. She
was stupid to believe there could ever be anything aside from business between
them.
She lifted her chin, determined not to
let her façade slip. “I’ve gathered all my estimates and drawings and put them
in a bag so you can take them with you.”
“I appreciate that.”
They walked together to the front door, and Harper lifted his beautiful overcoat from the
coat tree. It still held the scent of his after-shave,
and she had to resist the urge to raise it to her nose and breathe it
in. Instead, she held it out to him with a
forced smile. “Have a safe trip back to Minneapolis, Ethan.”
“Thanks.” He took the coat from her and
slipped it on. “I want to thank you for your hospitality.”
“It was my pleasure.”
So formal. But it was the only way she
could get through the next few minutes.
He picked up the cloth bag with all her
information on the renovation project. “Goodbye, Harper. I’ll be in touch
soon.”
“Goodbye.” She
shook his outstretched hand briefly.
He opened the front door and headed
toward his truck. Harper grabbed a sweater from the coat tree and stood in the
open doorway watching him leave, not quite able to shut the door on him despite
the biting cold.
Halfway to the truck, Ethan stopped.
For a second, he stood completely still, his
head bowed. Then he dropped the bag, turned on his heel, and walked back to
her, his steps full of purpose.
“Did you forget something?”
“Yeah.”
He pulled her into his arms, his mouth
descending on hers with an urgency that set her blood on fire. She moaned as
she molded herself against him, her arms winding around his neck, her fingers
tangling in his damp hair. He swept her mouth with his tongue, demanding a
response. She gave herself over to his kiss, loving the sweet taste of his
mouth, the clean smell of his skin, the solid feel of his body.
All too soon he broke the kiss. He
grasped her shoulders and pushed away from
her, breathing hard. She searched his face for
answers.
“I have to go,” he said. “I’ll call you
soon.”
She nodded, unable to speak. He
released her and walked back to his truck.
No longer sheltered in his arms, the bitter cold swept through her. She pulled
her sweater more securely around her shoulders.
Harper watched Ethan pull out of the
driveway, her heart racing. When she could no longer see his truck, she closed
the front door and leaned against it. The taste of him remained on her tongue
and she could still smell his clean scent. Excitement and fear danced up and
down her spine, fighting a duel inside her to decide which one ruled supreme.
Fear won. In one way or another,
everyone she’d ever cared about had left her. She couldn’t bear for Ethan to be
one more person on that list.
Bio: Jana Richards
When Jana Richards read her first romance
novel, she immediately knew two things: she had to commit the stories running
through her head to paper, and they had to end with a happily ever after. She
also knew she’d found what she was meant to do. Since then she’s never met a
romance genre she didn’t like. She writes contemporary romance, romantic
suspense, and historical romance set in World War Two, in lengths ranging from
short story to full length novel. Just for fun, she throws in generous helpings
of humor, and the occasional dash of the paranormal. Her paranormal romantic
suspense “Seeing Things” was a 2008 EPPIE finalist.
In her life away from writing, Jana is an
accountant/admin assistant, a mother to two grown daughters, and a wife to her
husband Warren. She enjoys golf, yoga, movies, concerts, travel and reading,
not necessarily in that order. She and her husband live in Winnipeg, Canada
with their Pug/Terrier cross Lou and several unnamed goldfish. She loves to
hear from readers and can be reached through her website at www.janarichards.com
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