Accepted Fate

Accepted Fate

on sale and book two Twisting Fate just went live 7/3/14! Here's trailer for book one and book two trailer is also available!




CAN'T STOP LOVIN' YOU: LYNNETTE AUSTIN

Are you as excited as we are?
Lynnette Austin





NEAREST THING TO HEAVEN
Ty Rawlins, the widowed father of rambunctious triplets, is at odds with Sophie London when she returns to Maverick Junction at Thanksgiving for her cousin Annelise Montjoy's wedding to Cash Hardeman. Chicago is home, where she runs Starlight Productions, her greeting card company. Sophie is a fish out of water in Texas. The cows freak her out. The long-horned steers are nightmare material. But Ty's triplets, one of whom spilled cherry soda on her white silk lap at Cash's barbecue, are enough to make her run all the way back to Illinois in her Jimmy Choos. What will it take for Ty to convince Sophie that Maverick Junction is where she belongs, right beside him and his boys?




CAN'T STOP LOVIN' YOU                       LYNNETTE AUSTIN
Posted:  Feb. 11, 2014

Can't Stop Lovin' You by Lynnette AustinShe's the only dream he wants . . . Hometown girl Maggie Sullivan can't wait to get out of Maverick Junction. Designing the wedding gown of the year for her friend-and America's Favorite Heiress-is the break Maggie's been waiting for. But her lifelong dream takes an unexpected turn when she runs into her high school sweetheart-now the town's hotter-than-hot veterinarian. Brawley Odell, country right down to the tips of his cowboy boots, has returned to take over the local animal doctor's practice. But the real reason he's in town is that he's never stopped thinking about the fiery green-eyed beauty who once captured his heart . . .

MY REVIEW:
   Brawley Odell thought he was giving her the world but all he was giving her was a lifetime of hurt, by cutting her loose her senior.  You see Maggie Sullivan and he were boyfriend and girlfriend since Jr. High.  He, Cash and Maggie were also grade school friends so she was always there and he thought she always would be.  But he thought wrong.
     Then came time for him to leave for college and she was a senior in high school. They knew they could make it work him coming home on weekends.  He came home to her one weekend and holidays for as long as he could until this one weekend when he called and said he would come on a Friday night instead.  She prepared and when he got there he didn’t even come in.  At the door he broke up with her, telling her that it was for the best and that his mind was made up.  No amount of talking was going to change his mind and no questions asked his way and no other way about.  Done and over.
     Maggie was a basket case.  Her parents were gone for three days thank goodness so she was able to just cry her eyes out that day.  Cash came over to help her cry it out and get her to eat.  Brawley of all people called her.  She was devastated to say the least.  She cried her tears, hardened her heart, and opened her clothing & design store.  She never went on to design school but she never gave up her dreams of going to New York City.  Brawley on the other hand went on to Dallas after college worked as a Vet for the rich and pampered.  Then comes home once Doc retires and a Vet is need back home.  He didn’t want to push his mentor out.  Plus he really wanted to try and win Maggie back he missed her.
     At this point my thought was really dude?  You dump this chick, you don’t give her a reason, and you don’t come back after college not even after a reasonable amount of time for her to have finished college.  She sees and knows you dated a Dallas cheerleader and such.  You think you can just swoop in?  I don’t think so, I was partly right, Maggie was no push over.  When Cash’s wife Annie wears one of her beautiful dresses she created she was able to begin her dreams of going to New York just a month after Brawley got home.        I really enjoyed this book and highly recommend it.  The sexual tension, the bantering, friendships, the family saga and country spirit make so worth the read.  But the emotional conflict between Maggie and Brawley and the secret that is between them and once they have to face it on top of the death of a good friend is just heart wrenching.  My only regret is that there was not prologue that was there with all the characters telling you who was who so that people like me who was new to the series knew what was happening with references were made at certain points.

5 stars for sure.  Provided by netgalley.

Gallery: My Baby is Leaving the Nest to go to Australia & it's causing Anxiety Big Time...

Posted:  July 5, 2014




Hi All,
I have to tell you it all became real that my 13 year old baby girl was going to be leaving home for a 20 day trip to Australia tomorrow on Thursday.  We started to really pack her and weigh the luggage and go down the check list to make sure it was all there.  One by one we went down the list. 
Check medication, check tooth brush, check bathing suit, check blankie, wait what?  Blankies going after all?  Okay, this is real, she is really going to be getting on that plane, going on a plane OMG!!! She has never ever been on a plane in her whole entire life.  Not to mention she is scared of heights. What if, oh no! what if, what if, she will be fine.  In my head I know that but my heart is missing her already.  She has really only been gone from us twice for more than a week once to my sister-in-laws and once to Camp Keep, which is with her class in 6th grade.  The rest have been over nighters here in town.
This is my baby that is scared of heights and this is an adventure trip with People to People.  I trust the Leaders that she is going with and all for the leader has taken my girlfriends daughter two summers in a row to different countries but it is just my baby.  LOL :) 
 
She will be snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef, learning to surf, doing a service project with marine biologist that work with dolphins, zip lining, repelling, going to the Outback, stay on a farm, Sydney Opera House, Staying with a host family for 2 days, and so much more. 
I know she will grow and be even more exceptional then she is now.  My heart, mind and soul will miss this miracle that God allowed us to have by his loving grace after so long.  I did so well that I up until this point that I had to share where I am today the eve before this special girl leaves.  Thanks once again for allowing me to be a mom and sharing.
Good day Mates J
Char 

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