Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Finding Emma By Steena Holmes GIVEAWAY!


A mother’s near-obsessive devotion to her missing daughter threatens to destroy more than one family.
Megan is the harried but happy stay-at-home mother of three little girls living in a small town. Her life implodes when her youngest daughter, Emma, disappears on her third birthday.
Two years later, Megan is preparing to commemorate Emma’s birthday and the anniversary of her kidnapping, compelled to keep her name alive in the minds of her community and her family. Her commitment to Emma, however, borderlines on obsession as she follows the families of little girls who look like the daughter she lost.
Her obsession with finding Emma has distanced Megan from both friends and family. Her two older daughters are resentful of her relentless and fruitless search for their sister, and her husband pleads with her to accept that Emma is gone so that the family can move on with their lives.
Meanwhile, in the same small town, Jack is beginning to question his wife’s secrecy about their adored granddaughter, Emmie. As Dottie slips into dementia and becomes increasingly protective over Emmie, he can’t help but wonder if there could be a dark secret that Dottie is keeping from him.
Jack and Megan’s worlds finally intersect at the town carnival, when Megan snaps a photograph of a little girl on her grandfather’s shoulders.

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Growing up as a small town Canadian girl, there wasn't much to do but ride your bike, hang out with friends on the beach and daydream. I always wanted to write but never dreamed it was something I could do as a career. I love to travel and fell in love with the sheep covered hillside, old castles and romantic history of Scotland and England. I dream about waking up in Tuscany and touring small town shops in the south of France with my husband, of placing my toes in the ocean and experiencing history first hand. As a mother with three daughters, I'm learning that teaching them to pursue their dreams is a lasting legacy. I love to wake up to the Rocky Mountains, will forever enjoy the taste of coffee and chocolate and can't imagine the day when a story doesn't unfold in my heart. Living a life with passion and pursuing dreams is a life well lived.


I found some  inconsistencies in this book and it was pretty predictable most of the time. It is however this authors first book in a series so the others two books may be much better. It is a self published book so that explains the poor editing.
I was very hopeful when some readers asked me about the series. I contacted the author and asked her about the series.
She was super nice and sent me the whole series. I will let you all know what I think about the next two books in this series.
It is a very easy read. I would not say that it is a Christian fiction book, but it did not have anything bad in the book.
I was given a copy of this book by the author for my honest review.

11 comments:

  1. I will wait and see your reviews of the other books before I form an opinion about this book. Thanks Mary for the review!

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  2. Mary, I will pass on this book. Thanks for all you do for us readers. You save us money and you share great books with us. You have a great job.

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  3. Thank you for your post. Finding Emma caught my eye as that is my granddaughter's name. I wish Steena Holmes good luck in her writing endeavors.

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  4. Your reviews are excellent. Thanks for this feature. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

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  5. Don't know. Will form an opinion later. Sounds good.

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  6. I would love to read it !! Blessings ,DanaGirl

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  7. Portions of this storyline sound very familiar. Thanks for your honest review, Mary!

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  8. Thanks mary for your review. Maybe she will learn more about to improve her story. These disappearing stories I hear about happening so much, makes me fear when I hear of a missing child and I pray they will be found safe. I would love to read this book, so please enter my name. Maxie mac262(at)me(dot)com

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  9. Hmmm....when I first started to read what this books was about my thoughts were this sounds like a great book. Thank you for your honest review of it Mary. I would still be interested in reading it.

    Blessings!
    Judy B

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    1. Judy, you are the WINNER! I will send your book out to you!

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  10. Thanks Mary!

    Blessings!
    Judy B

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