Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Before We Were Strangers By Brenda Novak GIVEAWAY!





Something happened to her mother that night. Something no one wants to talk about. But she’s determined to uncover her family’s dark secrets, even if they bury her.Five-year-old Sloane McBride couldn’t sleep that night. Her parents were arguing again, their harsh words heating the cool autumn air. And then there was that other sound—the ominous thump before all went quiet.

In the morning, her mother was gone.

The official story was that she left. Her loving, devoted mother! That hadn’t sat any better at the time than it did when Sloane moved out at eighteen, anxious to leave her small Texas hometown in search of anywhere else. But not even a fresh start working as a model in New York could keep the nightmares at bay. Or her fears that the domineering father she grew up with wasn’t just difficult—he was deadly.

Now another traumatic loss forces Sloane to realize she owes it to her mother to find out the truth, even if it means returning to a small town full of secrets and lies, a jilted ex-boyfriend, and a father and brother who’d rather see her silenced. But as Sloane starts digging into the past, the question isn’t whether she can uncover what really happened that night…it’s what will remain of her family if she does?

Pick up your copy here...

https://www.amazon.com/Before-Were-Strangers-Brenda-Novak/dp/0778369943/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1547068179&sr=8-1&keywords=before+we+were+strangers+brenda+novak

Join Brenda Novak's Online Book Group on Facebook--http://www.facebook.com/groups/brendanovaksbookgroup/. They're currently reading her last release of the year, BEFORE WE WERE STRANGERS. Get an autographed copy in one of Brenda's popular Professional Reader Boxes: http://www.brendanovak.com/store/

It was a shocking experience that jump-started Brenda Novak's career as a bestselling author--she caught her day-care provider drugging her children with cough syrup to get them to sleep all day. That was when Brenda decided she needed to quit her job as a loan officer and help make a living from home.

"When I first got the idea to become a novelist, it took me five years to teach myself the craft and finish my first book," Brenda says. But she sold that book, and the rest is history. Her novels have made the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists and won many awards, including six Rita nominations, the Book Buyer's Best, the Book Seller's Best, the Silver Bullet and the National Reader's Choice Award.

Brenda and her husband, Ted, live in Sacramento and are proud parents of five children--three girls and two boys. When she's not spending time with her family or writing, Brenda is usually raising funds for diabetes research (her youngest son has this disease). So far, Brenda has raised $2.6 million!

My Thoughts...

I normally do NOT post reviews or my opinions on my blog about books that I have bought. I get so many from publishers and authors and I leave the blog for those books. But I bought this book (first time I have read this author) and I got an autographed copy from my best friend for Christmas so I ended up with two copies and I want to share the extra copy with one of you.
 You are going to devour this book in one sitting.  You will be adding this author to your must read list.
So leave a comment below make sure that you are following this blog to be entered to win my extra copy. Thanks followers!


22 comments:

  1. A new author to fall in love with. I needed a new one, reading the same stuff has been getting old. Thanks for sharing Mary.

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  2. I would love to read this. I have seen this author before but I don't read mas market books.

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    1. Nat, this one is NOT mass market. You can read it no problem. I don't read mas market either. I'm to old Ha Ha.

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  3. You are such a book worm, you always have the best books and newest books on here.

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  4. New to me author, going to be on the look out for this if I don't win.

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  5. Not an entry. I loved this one! So glad you did too! I'm a follower by the way. :)

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  6. I LOVE Brenda Novak's books. Her characters keep you engaged where you can't put her books down.

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  7. How fun that you ended up with two copies, I would love it if you would send that extra copy my way!

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  8. This sounds so intriguing! I follow you by email.
    Thank you & Blessings!

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    1. You have to follow her by clicking the blue FOLLOW button on the right side to be entered for her giveaways. I have been getting books from her for years that is they only way she will enter your name in the giveaways.

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  9. Never heard of this author, sounds good!

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  10. Never heard of this author but the book sounds intriguing! I'm a follower :-)

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  11. I’ve had this on my wishlist for awhile! Would love to win!

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  12. Mary, I am new to your blog, I just found out about it. You have some good books on here. I would love to read this one. I follow you and in fact I'm going to follow you from my boyfriends phone and both of my daughters. I will help you get 100 new followers.

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    1. Tammy, you are the WINNER! Email me your mailing address! Congrats, I am also sending you three of my favorite books along with Brenda's book! Happy Reading and thank you for following our blog!

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  13. I follow your blog, just found out about it. Enter me in this giveaway. Thanks

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  14. I follow, but You already sent Renee' a copy.

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  15. Ready to get me hands on this book. I follow of course.

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  16. If you can't put it down , then I doubt I can either! I'd love to win it!

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