Something Lost

 

Something Lost

by Bernadette Marie

 

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GENRE: Contemporary Romance

 

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BLURB:

 

Saying goodbye is sometimes the beginning.

 

Craig Turner was Coach Diaz’s star player, back in the day. He was held in high regard, until he broke the rules and dated the coach’s daughter. Young and stupid, his affection for her lasted until graduation, and then it was time to face the real world--but his love for her would never leave him.

 

Rachel Diaz became who her father wanted her to be, a well educated, well traveled, successful woman, but she holds a well full of secrets from the outside world. As a high school therapist, she uses her past traumas to help others overcome their own.

 

When the Fabulous Five arrive at Coach Diaz’s funeral, to pay their respects, a rekindling happens between them all—and between Craig and Rachel.

 

Is Rachel woman enough to face her demons and is Craig man enough to accept them? Or will their encounter be as brief as the affair they had a decade ago, behind her father’s back?

 

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EXCERPT:

 

"Dr. Olivia Chasen,” Santa’s jolly baritone popped her mental fuzzy bubble. 

 

She stopped as she struggled to whirl around. “Me?” She touched her chest with a dramatic flourish she didn’t know she possessed. 

 

A powerful spotlight illuminated her; its heat burned her already flushed face. 

 

She pressed a clammy palm to her chest. “How do you know my name?” The haze in her mind was paralyzing all cognitive function. 

 

“My dear girl,” Santa chuckled, “you should know by now that Santa knows everything and everyone,” he tapped an index finger to his temple. 

 

Santa Claus turned to address the waiting line. “Girls, Boys, Moms, Dads, everyone, if you don't mind waiting for a brief moment, I'd like for Olivia,” he pointed a white gloved finger at her, “to please come up here on stage, and tell me what she wants for Christmas.” 

            

She stood dumbfounded as the audience and the people in line clapped and chanted her name, “Olivia! Olivia! Olivia!” 

            

Oh no! What was she going to do? She couldn’t possibly go up onto that stage. She was far too shy to address a theater full of people. 

            

But if she didn’t go that would be so unexciting and so like the old Olivia. 

            

But she wasn't unexciting! She was the new Olivia, and she was exciting! And she wanted to have fun! Correction: She was determined to have fun. Besides, she’d never see these people—her fellow passengers—ever again.

 

A Word With the Author

1.Did you always want to be an author? 

I actually wanted to be an actress (when I was 13.) I was in the mindset that someone walking down the street would just want me in a movie. (I live in Colorado, so this isn’t something that just happens.) In 8^th grade, I became obsessed with Mini-Series that brought books to my TV. I decided that writing a book that was eventually turned into a mini-series was going to be my in to being in movies. In the end, I fell in love with the process of storytelling, and writing books.

2.Tell us about the publication of your first book. 

My first book was published in 2010 by a small press as their first publication. It was an unfortunate experience that led to amazing things. When I decided the publishing house was not the right fit, for SO many reasons, I decided to open my own publishing house to publish under. The editor who was assigned to me came with me as well. The following 11 years have been amazing. I have published 45 of my own books and over 170 books by 70 different authors. But getting that first book in the hands of readers was AMAZING! You never get that same feeling again, but you never lose the thrill.

3.Besides yourself, who is your favorite author in the genre you write in? 

I’ve recently started to read Marie Force. I’ve always enjoyed a good Nora Roberts romance as well.

4.What's the best part of being an author? 

The worst? The best part of being an author is creating. I love building families people want to be part of. The worst part is the let down when you’re done with a project and you have to do all the back door stuff, but all you want to do is keep creating.

5.What are you working on now?I am finishing a Christmas title before I write the last book in the Funerals and Weddings series. 

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

Bestselling Author Bernadette Marie is known for building families readers want to be part of. Her series The Keller Family has graced bestseller charts since its release in 2011. Since then she has authored and published over thirty-five books. The married mother of five sons promises romances with a Happily Ever After always…and says she can write it because she lives it.

 

Obsessed with the art of writing and the business of publishing, chronic entrepreneur Bernadette Marie established her own publishing house, 5 Prince Publishing, in 2011 to bring her own work to market as well as offer an opportunity for fresh voices in fiction to find a home as well.

 

When not immersed in the writing/publishing world, Bernadette Marie and her husband are shuffling their five hockey playing boys around town to practices and games as well as running their family business. She is a lover of a good stout craft beer and might have an unhealthy addiction to chocolate.

 

 

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SOCIAL MEDIA/CONTACT

 

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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION 

 

Bernadette Marie will be awarding a $25 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.

 

 

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