Walking Wounded

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Summary: walking wounded
Review: I really enjoyed this book having devoured it in a matter of hours. I found the lead characters captivating even more so when i realised it followed on from twist of fate. my only problem with this book is having to wait for the next installment, thumbs up get out there and buy it!

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Summary: Terrific story
Review: This is a great story. I read it in one sitting because I couldn't put it down. You can't help but feel for Alex as she struggles with her grief and then her doubts about whether she should let a relationship with Megan grow. My only complaint is that the book wasn't very long. A few more pages would have developed some of the events in the book better, but it hardly detracts from the read. If you haven't read her other book, Twist of Fate, you'll want to. The lead characters in that book appear in Walking Wounded. In fact, Walking Wounded seems to predate the first book a little,so reading them in reverse order of publication works fine.

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Summary: Terrific story
Review: What makes someone run from everything and everyone they know? One woman, a police officer, quits her job, sells her house, cuts herself off from friends and moves into an apartment owned by a woman who runs a bookstore. Off to an unfriendly start they nevertheless, over time, begin to form a sort of civility to each other. Can they become friends? And if so, will a tentative friendship allow them to get past the hurdles they each face? In trying to help her reenter life as she knew it, will one woman's well-meaning friends push her too far? Can a newfound friendship give each woman back the ability to love?

The second in a series of books about a group of friends, the first being "Twist of Fate", the writer continues to display considerable talent in weaving together an incredible story of friendship, courage, and the nearly overwhelming ability to love.

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Summary: Suspenseful! Dramatic!
Review: What makes someone run from everything and everyone they know? One woman, a police officer, quits her job, sells her house, cuts herself off from friends and moves into an apartment owned by a woman who runs a bookstore. Off to an unfriendly start they nevertheless, over time, begin to form a sort of civility to each other. Can they become friends? And if so, will a tentative friendship allow them to get past the hurdles they each face? In trying to help her reenter life as she knew it, will one woman's well-meaning friends push her too far? Can a newfound friendship give each woman back the ability to love?

The second in a series of books about a group of friends, the first being "Twist of Fate", the writer continues to display considerable talent in weaving together an incredible story of friendship, courage, and the nearly overwhelming ability to love.

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Summary: Cross-Genre Novel of Action, Police Procedure & Romance
Review: When police detective Alex Ryan's lover dies in a mysterious murder, Alex is nearly paralyzed with grief. It doesn't matter that she and her partner had been on the rocks for some time-Alex saw her die and had been involved in the catastrophe. The trauma and pain are intense. In response, Alex resigns from her detective job and leaves friends, superiors, and colleagues behind who are shocked by her total withdrawal from society.

She moves into a small apartment above a bookstore owned by Megan Cartwright who lives in the other apartment in the building located across from Alex. Little by little, the two women are drawn to one another, but the ghosts of the past intrude. Everything about Alex's lover's puzzling death is unsettling and haunting. And then another woman is killed under suspicious circumstances. Alex sets out to look into the murder and its possible connections to her lover's death. Her single-minded pursuit of the truth destroys the budding relationship with Megan. Will it destroy Alex, too?

With a balance of action scenes, police procedural, and romance, this cross-genre novel has it all. WALKING WOUNDED is an engrossing story about one woman striving to return to the land of the living after being emotionally shattered. The final denouement is exciting and intense as the threads of Alex's past and present unwind and she comes to understand that she is not soul-dead after all. But will this knowledge cost the life of someone dear to Alex? Don't miss this second installment of the "Boston Friends" series. Highly recommended.~Lori L. Lake, author of Stepping Out, Different Dress, Gun Shy, Under The Gun, and Ricochet In Time, and reviewer for Midwest Book Review, Golden Crown Literary Society's The Crown, The Independent Gay Writer, The Gay Read, and Just About Write.