A TWISTED MAN (Appalachian STAR 4) by Deanndra Hall-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 12, 2023

Shattered lives and broken hearts …

BULLDOG

Resilience.

My life was ripped out from underneath me. Serving time for a crime I didn’t commit wasn’t even the worst of it. The death of my baby and the implosion of my marriage destroyed me―gutted me. But now, I’m clawing my way back out of the pit of despair and shaking off the demons to put the pieces of my life back together. Being welcomed with open arms to the Iron Oak Farms family gives me purpose, but meeting the beautiful and tenacious Tinsley changes everything for me.

TINSLEY

Resilience.

No stranger to ridicule and judgment, I’ve learned to keep my head down while working toward my goals and trying to stay afloat. It’s not easy escaping an abusive ex and being all alone, but I’m doing the best I can. After encountering Bulldog, my world shifts. Suddenly, I can see a future―something to look forward to. But when danger threatens to destroy that hope for something new, Bulldog may not be the fighter I thought he was. Through all the twists and turns, can he finally “man up” and show me a future I deserve?

Come to the hills and hollers of eastern Kentucky and get acquainted with eight of the most determined men you’ll ever meet in the Appalachian STAR series.

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REVIEW:A TWISTED MAN is the fourth instalment in Deanndra Hall’s contemporary, adult APPALACHIAN STAR erotic , romantic suspense set in the multi-authored Special Forces: Operation Alpha series with characters first introduced in author Susan Stoker’s series. This is thirty-nine year Kevin ‘Bulldog’ Wade, and hairdresser Tinsley Hancock’s story line. A TWISTED MAN can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. BULLDOG’S story has been building throughout the series.

SOME BACKGROUND: Appalachian STAR is a search and rescue operation set in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, an operation that hires former inmates form the US prison system.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Kevin and Tinsley) A TWISTED MAN follows the building but tempestuous relationship between Kevin and Tinsley. Kevin ‘Bulldog’ Wade served eight years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Upon his release Kevin was angry, obnoxious, obstinate and humiliated, so much so, that he directed his anger at everyone else including our story line heroine. Tinsley Hancock did not deserve the vitriol thrown at her by Kevin Wade, but our hero has struggled in the wake of losing everything and everyone he has loved. Making apologies and accepting his fate is only the beginning for Kevin; working for Appalachian STAR is another start but the past is about to resurface, taking aim at the woman with whom he is falling in love. What ensues is the building relationship between Kevin and Tinsley, and the potential fall-out as past demands everything, leaving our heroine unprotected from the sins of Kevin’s past.

The world building continues to focus on the men and women at Appalachian STAR. The man in charge, Patrick ‘Patch’ Scott is about to face a loss he never expected, and in doing so, bring home the family he thought he would never see again. As Kevin works at becoming a new man, the past refuses to let go, sending Kevin into a spiral from which he may never come home.

The relationship between Kevin and Tinsley begins acrimoniously. Kevin is emotionally aggressive towards our story line heroine but Tinsley refuses to back from the man with whom she will fall in love. Several attempts at reconciliation and apologies pull our couple together, a pull that is threatened, once again, by demons from the past. The $ex scenes are provocative and passionate but I dislike the use of a certain four-letter word, although only used once, more for shock than value.

The secondary and supporting characters are colorful and energetic. We are reintroduced to all the previous story line couples, as well as the return of Governor Ted and his wife Evie., who have a surprise for Patch and Penny. We are introduced to Patch’s daughter Fiona, and fellow search and rescue assistant Reboot. Reboot’s story is next.

A TWISTED MAN is a story of betrayal, loss, grief and madness; greed and obsession, anger and humiliation, acceptance, forgiveness and love. The premise is haunting, exciting and twisted; the romance is emotional and heart breaking; the characters are broken, determined and healing.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
A Desperate Man
A Bitter Man
A Broken Man

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Reviewed by Sandy

Deanndra Hall is a working author living in the far western end of the beautiful Bluegrass State with her husband of over 35 years and small menagerie of weird little dogs. When she’s not writing, she’s editing. When she’s doing neither of those two things, she’s having dinner with friends, spending time with family, kayaking, eating chocolate, drinking beer or moonshine, or looking for something that she put in the wrong place and can’t seem to find (which is pretty much everything she owns).

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