JUSTICE FOR LIELLA (Police and Fire: Operation Alpha) by Deanndra Hall-Review tour

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About the book: Release Date November 10, 2020

All he hears is the crackling of flames. All he wants to hear is her voice.

No one knows the value of family better than Breckin McDermott. He’s sure the pretty brunette he ran into at a Landon and Jerrica’s baby shower has a great family, since her brother is his coworker, and yet she seems sad and afraid. Once he learns of her past, he really wants to get to know her better.

With her successful treatment for PTSD completed, Liella Fox needs a career. Still uncomfortable in crowds, she embarks on an unconventional livelihood that’s perfect for her. Everyone thinks her family is wonderful, but she knows most of them will be critical and judgmental, so she’ll be alone in this adventure. At least her older brother, Landon, and his wife, Jerrica, are supportive.

At Landon’s suggestion, Breckin offers to help with Liella’s business plan. The idea of being alone with him makes her anxious and she’s reluctant to accept, but after his mother tells her Breckin’s story, her fears melt. Soon all she wants is to be near him. She’s trying to forge a new life, and she wants to share it with the tall, redhaired firefighter who makes her feel safe.

That’s if she gets the chance. Before she can get a foot up in the business, a surly, bitter competitor begins to stalk and threaten her. The guy despises her a little too much, maybe even enough to get her out of the way.

Forever.

But Breckin’s a man who’s waited his whole life for a woman to love. If anyone thinks they’ll take her away from him, they’ve seriously underestimated his determination when his heart is on the line.

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REVIEW: JUSTICE FOR LIELLA by Deanndra Hall is a contemporary, adult, romance story line found in the multi-authored POLICE AND FIRE: Operation Alpha series focusing on a number of characters created by author Susan Stoker. This is forty-one year old fire fighter Breckin McDermott, and thirty-three year old, farrier Liella Fox’s story line. JUSTICE FOR LIELLA can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines and series is revealed where necessary. Several characters from Deanndra Hall’s Bluegrass Dynasty cross-over for cohesion and familiarity. Liella Fox is Landon Fox’s(Shelter for Jerrica) sister.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be some triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from several third person perspectives including Breckin and Liella JUSTICE FOR LIELLA follows thirty-three year old, Liella Fox as she comes to a decision about her life and her future. Hoping to work as a farrier (forging iron and shoeing horses) Liella Fox embarks on a thirty-six week course that places her in a great position to be successful in her job. Needing a business plan to get started, Liella gets help from her brother’s co-worker and fellow fire fighter Breckin McDermott, the man with whom Liella will fall in love. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Breckin and Liella, and the potential fall out as one of the few female farriers in the area, Liella has rankled the misogynistic attitudes of a desperate man.

Liella Fox suffers with issues of PTSD but is slowly battling her way back. Meeting Breckin McDermott gave Liella thoughts for a future, thoughts that are almost destroyed by her over protective and condescending family members who believe Liella could do so much better than the path she has chosen. Breckin McDermott knows of the horrific incidence that Liella struggles to hide but meeting Breckin’s mother puts everything into perspective for our story line heroine, letting her know she is not alone in a world that is only too willing to tear you down.

The relationship between Liella and Breckin is one of immediate attraction. Breckin was first introduced to Liella months earlier at a baby shower for his co-worker Landon and his wife Jerrica. Wanting to take their relationship to the next level, Breckin bides his time in an effort to allow Liella the ability to accept what he has to offer, allowing our heroine to take control of their growing love. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate but a little awkward.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including Liella’s brother Landon and his wife Jerrica, as well as their parents Louella and Robert, and brother Brandon; Breckin’s mother Iris and his step-father Jason; several firefighters, local farriers, farm owners and friends from Deanndra Hall’s Bluegrass Dynasty series.

JUSTICE FOR LIELLA is a story of family, friendships, relationships and love; a story of recovery and acceptance; success and over coming the odds. The premise is engaging; the romance is seductive; the characters are energetic, colorful and a little bit broken.

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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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