Leave Yesterday Behind by Lauren Linwood-a review
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 3, 2015
Callie Chennault vaulted to fame on the nighttime soap Sumner Falls, but after a decade of playing the same role, she is ready for a new acting challenge. When Callie is attacked by a stalker on the streets of New York, she takes a leave of absence from the show and returns to her roots in Aurora, Louisiana, to heal both physically and emotionally and determine her next career move.
Former professional baseball pitcher Nick La Chappelle has also come to Aurora to lick his own wounds after a messy divorce. A Cy Young winner and one-time ESPN broadcaster, Nick longs for the quiet of a small town in order to write murder mysteries under a pen name.
Sparks fly when Callie believes Nick is taking advantage of her great-aunt’s hospitality, but they resolve their differences—and surprise themselves by falling in love. Their bond is tested when both Nick and Callie become the focus of a serial killer nicknamed Lipstick Larry. Can they outwit a murderer bent on seeing them dead and survive to build a lasting relationship?
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REVIEW: Leave Yesterday Behind is Lauren Linwood’s new crime and romance thriller. I do mean thriller. It’s well plotted with myriad twists and surprises. It’s incredible terror, murder, personal issues and romance all rolled into one exciting package.
The story revolves around Callie Chennualt, who plays Jessica on a soap called Summer Falls. The other main character is Nick La Chappelle, former baseball star turned best-selling writer of crime novels.
I’m leaving a lot out…I think you’ll need to discover this wonderful story for yourself and I hate spoilers. The two had met as teenagers, but life took them on different paths. Now they come back home and find each other again, both damaged and healing. Then the terror begins again as they find the stalker they arrested for assaulting Callie isn’t the serial killer, he’s still out there and he’s coming back.
Okay, no more spoilers. This is a marvelous fast paced, but twisty story. It’s exciting, sexy, romantic, terrorizing….and so much more.
If you love thrillers and mysteries with sizzling romance thrown in…this is your next read! I thoroughly enjoyed the story and found it very hard to put down! So yourself a solid and pick this up and give it a read, you’ll be glad you did!
Enjoy everyone, I truly did!
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Reviewed by Georgianna
Very nice review Georgie. Congratulations to Lauren on the new release.
Thanks, this is a really excellent read.
Glad you enjoyed this one, Georgie! I had fun trying something very new as a writer.
Thanks, Sandy! I’m excited to be stepping out of my usual historical romance novels & trying something different.
Great review, Georgianna. Looks very good.
Thanks, Barb! I hope you’ll give Nick & Callie’s story a try.
Wonderful review Georgianna. Sounds like an intriguing story !
I had fun plotting & writing this one, Sassy! It was different for me to write a contemporary after 6 historical romance!
Another wonderful sounding storyline. Thanks Georgianna
Congratulations Lauren on the new release. How does it feel to write out of your ‘comfort zone’?
It was really fun! Although I crave writing my medieval & western historicals, I loved challenging myself to step out of the box. I’ve already sold another romantic suspense to my editor and just finished writing a 3rd! But never fear–a new medieval comes out in November.
Thanks for the review. Sounds great!
Appreciate your kind words, Alicia! It’s a fun read. Hope you enjoy it.
wonderful review. sounds like an exciting romance suspense.
Thank you, Mari. I enjoy reading romantic suspense, so writing one was the next step in my writing journey!
Terrific review, Georgianna. Sounds like a great storyline.
I loved making Nick a writer, Amy. I was able to use some of my own writing experience as he talked to Callie about writing. That was fun to sneak into the storyline!
Looks wonderful, thanks Georgianna. Congrats to Lauren on the new release.
Is this part of a series???
Alexis – It’s not a series. No loose ends or people who’d need to couple up! I have a secondary romance within it with Callie’s nurse/friend and Nick’s cousin, so all live HEA in the same book.
Very nice review Georgianna. Congrats to Lauren on the new release !
Thanks, EF! I enjoyed trying something new and getting inside the head of a killer. Whoops – maybe I shouldn’t have admitted that!