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Justice for Liella by Deanndra Hall-Review Tour

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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.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of SHELTER FOR TANNA

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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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Shelter for Tanna by Deanndra Hall-Review Tour

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Shelter for Tanna (Police and Fire: Operation Alpha) by Deanndra Hall-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 6, 2020

Everyone else might give up, but he never will. Not until his last breath.

It was a simple accident cleanup, but when the tow truck driver turns to face him, firefighter Braden Nichols is lost in the greenest eyes he’s ever seen. His home is waiting for a family, and he realizes quickly that he’s found one in Tanna and her kids.

Being a tow truck driver isn’t easy for the widow. It’s only made harder by being in a man’s world, but it’s all Tanna’s found to feed her boys, teenager Daniel and eight-year-old Max, who’s special needs. The gorgeous firefighter who commits to her and her two kids is a love she never thought she’d find.

Then a simple tow from the side of the interstate puts her in the crosshairs of the wrong people. When the threats start, she keeps it all from Braden. He’s been too good to her and the kids, and he doesn’t deserve to be dragged into her problems.

But suddenly, she’s gone, and Braden’s world rapidly unravels. Knowing his lack of legal ties to the boys may mean he’ll never see them again, he knows he has to find their mother. They suffered enough when they lost their dad, and losing Tanna isn’t an option.

To Braden’s heart, it’s unthinkable. Unbearable. And unacceptable.

Just when they think their big break has come, the trail goes cold. The rain pours, the thunder rolls, and Braden’s heart breaks. He’s out of options and running out of time, and he fears the worst. But as dark as the night is, there’s something darker.

And it just might be their salvation.

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REVIEW:SHELTER FOR TANNA by Deanndra Hall is the latest instalment in the contemporary, adult, multi-authored POLICE AND FIRE: OPERATION ALPHA romance series focusing on characters first introduced in one of Susan Stoker’s fabulous series. This is thirty-seven year old firefighter Braden Nichols, and single mother / widow /tow truck operator Tanna Hilliard’s story line. SHELTER FOR TANNA can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the original series is revealed where necessary.

Told from several third person perspectives including Tanna and Braden SHELTER FOR TANNA follows the building romance and relationship between thirty-seven year old firefighter Braden Nichols, and single mother / widow /tow truck operator Tanna Hilliard. A call-out to the scene of an accident finds Braden Nichols face to face with our testy heroine, a single mother whose day was going from bad to worse. In an effort to get to know Tanna Hilliard, Braden begins a strategic seduction of our story line heroine by first getting to know her children at home but a random call to pick up an abandoned car finds Tanna the target of a drug-addled duo, two men who were desperate to locate their car and the thousands of dollars in stolen goods. What ensues is the quick building romance and relationship between Tanna and Braden, and the potential fall-out when Tanna becomes the intended victim in a game of desperation and revenge.

Braden Nichols knows Tanna Hilliard is the only woman he will ever want but Tanna is a single mother, struggling with a child with special needs, as well as a teenager who has taken on many of the responsibilities at home. Never expecting to fall in love, Tanna finds herself wanting forever with the man that is now buried deep in her heart.

The relationship between Tanna and Braden is one of immediate attraction but Tanna doesn’t have time for relationships or fun, and is hesitant to expose Braden to her family, especially her son who struggles to ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder). As a single woman, raising her children on her own, our heroine is strong and independent but life and everything it has to offer is about to catch up with our Tanna Hilliard.Braden Nichols never waivered in the face of Tanna’s family situation having been raised to be accepting of those with special needs. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters including several of Braden’s co-workers (Braden,Joe, Harley and Captain William Bartlett, and dog handler Dean); Braden’s sister Jessica, and his parents Jake and Marsha; Tanna’s sons Daniel and Max, as well as Tanna’s boss Charlie. The requisite evil has many faces.

SHELTER FOR TANNA is a story of family, friendships, relationships and love; of struggle and acceptance. The premise is promising and entertaining; the romance is seductive and hopeful; the characters are charismatic and compelling.

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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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