Friday, October 8, 2021

Discover Final Strike by Vanessa M. Knight/GIVEAWAY

 


Discover the hot new release from author Vanessa M. Knight in Final Strike and don't forget to enter the giveaway as well. You could win from the author a $20 Amazon/BN Gift Card from the tour. The tour is sponsored by Goddess Fish Promotions and you can find all the tour stops HERE.



GENRE: Romantic Suspense


BLURB:

 

Julie Connolly thought she had perfected the art of emotional eating, but ever since she learned of her father's passing, she's taken it to new heights. The bastard has figured out how to destroy her life from the grave.

 

Her father's proposal—abandon her son Cody, so someone else can raise him, or lose her inheritance. The outrageous condition doesn’t deserve a response but the lawyer her father hired demands an answer. Before she can tell the ambulance-chaser exactly where he can shove his demands, her worst fears come alive: Cody is kidnapped. Her only hope comes from Ben Mooring, a man she hates nearly as much as her father.

 

Though Ben Mooring lost his chance with Julie years ago, she and Cody still mean the world to him. He practically raised the kid for years when he was with Julie. When Cody goes missing, Ben drops everything to search for him. He might never win a spot in Julie's life again, but he can't rest while Cody is in danger and Julie needs him.

 

Julie and Ben join forces to find Cody, but they have to work quickly. If she doesn't find him soon, she might lose her son forever.


Exclusive Excerpt:

“Ms. Connolly, I’m calling from Cody’s school.” The woman’s tone was clipped. Usually, when the nurse called her voice was sunshine and lollipops. “You didn’t call to inform us that your son would be out today.”

 

“Because he’s not out today. He’s there.”

 

“Well, Ms. Pool marked him absent.”

 

“It must be a mistake. He’s not absent. His father dropped him off this morning.” She’d watched Cody and Dale walk out the door. Cody could be persuasive—maybe he talked Dale into grabbing something to eat on the way to school. Unless the teacher just missed him. 

 

“I’ll head down to the classroom.” The woman’s tone gentled.

 

“What’s going on?” Ben asked, flanked by Allison.

 

Julie covered the phone. “Allison, call Dale. Find out where he is.”

 

Allison disappeared into her office, reappearing with her phone to her ear. She mouthed “Voicemail.”

 

This was all a mistake. Phone still glued to her ear, Julie pulled out her purse and searched for her keys. It wasn’t like she’d need to leave. Cody would be sitting in his desk, and all this would be something they’d all laugh about one day. Not today. But one day.

 

Muffled voices came across the line, and a familiar woman’s voice spoke in Julie’s ear. “Hi, Ms. Connolly, this is Ms. Pool. Cody’s not here today. One of the teachers thought she saw him earlier with a man, but he’s not here now.”

 

Dale. They saw him with Dale.

 

Julie’s knees gave way, and thankfully her chair was behind her or she would have hit the floor. Not that she cared. “Who saw him? When was this?”

 

“I can get the teacher, but we should really call the police and you should come down here.”

 

“Yes, of course.” Julie stared at her keys. It was over an hour drive to the school. An hour of not knowing.

 

“We’ll see you soon. I’m going to call the police.”

 

“Yes.” Julie ended the call. Her mind was still trying to catch up to what was happening. That’s the only excuse she had for why she wasn’t running out of the office at this very moment.

Buy Links Final Strike: 

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Final-Strike-Vanessa-M-Knight-ebook/dp/B09CFRCFWL

Apple: https://books.apple.com/us/book/x/id1582027771

Nook: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/2940164997328

Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/Search?Query=9781734420630

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1099078


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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

Who is Vanessa M. Knight?  Well, I’m an author.  Wow.  After years and years of wanting to use those words, that is fun to say.  It’s almost as fun as supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.  Did I spell that right?

 

I write contemporary romantic suspense.

 

I live in Chicagoland with my family and menagerie of four-legged friends.  In my mind, these lovely animals do everything as they should.  I’m the alpha, keeping peace and harmony amongst my humble servants.  In real life, they own me.  I’m the maid, here for their feeding pleasure.  Well, that and to clean up their messes.

 

When not catering to the needs of adorably-furry faces, I slug through the nine to five grind and head home so I can write.  Of course, that’s after I make dinner and clean the house and all the other tasks that go into family life.  So really, I work, cater to animals and my family… and then, if I don’t fall face first into bed, I write.  I love putting my characters into crazy situations and watching how they react. I hope you love reading about them. 

 

I love to hear from fans.  I can be found on Facebook at VanessaMKnight and at www.vanessamknight.com.

 

Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/VanessaMKnight

FB LINK:  https://www.facebook.com/vanessamknightauthor

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanessamknight/

Amazon Author page LINK:  http://www.amazon.com/Vanessa-M.-Knight/e/B00JZBJ3EO/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1

Website: www.VanessaMKnight.com


6 comments:

Goddess Fish Promotions said...

Thanks for hosting!

Vanessa M Knight said...

Thank you so much for having me here today. I hope you enjoy a glimpse into Julie’s story.

Rita Wray said...

Great excerpt and cover.

Bea LaRocca said...

Thank you for sharing the author's bio and book details, I love the cover, synopsis and excerpt. This sounds like an awesome read and I am looking forward to it

Sherry said...

Sounds like a good book

Anonymous said...

What draws you to write romantic suspense?

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