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Welcome to Maureen’s Books Wednesday’s
Favorites. In the
Wednesday’s Favorites post I will talk about a book I loved and that I
think
deserves a little more attention. I read popular books, but also many
books
that aren’t so popular (yet). In this post all sorts of books from all
sorts of
genre’s will have a chance to shine. Today’s Wednesday’s Favorites is
‘The Find’ by Gregg Bell, a book I read in April 2014.
The Book:
Looking for love is the last thing on single mother Phoebe Jackson’s mind.
She’s desperate to find a way to make enough money to help her sick child and
will do anything to save her. Finding an
Unbeknownst to her, the watch belongs to the mobster Michael
“Fingertips” Contini. Within days Contini discovers she took the
watch and confronts her, and soon Phoebe’s lured into his world of wealth and
power, and finds much much more than she was looking for…
Former cop Brent Greer, Phoebe’s ex-husband’s best friend, knows Contini’s
history all too well and knows that Phoebe is blind to how much danger she’s
really in. Her problems may be none of his business, but he can’t stand by and
watch her fall in deeper. Extricating her from the vicious gangster is harder
every day she spends with him—yet if Brent can’t convince Phoebe to get out, a
deadly end can’t be far off.
expensive bejeweled watch is just the
lucky break she needs, and her need to save her child overwhelms her ethics and
she decides to take it.
The Facts:
Publication Date:
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June 18th 2013
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Series:
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Genre:
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Suspense
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Pages:
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309
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Formats:
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eBook
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Available at:
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Average Goodreads Rating:
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4.0
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Average Amazon Rating:
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4.1
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Praise for ‘The Find’:
will get your attention and keep it. For those of you who enjoy action, this
book has plenty.
predictability in it but also a thrilling mystery because you really couldn’t
pinpoint who the bad guy was for the first half of the book. All in all, I
really enjoyed this fantastic read!
night I just had to find out how this book would end so I read till late at
night, just to finish this book. That is definitely something ‘The Find’ will
make you do. Gregg Bell’s writing pulls you in and you just have to finish it.
About the Author:
swimming pool. It was in Miami Beach at
the Chateau motel. The guy was a pool
hand and he was wrestling (playfully, for the most part)with us kids. Then he
said, “I’m going to show you a good hold” and he got me in a headlock
and took me under. It was a good hold all right. He held me there and held me
there and held me there. I struggled but this was a powerful man. There was
nothing to do. I would either die or I wouldn’t.
That experience gave me an appreciation for life’s
tenuousness. If you think about it, we’re only alive as far as our next breath
will take us.
you and me with their heads underwater. (Figuratively speaking of course.)
Characters under so much duress their brains are about to burst. They’re at the
end of it all. No way out of this one. But I also write with a sense of humor.
(You have to have a sense of humor, right?)
I was born in 1956 in Chicago. A lifelong Illinois
guy. Married once. Divorced. No kids. No pets. Passionate about things: people,
classical music, golf. And I always seem to be on the side of the underdog.’ –
Gregg Bell
For more information about ‘The Find’ by Gregg Bell
you can go to Goodreads and Amazon or visit his website. You can also find Gregg on Twitter , Facebook and on his blog.
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Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always! Facebook | Instagram
Thanks Maureen. For your readers who liked THE FIND, please pass along this link for a free copy of my suspense novel MAN OF GOD.
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You're welcome Gregg!
Love books that are so exciting that you read them far too late at night! Sounds good Maureen.
Those books are definitely the ones you will remember for a long time. Thanks for visiting Trish 😉
Ooo, this sounds like something I would devour Maureen!
It was definitely a great read Kimberly! 😀