I was so happy to receive this review from Book Viral:
Type - A workaholic Beth Turner sure has her hands full: An eighty-hours-a-week real estate career ... "The Yesteryear," an unfinished inn left to her by her dad ... a loan-shark waiting to snatch away the extremely valuable property if Beth misses the almost impossible completion deadline ... and now: Sean Campbell. Brilliant. Charming. A carpenter of legendary renown, he has no trouble convincing Beth that he's the man for the job ... except for the irritating fact that he is quite possibly the slowest-moving human on the face of the earth. Now add in some sultry summer heat, lust, and romance to mess things up and slow things down. Top it all off with a string of sabotage, courtesy of the murderous loan-shark, for which Beth blames Sean, and there goes the romance. And, barring miracles, there goes The Yesteryear.
Romance, mystery and more than a little menace make for a heady concoction in My Pace Or Yours, the fabulous debut novel from author Maggie Maloney. One of those delightfully unpretentious tales that proffers a tantalizing maelstrom of frenetic fiction, Maloney strikes an affable balance between suspense, tension and levity with a host of disparate characters that are altogether engaging. Her plot is well considered and confidently woven, rarely lingering in the detail, but when it does Maloney brings an emotive resonance to her tale that is both uncommon and beguiling. Yes, her novel might fundamentally be labelled ‘chick lit’ but that would be a tad disingenuous, for her style of writing certainly begets much wider appeal.
A confident and undeniably accomplished debut, My Pace Or Yours definitely provides for timely escapism whilst being sure to build an enthusiastic following for author Maggie Maloney. It is strongly recommended.
That one sure made my day! And I am grateful as well to the thousands who have read MY PACE. Your support has been astounding and has more than convinced me that it should, indeed, have a sequel ... or perhaps more than one! I plan to start that project in about a week or so! Stay tuned!
Until next time,
Maggie
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