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Welcome to the Blog Tour for Forever Free by Hope Toler Dougherty, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
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About the Book
Title: Forever Free
Series: Forever #4
Author: Hope Toler Dougherty
Publisher: Scrivenings Press
Release Date: January 29, 2024
Genre: Christian Contemporary Romance
Phoebe Sinclair combines her love of flowers and teaching to nurture a cut flower business on her grandfather’s land. She’s got her hands full growing the farm, growing her customer base, and dealing with her growing attraction to the aloof man who’s volunteered to help make her farming dream come true.
Can she focus on her main job, or will a pair of yearning eyes and a hurting heart divert her worthy goals?
Heath Daniels has resigned himself to a life of singleness as he watches his siblings couple up and set wedding dates. Tracking their happiness, however, is more difficult than he expected. A real struggle, in fact.
Feeling the old troubles creep back to tempt him—troubles from the bad time when he dropped out of college to explore less-than-noble pursuits—propels him to volunteer for manual labor that leaves him exhausted at the end of every day and out of trouble.
His additional hours of agri-business, however, lead to more struggles with an intriguing farmer. Does he have the strength to resist old temptations as well as a beautiful new one, too?
EXCERPT:
So, she knew it all. He’d never been this honest with anyone outside his family or therapy. Tremors quaked his body.
Phoebe tightened her grip on his hand. “Thank you for telling me, Heath. I don’t take this lightly, and I’ll keep it confidential.”
Nodding, he let out a pointed breath. His story was out, but safe. Gratefulness released his shoulders, eased his lungs.
“Dayna must have been a cool person for you to be interested in her.”
He stiffened. No more talk about her. He removed his hand from her touch. “Thanks for listening. Let’s get back.” He counted to ten before she released the break and turned the golf cart around. As it coasted to a stop at the shelter, his boot touched the ground for a quick getaway, but she grabbed his arm.
“Don’t you think she’d be upset knowing you feel this guilt about her? Don’t you think she’d wish you a happy life, free of panic attacks?”
Hot and cold pin pricks played havoc through his body. Fisting his hands, he flattened his mouth and spoke quietly, careful to mask the anger screaming for freedom. “Don’t think by knowing my story you have the right to share your thoughts. Or give advice.”
He pushed away from the cart, searching for something, anything to help him release the roiling emotions and the longing for a different way to assuage them.
MY REVIEW:
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A heartwarming story of learning how to let go of the past in order to live a fulfilling, joy-filled life . . .
There are many things I enjoyed about this story, but the first thing that comes to mind is how much the author's warm and welcoming writing style appeals to me. She infuses the story with wit when it is warranted, emotion when it is appropriate, and real-life tragedy and trauma when it is necessary. She doesn't back away from tough subjects such as debilitating grief, addiction, and fear.
Phoebe Sinclair is a young woman who left behind a career she loved to embark on a new venture growing flowers on her grandfather's farm. She has dreams and business goals for the new business, and readers are treated to insight into her creative mind.
Heath Daniels is suffering in a world of hurt, but is desperately searching for a purpose in life that will help him overcome his personal traumas from the past. He is intelligent, helpful, and willing to work hard. His yearning to be accepted by others was heartbreaking at times.
The author has gifted readers a beautiful story filled with honesty, faith, and many examples of God's love in action. The book is completely clean in language and content.
I received a copy of this book from the author through JustRead Publicity Tours. All of my thoughts and opinions shared here are solely my own.
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About the Author
Hope Toler Dougherty holds a Master’s degree in English and taught at East Carolina University and York Technical College. Her early novels are Irish Encounter, Mars…With Venus Rising, and Rescued Hearts. Her Forever series includes her latest, Forever Free, Forever Music, Forever Home, and the novella, "A Hatteras Surprise."
Connect with Hope by visiting hopetolerdougherty.com to follow her on social media and sign up for email updates.Tour Giveaway
(1) winner will win print copies of all 4 books in the Forever series, a $25 Amazon card, and a bookmark!
Full tour schedule linked below. The giveaway begins at midnight March 4, 2024 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on March 11, 2024. Winners will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.
Giveaway is subject to JustRead Publicity Tours Giveaway Policies.
Follow along at JustRead Tours for a full list of stops!
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I liked the excerpt, thank you.
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ReplyDeletesuch a lovely review, June! Thanks for being on the tour :)
ReplyDeleteI agree, Carrie!
DeleteThank you for sharing your review of Forever Free, it sounds like a wonderful story and I can't wait to read it myself
ReplyDeleteSo glad you love this writer's style. Always makes reading pleasure. :) Thanks for sharing your thoughts! ~Jess
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a book I’d love to read!
ReplyDeleteJune, thank you for participating in the blog tour, and your garden journal looks great!
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ReplyDeleteThis book as well as the series sound very engaging.
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