About
Angelina Rose:
Angelina
Rose has wanted to write ever since she could hold a pencil. The
first daughter of immigrant parents, Angelina had her head buried in
books, lost in a world of heroes, heroines and exotic places.
It
was a shocking experience that jump-started Angelina's author
career.
"I awoke in the ICU... I had been unconscious for
several days," Angelina says.
In 2010, Angelina had a
long stint in hospital following her involvement in a motor vehicle
accident: the longest time off work (as a Registered Nurse), she'd
ever had in her life!
It was then she took up pen and paper
and started to write again, just as she had done when she was a
child. She wrote four short fiction stories for young adults, entered
them in several competitions, and managed to win three first
prizes!
After happily dipping her toes into writing those
short fiction stories for young adults, Angelina has now authored
four books in a new "Mill Creek Crossing Romance" series...
contemporary romance intended for adults.
The "Starting
Over Series" is another contemporary romance series she wrote
about a subject she knows well... nurses and their love life. At a
recent reunion of her graduating class, she could not help but notice
how the same girls would group together and laugh, chat, and even
shed some tears over their lives since graduating. Many of the girls
had divorced... so Angelina thought "what if a group of the
nurses came up with a plan to meet in two years and have a new love
story to share?" Then the first story in the series was
born.
There is always a story running around in her head. A
man with thick dark hair, gray-blue eyes, with an engaging smile and
a quick wit... or a girl crying over a broken relationship. She finds
herself talking to these characters during her day: when she's doing
dishes, or bathing babies at the hospital. These characters crop up
on days at the beach or on walks through the neighborhood. This is
how the stories start to grow.
Angelina's mother was an author, so
Angelina grew up with a love of words and stories. If she wasn't
writing a short story about something that took her fancy, her head
was buried in books... reading, reading, reading, as her brother
constantly told her...
When she's not spending time with her
goodlooking man, or quality time with her laptop, she's working at
the hospital, hanging out with her family and friends, or walking her
two dogs around the neighborhood. Angelina spends as much time as she
can traveling, then coming home and including some of those
adventures in her stories.
Angelina really loves to hear from
her readers and she invites you to connect with her on Facebook as
she interacts daily with her readers there!
Genre: Romance
Publisher: BookBaby
Release Date:
April 26, 2013
Book Description:
After
a tragic loss five years ago, Sally Overby becomes an Attorney in
Atlanta. She convinces herself that all she'll ever need again is her
young son, David, and her life as an attorney. Until one day, Colin
Dean barges back into her life and promptly blows her safe world
apart, driving her crazy as only a guy she'd had a "school girl
crush" on can.
Although
shocked and thrilled by Colin’s attention, Sally is wary to love
deeply. Only, with every loving look Colin gives her plus every sweet
kiss, as the attraction between them sparks, she can’t help but
wonder if she’s met the one she should be with. And although Colin
didn’t realize his life was going to change so quickly, amazingly,
he isn’t the least bit interested in fighting that change. Instead,
he’s gearing up for a different fight altogether… the one for
Sally’s heart.
Will
Colin be able to convince her that's it safe to love him... and that
forever isn't really out of reach?
Romantic,
amusing, and deeply moving, Book 4 in the Mill Creek Crossing Romance
Series, is a tale that will stay with you.
The
Eyes of Love is a novella… you will be able to enjoy it in just one
day!
"Well,
if it isn't the handsome Colin Dean," she said fanning herself
and smiling. Gracie was older than he was, but he remembered her
younger sister, Eva, quite well. They'd all hung out together at
parties when they were younger, and Gracie had been a fixture at
Stella's for years even though she recently came into some
inheritance money.
"Hey,
sweetie," he said kissing her on the cheek. Women loved Colin
because he made them feel good, and he was always kind. Stephanie
hadn't been able to take that away from him.
"I'll
never wash this cheek again," she said touching her face and
smiling. "How are you, honey?" she asked with a frown.
"Hanging
in there."
"I
hate to see you so sad, Colin," she said sliding into the booth
across from him.
"I'll
be fine, Gracie."
"I
know you will, but if you ever need to talk..."
"Thank
you, but I don't. Not yet anyway. The divorce was finalized last
week."
"I'm
so sorry about Stephanie, but she was never good enough for you."
"Gracie..."
he said shaking his finger at her.
"It's
true. Ask anybody. That woman is trouble with a capital T. Always has
been," Gracie said, refusing to mince her words. She'd despised
Stephanie since she first met her.
"Glad
you're always on my side, sweetie," he said rubbing her hand and
laughing. "I sure wouldn't want you on my bad side!"
"Good
thinking. Oh, crud, I've got a customer," she said as she slid
out of the booth and headed back up to the counter.
"Dean!"
he heard a voice call from behind him. It was one of his baseball
buddies, Cal Erwin. "How are ya, man?"
"Good.
Where've you been lately?" Colin asked as Cal dropped down into
the seat.
"Well,
I went out to California to visit my brother for a few months. Played
in a band out there and gathered up lots of ladies along the way,"
he said grinning.
"Glad
you had a good time."
"Where's
Steph?" Cal asked.
"I
have no idea. We're not married anymore," Colin said as he
looked at his menu.
Cal's
mouth dropped open. "What?"
"We
divorced, Cal. She screwed Jazz and I walked in on them." Cal's
mouth dropped open yet again.
"Dude..."
"You
know, we're not sixteen anymore. You should stop saying dude,"
Colin said with a chuckle.
"I'm
sorry, man. I had no idea."
"No
biggie," he lied.
"I
can't believe Jazz..."
"Look,
can we not talk about it? It's kind of old news, and I'm really done
discussing it," Colin said pointedly.
"Sorry.
So, are you skipping the reunion then?"
"Of
course not. Why would I?
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Review:
Told from an outside point of view (omniscient) we are able to see into the minds of the characters, which is good because we might side with Sally otherwise and be wary of Colin. After suffering a horrible divorce because of finding his friend and wife sleeping together, Colin falls head over heels for Sally.
I found that Colin was a pretty predictable man who frequently hid his feelings from others and pretended things didn't bother him as much as they did (see the excerpt for an example).
This was a pretty good book. I give it a 4 out of 5 clouds.
This
product or book may have been distributed for review; this in no way affects my
opinions or reviews.
1. I didn’t know book publishing was all about sales! Not my
story, not my knowledge, not my credentials… not my anything. Having a super
marketing strategy seems to outweigh any story line you could ever dream up.
