Heartbeat: A Courageous Love Novel
Heartbeat: A Courageous Love Novel
Heartbeat: A Courageous Love Novel
Description
Description
The first book in the Courageous Love Series is a deeply emotional story of love in extraordinary circumstances, developing the courage to be vulnerable after devastating life events, and the ruthlessness of one man's obsession.
Maya Anderson only knows success: set a goal, create a plan, achieve. Everything she can control she does, down to her color-coordinated closet. Then someone tried to kill her.
Now, she has a new goal: stay alive.
New town. New identity. No men. A decent, three-step plan to give her a fighting chance, until a run-in with a local detective with haunted green eyes leaves her vulnerable in more ways than one.
Mike Sheppard left his hometown in the Colorado mountains a bruised, broken kid vowing never to return. Yet here he is 20 years later, paying dues for the dead. He's built a life protecting the vulnerable, and as the town's newest detective, he's determined to restore trust and honor to a department recovering from decades of corruption.
Truth. Transparency. Dedication to the law. A decent, three-step plan to give him and the town a fighting chance, until a run-in with a suspected drunk driver with the devil on her heels leaves him wanting more.
Neither is ready for this, but is anyone ever ready for the kind of love that stops your heart?
Spicy scenes, laugh-out-loud moments, suspense, danger, and epic love make this romantic suspense novel a great read for romance readers who couldn't put down Tiffany Patterson's The Townsends of Williamsport and Penny Reid's Winston Brothers series.
This grumpy/sunshine, enemies to lovers, slow burn, angsty, multicultural contemporary romantic suspense novel marks the debut of bestselling author Terreece M. Clarke in the romance genre.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"A beautifully written story full of heart, suspense, and love."
-J.L. Seegars, Author of Restore Me, Revive Me
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"This was a romantic suspense story that was full of twists, action, and big revelations and emotions. I really enjoyed the romance and tenderness between Maya and Mike, which was full-on as soon as it began and truly made my heart warm...this was an entertaining and enjoyable read, with a well-deserved happily ever after, and I recommend it to those looking for a romance with a high-stakes edge."
-Sandi Kive, GoodReads.com
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"Ms. Clarke employed a technique of building suspense, you're waiting for something to happen and it doesn't. The first thing she does this with is something you want to happen and it's funny. The second is more serious and you're glad you were wrong. I laughed, cried, and hollered reading this book."
-Thora Goudeau-Cox, Five Stars, GoodReads.com
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️This book had me captivated from the start. Maya was a feisty, strong woman. And Mike was the protective and swoon-worthy love interest. I really enjoyed the banter and slow burn between them. I was rooting for them the whole time. There were plot twists that kept me on my toes. I couldn't put this book down.
-Lang Johnson, GoodReads.com
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️To say this sweeping story is amazing would be an understatement. The book is very detailed and the reader is given several points of view to enhance the scope of the story. As the story comes close to its conclusion, the tension and action is palatable.
-CLorraine Kibler, GoodReads.com
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️The first chapter had me hooked...I was supposed to keep notes but the book was so freaking fantastic!!! One of my favorite parts, that put a cheesy smile on my face:
"Three or four more and I may never wake up," she breathed.
"Let's find out"
"Okie dokie..."
Queue cheesy grin.
Chapter25 had me in full-on belly laughs, started coughing, and woke my wife!
This book is so well written, the characters came to life and swept me away in their story, it felt like I was laughing, grieving, and falling in love with friends.
-Hiedi, Amazon.com
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️What an amazing book! It was my first time reading this author and will definitely not be the last...Lots of intrigue, suspense, humor, fun and heat. A real page turner!
-AnnLie, Five Stars Review, GoodReads.com
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