| High School Principal Suzanna
Quinn is forced to open her school to clinical psychologist Joe
Stonehouse and his incorrigible nephew, Luke Ludzecky.
In the past Suzanna has always had an excellent working
relationship with the school psychologist, but this time
something is wrong. She
can’t quite put her finger on the problem, but the fact that
she had no say in Joe’s appointment and that he appears to be
something more than a mere psychologist and a concerned uncle,
has put the total relationship on shaky ground.
When she finds out what he really is and why he’s at
Fairholm High, emotions kick into high gear, so much so that
Suzanna feels that she’s losing control of her
well-constructed school environment and her heart.
Joe Stonehouse is a highly qualified
psychologist and crisis counselor; he’s also a skilled Secret
Service Agent. When
Fairholm High School is brought to the attention of the of the
National Threat Assessment Center as a potential hot-bed for
violence, Joe and his “nephew” Luke go in undercover to stop
a smoldering situation from escalating out of control.
He’s not happy with having to deceive the faculty and
students at Fairholm, especially the lovely Suzanna, but he has
first hand knowledge of how bad school violence can be, and he
plans to do everything within his power to quell the crisis
brewing.
Kathryn Shay has chosen an explosive
subject to write about in her first mainstream contemporary
romance, PROMISES TO KEEP.
A few years ago the Columbine and Pearl school shootings
brought to the American people the horrific sense of unrest that
exist in our schools. With
care and sensitivity, Ms. Shay has taken a frightening topic and
developed a powerful story that will touch the heart of readers.
The characters you’ll meet in PROMISES TO
KEEP will stay with you long after you’ve read the last page.
There are two unique couples who fall in love and attempt
to develop relationships when everything around them is falling
apart. This aspect
of the story alone will keep you mesmerized.
All have gut wrenching secrets and carry powerful
emotional baggage, but they also have a strong need to make the
world a better place for Fairholm’s teens.
It is clear to this reader that author
Kathryn Shay’s writes with intense and insightful clarity on a
subject that has become part of our news headlines on more than
one occasion. It’s
no secret that she also creates some of the sexiest men to cast
a spell on the women that are hurled into their paths.
While they initially enter the situation cool, calm, and
collected, they soon succumb to the inevitable even though there
are always outside forces conspiring to separate them.
PROMISES TO KEEP packs a wallop, and I
predict this book will remain on readers’ bookshelves for
years to come and that Ms Shay will be touted as this year’s
shining star in mainstream romance.
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