Notes From a Romantic’s Heart is pleased to welcome author Maria Imbalzano to the blog. Today we’re featuring her new book, Sworn to Fly. You can find all of the stops on this tour at Goddess Fish Promotions. Don’t forget to enter the Rafflecopter drawing for your chance to win a $20 gift card. The entry form is at the bottom of this post.
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
About the Book
Risk-averse ER nurse, Alyssa Beckman, is about to lose her job because of yet another bad decision. In order to put her life back on track, she books a week at a rustic mountain resort to ponder her next steps and rejuvenate. But when she arrives, she learns she’s enrolled in boot camp, an adventure program far out of her comfort zone.
While there, she meets Gabriel Sutton, a world-travelling high fashion photographer who is in danger of losing his clients as well as his status if he doesn’t start following the rules. While hiking, kayak racing, and participating in team challenges, sparks fly between Alyssa and Gabe as they encourage each other to take different life paths. But will those paths lead them farther apart or bring them closer together?
Enjoy an Excerpt
“Why so quiet?” he asked after a while.
“Really?”
She laughed—a welcome sound. “No. I didn’t take the class yet. I thought I’d just let you do your thing.”
“I can do my thing while talking.” He pointed his camera in her direction and took a photo.
“Can you please give me some warning when you’re going to do that? I can see my request that you not take my picture has fallen on deaf ears, so you can at least give me a heads-up.” She pulled a stemmy reed from her hair.
“Sorry. Can’t do. That’s not the way I work. I like candid shots when the subject isn’t prepared. They’re the best.”
“So I’m a subject now?”
Gabe headed over and sat down beside her, his leg touching hers. A shock wave coursed through him. He inhaled slowly, trying to take back control. When her arm brushed against his, the wave vied with sparks and heat.
Russet eyes held his for only a moment before she disconnected.
He cleared his throat, hoping to clear his head. “You’re an amazing subject. The photos I took of you yesterday on our little walk were so natural. The intensity of your eyes when you were helping Missy, the sympathy on your face, even though you were the ultimate professional—portrayed a nurse in action, helping a patient. Beautiful.”
My Review
4-Sky
High Stars
Who
doesn’t know someone like the heroine, Alyssa? Smart, dedicated, but a tad on
the cautious side. When her career is in flux, Alyssa decides to take a
much-needed vacation, despite her aversion to travel. Instead of a relaxing break,
she’s thrown into chaos of the less-than-cautious kind.
Gabriel Sutton is her exact opposite, daring almost to the point of alienating people His character reminded me of those perfume commercials where the hero’s about to get the girl and then she rides off into the sunset without him. Not that there’s anything wrong with the analogy.
To be honest, I was expecting more romance that what I got. Which, isn’t a bad thing. I had to take a step back and analyze the book from the bigger perspective of women’s fiction. While I enjoyed Gabe’s interaction with Alyssa, I didn’t warn to her as much as I would have liked. However, that’s probably more me than it was her. I wanted her to be more assertive than she was. That doesn’t take away from her character, it just changes her.
If you’re a fan of women’s fiction with a healthy dose of romantic scenes, you’ll enjoy this book.
Meet the Author
Her novel, “Unchained Memories,” won the Wisconsin Romance Writers Write Touch Readers’ Award and the ACRA Readers’ Choice Heart of Excellence Award. “Sworn to Forget,” the first of the four-book Sworn Sisters Series was a finalist for the illustrious RONE award as well as the Book Buyers Best Award.
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Imbalzano will be awarding a $20 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter
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been my pleasuring hosting Maria today. Please come back again tomorrow for
another author, another book, and another #Giveaway.
Nancy
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