Release Day! by Liz Flaherty #RomanceGems

Actually, it was yesterday, and that's when I'm writing this--make sense so far? Read through to the end--there's a giveaway...and the raffle. October has been an exciting month!

When I’m asked which is my favorite of my own books, I generally say it’s the one I’ve just finished, and that’s true. My emotions are still roiling around in those pages and I’m still feeling odd about saying goodbye to those protagonists.

It’s also true that there are favorite scenes from every book, most beloved characters from each one, and places that years later I still remember—not just their names but how they felt. Like the Cole-Porter-titled businesses in the Lake Miniagua Series, the River Walk in The Debutante’s Second Chance and Jar of Dreams, and Peacock, Tennessee. Peacock was the setting of One More Summer, the story that took me ten years to sell.

The one that to this day has the strongest hold on my heart. I’m not going to say why—even if I knew for sure or could put it into words; books you love or don’t are your choice, not the author’s. But after One More Summer came out in 2012, I wrote a sequel to it. Not because I wanted to, really, but because the story was waking me up at night with unreasonable demands. (That sounds goofy, doesn’t it? But it’s very close to the truth.) And then it took five years to sell.

Now, here it is, and here is another story with an aching, smiling hold on my heart. The Healing Summer is Carol's story. Carol in her size 16s, still taking classes at 38 without a degree in sight, Peacock's favorite hair stylist, and one of my favorite heroines of all time. I hope you like her, too.

Blurb: When Steven Elliott accidentally rides his bike into Carol Whitney’s car at the cemetery, the summer takes on new and exciting possibilities. Long friendship wends its way into something deeper when their hearts get involved. Feelings neither of them had expected to experience again enrich their days and nights.  But what happens when the long summer ends? When Carol wants a family and commitment and a future, Steven isn't so sure. He’s had his heart broken before—can he risk it again?

To be eligible for the Random Draw Giveaway for a paperback copy of

The Dark Horse (and a bag of goodies--always goodies!), leave a comment with your email address. For winners outside the continental U.S., the prize will be an ebook.

The deadline for entering this giveaway is Tuesday, November 5, at 6:00 PM. I'll notify the winners next day by email and here in comments on my blog post.

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Last day to enter the October Giveaway! Full information can be found on the Monthly Giveaway tab above. You can also enter by clicking HERE.