Brand New Release! Like An Angel by @BonnieEdwards #RomanceGems

He needs a woman bad. And a good woman even more. But when a woman appears like an angel on the horizon, Brice Logan has to take what he can get…

New York heiress Andi Goodson needs to unplug and unwind, but a prairie farm in Canada is going too far, especially when it comes with a family in need. Coping with real children with real needs is not what she's trained for and certainly not what she wants. 

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But Andi's never been truly needed a day in her life. She's been trained as a hostess, the perfect daughter, the one in a mask of perfection no one cares to look behind. But children? No way!

Brice Logan is desperate to have a woman's help keeping his houseful of foster children together.

When Andi appears, like a misguided angel, he finds he wants more than her help.

He wants her everything.

Can love blossom on a lonely Canadian prairie between two people who come from completely different worlds? 

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Our July contest is in full swing! Please join us in celebration of Beach Reads and Book Boyfriends.

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But here's a brief list of what the Romance Gems have on offer for July:

Grand Prize: a $20.00 Amazon Gift Card
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Third Prize: a $10.00 Amazon Gift Card
Fourth Prize: 2 print books, each autographed and mailed by the author
5th, 6th, and 7th Prizes: Eboook bundles of 3 Ebooks each

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Love in a Pawn Shop #Free @BonnieEdwards #RomanceGems

I'm talking reviews here for a moment before I get to the good stuff. Love in a Pawn Shop is the perfect book to discuss reviews and what readers see in a story. I'm always surprised by reviews but this book in particular garners some interesting  ones.

Love in a Pawn Shop is a romance. Pretty straightforward for me. She owns a pawn shop, he's a cop who thinks she's shady. I've never said it was a mystery. I've never said it was "clean" or "sweet" or had no sex in it.

But, one reader's review mentioned some mystery elements, which sent Amazon's algorithms into a stupor and I think the book suddenly got shown to mystery readers. And out of the blue, comments got a bit strange for me.

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Here's a taste of the wide range of comments this book has received:

"This storyline was immediately gripping and funny at the same time. Well fleshed out characters and stories were greatly appreciated! I've been reading a lot of fluff lately so the depth of this book was a welcome surprise. It was a little too erotic for me, but I was hooked on the whole story by then so I just skipped over the sexy stuff! The ending was worth it!"

"Loved this story! Full of friendships, family and love and it shows people overcoming hardships. Leaves you feeling hopeful and couldn’t we all use a little more of that?" (I seriously loved this last bit-- hopeful--yes, please.) Here's where the mystery elements came into play:

"A Terrific Romance and self-revealing mystery..."(followed by a full synopsis of the plot)

The next two reviews were from readers of mystery books I think:

"and had a good mystery element Cute little read. Moved really fast, and had a good mystery element."

"Typical cozy mystery/romance This was an interesting book with lots of weird action. I could have done without the graphic oral sex pages. The book didn't need it. There were a lot of unpleasant suspicions that I had a difficult time understanding why they were written in. A mindless read if that is what you are looking for." (AKA escapism - works for me!)

Not to confuse even more, but I applied to advertise this book on BookBub which is a fabulous site for readers that sends out ads curated to tastes. I wanted it to go into Romance...but they decided it would fit into Chick Lit. I assume that's because of the cover. It's not a kissing couple, but a woman on the way out the door. (Did I mention that's my dog on the cover?)

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So...you know...I've given up trying to define this book. Most of the 36 reviews on Love in a Pawn Shop are complimentary (really, they are) and even the ones where the reader didn't like the sexy stuff! Because...they finished the book and felt strongly enough that they made their comments.

And now for the good stuff: it's FREE today and tomorrow (Apr 4/5)! I'd love for you to give this one a read and share your thoughts. Because I don't have a clue what you'll think of it.

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