Award winning
romantic suspense author Cate Beauman is back with the ninth full length novel in
the Bodyguards of L.A. County series. Answers
For Julie is on sale now through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Kobo,
and more!
Julie Keller relishes the simple things: hot chocolate on
winter nights, good friends she calls her family, and her laid-back career as a
massage therapist and yoga instructor. Julie is content with her life until
Chase Rider returns to Bakersfield.
Bodyguard Chase Rider isn’t thrilled to be back in the town
where he spent his childhood summers. His beloved grandmother passed away,
leaving him a house in need of major repairs. With a three-week timetable and a
lot to do, he doesn’t have time for distractions. Then he bumps into Julie, the
one woman he hoped never to see again. Chase tries to pretend Julie doesn’t
exist, but ten years hasn’t diminished his attraction to the hazel-eyed
stunner.
When a stranger grabs Julie’s arm at the grocery store—a
woman who insists Julie’s life isn’t what it seems, Chase can’t help but get
involved. Julie and Chase dig into a twenty-five-year-old mystery, unearthing
more questions than answers. But the past is closer than they realize, and the
consequences of the truth have the potential to be deadly.
The inspiration behind Answers For Julie:
I often get my story ideas from watching crime
documentaries, but the plot for Answers
For Julie came together after I read some sobering FBI statistics in a
magazine about the odds of a missing child coming home. Unfortunately, many
children are lost forever. The wheels began spinning quickly after that, and a
few weeks later, the story was well on its way.
I hope you enjoy Julie
and Chase as much as I enjoyed writing them!
~ Cate
“Good
night.” She turned on her side as Becky left and snuggled into her covers,
listening to the music from downstairs while she stared at the white lights
twinkling on the baby Christmas tree she and mommy had decorated for her room.
Noah’s excited voice carried from his room, and her eyes drooped in the warmth
and comfort of her bed. Her mind drifted to the Grinch and Cindy Lou Who, and
her eyes flew open when her bedroom door creaked shut. She didn’t like her door
closed.
Sitting
up, Alyson relaxed when she realized she wasn’t alone and looked at the woman
dressed in a black coat and hat, Becky’s friend who liked to come and play with
her and push her on the swings at the park.
“Hi,
Ally,” she whispered, stepping farther in the room, looking over her shoulder.
“Hi.” She
yawned. “Did you come to play with me?”
“Whisper,”
the woman said, glancing over her shoulder again.
She
smiled. “Okay.”
“Do you
want to come with me? We could go to the park.”
Alyson
glanced out the window at fat snowflakes falling in the dark, pushed off her
covers, and stood. “I have to ask my mommy.”
“She said
it’s okay, but we have to hurry and be very, very quiet.” The woman moved to
the bed, grabbed two teddy bears and laid them down, pulling the blankets up
and over the stuffed animals. “It’s a secret game.”
Becky and
Noah’s voices were muffled through the wall, and Alyson pressed her hand to her
mouth, suppressing a giggle. “I like secret games.”
“Me too.
Come on.” The woman took something from her pocket with gloved hands and
unfolded it, laying a piece of paper flat at the foot of the bed.
“What’s
that?”
“A note
so your mommy will remember I took you to the park.”
“I only
want to play for a little while. I’m going to see Santa with mommy and Noah.”
“Just for
a little bit,” the woman assured with a smile. “Let’s hurry.” She lifted Alyson
and bundled her under the pink and purple blanket Grandma Porter made for her
when she had been a teeny, tiny baby.
“I need
my boots and coat.”
“I have
some for you at my house.”
“Okay.”
The woman
walked to the bedroom door and stopped, holding a finger to her lips. “Shh.”
Alyson
grinned and said “Shh” back.
The woman
stepped into the hallway and out the French doors that opened to the large
balcony Alyson and Noah weren’t allowed to play on and hurried down the long
sweep of stairs.
Alyson clung tight to the woman taking her to the park. She
stared back at her huge brick and pillar house lit with hundreds of Christmas
lights as Becky’s friend ran with her into the shadows of the street.
Did you enjoy the
excerpt? You can read the first chapter
on my website, www.catebeauman.com, or
you can finish the whole book here!
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About the author:
Cate currently lives in North Carolina with her
husband, their two boys, and St. Bernard’s, Bear and Jack. She is the author of
the international bestselling and award winning romantic suspense series, Bodyguards of L.A. County. Before her career as an author, Cate worked in
special education for 12 years.
“I’m a pretty lucky girl; one
day I woke up and my entire life changed. I saw the light, so to speak, and
decided I was going to be a writer.
Now, five years later, I’m working on my tenth novel! I’m remain so very
grateful for the support and success that I have had. Thank you!”
- Cate
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Hi E.L.F.! Thank you for allowing me to visit The Reading Addict! I hope you are doing well!
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Delighted to see that the 'Bodyguards of L.A. County' series is continuing, Cate. Looks like another great story and I am anxious to read it. Thank you for taking the time to visit and for the generous giveaway!
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