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Rock
House Grill
The
Impact Series Book 1
by
D.V. Stone
Genre:
Contemporary Romantic Suspense
Aden
House, successful but driven chef and TV personality, refuses to slow
down. His life implodes one night, damaging him both physically and
emotionally. He's rescued by a woman he thinks of as his angel.
Shay
McDowell has rebuilt her life after her divorce. She juggles
volunteer EMT duties and her job, while dreaming of becoming a chef.
She finds her way to Rock House Grill and back into the life of the
man she helped save.
Can
love be the ingredient needed to survive the many obstacles they
face?
Excerpt:
“Easy, you’re going to be okay.”
A soft voice eased through the chaos around him. The owner of the voice grabbed his arms and held them in a firm but gentle grip. “I’m right here with you. You are not alone.”
“Can hardly m-move.” His voice slurred. “C-can’t see anything.”
“You’ve been in an accident. I’m an EMT with the ambulance squad,” the velvety voice calmly explained. “You can’t see well because we’re under a tarp. Hold still, okay?”
“‘K.”
A small light flickered at the edge of his vision. It shone into a bag next to him. Penlight. “You’re restrained to a board. It’s to keep your head from moving and causing more injury.”
She continued to talk to him. The voice reached down somewhere inside him, calming and peaceful, so he focused on it. A glow from spotlights on the outside lit whatever covered them. The shadow gave the woman the appearance of a halo—like an angel.
My Review:
What I love most about this book is how real it feels. The scenes in the restaurant, whether they’re in the kitchen or at the front of house, feel authentic. The EMT/ambulance scenes feel like the author has lived them. And most especially the characters’ emotions feel real. I could feel Aden’s frustration and gratitude at surviving his accident, but being unable to do the things he did before. Shay’s nervousness at starting a new job at the restaurant was very real, and so was her coolness under pressure in her role as an EMT. And the way they feel about each comes through as well. I loved Aden’s reaction when he first met his “angel” after his accident. It felt totally true to the characters. The rest of the supporting cast was wonderful. They were all fully drawn characters with emotions and desires of their own. Kudos to D.V. Stone for a wonderful read!
Born
in Brooklyn, D.V. Stone has moved around a bit and even lived for a
time on a dairy farm in Minnesota before moving back east. Throughout
her wandering, she always considered herself a Jersey Girl. She met
and married the love of her life, Pete--a lifelong Jersey Man, and
moved this time to Sussex County. They live with Hali, a mixed breed
from the local shelter and their cat Baby.
D.V.'s
career path varied from working with the disabled to become a
volunteer EMT, which in turn led to working in hospital emergency
rooms and then in a women's state prison. After a few years, she took
a break from medicine and became the owner of Heavenly Brew, a
specialty coffee shop in Sparta NJ, and a small restaurant in
Lafayette. Life handed some setbacks, and she ended up back in the
medical field, but this time in a veterinary emergency
hospital.
During
the poor economy, she was laid-off from a long-time position she
cared about. Devastated, D.V. wondered what to do with her life.
Finding comfort in her love of reading, she realized it was now time
to follow her dream of writing. It's been a long road but worth every
minute of it. Now a published author, she also works in a people
medical office again.
"Thank
you for taking the time to read about me. Each time you open the
pages to one of my books, I hope you'll be swept away by the story
and find encouragement in your own life, never to give up on hope."
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