Hello
and welcome! I’m so glad you’re all here! It’s my birthday
weekend-oh, no, not sharing the number, lol—but, I will share my
birthday gifts with you! For
3 days only, July 17-19, you can download Murphy’s Law for FREE
from Amazon!!! Woot!
Happy
Reading,
Jennifer
Murphy’s
Law
Romantic
Suspense
Tagline:
He
lost his family. She gave them back to him.
Blurb:
Home is the last
place Jon Murphy can go. After being held captive in Azbakastan, he
returns to the States only to find he can’t face his mom and
sisters with what he did while he was a prisoner, so he retreats to
the mountains.
Widow
Sara Sheldon has made a lifetime of mistakes and is now running
scared from her husband’s powerful family, who are determined to
take her daughter away from her. When her little girl goes missing in
the Rockies, Sara enlists the only help she can find: a gruff recluse
with tracking skills to admire and a body to covet.
A
storm strands Sara and her daughter at Murphy’s cabin, leaving her
no choice but to hope her in-laws don’t catch up while she plans
where to run next. Murphy resents the invasion of his privacy, but
can’t seem to keep his mind--or his hands--off Sara. How can she
stand to look at him, with all his scars? He’s not nearly as
honorable as she might think…only enough to make sure she’s safe,
and then he’ll go back to being alone, the way he should be.
Content
Warning: Sexual content
**Murphy’s
Law: Previously published by Lyrical Press in 2013**
***Murphy’s
Law was a 2006 Golden Heart Finalist***
Excerpt:
Copyright
© 2014, Jennifer Lowery
Murphy
sat at the kitchen table, half in the shadows created by the soft
light glowing above the stove. A bottle of amber liquid sat on the
table in front of him, an empty glass in his hand. His hair was
tousled from sleep and to Sara’s dismay, he was naked to the waist.
Her gaze landed on his muscled shoulders and trailed across his
tanned chest. So much for getting him out of her mind. Now she had
the real thing to dream about. Looking at the dark hairs that veed
down his chest and disappeared behind the table, she decided he had
been right. He was a dangerous man.
She
tore her eyes away from temptation and looked at the granite lines of
his face. Beneath the hardness of his expression, something haunting
lingered. Drawn, she circled the table until she stood at the
opposite end.
Murphy
met her eyes with coldness that should have sent her running for the
safety of her room, but she remained standing in place. He wanted to
chase her away. This time she wasn’t running.
“Mind
if I join you?” she asked on her way to the cupboard to grab a
glass and return to stand over Murphy’s shoulder. She reached for
the bottle. The muscles in his shoulders flexed when she leaned over
him.
Murphy’s
hand snaked out and wrapped around hers, preventing her from pouring
a drink.
“I
mind,” he growled.
“Well,
get over it. I need a drink.”
Scowling,
he let go of her hand and allowed her to pour a glass for herself.
She refilled his glass next and set the bottle on the table. Then she
moved to the chair beside him and sat before lifting her glass in a
silent toast.
“Cheers.”
She brought the glass to her lips. His eyes on her as she drained the
glass made her fight the urge to cough as the fiery liquid burned its
way down her throat. Seconds later she felt the familiar warming
sensation as it numbed her insides. Her eyes filled with tears. She
blinked them away as she reached for the bottle.
Murphy
held it away from her. “What are you doing?”
“Having
a drink. I’m not in the mood for warm milk tonight.”
His
eyes darkened and narrowed. “You don’t strike me as the drinking
type.”
She
wasn’t, but tonight it sounded good. Maybe it would soothe away her
problems and make her forget how screwed-up her life was. Talking
about Kent earlier had brought back painful memories. She didn’t
want to feel that misery anymore tonight.
“Maybe
you don’t know my type,” she said.
Murphy
studied her closely for a moment before rubbing a weary hand over his
face. “Go back to bed, Sara. Sleep it off.”
“I
don’t want to sleep it off. I’m tired of thinking about it.”
Maybe
it was the whisky, or the sight of Murphy’s naked chest, or the
part of her that had been dormant for six years coming back to life.
More than anything she wanted to discover it with Murphy, her strong,
scarred hero.
She
rose to her feet. Murphy watched warily as she stepped in front of
him and positioned herself between him and the table. He leaned back
in his chair and sent her a thunderous look.
“You
and I are alike in many ways, Murphy,” she said softly. “We both
have lost pieces of ourselves we can’t ever get back and it has
forced us into a life of loneliness and solitude. I don’t know
about you, but I’m tired of being alone.”
Murphy
pinned her with a hard glare. “I’m not what you want. Go back to
your room before I do something we’ll both regret in the morning.”
His
harshly spoken words sent little electrical shocks through her body.
“I’m
tired of people telling me what I want,” she said.
Author
Bio:
NY
Times & USA Today bestselling author, Jennifer Lowery grew up
reading romance novels
in the back of her math book and on the bus to school, and never
wanted to be anything but a writer. Her summers were spent sitting
at the kitchen table with her sisters spinning tales of romance and
intrigue and always with a tall glass of ice tea at their side.
Today,
Jennifer is living that dream and she couldn’t be happier to share
her passion with her readers. She loves everything there is about
romance. Her stories feature alpha heroes who meet their match with
strong, independent heroines. She believes that happily ever after
is only the beginning of her stories. And the road to that happy
ending is paved with action, adventure, and romance. As her
characters find out when they face danger, overcome fears, and are
forced to look deep within themselves to discover love.
Jennifer
lives in Michigan with her husband and two children. When she isn’t
writing she enjoys reading and spending time with her family.
This
is what people are saying about Murphy’s Law:
I
highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys Cindy Gerard, Tara
Janzen, or Cherry Adair series. Each of these writers have the same
flavor with a secret ingredient in their stories as does Jennifer
Lowery. Great story!-
hmhibbit, Open Book Society on Murphy's Law
Connect
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Other
Books by Jennifer Lowery:
SEAL
Team Alpha Series:
A
SEAL’s Song
A
SEAL for Christmas
A
SEAL’s Duty
Wolff
Securities Series:
Maximum
Risk
ATCOM
Series:
The
Maze
Sawyer
Sisters Trilogy
Hard
To Handle
Onyx
Group Series:
Hard
Core
Other:
Murphy’s
Law
Taking
Chances
(short story)
Thank you and Happy Birthday to Jenn!
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