July Featured Book #1 ... and a GIVEAWAY!

Sandra has graciously offered to give away a hard copy of "Emergency Reunion" to one lucky person (MUST live in the US or Canada). In order to be entered, go to the Rafflecopter box at the bottom of this post. You must enter by July 14, 2015 to take part in the drawing. If you are chosen, I will contact you to get your mailing address to pass along to Sandra.

A Word from Sandra...

Emergency Reunion is the final story in a series, featuring members of the Steele family—an FBI agent, a firefighter, and in this one, Sherri, a paramedic. Sherri was introduced in Perilous Waters as the paramedic cousin of Sam Steele, and her character was developed further in Identity Withheld when she treated the heroine.

However, at the time of writing those stories, I hadn’t yet decided what Sherri’s story would look like, although I’d established three things about her:

-           She has a close-knit extended family

-          she saved a baby last year

-          she is competent and emotionally-cool on the job

So when it came time to write her story, I decided to make what should’ve been a wondrous accomplishment—saving a baby—a heartrending pressure point in her backstory. That is, the point when she had to choose between saving a baby and saving her partner from a fatal gunshot wound.

The rest of the suspense plot evolved from there, as I picked the brain of a female EMT about all the potential scary situations paramedics might, and do, face on a daily basis.

As for the romance, I decided to make the story a reunion romance, because of everything Sherri would face, and the unaffected front I wanted her to put on, I needed a hero who already knew her well and who had lots of good reasons to want to help her.

You can read my review on the RT Book Reviews website. Please follow the link:

http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book-review/emergency-reunion

(I rated it 4.5/4.5 stars!)

About Sandra…

Sandra Orchard is an award-winning author of Christian romantic suspense. She writes for Harlequin's Love Inspired Suspense line and Revell Publishing. A member of ACFW, RWA, and The Word Guild (Canada), Sandra loves to encourage other writers in their journey. Although she'd always dreamed of being a writer, she majored in math at the university and didn't think she had enough imagination to write fiction.While homeschooling her children, she wrote curriculum and reviews and read … a lot. When her husband, frustrated by the growing book piles, suggested she write her own, little did he know what he'd started! She lives in Niagara, Canada with her real-life-hero husband of more than 25 years, and now writes full-time … when not doting on her grandchildren.

Readers can find her online at:

http://www.SandraOrchard.com and check out fun bonus features, such as location pics, deleted scenes etc. at: http://sandraorchard.com/extras/bonus-book-features/

They can also connect with her on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/SandraOrchard

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