Countdown to REVISITED: Places of The Redemption Series

I can't believe August 2nd is almost here. Only two weeks until the release of my second book in The Redemption Series, "Revisited"!

As the days tick off the calendar, I will be posting extra content from my experience writing the series. Since series takes you across the globe to some rather interesting places, I thought I would share a little about my vision of these places and the pictures that have inspired me.

 Lily's Icelandic Cottage: Day

This is the basic style of the cottage Lily owns that appears in several chapters of "Redemption". Just imagine it with a lot more snow!

 Lily's Icelandic Cottage: Night

I can just envision Lily in chapter 1 of "Redemption" running through the night to reach her cottage.

 Lily's Comfy Cottage Bedroom

Lily would love to just fall into this bed after a long hunt. I'm sure she'd be careful to not get any blood on her nice white sheets. LOL

Hotel de Russie in Rome

When I was researching places for Lily and Ryan to have their second honeymoon, I found this hotel in Rome. The views are breathtaking. I would love to be able to stay there if I get the chance.

Hotel de Russie Balcony

Who wouldn't love to sit and enjoy a meal from this balcony? I sigh every time I look at this picture.

Leatherby Manor

This is what I envision as the home Lily shared with her sire, Martin Leatherby, in Reading, England. I love that it is big but not too imposing. It looks like a real home and not some stuffy old house.

Mystery Waterfall

This was the inspiration for a scene in chapter 8 of "Revisited". I can't tell you what happens here without spoilers, so I'll just say that it is the perfect setting for the action that takes place.

Balestrino, Italy

I know this picture might look a bit ominous, but I see so much beauty in this abandoned town that makes an appearance in chapter 15 of "Revisited". A large amount of "Revisited" takes place here. My husband and I researched this town for hours on end and I'm completely fascinated with it. It is about an hour west of Genoa and has been abandoned due to being ravaged by earthquakes. I took that information and used it to The Manchester Group's advantage.

I hoped you've enjoyed a peek into what has inspired me. I look forward to sharing more with you as the countdown continues.

Author on Author Book Review "Last Call" by Jennifer Schmidt

Genre: Romance

Medium: Available in eBook and Paperback

Publisher: The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House

Purchase: The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House  Amazon 

Narrative: Written in third person.

GoodReads Summary: While on vacation, a night out turns into a drunken haze, and Novalee Jensen wakes up hung over, confused, and… married? Fleeing Nevada, Novalee returns home to Montana to hide out, dreading the moment when her husband will show up to take her hard-earned business. But two years later just when Novalee thinks her secret is safe, guess who walks through her door? Now, face-to-face with the man she left in a hotel room two years ago, Novalee discovers the difficult part isn't having to explain her actions that night, or the questions that arise about the sexy stranger's arrival, it's keeping her hands off her husband. And what's Novalee to do when the hardest part turns out not to be confronting her past, but facing a possible future without her soon-to-be ex-husband?

Multi-millionaire Dean Philips wakes up in a Las Vegas hotel room to find the pretty blonde he married the night before gone. The piece of paper he possesses proves she served her purpose, and guilt ridden over his actions, Dean begins a battle with his father for a fight for his grandfather’s fortune. When Dean is ordered to have his wife appear in court, he finds himself in a small town in Montana, looking for the woman who ran off two years ago. Caught up in secrets and lies of his own, he has to find a way to persuade her to come back to Vegas with him without having her find out that she's the missing puzzle piece to everything he's been fighting for. But when Dean decides to mix a little pleasure with business, he suddenly finds himself in unfamiliar territory that could cost him everything.

Review:

The idea of a Vegas wedding to a stranger intrigued me enough to want to read this novel right away. Novalee and Dean couldn't be from two more different worlds. Wealthy hotel mogul legacy vs small town hardware store owner's daughter. That in itself had me turning the pages.

I read this book in two days. Let me tell you, with all that I have going on in my life, that is quite a feat. I just couldn't stop. I kept telling myself they can never work out. How the hell can this possibly work? Dean was lying to Novalee, himself, and pretty much everyone around him yet elements of the truth were at the forefront throughout the story.

Schmidt kept me longing for Dean's confession to Novalee about the knowledge of their marriage long before he arrived on her doorstep. Even as I got to the last chapter with tears in my eyes, I had doubts that anyone could survive the pain they had put each other through and come out with a happily ever after.

So, my advice, run, DON'T WALK, to your computer and order or download this emotional thrill ride. You won't regret it.