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Sunset at Lake Crane
Casey Hagen
Release Date January 12th
Love, truth, and pain lie buried beneath the Sunset at Lake
Crane…
Faced with a blackmailer’s ultimatum, 19-year-old Erynn
O’Neal protects her lover by disappearing from his life. Brokenhearted, she
vanishes—and takes a life-altering secret with her.
Grant Alexander crossed the line when he took former
student, Erynn O’Neal, as his own a mere two months after her high school
graduation. Knowing the truth revealed would shred his career and reputation,
he accepted the risks in exchange for the promise of a lifelong love. A
heartbeat later, Erynn abandoned him without a word.
Years pass as Grant and Erynn lead separate lives–he as a
reclusive author, she as an ambitious reporter. Yet, despite scarred hearts,
true love lost is never forgotten, and Grant devises a way to draw Erynn back
into his sphere of passion. Their aching hearts begin a tentative détente, but
old jealousies flare, devastating truths come to light, and Grant and Erynn
must resurrect and overcome the painful secrets of the past if they’re ever to
love again.
AMAZON US / AMAZON UK / NOOK / KOBO / iBOOKS / ALL ROMANCE
Rating: 5 of 5 Hearts
HOLY MAC!! I lOVE this book so much! Going into this book, I was clueless on what to expect. I noticed that beautiful cover, read the synopsis and decided to give it a try. Never in a million years did I think I would love it this much! I had a huge book hangover after I finished this book.
Casey Hagen had me laughing, snot sobbing crying and everything else in between as I read this story. I loved how she stirred all my emotions with just one story. So stinking good. Casey Hagen now has a new stalker! I need more from her now!
This story is riddled with lies, deceit, and unanswered questions. I loved how Casey Hagen slowly unraveled it all piece by piece leaving me needing more all the way until that very last line.
Erynn and Grant are both two very dominate characters who want the other one on their terms. I loved that magnet pull that they both had towards each other. They could be livid with the other but still wanted to make sure the other was okay in the end.
This book starts off with Erynn O’Neal finding a note on her car that changed the course of her entire life. She left her small town in the night and never planned to return to the man she would always love. Erynn had made a name for herself in the book world by spending times with authors in their homes, writing about her experience. What she never expected was to be requested by the very mysterious author in her home town.
Erynn is a fiery woman with a heart of gold. This woman would do anything for her family and friends, even if it would cost her everything. I loved Erynn so much. She could be an absolute sweetheart one moment and line someone out the next. Her quick wit kept everyone on their toes.
Grant Alexander is still furious and heartbroken that Erynn up left him the way she did. He realized what he and Erynn did back then would have ruined his teaching career but he was in love with her and always would be. Grant wanted to punish Erynn for leaving him and set out to do just that. What he did not expect was how right his life was again the moment Erynn returned.
Holy cow! I want Mr. Grant Alexander. This man oozed sexy and mysterious and only had eyes for his girl. Even when he would try to push her away, he knew that she was the other half of him. He just needed his head and heart to align.
This moment right here had my heart pounding as I swooned like a fool.
He turned to her and lifted her chin to him. “Don’t be. What you did, Jesus, I’ve never been given a gift like that.” ~ Grant Alexander
So, if you are looking for a hot, steamy book that is full of mystery and loves this book is for you. You need this book in your life!
He stood in front of his desk, tension radiating from the
ri-gidity of his shoulders when he asked in a rough voice, “What’s his name?”
At the change in Grant’s voice, Brewster sat up on his bed and glanced back and
forth between them.
“Avery.”
“You love him?”
She turned to him, hoping he would get the point when she
said, “I do.”
She saw it. The flash of hurt before he masked it. “So it’s
se-rious?”
“We own a home together.”
He shook his head. “That’s not an answer.”
She held her hands up, palms out. “It’s the only one I
have.”
He stalked her, a predatory gleam in his eye. She knew the
look—in the right situation, that look alone could get her half-way to a
mind-shattering orgasm. Something she hadn’t experi-enced since him. Talk about
the wrong time to acknowledge that only he had the power to turn her inside out
with pleasure, almost to the point of pain.
“And what about us?”
Her heart tumbled in her chest. She held eye contact. She
needed him to understand. So that no matter how close he got, no matter what he
did, she would not back down. “There is no us.”
“We kissed,” he whispered. His eyes locked on her mouth. She
struggled to keep still and not squirm under his intense stare.
“You kissed me. There’s a difference.”
“You kissed me back.” He laughed without humor. “There’s
something. At some point, we’ll have to address it.”
She took a deep breath and tried another tactic. “Aren’t you
seeing someone? I mean, you went somewhere Saturday night, a sleepover.”
He smirked at her. “I see someone.”
“So it’s not serious?” The words were out before she thought
about what she had done, and his smile grew. She’d showed an interest. She’d
screwed up, and his smug expression said he was celebrating his victory.
“I don’t do serious.”
His tone invited no argument, but the reporter in her wanted
to know. So did the woman. “Why?”
“I just don’t.”
It was her turn to smirk at him. “Now who’s full of it?”
“Don’t,” he bit out.
“Can’t handle it?”
With surprising speed, he spun toward her. He leaned his
face within inches of hers, the muscle along his jaw jumping. “Can you, Erynn?
Can you handle it?”
“Absolutely.” She stood her ground, leaning toward him with
almost as much aggression as he’d leveled at her.
“I don’t do serious because—” He closed his eyes, and when
he opened them again she saw more agony in those their depths than she thought
possible. “I’ll never give another woman enough of me that she has the power to
gut me when she walks away. Not. Ever. Again.”
Rating: 5 of 5 Hearts
Casey Hagen is a debut contemporary romance author releasing her
first book, Falling in Fiji, in October. She writes her stories from the dense,
green wilderness of the Delaware National Forest, Middle of Nowhere,
Pennsylvania. She’s a born and raised Vermont native with Ben & Jerry’s in
her heart and real Vermont maple syrup pumping through her veins.
Over the years, Casey has dabbled in a wide variety of
professions. She worked in the States Attorney’s office, created beautiful
works of art as a florist, slaved to the public in retail, taught preschool
(and potty trained eleven two-year-olds at the same time), and finally, she
owned and operated her own residential cleaning business for over a decade. She
is also the new Vice President of the Penn Jersey Women Writers Guild.
Casey is the proud mother of three girls, two of which are
successful college students…yay! She resides with her youngest daughter,
husband, and two cats. Her days are spent in her new office that she proudly
admits they would need dynamite to blast her out of! When she’s not working she
can be found chasing after her youngest with a camera (much to her youngest
daughter’s embarrassment) or on the golf course with her real life hero!
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