Award
winning romantic suspense author Cate Beauman is back with the ninth
full length novel in the Bodyguards of
L.A. County series. Answers
For Julie is on sale now through
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Kobo, and more!
Julie Keller relishes the simple
things: hot chocolate on winter nights, good friends she calls her
family, and her laid-back career as a massage therapist and yoga
instructor. Julie is content with her life until Chase Rider returns
to Bakersfield.
Bodyguard Chase Rider isn’t thrilled
to be back in the town where he spent his childhood summers. His
beloved grandmother passed away, leaving him a house in need of major
repairs. With a three-week timetable and a lot to do, he doesn’t
have time for distractions. Then he bumps into Julie, the one woman
he hoped never to see again. Chase tries to pretend Julie doesn’t
exist, but ten years hasn’t diminished his attraction to the
hazel-eyed stunner.
When a stranger grabs Julie’s arm at
the grocery store—a woman who insists Julie’s life isn’t what
it seems, Chase can’t help but get involved. Julie and Chase dig
into a twenty-five-year-old mystery, unearthing more questions than
answers. But the past is closer than they realize, and the
consequences of the truth have the potential to be deadly.
The inspiration
behind Answers For Julie:
I often get my story ideas from
watching crime documentaries, but the plot for Answers For Julie
came together after I read some sobering FBI statistics in a magazine
about the odds of a missing child coming home. Unfortunately, many
children are lost forever. The wheels began spinning quickly after
that, and a few weeks later, the story was well on its way.
I hope you enjoy Julie and Chase as
much as I enjoyed writing them!
~ Cate
Read an excerpt from
Answers For Julie:
She frowned, glancing in her rearview mirror when someone honked. Gasping, she cringed, bracing herself for a nasty impact as a car approached fast from behind. When the vehicle barely missed hers, she accelerated, making space for the bully to go around, but the navy blue BMW moved closer to her bumper.
She punched the gas, moving over to the final right-hand lane. The car sped up directly to her left, until the dark tint of the passenger’s window was even with her driver’s side. Julie pressed on her brake, slowing on the damp roads, hoping the car would move on, but it decreased its speed as she did. “What are you doing?”
Unsure of what to do, she jerked her rental toward the upcoming off ramp. The car followed, closing the distance between them, and rammed her back door, forcing her closer to the guardrail. She screamed, veering hard to the left, barely avoiding a collision with metal and a plummet to the busy road several hundred feet below.
The vehicle sped off as she slammed on her brakes and sat where she was, closing her eyes and gasping in several breaths. She flinched and screamed again, her eyes flying open as a red Camero honked as it swerved to miss hitting her.
Trembling, she accelerated to the bottom of the off-ramp, knowing that if she didn’t move she would cause an accident. She braked at the stoplight, her teeth chattering and her eyes darting around, on the lookout for the BMW. There was no way that was some random act of road rage. She could no longer claim that the instances in Massachusetts were a string of bad luck. Chase was right. Someone was trying to hurt her, and she still needed his help.
Did you enjoy the excerpt?
You can read the first chapter on my website, www.catebeauman.com,
or you can finish the whole book
here!
Authors often have a musical list as Cate shares below but what about you, the reader? Do books, or certain passages, bring particular songs to mind? Do you cast and play a mini mental movie? Maybe a combination? Share with us and you're in the drawing for an ecopy of ANSWERS FOR JULIE. Please add your email to your post so you can be contacted if you're name is drawn. Thanks & Good Luck!!
The Unofficial
Answers For Julie
Soundtrack
Music still plays such a large part in
my writing process. I listen to Pandora or YouTube and compile a
collection of songs that I feel represent my characters or the
situations they face as the novel unfolds. Here are a few of the
songs that I had on “repeat” while I created Julie and Chase’s
story! You can listen to all of them on my website
www.catebeauman.com.
The soundtrack, of sorts, for Answers For Julie:
- Leaving Home by Cody Fry and Raquel Cole
- All The Stars by Ed Sheeran
- Rust Or Gold by Jill Andrews
- American Secrets by Parachute
- Thinking Of You by Katy Perry
- Battleship by Daughtry
- Find My Way Back by Cody Fry
- The Last Time by Taylor Swift ft. Gary Lightbody
- Running Back To You by Matt Wertz
- Ungodly Hour by The Fray
- I Need You by LeAnn Rimes
- Free Like You Make Me by The Cary
About the author:
Cate
currently lives in North Carolina with her husband, their two boys,
and St. Bernard’s, Bear and Jack. She is the author of the
international bestselling and award winning romantic suspense series,
Bodyguards of L.A. County.
Before her career as an author, Cate worked in special education for
12 years.
“I’m
a pretty lucky girl; one day I woke up and my entire life changed. I
saw the light, so to speak, and decided I was going to be a writer.
Now, five years later, I’m working on my tenth novel! I remain
so very grateful for the support and success that I have had. Thank
you!” - Cate
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