At Face Value
May 2023 · World Castle Publishing, LLC
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His little niece calls him “Uncle Beast” after her favorite fairytale. Marine veteran Nicholas Reilly, severely scarred from surviving a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, calls his isolated home “Beast’s Lair”. He’s reclusive, suffers from PTSD, and has a lonely existence until he meets Maribel Barbier, who goes by Belle. He rescues her after her car slides off the road during an ice storm and brings her home. Unlike any other woman, Belle sees the man behind the scars. Their attraction is there from the first night and deepens as they realize this is something more than either one expected. He battles PTSD but with Belle at his side, Nicholas learns to live a little more each day. They have more to overcome together than his PTSD but he comes to believe what Belle tells him – scarred or not, it’s just a face, it’s not the man. Together, they seek a future and a life where looks don’t matter at all.
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Nicole Potter
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May 15, 2023
"Belle, beautiful, Belle, ride with me to the stars." - my favourite line What an absolutely brilliant novel. The author has absolutely nailed it with the storyline. Nicholas & Belle's story will take the reader on an emotional rollercoaster ride that is sure to tug at your heartstrings & may cause you to shed a few tears. This is one book I highly recommend reading. Wish I could give it more than 5 stars. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Barbara Watts
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May 15, 2023
This story held my interest from cover to cover once I started reading Marine veteran Nicholas Reilly called “Uncle Beast” by his niece and Maribel Barbier, who goes by Belle who he rescues story I was not putting the book down. I loved it. I received a copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
About the author
Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy is a former newspaper editor and reporter who makes her home in the Ozarks. As a widow with three grown children, her focus is on writing romance novels that range from sweet to heat, from contemporary to historical. She has written more than twenty-five novels and novellas along with a variety of non-fiction and freelance works. A native of St. Joseph, Missouri where the Pony Express began and outlaw Jesse James met his end, she is a graduate of Crowder College and Missouri Southern State University. She lives in what passes for the suburbs in far southwestern Missouri a little north of Arkansas and just east of Oklahoma.
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