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Embers of Hope (Second Gift Series) [Kindle Edition]

Kristen James
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Book Description

Second Gift Series, Book 1

Savanna Thompson knows what it’s like when you blink and your life shatters. She’s been hiding her divorce from her best friend Cassie, but she knows she can’t any longer. Cassie’s husband, a firefighter, just died. Savanna rushes home, along with her one-year-old daughter to help, and now she’s staying with Cassie in a nursery meant for a baby that won’t ever exist.

She will fix their relationship, but it’s complicated with Jason around. He’s the firefighter who saved Savanna’s life two and a half years ago. He just lost his best friend, and like Cassie, he blames himself for Mike’s death. When he convinced Mike to remain with the department, how could he know Mike would die fighting a house fire?

Though hurting herself, something deep inside her won’t let her walk away. Jason needs her but she’s off limits on so many levels. She’s falling for this sexy firefighter but he confuses her to no end. Being stuck in the middle is enough stress, plus her own problems are festering behind her helping smile. Can Savanna find the balance between loving Jason, helping Cassie, and taking care of herself and her daughter? Or is she going to lose this bet and her best friend?

Book 2: More Than a Promise is now available.

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What are readers saying?

"I was looking forward to a good story about friendship and love, and your story did not disappoint! I haven’t been in Savannah’s or Cassie’s situation personally, but I was able to feel all of the emotions they were going through as they dealt with the changes in their lives. I can’t imagine the overwhelming feeling of loss and hopelessness that Cassie was facing after her husband died. I think you did a great job of showing her in a bit of a free fall – distancing herself from friends and family, changing the outside of her life (taking down the pictures of her and Mike) but unable to change her inner feelings of anger and hurt, and acting out by doing things she might not ordinarily do.

I really loved how both Savannah and Jason both were deeply affected by their “first” meeting. The way you described it from both perspectives was great and really helped the reader “see” what they were going through in those scary moments in the fire. It gave them some history without a history, if that makes any sense. It also added an additional layer to the complications in Savannah and Cassie’s friendship, as well. I really liked the way everything wrapped up – but I feel like Cassie may have more love in her still, so maybe she needs a follow-up romance of her own!" ~from an email from a reader.


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From the author of A Cowboy For Christmas, A Spy for Christmas, and More Than Memories. Coffee Time Romance called A Cowboy for Christmas “a great romance for the holidays or anytime you like. A bit fun and flirty read that will not disappoint.” Visit www.writerkristenjames.com for more information on all her books

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  • Print Length: 181 pages
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  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0058EU1Z2
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Overall very sweet story. Rad  |  9 reviewers made a similar statement
Poor sentence structure, mixed up words, bad grammar, and so on. Lana Baker  |  6 reviewers made a similar statement
I can't wait to read the second book in her Second Gift series! K. Baudoin  |  6 reviewers made a similar statement
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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great romantic read! November 9, 2011
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I am a woman. If you cut me, do I not bleed? If you offer me chocolate, do I not take it? If you offer me romance, do I not read it?! Of course I do, I am woman. Let me introduce you to my newest weakness. Romance novels by author Kristen James. I met Kristen via an interview I recently did on her (Interview) and decided to try her book. Boy is the woman, and reader, in me happy I did! Embers of Hope, Flickers of Passion is a well written love story, reminiscent of the movie Backdraft, in the fact that the main character, Jason, is a firefighter and his best friend, Mike, is killed in a fire.

The central characters of the story are Savanna, her best friend Cassie, Cassie's husband Mike and Mike's best friend Jason. The story starts off with Savanna moving herself, and her infant daughter Aubrey, or Bobby Boo as she is affectionately called, to Texas to help her best friend, Cassie, recover from the very recent death of her husband Mike. Mike is a firefighter who is killed in the line of duty. Mike's best friend, Jason, is held accountable by himself and Cassie, even though he was not involved in the accident. Savanna quickly realizes that Jason is the firefighter who saved her life a few years before.

Being the mother hen that she is, Savanna soon decides that she not only needs to repair Cassie but also Jason, thus throwing herself in the middle of the two since Cassie blames him. The reader soon realizes that Savanna needs some saving herself as the last 2 or so years of her life with her ex-husband Eric have been horrible. After hearing parts of Savanna's story, and an intense internal feeling of need, Jason also feels the need to help Savanna.

A beautifully woven plot, Embers of Hope, Flickers of Passion, will have you crying with Cassie, cheering for Jason, and praying Eric does not return to distinguish the flames that are spreading between Jason and Savanna. A romance novel that any woman with a history of being burned by love, and has hopes to rekindle the flame, can enjoy. Next up, More Than Memories, in the Kristen James romance novels.

I hope today you get your daily helping of romance and chocolate! Enjoy your day :)) -Melissa

A room without books is like a body without a soul. -Cicero
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Embers of what? January 5, 2012
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Gag me. With a spoon.

The writing level in this book is someone taking college courses, writing a novella for a class assignment. Poor sentence structure, mixed up words, bad grammar, and so on. It needs a solid once-over from an editor/proofreader (the author's blurb claims she is one, but if so.....) to clean up the mess. I was mentally rewriting the book while I was reading it.

The premise was good - a woman moves to Texas from Oregon, meets a guy, marries him, has a baby with him, then comes home because her best friend's husband died. The woman has secrets about her time in Texas, things she didn't tell either her best friend, Cassie, or her mother, Margaret.

To the book's detriment, therein lies much of the conflict in the story - Savannah reconciling her secrets within herself, and sharing them with her friend and her mother. In what could have been an interesting twist, turns out that the guy Cassie sends to pick Savannah up at the truck rental place when she hits town is Cassie's dead husband's best friend, and is also the firefighter who rescued Savannah from an apartment fire two years ago. Unfortunately, Cassie is angry at Jason for killing her husband (not that he actually did), and the chemistry between Savannah and Jason is tepid, at best. The enmity between Cassie and Jason is the remaining conflict in the story. There's a small B arc with the ex-husband suing for custody, but it's not even really interesting. That B arc did have the most glaring mistake in the book, so wrong that it stuck in my mind. A woman CANNOT keep a man from seeing his children just because he is not paying child support. CANNOT. In the eyes of the law, paying child support and spending time with your children are two completely disparate things.

Jason resists getting sexual with Savannah (with one maddening exception) for over 80% of the book, for reasons that didn't make sense to me at all. When they did finally consummate, there was a lot of ear-nuzzling and back-rubbing, leading to the least satisfying sexual experience I've read in quite a long time. I mean, they were talking throughout their encounter! If the sex is good, conversation with full words is damn near impossible.

I would have like to have enjoyed this book, but I really didn't. Too bad, because it could have been a really good story. I might give Ms. James another try in five or six years, in the hopes that her writing has matured, or she has a better editor. But since there are so many books out there to read, probably not.

This was a free Kindle edition.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story! January 7, 2012
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Although I agree with some of the other reviews regarding the sentence and grammar structure, I was impressed with the story line and became instantly involved. I honestly couldn't put it down until I had to but then come right back eager to find out what was going to happen next. I would recommend this book to anyone!!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Embers of Hope!!
This book definitely gives hope for its characters after such tragic circumstances happen to them. Sweet romance and cute little one included. Read more
Published 1 month ago by kstar0330
5.0 out of 5 stars More than just a Hot Romance!!
Kristen James is a true master at weaving a story that touches the heart! This story addresses difficulties that sadly affect many people today but she writes it with hope for the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by K. Baudoin
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed it
I really enjoyed reading this book. It took me a day to read it all. I'm looking forward to reading the next book that focuses more on Cassie. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Meetta
3.0 out of 5 stars Not awe inspiring. I got a bit annoyed as it took so long to get to...
Too wordy. I felt like this was an essay that had a minimum word requirement. So the storyline would fill pages with words and phrases to fill a void before finally getting to the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Grace Le Grand
4.0 out of 5 stars good read
A sweet love story to read on the beach or while relaxing. It is an easy, fast story to jump into.
Published 2 months ago by Diana Acosta-gomez
4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome series
Great book , totally a non stop read . . Loved them all. . . .. . . . .
Published 2 months ago by Luv Center
1.0 out of 5 stars Started off ok
The storyline started off ok but the writing was rather stilted and didn't flow well. As the book progressed this became rather irritating as the characters' conversations weren't... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Kiwi
4.0 out of 5 stars Light romance
This is a.nice light EASY to read romance with characters that are likeable and easy to care about
A good evening or Sunday read
Published 3 months ago by Ila A. Miller
4.0 out of 5 stars Embers of Hope
Well written and a quick Read. Easy for a family vacation or business trip to relax at the end of the day.
Published 3 months ago by R Geiger
5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet and real
Embers of Hope (Second Gift series by Kirsten James
Since the first book I've read by this author I was impressed with the fact that her romance books is always based on real... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Wanda
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It was the beginning of fourth grade and I was terrified. I would have Mrs. Straight that year and all the older kids said she was scary and mean. Luckily she wasn't mean but simply strict, and she had high expectations for all her students. She was also caring. She noticed my artwork and put my 3D rendition of story The Trumpet of The Swan on display in the school library. Later she loved my first short story about a girl finding a unicorn in the forest and had me read it to an assembly of parents and other students. That was when I discovered I loved writing and sharing stories with other people. Mrs. Straight was diagnosed with cancer during the school year and died that summer. She was one of the many supporters in my life but someone I never got to thank. It's amazing what an impact we can make on others, and sometimes without ever knowing it.

I live in the Pacific Northwest and enjoy exploring the mountains and traveling to the nearby coast or even farther away to Canada or the beach in Costa Rica. My favorite activities, besides writing and reading, include cycling, fishing, hiking, running, berry picking, and about any outdoor activity with my family. My motto? Make life an adventure! Visit my website and blog at www.writerkristenjames.com, and interact on Facebook at www.facebook.com/WriterKristenJames. I love to hear from readers!

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