Saving Katya [Kindle Edition]

Sandra Edwards (Author)

Book Description

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"Mix together love, betrayal, lies and secrets set against the rarefied world of Olympic figure skating, and you have a tender story that leaps off the pages and twists its way into your heart. Ms. Edwards scores with Saving Katya. Her writing glides along through ups and downs until two former Olympians win their happy ending."
-Cara Marsi ~ Author of Loving Or Nothing, 2012 Silken Sands Star Finalist

The Story:
Olympic Gold Medalists Kate Peterson (U.S.) and Alexei Petrova (Russia) haven't seen each other in eight years--not since their teenage affair ended after Alexei was forced back to Russia.

Since then, Kate has disappeared into relative obscurity, while Alexei--who's now living in the States--has made a fortune selling "himself".

When figure skating's gold medalists are invited to light the flame at the torch-lighting ceremony, the two are thrown back together again, yet each harbors a secret that could prevent a happy reunion. 

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More praise for Saving Katya:

"Ms. Edwards delivers another heartfelt, feel-good winner with Saving Katya."
-Robin Haseltine, award-winning author

"Saving Katya is an inspiring story."
-Sue Fineman, author of the bestselling Gregory Series

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***Please note: Saving Katya is a novella of approximately 35,000 words (Print Length: 132 pages). Also contains the bonus short story Separate Ways from The Memory Bouquet.


More bestselling titles by Sandra Edwards:

CRAZY FOR YOU - A controversial romance set in the 80s.

INCREDIBLE DREAMS - A time travel romance.

SECONDARY TARGETS - A tale of suspense and intrigue with a hint of romance.

FORGOTTEN SOUL - A tale of buried treasure, star-crossed lovers and reincarnation.

VEGAS, BABY - A continuation of Broken Wings with a romantic suspense flair.

STAKED - A time-traveling bounty hunter gets involved with a mysterious soldier-of-fortune and soon discovers she could be his saving grace--or his downfall.

THE MEMORY BOUQUET - The past and present collide in this collection of short stories featuring the Franklin sisters.

TRADING UP - A high school reunion. A weekend husband. Finally, a chance to save face!

THE MARRIAGE BARGAIN - Billionaire Games: Book 1.

The Marriage Caper - Billionaire Games: Book 2.

CALIFORNIA GIRL - West Coast Girlz - Book One.

GLAMOUR GIRL - West Coast Girlz: Book Two.

PARTY GIRL - West Coast Girlz: Book Three.

WEST COAST GIRLZ OMNIBUS - Contains California Girl, Glamour Girl & Party Girl.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Saving Katya is a true love story...Sandra Edwards adds her well written words to the tale and it all makes for a wonderful read." -- Sizzling Hot Books

Product Details

• File Size: 227 KB
• Print Length: 104 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: SE Press (September 23, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005P9FURY
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,832 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

68 of 71 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars The story is complete nonsense and it's badly written to boot January 12, 2012

By rackoflamb

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1) Alexei's last name would be "Petrov." "Petrova" is the feminized version of that name.

2) They're both singles skaters but they skate as a pair on the tour? And they go to the trouble of learning difficult pairs moves like a throw double axel and pairs spins? If two singles skaters were to put together a joint routine for an ice show, it would be a novelty, crowd-pleasing routine where they mostly do moves side by side, using skills they already have.

3) Kate is a waitress, yet she has a full-time nanny? She needs money and, as a has-been athlete who's been out of public life for eight years and is going blind, her plan is to get an endorsement deal worth $500K? Most active athletes don't make anywhere near that kind of money in endorsements. (A more viable plan would have been to sell her story to the tabloids, or to ally with a charitable foundation.)

4) Kate's "mysterious, incurable" disease is patently made-up and only worsens when it's convenient to the plot. In one day she goes from needing surgery in 4-6 months, to needing it in 4-6 weeks, to needing it in 72 hours.

5) Alexei notices that Kate's little girl has his hair color and is named Katya (his pet name for Kate) and never considers that he might be her father. He even has the passing thought that birth control sometimes fails - and he still doesn't connect the dots!

6) He's a multi-millionaire with legitimate business interests in the US, attending the Olympics by invitation, and a senator is trying to have him deported? Having him audited would be a more realistic threat, but of course the threat of deportation gives Alexei a reason to need to get married.

7) Even I know that unequal pupil size is a sign of concussion. How does Alexei not know this? Skaters fall and hit their heads all the time. He must have gotten a concussion himself at some point.

8) Alexei buys a teddy bear to take up to Kate's hospital room with him, then buys some flowers to be delivered there. Why not just take the flowers up himself? Basically so that he can obnoxiously pay the $10 delivery charge with a $100 bill and show that he's rich.

9) "Kate closed her eyes and "listened" to the skaters." No quotes needed - she's actually listening with her actual ears. "Vigilance escaped in her tone and settled on her face." Um, what? A seven-year-old asks, "And this is just a precautionary measure, right?"

10) Strange and inconsistent capitalizations throughout, e.g. his Gold Medal, his Cashmere coat, a Toe Loop jump, etc. The "US Residence" in one place and "U.S. residence" in another.

Blech. The writer demonstrates no knowledge of athletes, medicine, or even basic common sense. I'm deleting this.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Distracting plot devices January 13, 2012

By Reviewer89

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Most romance novels have a certain number of plot holes or incredible coincidences that require the reader to willingly suspend their disbelief. Normally, I can move past those issues and enjoy the book. Saving Katya, however, had a few too many of these logical conundrums. I can move past the fact that the book might not be true to the realities of figure skating, or that the female protagonist's unexplained "mystery illness" was obviously made up, or the fact that the daughter alternates between sounding five and sounding thirty. I could even try to move past the idea that a winter olympics hosted by the United States would invite a Russian gold medialist (who beat an American in a controversial final) to light the torch at the opening ceremonies.

I just can't move past the deportation plot device. In the book, Alexei, a Russian national, is being threatened with deportation by a U.S. senator because he broke up with the senator's daughter. I have a really hard time believing that a U.S. senator is not image conscious enough to stop herself from pursuing a vendetta against a millionaire businessmen who has resided in the country for seven years. But even if we ignore that, why didn't Alexei, or his manager friend, or his team of lawyers at his business not fight this in any way. The book says a number of times that the U.S. was trying to keep the deportation quiet because they knew it would garner bad publicity. All he had to do was leak this story to one reporter at any point in this saga. He owns a magazine! The story just kept getting more and more favorable for Alexei, yet he just sits there and wrings his hands about this predicament. How does this man run a successful business when he accepts his fate so passively? There really isn't any reason to incude this storyline anyway. It feels kind of shoved in at odd moments and makes Alexei seem scatterbrained because he ignores the problem completely so he can focus on thinking about Kate.

I spent more time trying to figure out the author's choices than I did reading the book. That's never a good sign.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Tons of wasted potential January 18, 2012

By Lyne

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The author had tons of potential here and in my opinion wasted it. The plot was rushed in the lasts few pages, and the main female character goes back to a man who left her, and she hasn't heard from in eight years, in one page...I think not.

More About the Author

Sandra is an award-winning author of romance. She has eclectic tastes, penning tales in a variety of genres such as paranormal (mostly time travel and reincarnation), contemporary and suspense. She lives in the U.S. (west coast) with her husband, two kids, four dogs and one very temperamental feline. Sandra's books often push the envelope and step outside the boundaries of conventional romance. For more info on Sandra's books, visit her website at www.sandrawrites.com.