Second Chances [Kindle Edition]

Alana Lorens (Author)

Book Description

When Inessa Regan gets a pink slip, laid off from her law firm at the age of 42, without prospects she’s sure her life is over. She hides from the world, until her neighbor brings her a client, a young Iraq war veteran dying of cancer.

Kurt Lowdon only wants to make sure his affairs are in order should the worst happen, but meeting Inessa gives him encouragement on the road to recovery. His quest to help her realize her self-worth leads them into dangers they never expected, as horrors from the war and long-hidden family secrets come back to haunt them.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Alana Lorens has been a published writer for more than 35 years, including seven years as a reporter and editor at the South Dade News Leader in Homestead, Florida, where she found it much warmer than her current home not far from the banks of Lake Erie. Alana writes romantic suspense, but her list of publications also includes the non-fiction book 101 Little Instructions for Surviving Your Divorce, stories in A Cup of Comfort for Divorced Women and A Cup of Comfort for Adoptive Parents, and the Clan Elves of the Bitterroot urban fantasy series (as Lyndi Alexander). She is married to an absent-minded computer geek. Together, they have a dozen computers, seven children and a full house in northwestern Pennsylvania.

Product Details

• File Size: 536 KB
• Print Length: 238 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1612710808
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Zumaya Embraces (June 19, 2012)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B008CVY09Q
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #939,042 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Alana Lorens does it again! June 22, 2012

By Dr. Jane Nixon White

Format:Kindle Edition

"Second Chances," newly released by Alana Lorens, is another successful romance/adventure novel that will keep readers up late. I couldn't put it down, myself. It tells the story of a middle-aged female attorney who receives a pink slip through no fault of her own, but it takes the wind out of her sails and forces her to question her abilities and self-worth. She meets a much younger war veteran suffering with terminal cancer who befriends her and gives her a reason to face life anew. Read to learn how close they become, how they face danger together, and how long (and how deep) their friendship becomes. Will they both have a second chance?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book December 24, 2012

By Angela Gail Crawford

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

Love the suspense with that little twist of romance added. Makes for a great combination. I highly recommend this book.

More About the Author

Alana Lorens (aka Barbara Mountjoy) has been a published writer for over 35 years, including seven years as a reporter and editor at the South Dade News Leader in Homestead, Florida. Her list of publications includes the non-fiction book 101 Little Instructions for Surviving Your Divorce, published by Impact Publishers in 1999, stories in A Cup of Comfort for Divorced Women, in December 2008, and A Cup of Comfort for Adoptive Parents, in June 2009. Her Clan Elves of the Bitterroot series (as Lyndi Alexander) is available from Dragonfly Publishing; THE ELF QUEEN in 2010 and THE ELF CHILD in March 2011, with THE ELF MAGE coming out in early 2012.

Her newest release (as Alana Lorens) is BY ANY OTHER NAME, from Desert Breeze Publishing.

She also has That Girl's the One I Love, from The Wild Rose Press in September 2012

A Recipe For Success, a story in the anthology SIDEKICKS, publishing in spring 2013 from Alliteration Ink


The Pittsburgh Lady Lawyers series:

Conviction of the Heart, romantic suspense from The Wild Rose Press, 2012
See trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a84IZoH-JKw

Second Chances, Zumaya Publications,July 2012
See trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEMtSxd6FQQ

Voodoo Dreams, romantic suspense from The Wild Rose Press, October 2013


and SECRETS IN THE SAND, in the Crimson Rose line from The Wild Rose Press.

She also takes care of a husband and a bunch of kids and blogs on a variety of subjects, including autism, science fiction and life at http://awalkabout.wordpress.com

To learn more about Alana, see http://alanalorens.com
Friend Alana on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/AlanaLorens