BENEATH THE SURFACE Blog Tour

JustRead & Just Commonly Publicity Tour

What Lies Beneath the Surface Could Be Deadly . . .

Ada, Mich. — Dive into the depths of fear with an exciting new romantic suspense novel, Beneath the Surface. This gripping tale from award-winning author Lynn H. Blackburn will capture readers from the first page and won’t let them go until the final, heart-pounding scene.

After a harrowing experience with an obsessed patient, oncology nurse practitioner Leigh Weston moves home to Carrington, North Carolina, to leave behind her troubled past. But when someone tampers with her brakes, she fears the past has chased her into the present.

Homicide investigator Ryan Parker finds fulfillment in his career, but his favorite way to use his skills is as a volunteer underwater investigator with the Carrington County Sheriff’s Office dive team. When the body of a wealthy businessman is discovered in Lake Porter, the investigation uncovers a possible serial killer—one with a terrifying connection to Leigh Weston and deadly implications for them all.

Title: Beneath the Surface Series: Dive Team Investigations, Book 1 Author: Lynn H. Blackburn Publisher: Revell Release Date: March 6, 2018 Genre: Contemporary Romantic Suspense Links*: Goodreads l Amazon l ChristianBook l BookDepository l Itunes

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lynn H. Blackburn is the author of Hidden Legacy (Love Inspired, June 2017) and Covert Justice, winner of the 2016 Selah Award for Mystery and Suspense and the 2016 Carol Award for Short Novel. Blackburn believes in the power of stories, especially those that remind us that true love exists, a gift from the Truest Love. She’s passionate about CrossFit, coffee, and chocolate (don’t make her choose) and experimenting with recipes that feed both body and soul. She lives in Simpsonville, South Carolina, with her true love, Brian, and their three children.

GIVEAWAYa Rafflecopter giveaway

(3) Winners will each win:

• Print copy of Beneath the Surface by Lynn H. Blackburn
• Surprised Bookish treat from the publisher  (US/Canada Mailing Addresses Only)

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JustRead Publicity Tour Landing Page

Just Commonly

April 23

• Create Explore Read – Author Interview
• A Baker’s Perspective – A Day with Special Agent ___

April 24 

• Savings in Seconds – Quote Hightlight
• Grace in Our Moments – Guest Post from Author

April 25

• Christen Krumm – Guest Post from Author
• Among the Reads – Beneath the Surface & the Power of Prayer

April 26

• Blooming with Books – Character Profile
• Fiction Aficionado – Did you know this about diving investigators?

April 27

• Remembrancy – Photo Tour of Carrington
• Stories by Gina – Quote Highlight

April 30

• The Christian Fiction Girl – Quote Hightlight
• Daysong Reflections – Underwater Investigations & Evidence

May 1 

• Worthy 2 Read – Quote Hightlight
• Kat’s Corner Books – Beneath the Surface with International Adoption

May 2

• All of a Kind Mom – A Character Like Me
• Robin’s Nest – Quote Hightlight
• Edits & Reviews by Leslie – Food Beneath the Surface

May 3

• By the Book – Quote Hightlight
• Cafinated Reads – Quote Highlight

May 4

• Book by Book – Playlist
• Pacific Northwest Bookworm – Cookies Beneath the Surface

MULLING IT OVER

A few weeks ago I read BENEATH THE SURFACE  by Lynn H. Blackburn, a new voice in full-length romantic suspense fiction.  (You can read my thoughts about the book itself in my review here.)

Since then, I have been mulling over on quote:

“…true, meaningful, long-lasting relationships were built more on the way a couple handled conflict and adversity than on romantic dinners and moonlit strolls” (p. 111, Beneath the Surface)

Being a happily married woman of 20+ years, I can attest to the truth behind that statement. True romance isn’t the candlelight dinners and strolls on the beach – it’s the way your spouse helps you clean up when your child is throwing up in the middle of the night for the third time. It’s the washing up of supper dishes so you can bathe the little ones; it’s the way he is a servant leader in the home — and so much more.

My husband and I came into marriage, knowing we couldn’t change each other, and that we had to be able to accept one another the way we were. That didn’t mean we wouldn’t change during the course of our marriage, but we tried to have realistic expectations of who the other person was when we married.

We faced our challenges together. We faced infertility and treatment options, before God blessed our family with children through adoption. I remember praying that we’d be “on the same page” throughout the process. There were many ups and downs during that time.

Later, as the children grew, there were other challenges we faced.One was having our parents live miles away from us and losing some of them to cancer. The loss was hard, but experiencing it from a distance was harder, knowing our siblings were carrying a harder burden of caring for them in their final days. Certainly the teen years have had their challenges as well, especially raising adopted children. God has been there through it all, drawing us closer to Him and to one another through these times.

We will celebrate our 21st anniversary this summer. The warm, fuzzy feelings come and go, but I wouldn’t trade him for the world. He is a man of God who cares deeply for all the members of his family, and he works hard to be the husband and daddy God has called him to be.

To know someone beneath the surface is to know someone beyond the mask they wear to the world. That is true intimacy.

– Carol R. Gehringer

Disclaimer: Book reviews are my honest opinion of books I either purchased or received free of cost from the publishers, publicists, and/or authors. I am not required to write reviews, nor to even post positive reviews.