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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 11, 2026

He lives by a set of rules. She might be his one exception.
I just wanted a distraction, something to take the edge off before facing a wedding I was dreading. So on the flight back to New York, I signed up for a dating app. Harmless enough, right?Wrong.

Turns out, it wasn’t just any app—it catered to people with very specific tastes. By the time I realized it, I was already on my date.
Tall, confident, and sinfully handsome, Jagger Langston seemed like the full package. The chemistry between us was instant—electric enough to burn the whole city down. Though things took a turn when we figured out I’d misunderstood who should join the app. We laughed it off, said goodbye, and went our separate ways.
Or so I thought.

Until I walked into my new internship Monday morning, ready to put the weekend behind me, and there he was—my boss.
Now I’m caught between the rules he lives by—and the temptation to make him break every single one of them.

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REVIEW:THE EXCEPTION by Vi Keeland is a stand alone, contemporary, adult, erotic, romance story line focusing on thirty-two year old, billionaire businessman Jagger Langston, and twenty-four year old, intern Sutton Holland’s story line.

Told from dual first person perspectives using present day (Sutton) and memories from the past (Jagger), THE EXCEPTION follows Sutton Holland as she begins an internship in New York at the coveted Apex Financial Institution but the introduction of her new temporary boss implodes when Sutton discovers the man who rejected her on a dating app, is the man who is now controlling her future. Jagger Langston likes control, a Dominant both in and out of the bedroom, Jagger struggles with his attraction to our story line heroine, a young woman whose brilliant mind rivals the brilliance of the man himself. As our couple begin to dance around one another, the inevitable attraction begins as a work place romance that will quickly turn into something more but Sutton’s past refuses to let go, and our heroine finds herself on the outside looking in when the man with whom she is falling in love begins to pull away without looking back.

The world building focuses on the ‘forbidden’ relationship between our story line couple as Jagger begins to spiral out of control. As a former US Marine, Jagger struggles with PTSD, and his memories of what was begin to affect his relationship with everyone in his life.

The relationship between Jagger and Sutton begins as a dating app rejection that slowly builds into something more. Interning for Jagger, Sutton finds herself at both an advantage and disadvantage when Jagger’s need for Sutton is often offset by the knowledge probability of a workplace embarrassment. The $ex scenes are intimate and provocative without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters are entertaining and interesting. We are introduced to Sutton’s mother and stepfather, as well as her ex Brendan and his new wife Colette; Sutton’s best friend Miles, as well as several fellow employees who work for or with the man in charge.

THE EXCEPTION is a story of power and control, obsession and conflict, family and relationships, acceptance and love. The character driven premise is dramatic and edgy with a definite Fifty Shades of Grey vibe ; the characters are striking, determined and desperate; the romance is seductive and impassioned.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Vi Keeland is a native New Yorker with three children that occupy most of her free time, which she complains about often, but wouldn’t change for the world. She is an attorney and a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, & USA Today Best Selling author. Over the last three years, ten of her titles have appeared on the USA Today Bestseller lists and three on the New York Times Bestseller lists.

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DENIM AND DIAMONDS by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 27, 2025

When the board of directors of my company mandated that I go to a wellness facility in small-town Maine to recharge, that shouldn’t have included:

1. Using a ladder to sneak out of the bedroom window at night and going to the local bar.
2. Getting so drunk that the bar owner brought me upstairs to sleep it off in his bed.
3. Waking up staring at the taxidermy moose head on said bar owner’s wall.
4. Falling for said bar owner who was the most drop-dead gorgeous man I’ve ever seen.

But Brock Hawkins was so much more than just the hot bar owner. He owned half the town, built log cabins with his bare hands, and was apparently the most eligible man in all of Meadowbrook.
He was also a cinnamon roll despite his seemingly rock-hard exterior.

And the last man I should’ve been falling for—because my time in this small town was limited.
I had to head back to my life in New York City, one that was the complete opposite from the kind Brock lived.

He was denim. I was diamonds.

The problem was, the sexy lumberjack wasn’t the type of man who was easy to walk away from. Hell, I couldn’t even part with his plaid shirt that had become a constant fixture wrapped around my shoulders most days, let alone think about erasing him from my life. A life with Brock, though, would have to be all or nothing.

Go big or go home.

I just didn’t realize that choosing to go big might also mean getting my heart broken when Brock’s life took a turn neither of us saw coming.

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REVIEW: DENIM AND DIAMONDS co-authored by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward is a contemporary, adult, erotic, romance story line focusing on bar owner Brock Hawkins, and business woman February Shaw.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Brock and February) DENIM AND DIAMONDS follows the building romance and relationship between our story line couple. February Shaw designs one of a kind purses, and owns a multi-million dollar company but when the board of directors demands she take a leave of absence, our heroine finds herself at a wellness resort in Meadowbrook Maine, where she will come face to face with her future in the guise of bar owner Brock Hawkins. Refusing to abide by the rules, February manages to sneak out of the rehab facility, and after a night of drinking finds herself in a strangers bed, staring at a wall of animal heads. Brock Hawkins had no idea that the woman asleep in his bed would be the woman that is about to break his heart but as the days and weeks go by, Brock finds himself falling for a woman who is unable to commit. Life is about to send Brock into a spiral, changing the direction of his lifetime plans, and the woman he loves, refuses to sacrifice her plans for someone else.

The world building focuses on choices and sacrifice. Brock Hawkins is falling in love with a woman who is his complete opposite, a woman who thrives in the world of high finance and business deals. February feels out of place in the quiet solitude of Meadowbrook Maine, where everyone knows everyone else but our heroine never expected to fall in love with a man whose entire life revolves around the people and land but Brock is about to discover that his life is no longer under his control, and the woman he loves, struggles to accept the changes in his life.

The relationship between Brock and February is one of immediate attraction but February’s arrival in town is for recovery and relaxation in the wake of professional burn out. Unable to relax, February finds herself looking for a temporary relationship with our story line hero, a man who is about to fall in love with a woman who is unable to commit. Both having been burned in the past, February battles between head and heart, as the man whom she has fallen in love, is much more than the lumberjack who took the time to rescue his girl. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters including Brock’s brothers Axe, Elvin, Maddox and Trevor; social media influencer Morgan Flowers; as well as several townies and live and work in Meadowbrook Maine; February’s exes Johnathon and Tobias, and Brock’s ex Nina. I hope the authors have plans for Brock’s brothers.

DENIM AND DIAMONDS is a story of country vs big city, family and friendships, acceptance and love. The character driven premise is captivating and emotional;the romance is heart breaking and fated; the characters are determined, broken, and struggling to heal.

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Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author. She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor, before switching to a more family-friendly career. She is the proud mother of a beautiful 11-year-old girl with autism and a 9-year-old boy. Penelope and her family reside in Rhode Island.

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Vi Keeland is a native New Yorker with three children that occupy most of her free time, which she complains about often, but wouldn’t change for the world. She is an attorney and a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, & USA Today Best Selling author. Over the last three years, ten of her titles have appeared on the USA Today Bestseller lists and three on the New York Times Bestseller lists.

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Someone Knows by Vi Keeland-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 17, 2025

As a college English professor, Elizabeth looks forward to the start of each new semester teaching her creative writing seminar. At least until she reads chapter one of The Reckoning, a tale about a high school senior who has an affair with her teacher. To anyone else it would be the beginning of a great page-turner, but to Elizabeth it is the beginning of the end.

She knows this story. It’s all familiar because she lived it. The girl in the story was her best friend Jocelyn, and Elizabeth knows exactly how the story will end—with the professor dead. Because she was the one who killed him.

Someone knows what Elizabeth did twenty years ago and her secret is about to be exposed, but who is the mystery student submitting the chapters? In an effort to find out, Elizabeth returns to her Louisiana hometown where it soon becomes clear that no matter how many years have gone by, she can’t escape her past.

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REVIEW:SOMEONE KNOWS by Vi Keeland is a contemporary, adult, thriller focusing on thirty-seven year old English professor Elizabeth Davis.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from first person perspective (Elizabeth) with one final chapter by Noah, using present day, memories and email chapters, SOMEONE KNOWS focuses on Elizabeth’s search for the truth. Approximately twenty years earlier, at age seventeen, Elizabeth’s life imploded when she was forced into an affair, and groomed by a married man, someone who was in a position of power but when an unknown student begins submitting chapters from a book detailing Elizabeth’s life, our heroine begins to spiral in the face of decades long secrets and lies. Fast forward to present day, Elizabeth returns to her home town in Louisiana, to discover all was not well: Elizabeth’s mother is ill, and the tight knit group of parishioners and friends have Elizabeth on edge with what they could possibly know. Having been befriended by a man ten years her junior, Elizabeth begins an affair in her home town only to discover, their introduction had been predicated upon a lie.

SOMEONE KNOWS is a detailed, complex and twisted story of betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, power and control, dysfunctional family dynamics. From addiction and abuse to mental illness and murder, and the righteousness of religious beliefs, we are up close and personal with the lives destroyed by one man, and his lecherous need to extinguish young minds.

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Vi Keeland is a native New Yorker with three children that occupy most of her free time, which she complains about often, but wouldn’t change for the world. She is an attorney and a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, & USA Today Best Selling author. Over the last three years, ten of her titles have appeared on the USA Today Bestseller lists and three on the New York Times Bestseller lists.

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 6, 2025

Weddings. I spend every working minute talking and writing about them, when just the thought of one makes me want to scream. After my fiancé abandoned me at the altar last year, my dream job at Bride magazine has turned into a reoccurring nightmare.

To add insult to injury, the bridezilla at my latest assignment, somehow roped me into filling in for a missing bridesmaid. Of course, I had to get paired with the most gorgeous groomsman. Wilder Hayes is perfect-except when he opens his mouth and we end up bickering all evening. That is, until the coat closet incident.

At least I’ll never have to see him again. Or so I think… Until I walk into work on Monday and find out Wilder isn’t just a jerk, he’s also my boss’s son. And I’ll be spending the rest of the season working with him at every single wedding I cover this year.

It’s a match made in heaven . . . or hell. Only time will tell.

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REVIEW:JILTED by Vi Keeland is a contemporary, stand alone, erotic, romance story line focusing on former professional British rugby player Wilder Hayes, and twenty-six year old, Bride magazine journalist Sloane Carrick.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Wilder and Sloane) JILTED follows Bride magazine journalist Sloane Carrick as she is tasked with journaling the weddings of twelve best friends, writing about everything from food to clothing, friends and relationships but Sloane never expected to come face to face with her future in the guise of former professional rugby player Wilder Hayes, the man with whom Sloane will fall in love. From the outset, Sloane is trepidatious having been burned in the past but Wilder Hayes is determined to prove she is worthy of a second chance.

The world building focuses on the back and forth, up and down relationship between Sloane and Wilder. Not only does Sloane work for the magazine but she has her own bridal podcast, and works part time in the family business. Wilder is determined to claim Sloane as his own but the demons from his past refuse to let go, and when Sloane discovers Wilder’s father own the Bride magazine, our heroine refuses to cross the invisible line by sleeping with the boss’s son.

The relationship between Sloane and Wilder begins acrimoniously as Sloane has no idea as to Wilder’s fame and reputation. Wilder new immediately that Sloane was the woman to call to his heart but heart break and betrayal sit at the forefront of a previous love. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top,sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters are energetic and dynamic. We are introduced to Wilder’s best friend Andrew; his half brother Lucas, and their father Ted Hayes; Sloane’s brothers Travis, Will, and Will’s daughter Olivia, and their father Harry; as well as Sloane’s best friend and co-worker Elijah.

JILTED is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and jealousy, love and loss, family and friendships, relationships and love. The character driven premise is thought provoking, real and inviting; the romance is spicy and spirited; the characters are sassy and charismatic.

 

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Reviewed by Sandy

Vi Keeland is a native New Yorker with three children that occupy most of her free time, which she complains about often, but wouldn’t change for the world. She is an attorney and a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, & USA Today Best Selling author. Over the last three years, ten of her titles have appeared on the USA Today Bestseller lists and three on the New York Times Bestseller lists.

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Indiscretion by Vi Keeland-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 13, 2025

He’s her boss. She’s his greatest temptation.

The first time I met Dawson Reed, we wound up in bed.
The problem was, neither of us knew the other were there.
When I woke up in the middle of the night and found a stranger next to me, instinct kicked in and I attacked the intruder.
Only it turned out, the man wasn’t an intruder at all.
Dawson had rented this cabin, too. Apparently, a system glitch allowed a duplicate booking.
We’d soon find out we were in town for the same wedding, and Dawson was the groomsman I’d been warned about. He was as tall, dark and jaw-droppingly gorgeous as my best friend had described. Though she was also right when she’d said you two will hate each other.
When daylight rolled around, Dawson and I attempted to straighten out the mess we found ourselves in. But it proved to be more difficult than we initially thought. Since it was a holiday weekend, there wasn’t a single room available for more than fifty miles.
I suppose things could be worse than sharing a cabin for a weekend with a handsome man you despise.
Like maybe him winding up being your new boss?

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REVIEW:INDISCRETION by Vi Keeland is a stand alone, contemporary, adult, erotic, romance story line focusing on attorneys, twenty-nine year old Dawson Reed, and twenty-eight year old Naomi Heart.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Dawson and Naomi) INDISCRETION follows the building relationship between our story line couple. A mutual friends’ wedding, a double booking, a broken hand, and a black eye find our couple saying goodbye at the end of the holiday weekend, never thinking to see one another again but when Dawson returns home to his law practice in New York, he discovers his ex girlfriend turned law partner is cleaning the office of clients and staff, leaving Dawson without help or aides. Meanwhile, Naomi Heart, is hoping to start anew , finds herself interviewing with our story line hero only to be rejected when she reveals the truth about her need for a change. Desperate for help, Dawson reluctantly takes on Naomi as a paralegal, wherein our couple will work together, and fall in love but Dawson has loved and lost, and struggles to let go of the ghosts from his past.

The world building focuses on heart break of the past, and the effort to move forward. From embattled exes, questionable losses and actions, betrayal and repercussions, both Dawson and Naomi reveal the emotional fall-out and consequences of their own demons.

The relationship between Dawson and Naomi begins at the wedding of their mutual friends Ben and Lily. A double booking at a cabin in the woods forces our couple together if only for a place to stay but their return home focuses on a new start for both, a new start together wherein jealousy rears, and the past can’t let go. The $ex scenes are intimate and provocative .

We are introduced to fellow attorneys Ben and Lily; Dawson’s ex Emily, and Naomi’s friend Simon.

INDISCRETION is a story of secrets and loss, family and friendships, relationships, betrayal and love. The premise is emotional and engaging; the romance is passionate; the characters are a little bit broken but struggling to heal.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Vi Keeland is a native New Yorker with three children that occupy most of her free time, which she complains about often, but wouldn’t change for the world. She is an attorney and a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, & USA Today Best Selling author. Over the last three years, ten of her titles have appeared on the USA Today Bestseller lists and three on the New York Times Bestseller lists.

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The Rules of Dating a Younger Man by Vi Keeland/Penelope Ward

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🩷The Rules of Dating a Younger Man (The Laws of Opposites Attract 4) by Vi Keeland/Penelope Ward-review tour🩷

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 17, 2024

I was the last of my group of friends to find “the one.”
The guys would always tease me that I needed to hurry up and settle down.
But I was in no rush.
Until I met someone worth rushing for.

Alex was one of the weekend volunteers at Ryan’s House—a charity I founded to build housing near hospitals.
Little did I know she was the same person I’d been arguing with over email before the project started. At the time, I’d thought Alex was a dude.
In reality? She was a smoking hot blonde who captivated me from the moment we met in person.
Our chemistry was off the charts, and I fell hard pretty fast.
Unfortunately, Alex insisted I was too young for her. I hated that she felt that way. Because age was just a number.
Not only that, her words didn’t match the way she looked at me—like she was very interested.

I lived for the weekends we’d spend out of town volunteering. Alex and I side-by-side hammering during the day, while sharing intimate dinners together at the hotel at night.
Eventually, the walls she’d put up to protect her heart began to crumble.
Until fate threw us a doozy that I wasn’t sure we could come back from.
If I’d thought our age gap was the biggest hurdle, I didn’t know anything yet.
Rule number one for dating an older woman who insists you could never be together?
Don’t fall in love.

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REVIEW: THE RULES OF DATING A YOUNGER MAN is the fourth instalment in the contemporary, adult THE RULES OF OPPOSITES ATTRACT erotic romance series co-authored by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward. This is thirty one year old businessman/ contractor / landlord Brayden Foster and spa owner Alexandria ‘ Alex’ Jones’ story line. THE RULES OF DATING A YOUNGER MAN can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

SOME BACKGROUND : Approximately ten years earlier, Brayden Foster, Owen Dawson,Colby Lennon and Holden Catalano lost their best friend Ryan to leukemia, and in the wake of his death, Ryan left the foursome a building, where they will work, live and play, in memory of the friend whom they lost.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Brayden and Alex) THE RULES OF DATING A YOUNGER MAN follows the building but struggling relationship between our story line couple. Brayden Foster is the managing director of a renovation project known as Ryan’s House in honor of his best friend Ryan, but one of the ‘volunteers ‘ is the bane of Brayden’s existence, always contradicting Brayden’s ideas and suggestions for the home. Enter Alexandria ‘Alex’ Jones, the woman with whom Brayden will fall in love. Alex Jones is a business owner, who lost her first husband to cancer, and in his memory, has volunteered to help build Ryan’s House but from the outset her attraction to Brayden is tempered by the apparent age-gap in their relationship. Brayden wants something more from our story line heroine but Alex is struggling with the age difference, and tries desperately to keep her distance. Weeks pass, the attraction increases until one fateful weekend where their lives will implode forcing Alex out of Brayden’s life. What ensues is the slow building relationship between Alex and Brayden, and the fall-out when the past resurfaces, pulling our couple apart.

The world building follows the back and forth relationship between our story line couple. The closer Alex and Brayden feel, the further Alex wants to pull apart. Alex is worried about the age difference, what people will think, including the step-daughter she has raised as her own. As the renovations continue, life pulls the couple in opposite directions, until the past pushes our couple apart.

The relationship between Alex and Brayden is one of immediate attraction but an attraction tempered by our story line heroine. The palpable sexual attraction is obvious to everyone including our story line couple but Alex’s back and forth, up and down, is threatening any possible future. The $ex scenes are limited but intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters include Brayden’s friends Colby, Owen and Holden, their significant others, as well as several volunteers at Ryan’s House, cancer patients and Alex’s step-daughter Caitlyn.

THE RULES OF DATING A YOUNGER MAN is a story of secrets and lies, life and death, family and friendships, acceptance and love. The premise is detailed, captivating and thought provoking; the romance is spicy; the characters are animated sassy and spirited. On the flip side, we never know the true age of our heroine, although it is alluded to less than ten years.

 

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
The Rules of Dating
The Rules of Dating My Best Friend
The Rules of Dating My One-Night Stand

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Reviewed by Sandy

Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author. She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor, before switching to a more family-friendly career. She is the proud mother of a beautiful 11-year-old girl with autism and a 9-year-old boy. Penelope and her family reside in Rhode Island.

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Vi Keeland is a native New Yorker with three children that occupy most of her free time, which she complains about often, but wouldn’t change for the world. She is an attorney and a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, & USA Today Best Selling author. Over the last three years, ten of her titles have appeared on the USA Today Bestseller lists and three on the New York Times Bestseller lists.

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THE UNRAVELING by Vi Keeland -a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 9, 2024

This isn’t a love story.

It’s a story about obsession.

After experiencing a terrible loss, New York City psychiatrist Meredith McCall feels painfully adrift. When she crosses paths with a man with whom she has a tragic connection, she follows him, sparking an unhealthy obsession with Gabriel Wright. How is he doing so well while her life is in shambles?

But when Gabriel walks into her office as a patient, seemingly unaware of who she is, she knows it crosses all ethical and moral bounds to treat him. Yet, Meredith can’t bring herself to turn him away and becomes further entangled. With her life and career continuing to unravel, it appears that things could not get any worse…until they do.

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REVIEW: THE UNRAVELING by Vi Keeland is a contemporary, adult, psychological thriller focusing on widowed psychiatrist Dr. Meredith McCall.

Told from first person perspective (Meredith) THE UNRAVELING follows Dr. Meredith McCall as she tries to navigate her life going forward. A tragic accident, loss of life, and two years of guilt find our heroine facing her past, a past that is now controlling her present. As Meredith begins to unravel, so too, do the ghosts that continue to haunt her, ghosts that refuse to let go, ghosts that are more real than she could have ever imagined.

The world building is fraught with twists and turns, betrayal and vengeance, power and madness, obsession and control.

We are introduced to widower Gabriel Wright, Meredith’s late husband Connor Fitzgerald, psychiatrist Dr. Alexander, receptionist and friend Sarah, and patient Rebecca Jordon, all who play a role in Meredith’s ongoing struggle.

THE UNRAVELING is a thought-provoking and unconventional story; a cautionary tale ; a raw, real and twisted look at despair, remorse and vengeance; of determination and dissolution. The premise is intriguing and powerful; the characters are desperate, tragic and questionable.

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What Happens at the Lake by Vi Keeland-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 15, 2024

When life took an unexpected turn, I decided to get out of New York for a while. What better place to go than the idyllic small town my father spoke about so fondly when I was growing up? Laurel Lake held the title America’s Friendliest Town for seventeen years running, and friendly was just what I needed right now.

Unfortunately, friendly wasn’t the welcome I got when I arrived.

Instead, I got Fox Cassidy. My tall, dark, and burly neighbor, who grunted at me instead of saying hello.

Okay, so I might’ve had his mailbox in my hands the first time we met. And it might’ve been a little crushed after removing it from under my tire. And I might’ve needed his help breaking into the place I was staying in after the key broke off in the lock. But still…he didn’t have to be so grumpy.

As time went on though, I started to notice things about Fox other than his glares. Like how he watched me when he thought I wasn’t looking, or how fire ignited in his eyes whenever we bickered. Though I was in Laurel Lake to escape my problems, not create new ones. And getting involved with a man like Fox screamed trouble, even if he was gorgeous and unlike any man I’d ever met.

But alas, problem seemed to be my middle name this year. So why not have some fun while I was here for the summer? It seemed like a good plan. At least until it was time to go home…

They say what happens at the lake, stays at the lake. But it’s not so easy to walk away when what stays behind…is your heart.

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REVIEW:WHAT HAPPENS AT THE LAKE by Vi Keeland is a contemporary, adult, stand alone erotic, romance story line focusing on former professional hockey payer turned construction company owner Fox Cassidy, and pharmaceutical science engineer Dr. Josie Preston.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Fox and Josie) using present day and memories from the past, WHAT HAPPENS AT THE LAKE follows Dr. Josie Preston as she ventures towards her future on Laurel Lake. Years earlier, Josie’s grandmother, and subsequently her father died, leaving our heroine the family property but on ‘leave’ from work, Josie makes the decision to leave Manhattan only to discover the property at Laurel Lake in disrepair. Accidentally meeting her grumpy neighbor Fox Cassidy forced our heroine to reconsider everything about Laurel Lake including the town’s reputation as America’s Friendliest. As Laurel struggles with a myriad of home repairs, Fox knows the neighborly thing would be to help but it is not until someone else takes an interest does Fox step up his game. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Fox and Josie, and the fall-out as Fox’s demons refuse to let go, sending our hero into a spiral from which he may not return.

The world building focuses on the heart breaking past of our story line couple. Individually, each has a story that has shaped their current direction in life but Fox’s past continues to control his present, and with it, he is unable to let go. Having both loves and lost, Josie is hoping for a new start, while Fox continues to live in the past.

The relationship between Fox and Josie begins acrimoniously as Josie’s slightly flighty attitude sets Fox’s teeth on edge.Josie has become the town’s newest daughter, and the gossip chain refuses to let anything die, and Fox and Josie’s life becomes fodder for the town. As Fox and Josie’s relationship turns into something more, the ghosts continue to haunt our hero, pushing the woman he loves out of his life. The $ex scenes are intimate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, quirky and charismatic secondary and supporting characters, as well as the small town busybodies, and grapevines that pull everyone into everyone else’s business.

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE LAKE is a story of loss and grief, guilt and shame, family and friendships, relationships and love. The premise is emotional yet captivating; the romance is seductive; the characters are broken, determined and healing.

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

Vi Keeland is a native New Yorker with three children that occupy most of her free time, which she complains about often, but wouldn’t change for the world. She is an attorney and a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, & USA Today Best Selling author. Over the last three years, ten of her titles have appeared on the USA Today Bestseller lists and three on the New York Times Bestseller lists.

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