Release Day, Rachel's Review, Giveaway: The Shortstop by AM Madden

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Synopsis: “Quint and Annie sitting in a tree…K.I.S.S.I.N.G.” Quint Lawson and Annie Weber heard that childhood song over and over and it never bothered them. Even though Quint was only five, Annie wasn’t just his neighbor. She would become his best friend and the love of his life. Annie wasn’t interested in dolls, or girly things when growing up. A tomboy at heart, having a boy as a best friend suited her just fine. That same boy captured her heart. Quint had two passions, his girl and baseball. From kindergarten to college, Quint tore up every baseball diamond he played on. His position was shortstop. His talent was undeniable. Professional ball was most definitely in his future, and he was ready for it. Annie would be right by his side. When everything in life is perfect, it’s hard to imagine heartbreak in any form. Quint wasn’t immune to its power. This shortstop had no idea what any form of heartbreak could do to his perfect world. When it hit, there were many casualties left in its wake…the most important one was Annie. Can a person be prepared for, understand, or even endure a misfortune if they’ve never experienced one before? In Quint Lawson’s case the answer is no.


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Rachel's Review~
  
To meet Quint and Annie and get involved in their story made me happy, even though I had tears falling from my eyes for the majority of the story.
Quint is an amazing ball player and knows exactly what he wants in life...To play shortstop for the New York Yankees and to marry Annie..his best friend since the age of 5.

Annie has known her whole life what she was meant to do and that was to become a teacher and marry Quint, her neighbor, best friend and crush since the age of 5.

I don't wanna give to much away, since once the story stars rocking for me to say much would be a dead giveaway. So let's be happy to just say that it was an amazing story of love, life, disappointment and learning to live through adversity. Finding yourself when all you've planned to do is taken from you.

For me, Annie stole the show here. She was just as a woman has to be... STRONG with an ability to change depending on what life throws at you. Instead of settling and completely giving up her dreams, she adapts. When life doesn't go her way she changes what she wants to make herself happy, or at least as happy as she can make herself.
When things fall apart, she puts on a happy face to appease everyone around her...

I loved this story once it got going...Once the emotional chaos began, I started to cry and that did it. It was 5 STARS from there...I cried for an hour and went through Kleenex after Kleenex as I became embroiled in Quint and Annie's story.

There were times I wanted to bitch slap Quint and yell at Annie, and I was chatting with some of the other beta readers...going back and forth through all the emotional upheaval we felt. You know a book is good when you sit around and talk about it for 2 hours!



5 Stars

  





Author bio: Amazon Best Selling Author ~ A.M. Madden's debut novel is Back-up, the first in The Back-Up Series. The series includes Back-Up, Front & Center, Encore, Backstage, and The Devil's Lair Novella. A.M. Madden is a wife, a mother, an avid reader of romance novels and now an author. In Back-up she aspired to create a fun, sexy, realistic romantic story. She wanted to create characters that the reader could relate to and feel as if they knew personally. A self-proclaimed hopeless romantic, she loves getting lost in a good book. She also uses every free moment of her time writing, while raising teenage boys.


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