Title: Hale Maree
Author: Misty Provencher
Expected Pub. Date: Nov. 19, 2012
Hale Simmons dreams of climbing out of her impoverished life, going to college, and getting herself a titanium crash helmet, so she can eventually bust through the Plexiglas ceiling of her crappy life. But for now, she’s just a 17-year-old girl with a flimsy hope, barely getting by with her alcoholic father, Jerry.
But for Hale, ‘crappy’ suddenly takes a nosedive, when Jerry becomes the sole witness to a horrible accident. It is an event which means to effect everyone, especially Hale, who wasn’t even involved.
While the depth of the accident has just begun to unfold, Otto Maree, a prominent business man and old family friend, stands to lose everything because of it. Otto is desperate for Hale’s father to stay quiet about what occurred the night the two men met for a drink. Out of mutual moments of desperation, the two fathers forge a deal. Jerry is desperate to gain financial stability for both himself and Hale, and Otto Maree is more than willing to pay to keep his secret just that.
But deals like this need to be made of the strongest vows and bound with the most faithful of loyalties. Otto proposes a marriage between Hale and his playboy-son, Oscar, in order to assure that the secret remains ‘in the family’. The mystery surrounding the accident continues to grow and Hale struggles against her own mysterious feelings that begin to develop for Oscar, who turns out to less of a playboy, but just as fiercely loyal and dedicated as his father.
As the pressures around her continues to escalate, Hale realizes that she’s got to decide if this arranged marriage is really just a big mistake or an amazing twist of fate, that has been waiting around for this particular accident to happen.
Oh my goodness!!! I can’t express how much I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Misty AND her books! If you haven’t read any of her work, please go right now and check out Cornerstone. If you go to my review, I have the links up for the book, there. Or, just check out one of Misty’s page links, below. As for Hale Maree, I’m already positive that I’m going to love this book’s guts!
~About the Author~
Author of Cornerstone and Keystone, from The Cornerstone Series. Oh, and I like mustard on my eggs.
I haven't read any of the author's books yet! I think that's going to change though, because I am loving the blurb for Hale Maree! Definitely sounds interesting.
– Ellie @ The Selkie Reads Stories
I haven't read any of the author's books yet! I think that's going to change though, because I am loving the blurb for Hale Maree! Definitely sounds interesting.
– Ellie @ The Selkie Reads Stories