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Review & Giveaway : LOVE REQUEST by Tara Chevrestt (CR)

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Book Blurb

When Ciara Littleton takes the plunge and finally joins Facebook to socialize without the limits that her hearing impairment gives her, on a whim, she looks up a childhood friend. In sending him that first message, she ignites the memories of a crush from twenty years ago. But can a simple friend request fix all that stands between them and lead to something more?

Hunter has a lot on his plate. A recent divorce, a pregnant sister, and now, he realizes he's in love with a woman who lives states away. Can he overcome the boundaries of Internet romance to make this desire turn into something real, or will adversity and distance be their undoing--adversity being in the form of his very own sister--the woman who bullied Ciara so mercilessly long ago?

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Love Request by Tara Chevrestt is a wonderful little novella about two childhood friends whom find each other again through Facebook. Both friends are single and eventually romance blooms in Utah.

So that's the jist of the story but what I didn't tell you is that our main heroine, Ciara, is practically deaf. When she joined a new school in second grade, she immediately became the object of torture by the local "mean girls" because of her deafness but the local cute boy in class, Hunter, and brother to the main mean girl befriends her. He never saw her deafness as a problem and really liked Ciara as a person. He's thrilled that they have reconnected because he's going through an ugly divorce and could use some happiness but even though twenty plus years have passed, his "mean girl" sister is totally against him hooking up with a "handicapped" woman.

The story itself flips between childhood flashbacks and the present. Which makes for a full bodied short story by giving you the important scenes to build the foundation for the present love story.

I totally loved this take on the typical CR. I loved that even though our heroine has some deafness, she is a strong, talented and able-bodied woman. She lives life to the fullest and puts most hearing people to shame with her zest for life. Granted, she's not a thrill-seeker or anything as drastic but just lives her life and doesn't hold back. As for Hunter, again, a strong male lead whom doesn't let a little physical alteration get in the way of the woman he wants to be with. Kudos to the author for writing such a great story with such wonderful characters.
Author Info

Tara Chevrestt is a deaf woman, former aviation mechanic, writer, and an editor. She is most passionate about planes, motorcycles, dogs, and above all, reading. That led to her love of writing. Between her writing and her editing, which allows her to be home with her little canine kids, she believes she has the greatest job in the world. She is very happily married.

Her theme is Strong is Sexy. She shares a website with her naughty pen name: http://tarachevrestt.weebly.com/index.html and they have a Facebook page.
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2 comments:

  1. TaraJuly 31, 2013 at 4:01 PM

    Yes, Thank you for the fantastic review!

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  2. Donna EAugust 1, 2013 at 7:09 PM

    I do not think I was ever bullied when I was in school. And I hope no one ever thought I was bulling them. I'm sure some went on 40-50 years ago, but it really seems much more prevalent now-a-days.

    donna(dot)durnell(at)sbcglobal(dot)net

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