Book Spotlight: Lost In Vegas by Pat Amsden
Lost in Vegas
by Pat Amsden
Vegas - the city of
gamblers, dreamers, heroes and heartbreak. And Kate McLarens' last
chance to redeem herself by putting her boyfriend's fail-safe black jack
system into action to make payroll for her salon. Make that
ex-boyfriend when the system fails miserably.
She wakes up to find herself being given mouth to mouth resuscitation by sexy JT Sullivan of Security. But the only way she can convince him not to send her to the nearest ER is by agreeing to meet him for breakfast the next day. After she tells him she's gone from business woman of the year to not being able to make payroll and can't face going back to her hometown he convinces her to stay in Vegas, finds her a place to stay and a job waiting tables.
Determined to make the money she needs to pay off her debts she stays in Vegas and things are looking up when she gets a job styling a famous star making a comeback. Unfortunately her ex-boyfriend is still in Vegas and takes the opportunity to kidnap the star she works for and her.
JT Sullivan has to find the kidnappers and bring them back. It looks as if he's succeeded when Max returns the star and keeps Kate. Now JT has to put everything on the line to get Kate back.
She wakes up to find herself being given mouth to mouth resuscitation by sexy JT Sullivan of Security. But the only way she can convince him not to send her to the nearest ER is by agreeing to meet him for breakfast the next day. After she tells him she's gone from business woman of the year to not being able to make payroll and can't face going back to her hometown he convinces her to stay in Vegas, finds her a place to stay and a job waiting tables.
Determined to make the money she needs to pay off her debts she stays in Vegas and things are looking up when she gets a job styling a famous star making a comeback. Unfortunately her ex-boyfriend is still in Vegas and takes the opportunity to kidnap the star she works for and her.
JT Sullivan has to find the kidnappers and bring them back. It looks as if he's succeeded when Max returns the star and keeps Kate. Now JT has to put everything on the line to get Kate back.
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My Review:
**I received a copy in exchange for an honest review**
Great story and characters. I love the concept and the characters' different personalities and I loved it that I got to know what both of the characters think. The story is not that heavy and it's easy to understand.
About the characters, I love JT's protectiveness towards Kate. He may be funny and irritating sometimes but it only made him loveable and likeable. Katie on the other hand, she may be stubborn and a bit perfectionist but she's caring when it comes to her loved ones. The minor characters are also interesting, just like May Ling and Lottie, I love how they were created.
I was satisfied with how the story ended but I was hoping it would be a bit long, just the last part though.
But all in all, the story is great and the author made a good job making the story interesting and a bit fun to read.
Author's Bio:
Pat
Amsden is a writer of romance and mystery who lives on the West Coast of
Canada. She lives with her son in Victoria, BC and works at the local hospital.
She is, once again, single.
For
as long as she can remember she has loved stories. First reading them and then
making them up. Sometimes that got her into trouble when she was younger but
that's another story!
She
studied journalism in college but got side-tracked raising a family and working
a variety of other jobs to pay the bills. Writing fell by the way-side. The
years went by and one day she decided to check out a local writer's group.
There
was a workshop with an exercise. Write something that had the hero and heroine
meeting within the first page. Maybe there could even be a kiss! And don’t let
the heroine get too comfortable. If she’s shy don’t have her go to the library
and meet the librarian, get her out of her comfort zone. Maybe that could be in
a bar. She decided, why stop there, let’s put the heroine on top of the bar!
Many revisions later, the result is Lost
In Vegas!
But none of this would have been possible without the support
and encouragement of fellow writers. She benefitted from workshops such as Write On Vancouver with Michael Hauge and another with Jane Porter. Shirley Jump’s workshop
was so good she immediately took another with her. Then she got the Deep Editing Lectures from Margie Lawson’s School of Writing and
took Lisa Wells course on How To Create a Series. She pitched to
editors and submitted manuscripts.
As she was doing this, however, several of her fellow writers
decided to self-publish through Amazon. They are all doing well. More than one
suggested she should try this route as did her son. So, here she is, feeling a
lot like Sally Fields and hoping that ‘they
like me, they really do!’
Author Links:
http://www.amazon.com/Pat-Amsden/e/B004M5G4AO
http://www.amazon.com/Pat-Amsden/e/B004M5G4AO
https://twitter.com/PatAmsden
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4648328.Pat_Amsden
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