Title: This Morning I Woke Up Dead
Author: Mindy Larson
Date Published: 11/12/2013 - Re-Launch
Paranormal Romance
Synopsis:
What
would you do? What rules would you break to be with your soul mate? This
morning Hadley Christensen and Dominic Morris woke up living their dream lives.
They are engaged and each has promising careers in the medical field.
They are happier and more fulfilled than they have ever been, and they are
ready to begin their happily ever after.
Sadly,
on her way to work, Hadley is in an accident. Before taking her last breath,
she realizes she is already dead - and everyone on Earth is too. Now Hadley and
Dominic must each find a way to live without one another. How do they continue
when they are two parts of one flame?
Hadley
is given permission by the Masters to contact Dominic in the hopes he will also
realize he is already dead. If Dominic can open his mind to hear Hadley they
can be together forever. Is Dominic ready to give up life the way he knows
it?
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I got this book from the author and publisher, free of cost, in exchange of an honest review from my side.
Firstly I would like to thank the author and the tour organizer for giving me this opportunity of reading and reviewing this book.
I really, really, really loved this book from my heart !!!
A great read which will definitely touch your heart and make you feel the essence of true love once again and for those who doesn't believe in true love, well I think those of you will surely fall for love after reading this fantastic story.
The concept is totally unique and the blurb just got me so I had to read it but the whole story just knocked me over, made me brawl and do snot-crying during the most emotional scenes. The presentation is so good that I felt myself being in Hadley's shoes.
The characterization is great and I loved Dominic, he is so sweet!!! His emotions won me over and the chemistry between him and Hadley made me cry as well. The total execution of the concept should be given a huge A+ !!! The suspense made me go on reading till the end and the ending was totally unexpected for me. I loved the author's writing style and it connected me to the plot very well.
A really great read that will surely mesmerize you !!! Go for it, guys!!!
RATING: 5 Happy Vampires !!!
AUTHOR'S FAVORITE QUOTES:
1-“So, you're probably wondering
how did I die? Well, the better question might be: when did I realize that I
was never alive?”
2-“Think of Earth as one enormous
waiting room. On Earth, we can do all the things needed to learn and grow for
the next cycle of life. Life on Earth is a practice run. A dress rehearsal.
While we're on Earth we can play. Love. Find our talents. Those who are smart,
use them. It's a pity that not near enough of the population do. Most waste
their time on Earth gossiping, arguing, spending too much money, worrying about
anything and everything. We cause pain. To ourselves and others. The opposite
of living. Why? I don't know. What I do know is that love, being happy, and
feeling gratitude for everyone and everything is all its really
about.”
3- “Logan
steps over and around the bugs but through the kids, making the red head
shiver. Seems sort of backwards to me, avoiding bugs in favor of passing
through children. But who am I to judge?”
4- “I feel
like I’m living in a science fiction book where every one hundred and nine
minutes I must push a button or the Earth will explode. But that button is
pushing a bottle or some other kind of baby food into Ruby's mouth.”
5-“A chill
passes over me. I physically wince, wondering what is going on. Why does this
keep happening? Maybe there is an air conditioning vent above me. I look up and
there isn't one that I can see.”
6- “With my next few steps towards the
Disneyland gates, I decide that my name is now, Scott, Scott Salisbury. I am an
art teacher. I nod a couple of times, pleased with my choice. It's relaxing and
low key being an art teacher. I play Jack Johnson in the classroom and blow
bubbles over the student’s heads. Pass out candies. The kids adore me. They
even come to me with their silly high school problems and I guide them through
it. Scott doesn’t see crazy old guys. No one tells Scott that he is already dead.
Scott isn’t mourning anyone.”
7- “The
point of life. Or death,” he adds sarcastically. “Is to be loving, grateful,
peaceful, and do what you love to do, to find fulfillment. You love Dominic.
You are grateful for his presence. You found fulfillment with him. So,” Logan
draws out the o sound. “It would appear, Hadley,” his tone changes slightly. He
is jealous, I think. “That you get to interfere. You get to help him discover
the truth: that he is dead, too. And if it goes well.” Logan pauses, cocks an eye
brow and says, “They are willing to consider allowing you to help others
realize this as well.”
8-Dominic
shakes his head again. He can't see me. Not exactly. He can't hear me. Not
exactly. He can't feel me. Not exactly. But he knows, on some level, that I am
here. I know he knows.”
9-“Learn a
word. Lose a memory. As time passes, some begin to remember things with a
feeling of déjà vu or through dreams. Memories are forever cemented to your soul.
They cannot make you forget.”
10-“I
actually had vague gossamer thin memories of my Pre-Earth life. Thanks to my
dreams and the assistance of some rather reoccurring kooky Déjà vu I was able
to remember. Most people dismiss both but not me. I always loved the bone
chilling apprehension that I experienced whenever recalling my dreams, whenever
I had déjà vu, I immediately tried to understand why and what I was remembering
exactly.”
11- “They
are all lost to me. I must make peace with that, and yet I will forever be
knitted to them. I am gray colored yarn. Dominic is chocolate brown. Harper is
light blue. My mother is emerald. My father is sapphire. Together, we make a
beautiful tapestry. Apart we are loose ends, waiting, hoping to be woven
together again.”
12- “I like
not knowing the time. It’s so nice to
just enjoy a moment or two without worrying about the time, whether I need to
be somewhere or to do something.”
13-“Hearts
do no beat. Lungs do not need oxygen. If one listens, they can hear the
gentleness of thumping, thumping, thumping of a heart, and the whooshing of air
being passed in and out of their lungs. It’s all relative. Each individual
will, at some point, come to the realization that nothing is as it seems.”
14- “She
laughs again and this time it’s so sexy. She has a million laughs. Different
keys to different parts of our song.”
15- “Hours
later, we're all exhausted and in bed, drifting off to sleep. My body remembers
the gentle rocking of the waves and quickly lulls me into sleep. Just before I
finally give in, I feel a familiar cool presence against my backside, chilling
my raging sunburn so much so that I can sleep. Sleepily, I smile all knowingly
that she is with me.”
16- “He
lost his fiancée recently. And I lost mine. But,” Em pauses and laughs high
pitched and loud and very manically. “And, sometimes,” her eyes widen, “We
still see them.”
!7- “Alone
I can
keep it real. As real as I choose to. My mind takes me back and forth. I saw
her. I dreamed of her. I saw her. I dreamed of her. A see-saw. Unfortunately, I
am not ready to get off this ride. Not yet. For now, no decision has been made
as to whether or not I saw her. I can cling to the sea-saw for a while.”
18- “Hot
water runs down my back, scorching me. I grab the soap and lather up my body.
Turning the dial all the way to cold, I shiver as goose bumps assault me, reminding
me that I can feel. If you're dead, you cannot feel such things. I don't think.
There is no nervous system in place. No working brain to receive the messages
even if there was. I settle on warm. Luke warm. Not alive. Not dead. That's
exactly how I feel, somewhere in between life and death.”
19- “Those
few gentle spirits, we all know at least one -who avoid stepping on any and all
bugs, and instead, they carefully catch those that had wandered innocently into
their homes to dispose of them in the out of doors- had been right to not torture
a living thing.”
20- “Dominic
Morris,” I tell her. Suddenly I am smiling. Out of embarrassment, I cover my
lips with my hands. I think about how he's such a good kisser and my lips
tingle. He does things to me. Even when we're not together, I react. When I
realize that I am still grinning like an idiot, I attempt to stop. But I just
can't.”
Mindy Larson
Mindy
Larsen has always had a vivid imagination that has only improved with her love
of reading and writing. She spent much of her childhood entertaining her
three younger brothers with her stories and today she is bringing her
imagination to life in books.
When
not writing, Mindy enjoys spending time with the love of her life and four
children while playing disc golf, cooking, baking, traveling and exploring.
Website:
www.MindyLarson.com
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/LarsonMindy
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