Good day everyone! Today I’ve got a spotlight on a book that sounds really good called What Tears Us Apart by Deborah Cloyed who I’ve hosted at the blog before. As usual I wish I had time to read it myself but unfortunately I don’t. It will be going on my wishlist for future reading though or maybe listening as there is an Audible edition as well. In the meantime I’d love to share with you what the book is about as well as offer up a copy for giveaway so be sure to check out the end of the post for that!
About What Tears Us Apart (from Harlequin MIRA)
Love lives in the most dangerous places of the heart
The real world. That’s what Leda desperately seeks when she flees her life of privilege to travel to Kenya. She finds it at a boys’orphanage in the slums of Nairobi. What she doesn’t expect is to fall for Ita, the charismatic and thoughtful man who gave up his dreams to offer children a haven in the midst of turmoil.
Their love should be enough for one another-it embodies the soul-deep connection both have always craved. But it is threatened by Ita’s troubled childhood friend, Chege, a gang leader with whom he shares a complex history. As political unrest reaches a boiling point and the slum erupts in violence, Leda is attacked…and forced to put her trust in Chege, the one person who otherwise inspires anything but.
In the aftermath of Leda’s rescue, disturbing secrets are exposed, and Leda, Ita and Chege are each left grappling with their own regret and confusion. Their worlds upturned, they must now face the reality that sometimes the most treacherous threat is not the world outside, but the demons within.
Read an excerpt
Buy at: Amazon, Amazon Canada, B&N, and IndieBound
About Deborah Cloyed (from Deborah’s website)
Deborah Cloyed lives and writes in the Hollywood Hills. As a photographer, travel writer, or contestant on CBS’ The Amazing Race, she’s sojourned on five continents. In Los Angeles, she runs a photography school for kids. Her previous novel is The Summer We Came to Life, a multi-generational tale about best friends, life choices, and parallel universes. Her new novel, What Tears Us Apart is a non-linear love story set against the 2008 political uprisings in Kenya. **Available March 26th, 2013.
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GIVEAWAY DETAILS (US/Canada)
I have one copy of What Tears Us Apart by Deborah Cloyed to share with my readers. To enter…
- For 1 entry leave me a comment entering the giveaway.
- For 2 entries follow my blog. If you already do just let me know and I’ll pass the extra entry on to you as well.
- Tweet, like on Facebook, or Blog for 3 entries.
This giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents (no PO boxes) and I will draw for the winner on Saturday, April 27/13. Good luck!
Another book to add to my reading list. I wonder what made Leda want to run away in the first place? Thank you for the opportunity to win a copy 🙂
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A very emotional and memorable novel. Thanks for this giveaway. I am an e-mail subscriber.
Thanks for featuring this great book which interests me. I subscribe via e-mail.
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Please enter me into the give away.
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What an unusual setting for this story. I don’t know much about Kenya at all but it would be great to have some more insight into it. Thanks for the giveaway, I’d love to win a copy.
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This does sound very good, and I was hooked from the premise. The author is also a very beautiful woman! I would love to try for this one, so please do enter me in your giveaway!! It sounds like a powerful book.
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Sounds like a fascinating book. THanks for the giveaway.
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Having the background set in the 2008 Kenya political uprisings is very interesting.
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Ooo! This looks super good! Thanks for the giveaway!
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The author looks like a movie star!!!
Wow – it really sounds like something I’d enjoy. Sounds like a great setting for troubled love.