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Welcome to a snippet from Within the Law. The protagonist, Tom Hughes, was created in His Lucky Charm (formerly called Forgotten). Tom is cousin to the female main character in HLC. I fell in love with Tom, I think he might be my favorite hero from all of my books. His character and his history was so compelling that I HAD to write his story, one in which he has his own HEA.
In the following snippet, it will become a little clearer why Tom is so lost in his memories. I've skipped a few paragraphs and this is in Chapter 1. I had to use a little bit of creative punctuation to make it fit.
Within the Law Book Club Extras
In the following snippet, it will become a little clearer why Tom is so lost in his memories. I've skipped a few paragraphs and this is in Chapter 1. I had to use a little bit of creative punctuation to make it fit.
The
courthouse was already closed by the time Tom had driven into Rome, New York; he
knew it wouldn’t have made a difference anyway. The district attorney’s office
had been very specific about what time they wanted to see him. All they wanted
him to do was identify the Tupper Lake High School ring with his initials
engraved in it; all he wanted to do was get a look at the guy who had changed
everything in his world. Tom had an almost masochistic need to put a face to
the lowlife who had turned every dream he had into a nightmare.
Tom
looked at his wristwatch and decided that as tempting as it was to drink himself
into total numbness, he wanted to be aware enough the next morning to really
get a good look at this guy. He’d been waiting eight years. Throwing a couple
of bills on the counter, he paid for his last drink and stood. He took his car
keys out of his pocket and weaved his way through the crowd towards the door.
Series: Chelle Cordero's Cousins Suspense, Book 2.
Tom gave up on ever falling in love again the day that he buried his high school sweetheart and fiancé. He started a career in law enforcement just so that he could find her murderer and rapist. Just when he is about to see justice done, he meets Alli Davis-the defense attorney for the murdering rapist who took his love from him.
Within the Law Book Club Extras
Almost every novel published by Vanilla Heart Publishing has a Book Discussion Packet available. These packets are filled with discussion starter questions, printable bookmarks, and other valuable information - and best of all they are FREE. Libraries and book clubs love to get these packets as they really help to facilitate lively discussions. The packet for Within the Law is available for download here. Here is a sample discussion starter:
Tom Hughes’ character was created in a previous book by Ms. Cordero,
His Lucky Charm (formerly called Forgotten) along with other characters
Caitlyn, Brandon, Sylvia and Walter. Even though the books are stand
alone stories, how does it make you feel when a character “lives on”
beyond the place you first met them? What are your expectations when a
character makes repeated appearances in several stories?
