Today I'd like to welcome Sherry Gloag, and she's here to promote her newest Sweet Cravings Publishing- a division of Secret Cravings which features sweet romance- release, No Job for a Woman.
Deborah Stavely is determined to overcome the increasing harassment from her neighbour without calling on her brother for help. So she is not pleased when Freddie intervenes and involves his friend, Julian Fanshaw.
Circumstances demand Julian and Deborah learn to work together and Julian dares to dream that he might gain the love of the only person he’s ever given his heart to.
But will Deborah live long enough to discover that by releasing everything she values, she will gain everything her heart desires?
In lieu of an author biography, here is a professional review for No Job for a Woman:
I recently received an email from an author; a request to review her book. I was honoured to be asked – I’m still quite new to reviewing books so for someone to specifically ask me to do so felt great. I read the product description on Amazon and the book in question seemed to be something along the lines of what I normally read anyway, so I happily agreed to read the book and review it afterwards – the book was No Job For A Woman by Sherry Gloag.
Deborah
Stavely has been widowed and is competently running her late husband’s
lands, until she starts receiving threats from her neighbours, the
Granger brothers. The eldest Granger demands that he marry her
immediately or he will start hurting her tenants and destroying her
land. Her brother, Lord Freddie Worth, discovers the threats when Deb’s
butler informs him and writes to his friend Julian Fanshaw to come help.
Julian is an old family friend and has just returned to England, both
he and Freddie went to school with the Grangers and so hope that there
past experiences will help them solve Deb’s current situation. However,
the threats run deeper than they appear; at first Julian and Freddie
think that the Grangers are seeking revenge on them through Deb for
something that happened back in their school days. However, it turns out
that there’s more to the story and Deb’s live is in serious danger.
Deborah was in interesting character, in that she was absolutely
determined to do things by herself; she resented her brother for getting
Julian involved in something she believed she could handle on her own
and went out of her way to manage things before any one else had to get
involved. Her determination and stubbornness made her a fairly strong
female lead for the story.
Julian was the character I related to more of the two, I’m not
entirely sure why. I liked that he seemed so willing to help however he
could because of the history that he shared with the family. I feel
that, as a reader, I was given more of an insight into Julian’s mind
from earlier on in the novel so it was easier to see things from his
point of view throughout.
I enjoyed the relationship that built up between the two protagonists –
both remembering how they had felt when they were younger and feeling
confused by how that affected them now, and both as stubborn as the
other in terms of seeing the other’s struggle with the feelings between
them. Julian’s protectiveness of Deborah was endearing throughout, and
Deb’s internal struggle between how she actually felt and how she
thought she should feel was well played . The one thing that slightly
disappointed me was how little interaction we got from them once their
story had been resolved. The end felt a little rushed, I would have
enjoyed seeing a little more of the conclusion before the story was cut
short.
In terms of plot, I did find the start a little slow. This is because
it took a while for the author to get to the point that there was
something deeper and darker going on than anyone realised. However, once
this point was reached, I found myself infinitely more interested in
the outcome that the characters were going to reach. The suspense built
up, as I grew more and more curious to learn what the awful secret that
threatened the lives of the protagonists was. The second half of the
story was more interesting, more eventful and all round more what I
expected when I started the book. This is the first book of Sherry Gloag‘s
that I have read, but even though it didn’t quite make it on to my
favourites shelf on Goodreads, I’d happily read more of her work.
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Come back next Friday when I'll have J.L Hammer on to discuss her new romantic suspense, SCP release, Outmaneuvered.
Thank you for hosting me today Jessica. I appreciate it :-)
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