Cate Beauman
is back with the eight installment in her bestselling romantic suspense series,
The Bodyguards of L.A. County. Reagan’s Redemption is on sale now through
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Kobo, and more!
Doctor Reagan Rosner loves her fast-paced life of practicing medicine in New York City’s busiest trauma center. Kind and confident, she’s taking her profession by storm—until a young girl’s accidental death leaves her shaken to her core. With her life a mess and her future uncertain, Reagan accepts a position as Head Physician for The Appalachia Project, an outreach program working with some of America’s poorest citizens.
Shane Harper, Ethan Cooke Security’s newest team member, has
been assigned a three-month stint deep in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky,
and he’s not too happy about it. Guarding a pill safe in the middle of nowhere
is boring as hell, but when he gets a look at his new roommate, the gorgeous
Doctor Rosner, things start looking up.
Shane and Reagan encounter more than a few mishaps as they
struggle to gain the trust of a reluctant community. They’re just starting to
make headway when a man’s routine checkup exposes troubling secrets the town
will do anything to keep hidden—even if that means murder.
The Inspiration Behind Reagan’s Redemption:
I’ve wanted to tell
Reagan and Shane’s story for quite a while now, but I kept putting it off,
knowing where the weeks of research would take me. Reagan Rosner is a doctor,
which is great for her but not so much for me as the writer. Unfortunately, I’m
a bit of a hypochondriac who is afflicted with White Coat Syndrome. Typically,
I stay as far away from anything “medical” as possible, but for Reagan’s
Redemption I had to dig deep and conquer a personal demon or two. There were
many days where I cringed, watching how-to videos on IV insertions and blood
draws and hyperventilated my way through more than one resuscitation tutorial,
but I did it, making Reagan’s character all the more stronger for it.
After the days of
dreadful research, I really knuckled down and got to work. I had so much fun
with this story. Reagan is kind and dedicated and Shane extremely funny. This
couple complements each other well, which is perfect because they’ll face more
than their fair share of trouble in Black Bear Gap, Kentucky.
I hope you enjoy Reagan
and Shane as much as I enjoyed writing them!
~ Cate
Read an excerpt from Reagan’s Redemption:
The front door opened and closed. “Shane?”
“Down here.”
Reagan hurried in, her eyes full of
excitement. “How are things going?”
“Good. Faith is clean, eating, and will
hopefully be sleeping in the next couple of minutes.”
“I can take a turn. I know I’ve been gone for
awhile.”
He shook his head. “We’re fine. Looks like
you’ve had a run today.”
She smiled. “Two patients—one ear infection
and a strep throat.”
“Good stuff.”
She nodded, sitting on the edge of the
mattress. “That’s not the best part. I was talking with Jodi, Josiah’s mother,
about her gardens—trying to break the ice a little. She was telling me how she
grows some of the best corn around but constantly has trouble with her beans.
Apparently, Sue Anne’s family seems to have the opposite issue.” She swiped her
hair behind her ear. “Anyway, while Jodi was talking, I got this idea. I was
thinking we could organize an evening where families can get together here at
the clinic and swap fruits and vegetables for a bigger variety of healthful
foods—kind of like a farmer’s market. We can offer some simple snacks and
drinks, and I’m hoping I might be able to throw in a few nutrition facts while
we’re at it. There are so many kiddos with bad teeth. They’re drinking too much
soda.”
“Sounds like you’ve got a plan. Go get ‘em,
tiger.” He liked seeing her like this—her eyes bright, her hands punctuating
certain words as they spilled from her mouth, caught up in her own enthusiasm.
“I will.” Her smile dimmed as she touched
Faith’s toes peeking out from the blanket. “But I don’t know how many people
will come.”
“So you won’t have standing-room only on your
first try.”
She licked her lips. “They’re afraid.”
He frowned. “Who?”
“The people here. They’re frightened by
either me or the clinic.”
“Why do you say that?”
She shrugged. “I don’t know. That was the
sense I got when I spoke with Jenny’s mother and then again with Jodi.”
He remembered Mrs. Hendley’s weird spewings
about heeding warnings and staying away, but she also seemed like a bit of a
whack job. “I don’t know, Doc. When I look at you ‘intimidating’ isn’t exactly
the first word that comes to mind.”
“Maybe not to you, but they were certainly
uneasy. Maybe I’m trying to make sense of an unusual situation, but I don’t
think so. Both women kept looking toward the trees, like they were being
watched or something.” She shuddered. “It gave me the willies.”
“We’ll keep an eye on the situation, but
things have been pretty low key so far.”
She nodded. “I just really want this to work.
I can help this town if they’ll let me.”
Did you enjoy the
excerpt? You can read the first chapter
on my website, www.catebeauman.com, or
you can finish
the whole book here!
The Unofficial Reagan’s Redemption Soundtrack
Here are a few of the songs that I had on “repeat” while I
created Reagan and Shane’s story! You
can listen to them on my website www.catebeauman.com.
The soundtrack, of sorts, for Reagan’s Redemption:
·
Devil Town by Tony Lucca
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So Easy by Phillip Phillips
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Not A Bad Thing by Justin Timberlake
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Science and Faith by The Script
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Daylight by Maroon Five
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Hazy by Rosi Golan ft. William Fitzimmons
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Get Out by Casey Abrams
·
First Flight Home by Jake Miller
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Human by Jon McLaughlin
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Have A Little Faith In Me by Jewel
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Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran
·
Parachute by Train
About the Author:
Cate currently lives in North Carolina with her
husband, their two boys, and St. Bernard’s, Bear and Jack. She is the author of
the best selling romantic suspense series, The Bodyguards of L.A. County. Before her career as an author, Cate worked in
special education for 12 years.
“I’m a pretty lucky girl; one
day I woke up and my entire life changed. I saw the light, so to speak, and
decided I was going to be a writer.
Now, five years later, I’m working on my ninth novel, Answers For Julie, which I plan to release during the summer of
2015. I’m remain so very grateful for
the support and success that I have had.
Thank you!” - Cate
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