Saturday, July 1, 2023

Celebrate Lit Blog Tour: A Heart for News by Susan K. Beatty

Book: A Heart for News

Author: Susan K. Beatty

Genre: Christian Contemporary Romance

Release date: May 30, 2023

Will a heart for news get a scoop on love?

Though Margo Durand invests her whole heart into working for her family’s newspaper, her father refuses to modernize, and she harbors a secret fear of approaching interviewees and all things dangerous—except riding her Vespa everywhere. But when Margo follows evidence that two government officials are corrupt, Margo discovers danger, intrigue, and a legal sort of blackmail.

Professional race car driver, Steve Grayson, arrives to finish recuperating and overcome his fear of getting back on the track while pursuing his desire to open a race car driving school on Le Cadeau Île. If he can find the money and convince the owner to sell.

When Margo’s best friend sets Margo up with Steve as a tour guide, conveniently forgetting to tell him Margo is a reporter, they tour the islands until Steve is willingly dragged into the investigation. The investigation only opens new questions, creates new trials, and has the potential to destroy their budding romance.

Does pursuing a relationship just before he leaves to take part in one last racing season even make sense?

Take a trip to the Suamalie Islands where palm trees sway, the sand and sea pulse with life, and the people will steal your heart.

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I LOVE Christian Contemporary Romance books and I enjoy books that are a part of a series. A Heart for News by Susan K. Beatty is Book 4 in the Suamalie Islands series which is written by 9 different authors. I have read the first 2 books in this series and was excited to read this one also.

Margo Durand LOVES working at the Newspaper that her father has run for years. She does have a fear of interviewing people and anything dangerous. She soon learns of 2 Government agencies that are corrupt and all her fears are slightly forgotten, as she is determined to get the STORY on this and begins investigating. Steve Grayson, a Professional Race Car Driver, arrives on the Island to recuperate and overcome his fear of racing again. He also has a DREAM of opening a Race Course Driving School on the Island. He just needs to find funding to do so. Margo's best friend introduces Steve to Margo and forgets to mention that Margo is a reporter. Steve discovers that Margo is a reporter and also about her investigation for a story and he willingly joins in to help her. Will the investigation hurt any chance at a relationship between the pair? Will the investigation result in a STORY for the newspaper?

This book is a definite Page Turner. I started reading and could not put it down until I finished about 4hrs later. Margo is a determined Reporter and I LOVE how she lets go of fears to get the story. Steve has a wonderful Racing Career, but recently had an injury so the Island is a place to get away from reporters and others while he recovers. The book is filled with Mystery, suspense, Romance and Faith. I am looking forward to more books in this series! I HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone who enjoys Christian Romance books! GREAT BOOK!

Susan K. Beatty is in her third career—from journalist to homeschool tech writer to her life-long dream of becoming a novelist. She is proof you can start a new writing career late in life. Susan released her first published fiction in September 2019, and now an awarding winner author, this is her third novel, with several novelettes and short stories to her credit. She is passionate about finding courage through faith and grit. Susan lives with her husband of forty-nine years in Southern California. Add children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren to the mix and she has little time for her favorite hobbies of reading, watching classic movies, British crime dramas, and traveling.

More from Susan

Long ago, when I was a journalism student and then a newspaper reporter, the idea of running a small-town newspaper “out west” fascinated me and was part of my daydreams. Of course, there hadn’t been an “out west” for decades before I had such ideas.

When Celebrate Lit asked me to be part of the Suamalie Islands series and I needed to choose a business for my main character, I thought this was the perfect opportunity to run a small-town newspaper, at least in fiction.

Margo, the main character, works for her father, the owner and publisher. But he’s stuck in the 20^th century, and our modern heroin dreams of bringing the paper into the 21^st century, much to her father’s despair. It was fun to explore the push and pull between generations, between old-school methods and new technology.

Although Margo is the heroine who finds the courage to expose the corrupt politicians, she has one major flaw, a fear, that hinders a news reporter’s job. I don’t want to reveal any spoilers, so you’ll have to read A Heart for News to find out what her problem was.

Then there’s the male main character, Steve Grayson, a famous race car driver, who comes to the Suamalies to recover from a racing accident and to face his own fears. And to pursue his own dream of building a driving school and racetrack.

After a rocky beginning, Margo and Steve collaborate to meet those fears head on and to see if, together, they can realize their impossible dreams, and just maybe find love.

I hope readers are encouraged overcome their fears and to pursue their own so-called impossible dreams.