Cover Reveal for Ring Around the Rosie by Julie Coulter Bellon

Here it is!  The conclusion in Bellon's Hostage Negotiation series titled Ring Around the Rosie, a full length novel, will be released May 2014.

The sneak peek of the first chapter of Ring Around the Rosie will be posted at Julie's blog http://ldswritermom.blogspot.com tomorrow in conjunction with the cover reveal.

The four novels in the Hostage Negotiation series are All Fall Down, Ashes Ashes, Pocket Full of Posies and now Ring Around the Rosie.

Pocket Full of Posies was reviewed on My Bookshelf (http://shirley-mybookshelf.blogspot.ca/2014/01/pocket-full-of-posies-by-julie-coulter.html) January 1/14. 

 "This is one of those read as you stir, while you eat, in the tub kind of books that we all love!"

I purposely booked few reviews over the holiday so I could treat myself to my choice of a "read for pleasure" book. Pocket Full of Posies was my selection.  I'd earlier read Bellon's Time Will Tell (http://shirley-mybookshelf.blogspot.ca/2012/04/time-will-tell-by-julie-coulter-bellon.html), a suspenseful romance, which offered my first introduction to this author's work.  I enjoyed it so much that when Bellon's most recent, Pocket Full of Posies, was released I asked to read and review it on my blog. 

Bellon writes suspense as if she worked with the teams who fight terrorism, with accuracy and commitment to research so her novels have a true authentic feel.  If you like action, suspense, and crime dramas with a touch of romance mingled in, then Bellon's books should be on your radar.  Personally I can't wait to read Ring Around the Rosie.  I just have to see how it all plays out!

Be sure to connect with Julie Coulter Bellon's  blog http://ldswritermom.blogspot.com February 28 for a sneak peak inside Ring Around the Rosie.  I predict you'll be hooked!

Julie is married with eight children and ten published books. She loves to travel and her favorite cities she's visited are probably Athens, Paris, Ottawa, and London. She would love to visit Hawaii, Australia, Ireland, and Scotland someday. She loves to read, write, teach, watch Castle, Hawaii Five-O, and eat Canadian chocolate. Not necessarily in that order. You can find out more about Julie and all her projects at www.juliebellon.com

Pocket Full of Posies by Julie Coulter Bellon

Pocket Full of Posies

Author:  Julie Coulter Bellon

Published: October 2013

Publisher:  Independant

Pages:  210

Genre:  Romantic suspense

ISBN 9781492990918

Source:  a copy was sent to me by the author in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

http://www.juliecoulterbellon.com

*all photos, book summary and author bio are courtesy of Julie Coulter Bellon's blog and/or author website, used with permission.

They say to keep your friends close and your enemies closer . . . 

Hostage Negotiation Team member Bart Gutierrez is shocked to find Lucy Aguayo, a girl he knew as a teenager, working for the deadly Castillo drug cartel. This revelation uncovers a secret in Bart's family so big it forces him to accept a dangerous offer: infiltrate the cartel to keep his family safe. Once inside the cartel’s headquarters he discovers that a large-scale attack on America is imminent and the only way to prevent it is to bring Lucy in on his plans---and hope she doesn’t betray him. 

Lucy Aguayo has become a key player in the Castillo cartel, but not for money or power---she's on a mission of vengeance for her father's murder. Just when she gets a chance to bring down the cartel leader responsible, Bart Gutierrez appears, stirring up buried feelings and disrupting all her plans. But as the enemy closes in from all sides, Lucy must choose between being free from her past or finding justice for it. Can she give up everything she’s ever worked for and reach for something more? 

My thoughts:

If you're looking for a novel that is quick to read by virtue of its compelling plot and writing, then you should check out author Julie Coulter Bellon's newest novel in her Hostage Negotiation Series, Pocket Full of Posies.

Oddly, I don't recall reading how this novel got its title.  I thought I'd find something along the lines of the children's verse:  "Ring around the rosie, pocket full of posies, hush a, hush a we all fall down."  My imagination took me on a different kind of adventure but I readily admit I like where Bellon took this plot with a drug cartel, a reunion of old friends who find they're in love, and some very dangerous secondary characters like a hezbollah leader and terrorists.  There are some tense moments when lives are in danger and you just can't put the book down, not for a minute.  This is one of those read as you stir, while you eat, in the tub kind of books that we all love!

I noticed a few editing oversights but they do not distract from the experience of reading this novel.

Available on Amazon.com

Meet the author:

Julie is married with eight children and ten published books. She loves to travel and her favorite cities are probably Athens, Paris, Ottawa, and London. She would love to visit Hawaii, Australia, Ireland, and Scotland someday. She loves to read, write, teach, watch Castle, The Blacklist, and Hawaii Five-O, and eat Canadian chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.

Honestly, when does she find the time?