Virtual Book Tour: The Seacrest

Please welcome author Aaron Paul Lazar today. He's going to talk about his newest release, The Seacrest. Aaron will be awarding at random six prizes to six randomly drawn commenters during the tour: For the Birds (Kindle, Nook or PDF), For the Birds Audio Book narrated by Hannah Seusy, For the Birds print book, Essentially Yours ebook (Kindle, Nook, PDF), Essentially Yours Audio Book narrated by Hannah Seusy, Essentially Yours print book. The more you comment, the better your chances of winning. To see the other stops on the tour, go here. And look for the Rafflecopter at the end of this post!

The Seacrest

by Aaron Paul Lazar

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BLURB:

They say it’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Finn McGraw disagrees.

He was just seventeen when he had a torrid summer affair with the girl who stole his heart—and then inexplicably turned on him. Finn may have moved on with his life, but he’s never forgotten her.

Now, ten years later, he’s got more than his lost love to worry about. A horrific accident turns his life upside down, resurrecting the ghosts of his long-dead family and taking the lives of the few people he has left.

Finn always believed his estranged brother was responsible for the fire that killed their family—but an unexpected inheritance with a mystery attached throws everything he knows into doubt.

And on top of that, the beguiling daughter of his wealthy employer has secrets of her own. But the closer he gets, the harder she pushes him away.

The Seacrest is a story of intrigue and betrayal, of secrets and second chances—and above all, of a love that never dies.

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EXCERPT:

July 2, 1997

I’ll never forget the day I fell in love with her.

There she stood, all tall and lanky, dark hair blowing in the breeze as if it loved caressing her face.

She held a beach ball and faced the sea.

She was sixteen.

That’s all it took. That one salty, sandy, sunshiny day—forever staked in my memory.

Her father had claimed a spot on Paines Creek Beach, right next to ours. They laid out a red-and-white striped blanket and matching umbrella with beach chairs, a cooler filled with watermelon and soda, and white paper bags that smelled of fries and burgers.

I’d settled on a beach towel next to my grandfather, Dex McGraw, surreptitiously watching them. 

Gramps sat beside me, drinking from a cold thermos of gin and ice, his favorite. He sat with his shirt off and long legs stretched out, his head back and shaggy silver-blond hair glinting in the sun. He always told me his time was “before the hippies,” but I had a feeling he would have made a good one. He was one helluva rebel. And he always stood up for what was right, no matter what.

He saw me watching the girl and casually appraised her, gray eyes slit and his head nodding in approval. With a low whisper, he turned to me. “Pretty girl.”

I know I blushed, because at sixteen that’s all I seemed to do when girls were involved. “Yeah. I guess.” I traced circles in the sand with my forefinger. The sun burned the skin on my back and shoulders, although I’d slathered plenty of sunscreen on earlier at my mother’s insistence.

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Aaron Paul Lazar writes to soothe his soul. An award-winning author of three addictive mystery series, writing books, and a new love story, Aaron enjoys the Genesee Valley countryside in upstate New York, where his characters embrace life, play with their dogs and grandkids, grow sumptuous gardens, and chase bad guys. Visit his website at http://www.lazarbooks.com and watch for his upcoming Twilight Times Books releases, SANCTUARY (2014), and VIRTUOSO (2014).

Links:

Author’s website:  www.lazarbooks.com

Author’s collaborative writing blog: www.murderby4.blogspot.com

Author’s personal blog: www.aaronlazar.blogspot.com

Connect with Aaron Lazar:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aplazar2

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/aplazar

Goodreads:  http://www.goodreads.com/AaronPaulLazar

Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Aaron-Paul-Lazar/e/B001JOZR2M/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/aaron-lazar/4/b50/a2a/

Google+: https://plus.google.com/106903480874581085678/posts

Twilight Times Books by multi-award winning author, Aaron Lazar:

LEGARDE MYSTERIES: http://www.lazarbooks.com/guslegardemysteries.htm

DOUBLE FORTÉ (print, eBook, audio book)

UPSTAGED (print, eBook, audio book)  

TREMOLO: CRY OF THE LOON (print, eBook, audio book)

MAZURKA (print, eBook, audio book)

FIRESONG (print, eBook, audio book)

DON’T LET THE WIND CATCH YOU (print, eBook, audio book)

VIRTUOSO (~2014)

MOORE MYSTERIES:  http://www.lazarbooks.com/sammooremysteries.htm

HEALEY'S CAVE (print, eBook, audio book)

TERROR COMES KNOCKING (print, eBook, audio book)

FOR KEEPS (print, eBook, audio book)

TALL PINES MYSTERIES:  http://www.lazarbooks.com/tallpinesmysteries.htm

FOR THE BIRDS (print, eBook, audio book)

ESSENTIALLY YOURS (print, eBook, audio book)

SANCTUARY (2014)

MURDER ON THE SACANDAGA (~2014)

STANDALONES: 

THE SEACREST (coming fall of 2013)

WRITING ADVICE:

WRITE LIKE THE WIND, volumes 1, 2, 3 (ebooks and audio books)

http://www.lazarbooks.com/forwriters.htm

AWARDS:

Double Forté 

           

2012 ForeWord BOTYA, Mystery, FINALIST

Tremolo: cry of the loon –

           

2013 Eric Hoffer Book Awards: Grand Prize Short List

           

2013 Eric Hoffer Book Awards: Honorable Mention, Eric Hoffer Legacy Fiction

           

2011 Global eBook Award Finalist in Historical Fiction Contemporary

           

2011 Preditors & Editors Readers Choice Award – 2nd place Mystery

           

2008 Yolanda Renée's Top Ten Books

2008 MYSHELF Top Ten Reads

For the Birds

           

2011 ForeWord Book Awards, FINALIST in Mystery

           

2012 Carolyn Howard-Johnson's Top 10 Reads

Essentially Yours

           

2013 EPIC Book Awards, FINALIST in Suspense

           

2013 Eric Hoffer Da Vinci Eye Award Finalist

Healey’s Cave

           

2012 EPIC Book Awards WINNER Best Paranormal

           

2011 Eric Hoffer Book Award, WINNER Best Book in Commercial Fiction

           

2011 Finalist for Allbooks Review Editor's Choice

           

2011 Winner of Carolyn Howard Johnson's 9th Annual Noble (not Noble!) Prize for Literature

           

2011 Finalists for Global EBook Awards

 Terror Comes Knocking

           

2013 Global Ebook Awards, Paranormal – Bronze

For Keeps

           

2013 Semi Finalist in Kindle Book Review Book Awards, Mystery Category

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