Stephanie Humphreys has been a great friend for nearly all of my writing career. We became blog buddies when we were both just starting out, and met in person at my first LDStorymakers conference.

A couple of years later, we exchanged manuscripts and gave each other critiques. She had many great recommendations for Bumpy Landings, and I gave her some suggestions for her exciting romantic suspense novel, Double Deceit.

Someone is watching.

As a young widow, all Elaina Bryant wants is a fresh start. Determined to put ten painful years behind her, she returns to her hometown and moves in with her sister, Natalie. Elaina soon accepts a job working at a small bookstore owned by the handsome Ryan Hill and his mother. Despite her reluctance to become romantically involved with anyone, she is drawn to Ryan and finds herself falling in love.

But someone isn’t happy with Elaina’s new life and is watching her every move. Her tormentor seems determined to destroy her sanity and her future, but Elaina can’t convince anyone the threat is real. Natalie is preoccupied with her own blossoming romance, and Ryan and Elaina’s friend Peter seem to believe the threat has been manufactured in her own mind a result of her guilt and grief.

Now Elaina’s plans for a new start are crashing down around her. She knows she will have to find the answers on her own before she can ever overcome the past and enjoy love and happiness again. But how can she protect those she loves when she doesn’t know whom to trust?

I’m glad Stephanie found a home for Double Deceit, and asked me to take part in the blog tour. This is an exciting story, with several unexpected twists and turns that keep the reader guessing. The characters are interesting and well-written, and I especially enjoyed the details of life in small-town Canada and Writing-on-Stone Park. The story of a young woman tormented into questioning her own sanity is tight, believable, and sufficiently disturbing.

I’m sure you’ll enjoy Double Deceit by Stephanie Humphreys.

Visit Stephanie’s blog for information on her blog tour contest, and check out all of the stops on the Double Deceit blog tour:

August 15 – Maria Hoagland   http://mariahoagland.blogspot.com
August 16 – Heather Gardner  http://fireandice.blogspot.com
August 17 – Rachelle Christensen  http://rachellewrites.blogspot.com
August 18 – Jane Still  http://janeisfeldstill.blogspot.com/
August 19 – Deborah Davis  http://debbiesinkspectations.blogspot.com
August 22 – Renae Mackley  http://renaeswritespot.blogspot.com
August 23 -  Cindy Hogan  http://cindymhogan.blogspot.com
August 24 – Matthew Tandy  http://matthewtandy.blogspot.com
August 25 – Taffy Lovell  http://sweeterthantaffy.blogspot.com/
August 26 – Kathy Habel  http://iamareadernotawriter.blogspot.com
August 29 – Don Carey  http://donaldjcarey.com
August 30 – Teri Rodeman  http://terirodeman.blogspot.com
August 31 – Cathy Witbeck  http://cathywitbeck-storypainter.blogspot.com/
Sept. 1 – Shelly Seele  http://seeshelwrites.blogspot.com
Sept. 2 – Tristi Pinkston  http://tristipinkston.blogspot.com