About the Book

Book: Counter Point

Author: Marji Laine

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Release Date: November 2016

Someone is determined to finish the final assignment of a murdered hitman.

Her father’s gone. Her diner’s closing. Her car’s in the lake. Cat McPherson has nothing left to lose.

Except her life. And a madman’s bent on taking that away.

Her former boyfriend, Ray Alexander, returns as a hero from his foreign mission, bringing back souvenirs in the form of death threats. When several attempts are made on Cat’s life, she must find a way to trust Ray, the man who broke her heart.

Keeping Cat safe from a fallen cartel leader might prove impossible for Ray, but after seeing his mission destroyed and several godly people killed, he knows better than to ignore the man’s threats. Cat’s resistance to his protection and the stirring of his long-denied feelings for her complicate his intentions, placing them both in a fight for their lives.

How can a small-town girl survive when ultimate power wants her dead?

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My Review:

Humm. Well, Cat and Ray are a bit hard to get to know, or are they? Maybe it's just that Cat is kinda real. When she is told don't do this, she goes and does just that! Arggg! Lots of action in this book, and some suspense. It brings to light how people back home are often in danger, as well as what is and isn't happening with the main characters mission wise. Who will they follow and how will that turn out? What is God really calling them to do with their lives? I love how each chapter has a verse. That part was fun. I appreciate the twists. I think Cat's Dad is a nut in some areas. Ray aggravated me being like some men and not being as Christ-like as I wanted him to be. That's just realism. I didn't want Cat to face what she was facing and yet, that's life.

Overall this book reads you through many realistic life issues within the lives of Cat and Ray and does it's best to draw the reader and the characters to godly outcomes.

4 Stars

About the Author

Marji Laine has completed seventeen years of homeschooling, but with her publishing business, her various volunteer activities, and her large family, she will likely never live a life of leisure. When she does find spare time, she enjoys watching sports and Hallmark movies and mysteries, loves having game night with her family and friends, and enjoys talking “shop” with other authors. You can usually find her in her favorite recliner, plucking away at her keyboard with her rescue fur-babies at her feet or at www.MarjiLaine.com.

More from Marji

COUNTER POINT takes place in a small town in East Texas. A family-owned diner provides the backdrop for many of the scenes. The owner, Cat McPherson, makes a point of smiling and chatting with everyone who stops by. Even the superior and difficult Mrs. Heath—of the Heath’s Point Heath’s, make no mistake. Mrs. Heath might think she’s all that, but she is still dependent on Cat’s diner for a slice of her favorite Magnolia Pie.

Have you ever had a piece of this custard paradise? Smooth, creamy, and with the minutest crisp of a glazed caramel on top of it. I can practically taste one now. This favorite of mine had to go into my book. I first tasted a Magnolia Pie (my adopted grandmother called it Buttermilk Pie because Magnolia Pie sounded too southern and she was from New Jersey) at a Christmas Eve celebration. It was my instant favorite.

I’ve searched for my grandmother’s recipe through old books that she gave me and a collection that she and several others put together when I got married. Sadly, I cannot find that original recipe that she used. But I think it must have been something like the one I was thinking of when I included Magnolia Pie in my book.

Let me know if you make this recipe! I’d love to enjoy a virtual slice of pie with you!

Magnolia Pie

Ingredients:

3 eggs at room temperature

1 stick of softened butter

1½ cups white sugar

3½ tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 cup buttermilk

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 9-inch unbaked pie shell

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Whisk the eggs until foamy.
Cream together sugar, butter, nutmeg, and flour. Add the eggs and other ingredients, beating until smooth.
Pour into pie shell and bake for 45 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
Cool completely or chill before serving.

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Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Marji is giving away the grand prize package of a “reading S’mores” Christmas Ornament, a book light, and copies of COUNTER POINT and the first book of the Grime Fighter series, GRIME BEAT!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.

https://promosimple.com/ps/f2e9/counter-point-celebration-tour-giveaway