Book: Distance and Time
Author: Mel Henry
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Synopsis
Carlene Cooper was your average teenager. Average, that is, except for her relationship with Josh McCarthy, member of teen mega-group, South Station Boyz. Young love blossomed at a chance meeting when Carly was a senior in high school and Josh was just discovering what stardom really meant. Despite their chemistry, it was no surprise to anyone when their very different lives took very different paths a few months down the road.
Years later, their paths cross again, and they must decide if the spark they felt back then is strong enough to rekindle. Josh has built a name for himself in show business, but Carly, too, has planted roots as a journalist in New York City. Will they be able to successfully merge their lives and overcome the obstacles that drove them apart a decade earlier?
Just as she comes to the decision that will change their lives one way or the other, tragedy strikes and Detective Trey Foster enters her life unexpectedly. Now, Carly is faced with another choice. Will she choose the man she’s spent her whole life loving, or will she push it aside for a chance at happiness out of the spotlight?
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Lita’s Review: 4.5 OOOOo’s (O’s for Orgasms)
Distance and Time by Mel Henry is the first in the Time after time series. Carly is a high school senior who lives with her mousy mother and an emotional and verbally abusive stepfather. Living a sheltered and dull life she has the opportunity of a life time going from visiting a college in Chicago to meeting her teenage idol. Josh is a member of the hottest boy band. Out one night at a club the two meet, for Carly it is a dream come true, meeting her idol who has graced her bedroom wall. Josh has found a girl who likes him for him and not for the fame.
The story is cute, sweet, unicorns and rainbows. They split up just to come back together again due to a chance meeting at a play he is performing. Distance and time has not changed the love the 2 have for each other. However a role of a life time sends Josh across the country and Carly has no intention of standing in his way. After letting Josh go Carly decides to visit Josh in California but a terrible incident changes everyone’s life.
This story goes from smiles and flowers to a really gritty story which made me go from really liking this story to loving it. What was once PG went straight to rated R. I am even more excited to know that there is going to be another book. I give this story 4 ½ O’s
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Nikki K’s Review: 3.5 OOOo’s (O’s for Orgasms)
Every teenage girl dreams that she will meet her Idol and he will fall in love with her, Carly was lucky enough to realize that dream. Josh, the sexy boy band lead singer is tired of groupies and one night stands. Meeting Carly at a dance club shows Josh what his life is missing, a real relationship!
This book brought me back to the days of NKOTB in the early 90’s. I could imagine this story being about one of the members of the highly popular boy band and a star struck girl from a small town in middle America.
While the story is sweet and full of teenage angst, it didn’t really grab my attention until late in the story when tragedy strikes. For me this was when the story comes to life. This is when Carly’s character gets some depth and becomes more interesting. I enjoyed the book, and want to see where the road leads Carly in her future.
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Author Bio
Mel Henry has been an avid reader since stealing her first Harlequin from her mom’s nightstand in second grade. Because some words were too big for her seven-year-old vocabulary, she took to writing her own stories (much to the relief of her teacher) and has been doing so ever since.
After having held various jobs in her life that brought her no satisfaction and only a piddly income, she decided to publish her first book. She figured being a starving artist instead of just starving sounded much more interesting. Being able to do it in her pajamas and no make-up are just perks to the job.
Living in Iowa with her husband and a couple of teenaged kids, Mel’s an avid cook (sometimes by choice), traveler (always by choice), and a hardcore warrior against chronic Lyme disease (definitely not by choice). She loves concerts, thunderstorms, and good coffee. She loathes conspiracy theories, egotistical people, and sushi.
She is currently collaborating with three other authors on a project, and has the foundation in place for her next series. In the meantime, you can find her current works on Amazon and other online booksellers.
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Synopsis
Still reeling from a break-up with his first love, Carly, Josh McCarthy is replanting his roots in Los Angeles in an attempt to start over. Once part of South Station Boyz (a teen super-group in the ‘90s), and a lengthy stint with a Broadway theater company, success is something that has always come easily to Josh—at least where his career is concerned. Love, on the other hand, has been a struggle.
With a new role on a hit TV show and a change of scenery, Josh is hoping to get back on track in every aspect of his life, with or without Carly. Meeting model-turned-agent, Abby Levy, should be the answer to his “without Carly” equation. So why do his thoughts keep driving back to her? Every day, to his own detriment, he finds new ways to compare his new love to his old one. He just wants to move on and not feel her absence anymore.
Now faced with another major life decision, Josh decides to take a trip back to the Big Apple—back to Carly—to either reclaim his lost love or to finally gain the closure he needs to move on. What will he decide, and can everything really get Better in Time?
Giveaway
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