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Linda Hill, of Linda’s Book Bag.

Linda kindly invited me to contribute to her website. Linda has an award-winning blog, reviewing and sharing good books with her vast ocean of fans and followers.

 

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“Lovely Diane Solomon has appeared here on Linda’s Book Bag a few times and when I heard she had a new book, Eva, I simply had to invite her back.  I asked Diane about her experience of writing Eva and she kindly provided a super guest post and an extract from the book that I’m delighted to share today.

Let’s find out about Eva.”

A Guest Post by Diane Solomon

Welcome back to Linda’s Book Bag Diane.  And congratulations on your new romantic suspense novel, Eva. Has writing this book helped you realize anything about yourself in the same way Eva has a voyage of discovery?

It’s nice to be back, and that’s a great question! I came up with the idea for this novel 20 years ago, but it took me until now to feel ready to write it, to truly understand what I wanted to say.

Here’s a wee bit about the story. Eva, the 26-year-old protagonist, has not committed to love since the day when she was eleven, when she found her mother dead on the kitchen floor. Since then, believing she is better off alone, she has kept a safe distance from people, only connecting deeply with animals.

Then she discovers she possesses a powerful skill. Maybe it is a gift. But it might be a curse. She realizes she can heal an animal simply by holding it and meditating to a deep inner space where she connects with its spirit. Things get even more shocking when she finds she can heal humans as well. When through her healing, her grandfather recovers miraculously from the incapacitation of a stroke, word spreads quickly and her life is no longer her own.

Journalists hound her relentlessly and hand-delivered death threats confirm someone wants to kill her. Forced into the limelight she’s avoided all her life and facing challenges at every turn, Eva must fight to protect her newfound ability while also doing the most difficult thing of all: staying alive.

Eva is a deep love story, full of twists and turns, with the theme of our universal yearning for connection. Plus, it is loaded with heart.

I resonate strongly with the path Eva travels, that of her struggle is to overcome her inner demons in order to own her power and to flourish. To grow. Eva is continually challenged, when all the time, all she wants to do is look after animals. That’s where she feels safe and loved and where she can give love unconditionally without fear.

Some of that is me! This hit home as I wrote the book. What kept me from connecting deeply with other people my whole life was very simply the walls I created to protect myself. The walls Eva created. The walls we all create! We hide behind those walls, protecting ourselves from pain. Yet, ironically, those walls insulate us from the very thing we need to alleviate the pain. Connection to other people. I believe we all yearn for that connection.

Writing this book has been one of the most fascinating and rewarding experiences of my life. And I wrote it from my heart, hoping to grab yours!

 

Eva sounds fabulous Diane!   CLICK HERE TO READ “EVA” EXTRACT

 

 

 

I’m thrilled at the reviews for “Eva”

Wonderful Amazon reviews for my new novel, “Eva”

“Eva: a riveting romantic suspense with a supernatural twist” 

Eva: a riveting romantic suspense with a supernatural twist

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great book!!!

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2023

The book, “Eva” is a spectacular book. It is an especially fun read for summer days or in front of the fireplace in the winter. It is well written, inviting and engaging. This is one of those special books that keep you turning pages to find out what happens next whether it is to delve into the mystical connection with animals or humans or the relationship with a true “soul mate”. The journey into the realm of connectedness with the beyond, family and animals is mesmerizing. I LOVED this book and I should add that I consider myself a very discerning reader! For me, it was reminiscent of books such as “Woman on the Edge of Time” and “Mists of Avalon”. These books also present women who are strong, intelligent, and powerful. Thank you, Diane Solomon, for producing something that provides a beautiful escape and leaves you filled with inexplicable joy for a variety of reasons.

 

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2023

I enjoyed reading Eva so much!! Her magical powers for healing animals was such a clever concept for a storyline. I love animals so to discover she had this power warmed my heart and I kept hoping it would help humans. So many things kept me interested and with the story being about a romance with the vet and Eva (when she finally lets down her guard) finally get together just wrapped everything up perfectly!! I would recommend Eva to anyone who likes something fun and loves animals to read this book. It’s a GREAT book for a summer read.
 
 

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2023

This is such a beautiful, heartfelt, uplifting story! It grabs you by the heart and doesn’t let go! As you arrive in Eva’s life, she is just finding out that she has life changing abilities. She is loving and true to herself in the best of ways! Once you start reading this story and the wonderful world of Eva, you can’t stop! The ending left me barely able to breathe and just full of awe. Beautiful book!!

Great review for Eva! “Eva gave me chills.”

 

Great review for “Eva!” a riveting romantic suspense with a supernatural twist.

So thrilled at one of the first reviews coming in for my romantic suspense novel, Eva! Many thanks to Cindy White.

“Connection isn’t that what we are all searching for? Connection to family, to a lover, to animals, to nature. I love to read. Reading is one of my passions but I don’t often read a book that gives me actual chills. Eva gave me chills. Eva’s connection to animals and nature is foremost in her psyche, she has always wanted to help animals by being a veterinarian. Eva is calmed and centered by her connection to the ocean. Her mother planned to become a marine biologist and instilled in her a love for nature and animals. Tragically, her mother was taken from Eva when she was very young, raised by her great aunt, she has protected herself emotionally by letting few people into her life.

The writer speaks eloquently of grief, the memory of the emotion of grief and how that emotion can lead to the feeling of not belonging anywhere. Eva’s work at an animal shelter leads to an amazing discovery about herself and her abilities. The love of a good man, friends, newly discovered family and her amazing ability to connect help her to find herself and new confidence in her future. A truly wonderful book!”

EVA: https://www.amazon.com/Eva-Diane-Solomon-ebook/dp/B0C8PGY1NS

My new romantic suspense novel, “Eva,” is published!

My new book, Eva,  is published!

Hi all, hope your summer is going well!  I confess I am so excited!

Although the idea for Eva came to me twenty-five years ago, only now did I feel ready to write it… 

Here’s a preview read:

First three chapters of “Eva”

I would love reviews on Amazon if you enjoy the book!

  Amazon link to Eva


Eva is a romantic suspense story with a supernatural twist…

Eva possesses a unique and powerful gift. But is it a curse?

She plays down her beauty, to avoid attention. But it doesn’t work. She has a magnetic quality, a calm, a power of which she is unaware.

Never having known her father and having lost her mother when she was young, Eva believes she’s better off alone. She only connects deeply with animals, they are her first love. But another great love is on the horizon, along with other life-changing discoveries.

When they learn of her gift, the media jackals gather, and Eva is forced into the limelight she’s avoided all her life. She is accused online of being a heretic and scam artist.

 Facing challenges at every turn, including her own inner demons, she must fight to protect, even embrace, her newfound ability.

But someone wants her dead.

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Best-Selling Author Review : “I was captivated by Eva’s story and riveted to the end. Diane is a beautiful writer who has captured the essence of Eva’s unearthing of her true self. A story that is timeless. Bravo!” Laurie Seymour, M.A., twice a #1 international best-selling author, host of Wisdom Talk Radio, Executive Coach, international speaker and Founder/CEO of The Baca Institute.

Beta Reader review: “This book grabs you by the heart and doesn’t let go!”

 

~ ~ ~ Read the first three chapters here 

Warm regards!
 
Diane

 
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Eva possesses a unique and powerful gift. But is it a curse?

Best-Selling Author Review: “I was captivated by Eva’s story and riveted to the end. Diane is a beautiful writer who has captured the essence of Eva’s unearthing of her true self. A story that is timeless. Bravo!” FROM: Laurie Seymour, M.A., twice #1 international best-selling author, host of Wisdom Talk Radio, Exec Coach, Founder/CEO of The Baca Institute.

Beta Reader review: “This book grabs you by the heart and doesn’t let go!”

~ For readers who enjoy Sarah Addison Allen, Emily Colin, Barbara Delinsky, or Kristin Hannah.

 

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