Tuesday, June 11, 2013

GCR Presents Blessed Fate (Blessed Tragedy #2) by H.B. Heinzer Blog Tour Stop


Colton Bradford never believed in love at first sight. And then, Rain Maxwell walked through his buddy's front door. He knew there was something special underneath the shy, guarded exterior and was determined to find out what it was.
The problem? Rain had devised her own set of life rules and “Never get involved with a band mate” was right near the top of that list. She allowed Colton into her heart as one of her closest friends, but pushed him away at the mention of anything more.

When tragedy strikes Rain's personal life, Colton is determined to be there for her in whatever way she'll allow. Will she finally open up to him and consider taking things to the next level? Will Colton's ways of trying to bury his feelings for Rain in the past ruin the possibility of a future for them?


My Review

5 of 5 Blessed Fate

Blessed Fate is a Blessed book because after reading Blessed Tragedy I needed more. I needed more of of the guys and more of Colton. He put himself out on the line for Rain and he never regretted it. Being in a band is hard but being the only girl in the band well that is just down right crazy! But Rain did it and she is doing what she loves the most.

I Blessed Fate we get Colton's POV and man oh man what a point of view it is! I have to say H.B. can write a story like no one's business and when she tells it from Colton's POV I just about died. I never stopped to think about how he was feeling in all of this. Guys keep things to themselves but Colton laid his heart out for Rain in the hopes she would snatch it up and keep it. But Colton also realizes that Rain has so much going on and so much she keeps to herself.

Rain has always said she follows rules and one of her rules is no dating a band mate. But what happens when your heart keeps leading you back to one of your band mates? Rain will soon find out the depths of Colton's love when tragedy strikes her again and he is determined to be there for her no matter what. 

The question remains will Rain let Colton in or will she push him away?

Purchase your copy 


Some writers can tell you what book piqued their interest in writing a book of their own. I can’t. Other authors tell you the name of a teacher who influenced and encouraged them to write. The only English teacher I can remember probably does deserve some of the credit for my success because she was one of the hardest teachers I ever had. Honestly, I don’t know why I write; all I know is it’s one of two things I can do that makes me feel completely free.
The first “official” writing I did was as a fifteen year old high school sophomore. My dad was part of an APAzine and, for whatever reason, I started guest writing on his zine. That led to me getting a zine of my own in the Turbo Charged Party Animal APA. Rope the Moon (named after the John Michael Montgomery song and a nod to my dad’s influence on me) was the ramblings of a child in a world of adults.

I was held to a high standard because most of the contributors were my dad’s age. They were somewhat hesitant to allow a kid in, but they voted me in after those guest contributions. To this day, I feel blessed to consider some of those members friends.

Sometime after high school, life got in the way of my dreams. They keyboard was dusty. Looking back, that’s also when I felt my most restless. After my daughter was born, I started my first blog, More Than Mom, as a way to vent about my struggle to hold onto the identity I’d owned for 27 years.

In 2006, I heard about NaNoWriMo for the first time. I jumped in with the enthusiasm of anyone who’s never tried to write a 50,000 word novel in a month. It was a damn good story. Did I mention I’d never written anything of that length before? Yeah, that’s important because it means I never lost a work in progress of that length before. It was November 14th and I was over 24,000 words when my hard drive failed. And with the loss of my manuscript, I lost the drive to write for a while.

In 2012, I attempted NaNoWriMo again, this time saving in so many places I’m sure I’ll be finding partial copies of Bent everywhere until the day I die. The thing they don’t tell you with NaNo? When you hit 50,000 words, that doesn’t mean you’re done writing! So, I kept writing until I was done. And then I edited. And edited some more. Deleted a bunch of scenes, added others in. Had some trusted friends and mentors read it and then tweaked it some more.

In January 2013, I made the single scariest click of my mouse that I will ever make. I published Bent. It’s been a whirlwind year and it keeps picking up pace but I’ve never before felt so blessed to be where I am!

I’d love to hear from you! Feel free to email me at hbheinzer@gmail.com with questions, comments or even a good joke!


You can follow the tour HERE. 



4 comments:

  1. Thank you for taking that leap H.B...this is just the beginning. Love Bent and Blessed Tragedy...and I'm ready for some Colton!!!

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  2. I do love to get the guy's POV

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  3. I am looking forward to reading this book! I read Blessed Tragedy & cannot wait for the story to continue.

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  4. Looking forward to read it!!!! Can't wait :)

    Thanks for the giveaway :)

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