A Blind Eye

Book Details:

Author: Julie Daines

Release Date: January 2013

Publisher: Covenant Communications

Genre:  Romantic Suspense

This book was SO GOOD!

It has everything I love in a book...suspense, mystery, and humor, all rolled-up in a little bit of romance.

The storyline is awesome!

Christian is running away from home. He just can't take it any longer. But then Scarlett comes into his life and changes all his plans.

Scarlett claims she has seen a murder...well...she actually dreamed about the murder...but the murder came true and now those responsible want to get her.

The author throws in an amazing twist to the story...Scarlett is blind.

What can Christian, a mere 17-year-old, do to help her?

This book is definitely a must-read!

About the Author:

Julie Daines was born in Boston, Massachusetts, raised in Utah, and educated around the world. As a high school student, she spent her summers hiking the deserts of southern Utah, drawing inspiration from the various plants and animals to write children’s stories and legends. 

She studied Zoology and Secondary Education at Brigham Young University, paying her way through college by performing live reptile demonstrations at the university’s life science museum.

She spent eighteen months living in London where she studied and fell in love with English Literature, Sticky Toffee Pudding, and the fellow who ran the kebab store around the corner. 

After editing for other authors, she decided to take up writing again--this time in the young adult genre. She feels qualified to write for teens because, as a young adult, she mastered the art of drama. Oh, and she has some skulking around the house.

Julie is a member of SCBWI, the League of Utah Writers, and Utah Children’s Writers. She frequently attends conferences where she has won a few awards for her writing, and is part of a superb writer’s group.

Things She's done:

    

1. Thrown a frisbee off the top of the Eiffel tower.  It was a group effort.  

1. Removed my own stitches.  The nurse was doing a terrible (aka painful) job, so I demanded the scissors and finished it myself.

1. Killed a rat with my bare hands.  Desperate times call for desperate measures.

1. Pulled a snake tooth out of my finger--on my honeymoon.  True story.  The snake (a Rainbow Boa Constrictor) bit me a few weeks before my wedding.  I couldn’t figure out why it was taking so long to heal--until part of the tooth started sticking out.  Did I mention it was on my honeymoon?  

1. Talked my way out of three speeding tickets.  Seriously, it pays to go to the judge and argue your case.

1. Taught myself to play the Irish whistle.

1. Snuck out of the hotel (age 18--three girls--alone) in Moscow to meet some strange (but hot) guys at a local disco.  Did we ever find them?  No.  Did we ever find the disco?  No.  Did we get lost on the subway system and find ourselves wandering deserted streets late at night in Communist Russia?  Yes.  Were we stupid to try?  Absolutely.

1. Stole a flashing barricade from a road construction site.  It’s important to note that they put those barricades up for a reason--to warn sneaky teenagers of the deep and dangerous hole.  Picture roadrunner slapping down a black circle-hole.  Picture Wile E. Coyote walking along then suddenly disappearing into the aforementioned hole.  As a follow up, I’d like to say that, riddled by guilt, we put it back about an hour later.

1. Held a scorpion in my bare hands.  A live scorpion.  

1. Got car sick on the way home from Disneyland.  I was trying to finish my math homework in the very back of a station wagon.  To this day, any mathematical work still makes me a little queasy.

1. Been chased by a moose.

  

Things She's Never Done:

1. Had a facial, pedicure, or manicure--or been to a spa. 

1. Eaten sushi--I just really can’t stand seafood!

1. Tired of seeing the full moon through wispy clouds as it rises over the mountains near my home.

1. Been to Hawaii.

1. Changed a flat tire on my car.  My awesome husband always does it for me!  I am, however, pro at changing my road-bike tires.

1. Broken a bone.  Or had my tonsils out.

1. Been stuck in an elevator.

1. Been stung by a bee.  A wasp, yes.  It was hiding in my pants and when I put them on--yeow!

1. Hit an animal while driving.

1. Cheated on a test.

1. Eaten brains.  They tried to serve me some in South America.  But I started having a nervous breakdown and told them, in my not-so-fluent-spanish, that I didn’t want to eat any “mind.”

1. Jumped off the high-dive.  

1. Won the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes.