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"The Last Breath will leave you breathless. This edgy and emotional thriller will keep you guessing until the very end." -New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf
"Powerful and complex with an intensity drawn out through each page, The Last Breath is a story of forgiveness and betrayal and one I couldn't put down!" -New York Times bestselling author Steena Holmes
"Powerful and complex with an intensity drawn out through each page, The Last Breath is a story of forgiveness and betrayal and one I couldn't put down!" -New York Times bestselling author Steena Holmes
About the Author
Kimberly S. Belle grew up in Eastern Tennessee, in a small town nestled in the foothills of the Appalachians. Her four years at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta were a quick pit stop on her quest to see the world. After a bit of wandering she landed in the Netherlands, where she lived among the windmills and tulips for more than a decade. But the draw of Dixie was too strong. Kimberly returned and put down roots - permanent ones - in Atlanta, though she always keeps her passport current.
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Kimberly S. Belle grew up in Eastern Tennessee, in a small town nestled in the foothills of the Appalachians. Thanks to a mean case of wanderlust, she couldn't find an ounce of beauty in the area's mountains and streams and winding country roads. Her four years at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta were a quick pit stop on her quest to see the world.
It was in Atlanta that she met her Dutchman, who whisked her off to the Netherlands. What was meant to be a six-month stay turned into more than twelve years among the windmills and tulips, during which she began checking off the countries on her to-see list.
But learning a new language and taking on a new culture only heightened how much she missed her own, and ultimately, the draw of Dixie became too strong to ignore. Homesick for the place she spent the first two decades of her life trying to escape, Kimberly returned and put down roots - permanent ones this time - in Atlanta.
For more about Kimberly and her books, please visit her website, www.kimberlybellebooks.
It was in Atlanta that she met her Dutchman, who whisked her off to the Netherlands. What was meant to be a six-month stay turned into more than twelve years among the windmills and tulips, during which she began checking off the countries on her to-see list.
But learning a new language and taking on a new culture only heightened how much she missed her own, and ultimately, the draw of Dixie became too strong to ignore. Homesick for the place she spent the first two decades of her life trying to escape, Kimberly returned and put down roots - permanent ones this time - in Atlanta.
For more about Kimberly and her books, please visit her website, www.kimberlybellebooks.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Stacie Gorkow
on October 8, 2014
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Kimberly Belle packs a punch with a gripping prologue and keeps you turning the pages, assessing your beliefs and leaving you holding your breath all the way to the end. This is Belle's debut novel and hopefully more are to come.
The book begins with the murder of Ella Mae in a small Appalachian community. We know that Ella Mae knew her murderer, but is the murderer the man who spent sixteen years in prison for the crime? Gia, Ella Mae's step-daughter, has spent her adult life traveling the country assisting with disasters, feeding the hungry, and doing everything she can to stay away from her home full of bad memories. After being gone since high school, she must now come home to care for her father Ray, the murderer. He has been released from prison to live out his final days at home with hospice. Gia is thrown into chaos with a father she hasn't seen since he was taken to prison, two siblings who want nothing to do with their father, a street full of protesters, and a nagging doubt about her father committing the crime the entire community thinks he did.
As Gia returns to the home Ella Mae was murdered in, a slew of emotions surface. Her siblings refuse to answer her calls and run out the back doors of their office. Her uncle, Cal, who is also her father's lawyer, continues to fill her with lies about the case and the local bartender's food (and sex appeal) are too hard to resist after living in third-world countries. Gia begins to unravel memories that were long buried and starts to piece together the night that Ella Mae was murdered. When she finds out the truth about Ella Mae's murderer, it may be more than she can handle.
This is definitely a page turner and one that will keep you guessing all the way to the end.Read more ›
The book begins with the murder of Ella Mae in a small Appalachian community. We know that Ella Mae knew her murderer, but is the murderer the man who spent sixteen years in prison for the crime? Gia, Ella Mae's step-daughter, has spent her adult life traveling the country assisting with disasters, feeding the hungry, and doing everything she can to stay away from her home full of bad memories. After being gone since high school, she must now come home to care for her father Ray, the murderer. He has been released from prison to live out his final days at home with hospice. Gia is thrown into chaos with a father she hasn't seen since he was taken to prison, two siblings who want nothing to do with their father, a street full of protesters, and a nagging doubt about her father committing the crime the entire community thinks he did.
As Gia returns to the home Ella Mae was murdered in, a slew of emotions surface. Her siblings refuse to answer her calls and run out the back doors of their office. Her uncle, Cal, who is also her father's lawyer, continues to fill her with lies about the case and the local bartender's food (and sex appeal) are too hard to resist after living in third-world countries. Gia begins to unravel memories that were long buried and starts to piece together the night that Ella Mae was murdered. When she finds out the truth about Ella Mae's murderer, it may be more than she can handle.
This is definitely a page turner and one that will keep you guessing all the way to the end.Read more ›
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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MY TAKE:
5 AMAZING STARS
Right off the bat, this is one of my favorite books for 2014! I LOVED this book! I didn't want this book this book to end, so I read this one as slow as I could because I enjoyed it so much! The writing is excellent for this debut author, which is what originally pulled me right into this story. I felt like I personally knew Gia right from the start because I was able to understand her situation easily thanks to the author for writing her character so well. For myself, this seems it would be a very difficult subject to write, but this author hit it out of the park! She is one of those writers who demands you read this from start to finish without putting the book down! I even reread one of the most important scenes in the book - again!
This is suspense/women's fiction/murder mystery all rolled into one, and how can it be a murder mystery when a jury found her father guilty all those years ago? Things pop up that puts doubt into your mind.
This book is about a woman, Gia, in her early 30's, who works running all around the world helping other people. Anywhere she can go that is far, far away from her own home in the Appalachians in Tennessee, she goes! She needs to learn how to not allow her past influence her future, but this is a pretty hard thing to do while in her hometown, which is why she runs around the world. Gia She feeds the hungry, cleans up after disasters, goes into war-torn cities and more, but the only place she can't face is the city where she is from. Now Gia has no choice because the prison where her father, Ray, is serving time for killing her step-for mother Ella Mae, is sending him home to die from cancer, and with hospice.Read more ›
5 AMAZING STARS
Right off the bat, this is one of my favorite books for 2014! I LOVED this book! I didn't want this book this book to end, so I read this one as slow as I could because I enjoyed it so much! The writing is excellent for this debut author, which is what originally pulled me right into this story. I felt like I personally knew Gia right from the start because I was able to understand her situation easily thanks to the author for writing her character so well. For myself, this seems it would be a very difficult subject to write, but this author hit it out of the park! She is one of those writers who demands you read this from start to finish without putting the book down! I even reread one of the most important scenes in the book - again!
This is suspense/women's fiction/murder mystery all rolled into one, and how can it be a murder mystery when a jury found her father guilty all those years ago? Things pop up that puts doubt into your mind.
This book is about a woman, Gia, in her early 30's, who works running all around the world helping other people. Anywhere she can go that is far, far away from her own home in the Appalachians in Tennessee, she goes! She needs to learn how to not allow her past influence her future, but this is a pretty hard thing to do while in her hometown, which is why she runs around the world. Gia She feeds the hungry, cleans up after disasters, goes into war-torn cities and more, but the only place she can't face is the city where she is from. Now Gia has no choice because the prison where her father, Ray, is serving time for killing her step-for mother Ella Mae, is sending him home to die from cancer, and with hospice.Read more ›
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Was it her husband, her lover, or an intruder that took Ella Mae's last breath?
Regardless of who the guilty party was, her husband, Ray Andrews, was convicted and sent to prison for sixteen years. Ray was now on his way home but not because he had served his sentence but because he was dying of cancer. Will his children be there to greet him or have they forgotten him as they did when he was in prison?
THE LAST BREATH moves from past to present telling the story of Ella Mae's life before she was suffocated with Saran Wrap and her daughter's life as her father comes home.
While Gia Andrews struggles with coming home and having to face the shame of what happened sixteen years ago and finding out if her father really did kill her mother, you also follow her through her sexual romps. Her mother's romps with her lover were also part of storyline and definitely were a part of solving the mystery. These descriptions aren't graphic, but I had to give a warning. :)
As Gia investigates, she questions her uncle who was her father's attorney about his defense and if everything was truly done to prove Ray's innocence. Could the evidence all have been false or contrived and the real killer still be free?
Gia had to know. Would the professor writing a book about her father have the real facts or would it all be water under the bridge for now?
The book was tense and made me anxious to find out the truth and oh so good because you can't figure out who the guilty party really was. You think you have it and then you change your mind.
The ending has a surprise, and it is an ending that I really liked. :) 4/5
If you read the book, please let me know what you thought.
This book was given to me free of charge and without compensation by the publisher in return for an honest review.
Regardless of who the guilty party was, her husband, Ray Andrews, was convicted and sent to prison for sixteen years. Ray was now on his way home but not because he had served his sentence but because he was dying of cancer. Will his children be there to greet him or have they forgotten him as they did when he was in prison?
THE LAST BREATH moves from past to present telling the story of Ella Mae's life before she was suffocated with Saran Wrap and her daughter's life as her father comes home.
While Gia Andrews struggles with coming home and having to face the shame of what happened sixteen years ago and finding out if her father really did kill her mother, you also follow her through her sexual romps. Her mother's romps with her lover were also part of storyline and definitely were a part of solving the mystery. These descriptions aren't graphic, but I had to give a warning. :)
As Gia investigates, she questions her uncle who was her father's attorney about his defense and if everything was truly done to prove Ray's innocence. Could the evidence all have been false or contrived and the real killer still be free?
Gia had to know. Would the professor writing a book about her father have the real facts or would it all be water under the bridge for now?
The book was tense and made me anxious to find out the truth and oh so good because you can't figure out who the guilty party really was. You think you have it and then you change your mind.
The ending has a surprise, and it is an ending that I really liked. :) 4/5
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