Belinda (The Raymond Hatcher Stories/Book Three)- Belinda by Mark Zvonkovic Audio and Book Tour + Giveaway! {Ends 10/28/22}
BELINDA is Book Three in THE RAYMOND HATCHER STORIES. Each novel in this series is written as a stand alone.
About THE RAYMOND HATCHER STORIES:
Raymond Hatcher was a spy who broke a cardinal rule. He wrote everything down in a journal for seventy years, until he and his wife were murdered on their farmhouse porch. The secrets from his years of service remain classified. But the journal was recovered by a man Raymond had mentored, and stories about the people Raymond’s life touched are being told, those he mentored in clandestine operations, a boy he rescued in 1950 from a jungle in Vietnam, a Croatian woman hiding in Budapest in 1956, a woman lawyer unwittingly attracted to a spy under cover at her law firm, to mention a few. The everyday lives of people who unknowingly cross paths with spies are examined in The Raymond Hatcher Stories.Â
Book Details:
Belinda (The Raymond Hatcher Stories/Book Three) by Mark Zvonkovic; Narrated by: Raquel Merediz
Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 276 pages
Genre: Literary / Legal Thriller
Publisher: Dos Perro Press
Release date: June 2022
Tour dates: Sep 26 to Oct 21, 2022
Content Rating: PG13+M because it involves mature themes, occasional profanities, non-explicit sex scenes and mild violence.
Book Description:
Set in the conference rooms of a white-shoe Houston law firm and the stunning coastline of Baja California, Belinda is the story of a woman’s bravery and resourcefulness at the end of her brilliant career. Her decision to fight her firm’s men in suits who demand her retirement is called into question when a man once her lover appears after a long unexplained absence.
Against a backdrop of romance and legal drama, the novel explores questions about love, the law, and the anxious precipice of life change. Is it ever too late to be swept away by romance? Can true justice ever be attained when the law’s practitioners are corrupt? And when your work is what defines you, what’s left after retirement?
​During a week of surprises and abstruse events, Belinda sees the once presumed greatness of her life flicker as she forces the moment for her decision to a crisis.
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Review By LAWonder10:
Mostly unrelated to Book One, ‘The Lion in the Grass’, Belinda is the key character of this segment of the Raymond Hatcher Stories. The only real connection is she was one of the partners in the law firm that Jay was a part of. He and Belinda were close in age with mutual admiration for each other as partners.
Belinda is getting older and feels she will be pressured into retirement soon. She uses her every resource and determination to show those she works with she is every bit as competent as she has been in the past. During her determination to prove herself, she makes new discoveries abut herself she never realized before. Maybe there is a plus side to retirement. Is she ready?
This book is enhanced by the appearance of someone out of her past. It adds action and mystery to the drama.
The characters are very real and the scenes described well and easy to envision. The Title is okay and the Cover image is an improvement on the other two previous books covers.
I listened to the audio-book. The narrator, Raquel Merediz, did an outstanding job with her narration. She was very consistent with pleasant “voices” and made emphases in all the correct places with much feeling. There was never a doubt of who was speaking and what was happening.
I feel this book was in improvement over ‘The Narrows’ but was not as stimulating as ‘Lion in the Grass’. I felt some scenes were chopped off too abruptly. I also feel some scenarios were left to “open ended”. I had hoped this book would solidify the slightly weak ending of the first book but these are truly treated as “stand alones ” in most ways.
I offer a Five Stars rating four the narration but a Three and a Half Stars for the book content. Thus I will give the audio-book a Four Stars rating.
Other Books in the Series:
Meet the Author:
Mark Zvonkovic is a writer who lives in Rosarito Beach, Baja California Mexico with his wife Nancy and their two dogs. Finn and Cooper. He has written three novels, and he also writes book reviews and essays that appear in online publications. Before retiring to Mexico, Mark practiced law for thirty-five years at three multinational law firms in Houston, Texas and New York City. He attended college at Southern Methodist University and Boston University, and his law degree is from SMU School of Law. Mark grew up as an oil company brat and lived in Latin America, Texas and New York.
Connect with the author: website~ facebook ~Â bookbub ~ goodreads
Photo Credit: Rebecca Westerveld
The Tour Schedule:
Sep 26 – The Mystery Review Crew – book series spotlight / giveaway
Sep 26 – Novels Alive – book spotlight of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Sep 26 – Novels Alive – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Sep 26 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Sep 26 – My Reading Getaway– book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Sep 27 – Bound 4 Escape – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Sep 27 – The Obsessed Reader – book series spotlight / giveaway
Sep 28 –fundinmental– book series spotlight / giveaway
Sep 29 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book series spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Sep 29 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – book spotlight of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Sep 29 – Splashes of Joy  – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Sep 30 – Faith and Books – audiobook review of BELINDA / giveaway
Sep 30 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – audiobook review of BELINDA / giveaway
Sep 30 – Splashes of Joy  – book review of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Oct 3 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Oct 4 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Oct 4 – Leanne bookstagram – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS
Oct 5 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of BELINDA / giveaway
Oct 5 – Leanne bookstagram – book review of THE NARROWS
Oct 6 – Cover Lover Book Review – book series spotlight / giveaway
Oct 6 – Leanne bookstagram – book review of BELINDA
Oct 7 – Novels Alive – book review of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Oct 7 – Paws.Read.Repeat – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Oct 11 – Splashes of Joy  – book review of BELINDA / giveaway
Oct 11 – Bound 4 Escape – book review of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Oct 11 – Literary Flits – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Oct 11 – Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Oct 11 – Olio by Marilyn – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Oct 12 – My Reading Getaway – book review of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Oct 12 – Literary Flits – book review of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Oct 12 – Olio by Marilyn – book review of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Oct 13 – Olio by Marilyn – book review of BELINDA / giveaway
Oct 14 – Novels Alive – audiobook review of BELINDA / giveaway
Oct 14 – Paws.Read.Repeat – book review of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Oct 17 – Books and Zebras – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS
Oct 17 – Literary Flits – book review of BELINDA / giveaway
Oct 18 – @onecreativeartist – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS
Oct 18 – Books and Zebras – book review of THE NARROWS
Oct 19 –Â Book Corner News and Reviews – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Oct 19 – Books and Zebras – book review of BELINDA
Oct 20 – Bound 4 Escape – audiobook review of BELINDA / giveaway
Oct 20 – @onecreativeartist – book review of THE NARROWS
​Oct 20 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Oct 21 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review of BELINDA / giveaway
Oct 21 – @onecreativeartist – book review of BELINDA
Oct 21 – Paws.Read.Repeat – book review of BELINDA / giveaway
Oct 21 – My Reading Getaway – book review of BELINDA / author interview / giveaway
Oct 21 – Books for Books – book series spotlight
Giveaway Details:
Win signed set of The Raymond Hatcher Stories (one winner / USA only) (ends Oct 28)
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