Lucy Appadoo is a prolific author who writes contemporary romance and romantic suspense novels about strong women who manage adversity with strength and heart. After a childhood spent reading and imagining escapist worlds, Lucy has put her imagination into stories. Her work as a rehabilitation counsellor, and former work as a counsellor in private practice, have led to an interest in writing inspirational stories about authentic, driven women who fight against a villain or love interest. Lucy enjoys plotting the next love story, researching crime stories and news to inspire her work, watching crime thrillers and suspenseful movies, travel, exercising, reading for entertainment or knowledge, meditation, and spending time with friends and family. She also appreciates her Italian background and culture, which has inspired her to write imaginative stories about her parents’ childhoods that have led to The Italian Family Series novels. Check out Lucy’s website and sign up for a free exclusive suspenseful novella: https://www.lucyappadooauthor.com.au
Haunted By The Past
Series: Friends In Crisis
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: A psychologist falls for a detective, but a deadly stalker threatens their lives.
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A serial killer waiting to take everything. It’s time for Bella to pay—with her life. Bella Carismo, a 27-year-old psychologist aims to grow her private practice. But her plans take a sudden turn when she crosses paths with Marco Petrazini, a detective, who brings shocking news of the horrific death of an old acquaintance. Now entangled in the investigation of not only a stalker, but several murders and a growing threat to the community, Bella enters in league with her love interest, Marco in his attempt to unravel the truth behind a force truly evil. As the messages, threats, and bodies begin to stack up, Bella finds herself cornered into a violent endgame as the shadows of Bella’s past intend to do far more than haunt her. Lucy Appadoo delivers a blend of romance, suspense, action, and twists. If you like adrenaline-pumping stories with strong women overcoming adversity and finding love, you’ll enjoy Haunted By the Past, the thrilling first book in the Friends In Crisis Series.
In Rio's Shadows
Series: Women Of Strength
Series Number: 1
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Paperback Price: 18.00
Blurb: A woman travels to Rio for work, but didn't expect a childhood secret to come to light while exploring child exploitation.
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Romance and terror in a tropical paradise. Sun, sand, surf. How could Blanca Castellano turn down the offer of a promotion to beautiful Rio de Janeiro—especially when it’s a step up in her career in Madrid? The job is a dream come true. A promotion, a new culture to explore, great colleagues to work with, including a sexy photographer named Carlos. There’s also a chance to make a name for herself by exposing a powerful story: child sex exploitation in Rio’s poverty-stricken neighbourhoods. But the return to Rio also means the return of nightmares from Blanca’s childhood—nightmares that began after her first trip to Rio, as a child with her parents on vacation. As Blanca and Carlos investigate child exploitation in Rio, the shadows of Blanca’s nightmares become dark memories of something she cannot yet understand. Shadows of Carlos’s past, too, stalk them—until they become a terrifying and dangerous reality. Together, Blanca and Carlos must learn the identity of a murderous puppet master. If you like raw emotions and a plot that twists and turns from the beach of Ipanema through the sordid favelas and the soaring luxury of Leblon, you won’t be able to stop turning the pages in Lucy Appadoo’s first book, In Rio’s Shadows from the Women Of Strength Series.