A Change of Pace (Northern Lights Collection) by Freya Barker - RELEASE DAY BLITZ & REVIEW

Title: A Change of Pace

Series: Northern Lights Collection

Stand alone

Author: Freya Barker

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: July 16, 2018

Once a man who lived by the letter of the law.

Newt Tobias will do anything for his little girl. Even take early retirement, sell his city home, and move to cottage country, hoping that the simpler life will provide a better balance for his troubled teenage daughter. 

Yet, not long after they’ve settled, he finds himself toe-to-toe with a stubborn, fiery tempered woman with pretty brown eyes.

Once a recluse preferring to live alone. 

Working with troubled adolescents, Frederique Marchand doesn’t suffer fools and won’t put up with bullies. Especially handsome strangers like Newt who think they can run roughshod over her. She loves her work, but on her own time she much prefers the company of her menagerie of animals.

But with the welfare of a teenager at stake, she must put aside rocky first impressions and work with a man who needs her as much as she’ll come to need him.

Review by: Erin 

Once again I am left stunned by the words I have just read. This author never ceases to amaze me with her stories. She has the ability to take ordinary words, string them together, and produce something extraordinary. Her stories are always exceptional. Real people. Older (ha ha my age although I don't feel old at all at 41). Real life problems. Illness, teenagers, bills. You know, the nitty gritty of life. She tackles those issues while creating a relationship between two people that leaves me astounded. Love is possible no matter anyone's situation and Ms. Barker excels at proving that over and over. If you haven't read any of her books, all I can say is you are missing out on something beautiful.

5 Stars 

Review by: Flavia

Wow, what a nice story. I really loved this one

Newt Tobias quit his job as a cop because his daughter needed him. So he took early retirement and moved his 14-year-old daughter to a nice cottage town because they both needed a fresh start. But moving away and thinking things would change when he moved houses and towns was not exactly how it goes. And his little girl needed help urgently.

That is where Frederique Marchand (Freddy) comes in. Freddy is a therapist but not just any therapist, she uses her dog Boulder to help with her patient's recovery. When the school asked her to have a talk with Millie she knew that this little girl needed her. But she needed to speak to the father first. And low and behold not who she expected, the same arrogant man who screamed at her in the parking lot when she went shopping.

What happens next is a story filled with heartbreak, sadness but also about recovery, healing and so much more. As much as Freddy is helping Newt and Millie they too are helping her, as Freddy has her own past and her own tragedy that might just not be the end. 

This story has everything in it, not just as mentioned earlier, but also some b**ch slapping, some kidnapping and so much more. Definitely a story that captured me from start to finish. 

5 Stars 

Foxylutely Book Reviews - “This was another winning storyline from Freya Barker and one I did not want to end.” Mindy Lou’s Book Review - “What an incredible and emotional story about a single father struggling to help his troubled, teenage daughter.” The Laundry Librarian - “A Change of Pace is the perfect down home, all the feels, REAL romance read. It was refreshing, heartbreaking and beautiful.”

Freya Barker inspires with her stories about 'real’ people, perhaps less than perfect, each struggling to find their own slice of happy. She is the author of the Cedar Tree Series and the Portland, ME, novels.

Freya is the recipient of the RomCon “Reader’s Choice” Award for best first book, “Slim To None,” and is a finalist for the 2016 Kindle Book Awards for “From Dust”. She currently has two complete series and three anthologies published, and is working on two new series; La Plata County FBI—ROCK POINT, and Northern Lights. She continues to spin story after story with an endless supply of bruised and dented characters, vying for attention!

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