Kimberley Linstruth-Beckom

Kimberley Linstruth-Beckom

About

I reside in Connecticut with beloved family, friends, and pets.  I enjoy gardening, yoga, cooking, reading, and hiking in my spare time.

I've been writing in various genres for three decades and am an award winning and nationally recognized author, blogger, and poet.

Murdo

Murdo

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<p>When Jessica Bryant pesters her wealthy parents to allow her to have a dog as a pet, the answer is a resounding &quot;No&quot;; but they soon come to regret their decision when thier home is broken into one evening whilst they are out and their daughter kidnapped and held for ransom. The kidnappers, in the form of four seedy and incompetent characters wearing Disneyland-type masks, take her hostage and keep her incarcerated in a place from which there appears to be no escape. However, they reckon without the resourcefulness of our heroine, and the courage of a wonderful stray dog who comes to her aid and whom she names 'Murdo'. And so begins an exciting and humurous accounting of the couples' adventures together as they consistently foil and outwit the abductors whilst on the run together.<br /> This is a lovely story of the friendship between a girl and a dog, bringing out themes of responsibility, camaraderie, redemption, salvation and self-sacrifice. It includes some wonderful dialogue sequences as Jessica teaches her new four-legged friend how to communicate with her, with additional delightful conversations between the animals when a rabbit and a sparrow join forces with them in an effort to outwit the kidnappers and restore Jessica safely back to her parents' home. </p>

Story Behind The Book

Forever Friends is a story I've had in my head for the past twenty years. Once I finally sat down to write, the book came to life.

Reviews

<div class="a-section"> <div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R3TCYW2EB0LF6U/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0578141817&amp;nodeID=283155&amp;store=books">Beautiful</a></div> <span class="a-color-secondary"><span class="a-size-normal"><span class="a-color-secondary">By </span> <a class="noTextDecoration" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A1RL1Q5LPSFZL6/ref=cm_cr_dp_pdp">Ashley</a> </span> <span class="a-color-secondary"> on July 17, 2014</span></span></div> <div class="a-section">I received this book from the author and from Paranormal Romance and Authors That Rock.<br /> Forever Friends is a paranormal/fantasy romance.<br /> Skye met the man of her dreams literally. Raine has been with her for lifetimes but their love is always cut short. Raine recognizes who Skye is and tries to coax her into remembering. They are being hunted by the king of vampires, Alec. Alec lost his love centuries ago and his life has been consumed by revenge. Raine was supposed to protect his love but she died so he blamed him and vowed to make him feel the same as he does. The Gods have other plans and it soon unfolds, nothing is as it seems and things change over the times. Alec meets Morgan, Skye's best friend. He plans to use her to get to Skye but he starts to feel something for her that he hasn't for centuries. Will it be enough to stop his vengeance? Raine and Skye have to come together and plan to keep evil from destroying their lives again. Both couples find something worth fighting for but is it enough to stop evil?<br /><br /> A beautiful good vs evil story. Soul mates spanned over lifetimes to be with each other again. I enjoyed this story. I thought the concept was wonderful and unique. It wasn't just a vampire or werewolf novel it was so much more. It mixed three supernatural races witches, vampires and werewolves. The characters were real and I was pulled into each of their stories. My favorite was Alec. I sympathized with him and saw the torment he went through.<br /> The only problem I had was that sometimes the story flowed too well especially towards the end. There were a couple parts that I didn't find believable but I still enjoyed the story.<br /> I recommend this to paranormal romance fans looking for a beautiful love story.</div>