Tear Me Apart by J.T. Ellison ~ a @harlequinbooks Review

by Susan Roberts

The first paragraph of the prologue.

Wow -- this is an intense, exciting book that will keep you enthralled until the last page. I must admit, I was up after midnight last night because I had to find out how it ended. There were so many twists and turns in this novel and just when I thought I had it all figured out, I found out that I was totally wrong. The ending is a surprise but is absolutely perfect.
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August 2018; MIRA; 978-0778308263
audio, ebook, print (496 pages); thriller

Mindy is a 17-year-old competitive skier getting close to her goal of making the Olympic team. Her parents have always been totally supportive of her to the point of making her the sole purpose in their lives - they feel that the three of them together can overcome all obstacles. When Mindy has an accident on the slopes, she breaks her leg and has to be rushed to the hospital for surgery. During surgery, the doctors find out that she has a rare form of leukemia and that a stem cell transplant is her only hope of survival. When her parents are tested, everyone is shocked to find out that they are not matches which means that Mindy is not their child. The search to find a donor and Mindy's real parents unravels years of family secrets. Will the family be able to find the truth in time to save Mindy? Will the family be able to survive the truth? What makes the story even more suspenseful is an occasional chapter about two teenage girls in a mental hospital. The girls remain nameless in the first chapters and even though the reader knows that they have something to do with the family, we aren't sure of the connection until the end.

This is a fantastic suspenseful novel that will keep you turning pages long into the night and I highly recommend it.

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About the Author:

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author J.T. Ellison writes standalone domestic noir and psychological thriller series, the latter starring Nashville Homicide Lt. Taylor Jackson and medical examiner Dr. Samantha Owens, and pens the international thriller series “A Brit in the FBI" with #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter. Cohost of the Emmy Award-winning literary television series, A Word on Words, Ellison lives in Nashville with her husband and twin kittens.

Visit JTEllison.com for more insight into her wicked imagination, or follow her on Facebook, Twitter @thrillerchick, and Instagram @thrillerchick.

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Susan Roberts lives in North Carolina when she isn't traveling. She and her husband enjoy traveling, gardening and spending time with their family and friends. She reads almost anything (and the piles of books in her house prove that) but her favorite genres are Southern fiction, women's fiction, and thrillers. Susan is a top 1% Goodreads Reviewer. You can connect with Susan on Facebook, Goodreads,  or Twitter.

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