A Cry For Hope ~ Cover Reveal, Giveaway and Book Trailer....Oh My!

It's Cover reveal day for my fifth (yikes!) book A Cry for Hope. I want to thank Kari from Cover to Cover designs for putting this beautiful cover together, she did an awesome job and is a true professional to work with. I would also like to thank Mandi from MHPhotography for the beautiful photos even though she made it very difficult for me to choose just one for the cover, they were all so amazing!  And last but not least, Randi Melendez, the beautiful model on the cover who conveyed so much emotion, exactly the way that I envisioned Hope to be!  

So, without further ado here it is, the book cover for A Cry For Hope:

© Beth Rinyu 2014

Unedited and subject to change

“Look at me, Jamie!  Look at me and tell me that you’re willing to walk away from everything we have and I’ll be gone. I’m not ready to give up on us but if you are, then just say the words and I’ll stop trying.”

“Hope, stop it!”

“Stop what? Stop trying? Stop trying to have the man that I love more than anything in this world love me back? Stop trying to make myself feel worthy of your love again? What do you want me to stop Jamie?”

“What do you want me to say Hope? That everything’s going to be okay? That things are going to be the way they used to between us because I don’t know if that’s ever going to happen. Or do you want me to take you upstairs and fuck you like a stranger, the same way I’ve been for the past eight months?”

“I don’t know what I want any more Jamie. I miss my husband. The man that I could tell anything to. The one that I used to laugh and cry with. The one who would hold me in his arms and comfort me whenever I was feeling down.”

“He’s gone Hope. He drowned in that ocean the same day that Charlie did.”

I bit my lip and fought the tears. “So what are you trying to tell me that I’m just keeping myself afloat in this marriage only to have you never resurface?”

His eyes filled with tears. “I wish that I could answer that question for you but I can’t. Because the truth is, I don’t even know the answer to it myself.”

I grabbed a napkin from the counter and wiped my eyes. I tried to catch my breath between my sobs and gain enough composure to speak coherently. “I’m sorry for taking my eyes off him for that split second that day. I didn’t mean for it to happen. I loved him too and I’m hurting just as much as you. And if it makes you feel a little better by punishing me for it this way, then I’m willing to subject myself to it, because I still love you so much that it hurts.”

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The Dating Game....Beth Rinyu Style

I don't think anywhere in the U.S. is being spared from the bitter cold right now. Days like this have me dreaming of summer and the warm weather.

So, let's play my version of the dating game. Which one of my book boyfriends would you want to keep you warm on a cold Winter night?

Bachelor #1

JULIAN KIRON.....Meet Him Here

Handsome doctor, dark hair, crystal blue eyes, sweet and caring. If his good looks don't win you over his big heart will.

Bachelor #2

DAILAN O'MALEY.....Meet Him Here

Sexy, arrogant, womanizing lawyer. Oh and did I mention? He has an Irish accent. Once you get past his crass exterior he really does have a huge heart.  

Bachelor #3

TRAVIS MONTGOMERY.....Meet Him Here

Handsome Olympic swimmer. Killer body, protective. He may be a womanizer and fool you at first but for the right girl he's a one woman man.

So, ladies which one would you choose? Well, why choose just one? There's plenty of them to go  around for everyone!

Stay warm and hopefully one of these fine gentlemen will be helping you do just that tonight! 

A Little Sneak Peek.....

The book is written. I've fallen in love with my characters once again and cannot wait to share them with all of you! But before I do that.....I have to share the cover. That's all scheduled in two weeks, January 20th to be exact. So as I sit hear staring at my cover (which I am so in love with by the way) I got to thinking. I went a totally different route with this book and had a custom photo shoot done. I wanted to capture the raw emotion that is contained inside this book on the outside as well. There were so many beautiful pictures taken that I had a hard time narrowing it down to just one. So, I've decided to give all of you a sneak peek at Hope my main character from A Cry For Hope. This is not the photo that is on the cover just one of the many that I had a very hard time choosing from:

Can't wait to the share the cover with all of you AND I really can't wait to share the inside!
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MY FAVORITE BOOK MOMENTS OF 2013

I can't believe another year has come and gone. Is it me, or does if feel like the older we get the faster time goes by? I hope that everyone has a very safe and happy new year and that 2014 is your best year yet! I cannot wait to introduce everyone to all of the new characters that will be born this year and I'm hoping that you will fall in love with them the same way that you have with all of my others. So in honor of all the characters that you were introduced to in 2013 here are some my favorite moments from all of my books:

THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE

AN UNPLANNED LESSON

DROWNING IN LOVE

AN UNPLANNED LIFE

                                      AND HERE'S A SNEAK PEEK AT 2014

A CRY FOR HOPE

Merry Christmas from Dailan, Nicole & Ryan

And last but not least.....spend some time this Christmas with Dailan, Nicole & Ryan.....

I arrived at Dailan’s by noon. I was surprised when I wasn’t excitedly greeted by Ryan at the door like the last time I had visited. Still, I wasn’t disappointed to see Dailan behind the door, looking just as handsome as ever. He opened the door and took my hand. “Shh,” he said as he led me through the house, back into the great room. Ryan was sitting in front of the TV, playing a video game.

“Hey, Ryan,” Dailan said, causing Ryan to look up from his game.

My heart melted at the sight of Ryan’s smile, which stretched across his face. He dropped the controller to the ground and came running over to greet me. “Miss Morgan, you came!” he exclaimed, giving me a hug.

“He told me you weren’t coming,” Ryan said as he playfully pushed Dailan. I smiled and handed Ryan his Christmas present. “Thanks!” he said as he sat down on the floor to open it.

I took a seat on the couch to watch him as Dailan sat down next to me. “Wow!” Ryan exclaimed as he tore away at the paper, revealing a buildable racetrack that seemed to be all the rage with the boys in my class this year. “Thanks, Miss Morgan, this is cool.”

The enthusiasm on his face was all the thanks that I needed. “You’re very welcome,” I said.

Ryan walked over to the Christmas tree and returned with a small box for me. “Ryan, you already gave me a present,” I said, remembering the yummy vanilla candle he had given me the day of our class party.

“That was really from my Aunt Lisa,” he said. “This is from me. Well, I mean my Uncle D paid for it, but I picked it out.”

I laughed as Dailan shook his head at Ryan. “Ryan, you never tell a girl that someone else paid for a present that you gave them,” Dailan said, playfully smacking Ryan on the head.

“Just like you never tell a girl that someone else cooked dinner for her.” I couldn’t resist as I started to giggle. I watched as a grin stretched across Dailan’s face. I slowly removed the wrapping paper and the lid from the box as Ryan looked on anxiously. I immediately smiled upon seeing the beautiful sterling silver necklace with a whimsical heart charm dangling from it.

“Oh, Ryan, I love this.”

Ryan’s smile was a mile wide. “I told you she liked hearts,” he said to Dailan.

“Yup, hearts are my favorite thing,” I said.

“They had all different kinds of hearts that you can add to it. But I liked this one best,” Ryan said proudly.

“This is an awesome heart, Ryan,” I said as I gave him a hug.

I lifted my hair as Ryan clasped it on my neck. I looked down at the heart hanging from my neck. It truly was one of the best presents I ever received because I knew how much it meant to Ryan to give it to me.

An Unplanned Lesson

Merry Christmas From Kat, Julian & Matty

Only two days until Christmas and here's a little Christmas scene from the Exception To The Rule

Matty was in his pajamas, anxiously awaiting Santa and Julian. We were watching TV and sipping hot chocolate when Julian arrived, with a bagful of presents.

“Wow!” Matty responded as he greeted him at the door seeing all of the presents.

“Santa came to Chicago already and told me to make sure that these got to you,” Julian said, smiling.

“Mommy, look!” Matty exclaimed.

“You must have been a really good boy this year.” I smiled at Matty’s enthusiasm.

“Is it raining out?” I asked Julian, noticing his hair and coat were wet.

“It’s snowing,” he replied.

 I walked over to the window and looked up at the full moon. There was a blanket of snow already on the ground as the snow continued to fall. I imagined what a picture perfect Christmas Eve this would have been, if only Matty weren’t sick.

“Snow!” Matty exclaimed as he looked out the window.

“Tomorrow can we build a snowman, please?” he asked Julian.

 Julian looked at him sadly. “You know what, that isn’t very good snow for a snowman, why don’t you open up your presents?”

He slowly began to open the presents. He normally would rip through each one in no time. This year he just seemed to be missing the whole spark that he had at Christmas, making me very sad. He had finally gotten through the last one, trying to figure out which toy to play with first.

“Hey Matty, I think that Santa dropped off a present for your mom too,” Julian said as he pointed to a smaller wrapped box under the tree.

Matty quickly got up to retrieve the box, handing it to me. I was totally shocked, not at all expecting a gift from Julian. I opened it up revealing a beautiful gold bracelet. I immediately put in on my wrist, and it was a perfect fit.

“Thank you,” I said.

“Mommy, why are you thanking him? Santa brought it, silly.”

“Oh, that’s right, thank you to Santa.” I looked at Julian as he smiled.

Matty was so excited, he whispered in my ear asking if he could give Julian his present. I told him where it was as he went off to get it.

I waited until he was out of earshot. “Thank you. It’s really beautiful, you didn’t have to...” I was cut off by Matty, who quickly returned with Julian’s gift.

“This is from me,” he said proudly. “I picked it out all by myself, but Mommy had to pay for it because I don’t have money.”

Julian and I both laughed.

He opened it up slowly. “Wow, this is cool.”

Matty smiled from ear to ear. “Mommy says its waterprood.”

“Waterproof,” I corrected him.

He continued on, not missing a beat, “so next time we go fishing you can wear it and get it wet.”

“This is the best present ever, Matty.” Julian picked him up and put him on his lap. He gave him a hug and kiss. I grabbed my camera and took a picture of the two of them. I stared at the picture on my camera screen. It didn’t even look like my Matty. The only thing that I recognized were his beautiful blue eyes. That was the one thing that these treatments couldn’t take away from him. He looked truly happy in the picture and I took comfort in that.

The Exception To The Rule

Merry Christmas from Travis & Mia

So, I was thinking in each of my books I have a little special Christmas scene with my characters.  So I thought that it would be fun to revisit each one since it is Christmastime after all!  Starting with Drowning in Love and Travis and Mia's very first Christmas together :)

Christmas Day was here and I was so happy to be spending it with Travis and my family. We had spent Christmas Eve with Travis’ family. I had a wonderful time and really loved being in their company; but I was so looking forward to being at my sister’s for Christmas Day. I snapped a million pictures of Paige opening up her presents. This was my favorite part of Christmas, watching her open up her gifts. My sister walked over to clean up the wrapping paper that Paige was getting swallowed in.

“Maybe in a few years, I’ll have a niece or nephew that I can spoil,” my sister said with a smile. I raised my eyebrows at her and shot her a look of displeasure for saying such a thing in front of Travis. Travis and I talked about a lot of things, but kids were never part of the conversation. It was just too soon to be thinking about that.

“She’s kidding, Travis. Don’t pass out,” I said.

“Why would I pass out? I want kids someday.”

“You do?”

“Yeah, especially if it’s with you.” My stomach did a triple flip.

“Aw,” my sister said upon hearing his statement. “Let me take a picture of you guys.” I moved closer to Travis as my sister snapped the picture with her phone and immediately sent it to mine.

I was really feeling down by the end of the night. I had a great time and didn’t want to leave. My mom tried her best to try and coax me and Travis to stay over her house, but I had to be at work in the morning, so I knew that wasn’t an option.

Travis and I arrived back at his place a little after nine. I was exhausted from all of the excitement of the day. I changed into my pajamas and snuggled up with him on the couch, watching TV. He reached behind his back and handed me an envelope and a box. I was a little taken off guard. We had already exchanged presents earlier that morning. I had gotten Travis a new watch and another bottle of his favorite cologne. He had gotten me a beautiful pair of diamond earrings, which I’m sure he spent more on than I cared to know.

“Travis, what is this? We exchanged presents already.”

“Just a couple of things I forgot earlier.” I shook my head and smiled. I opened the envelope and my eyes widened to find an itinerary for a week-long trip to Saint Lucia, leaving on Valentine’s Day. “Oh my God, Travis, This is awesome! I just hope that I can get-”

He stopped me mid-sentence. “It’s already taken care of. I talked to Juan, and you have the week off. It’s going to be just you and me in paradise, celebrating Valentine’s Day for a whole week.”

I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him tightly. “That sounds perfect!”

“And I will get you to swim in the ocean.”

 “We’ll just have to see about that one.”

He smiled and rubbed his forehead against mine. “Open the box,” he said.

“Travis, why did you -”

“Just open it.”

I removed the lid to find a necklace with a beautiful gold heart.

“Read the back,” he instructed.

I flipped it over. To Mia, the girl with the heart of gold and my girl forever. The tears rolled down my face as I ran my thumb over the inscription.

“Okay, if you don’t like it, you don’t have to wear it, but don’t cry about it,” he joked.

“I love it, Travis. I just never thought I could be this happy again. Thank you so much for this beautiful necklace and for allowing me to open my heart again. I love you so much.” I wrapped my arms around him and nuzzled up against him. I had never felt happier than I did right now. I watched the dancing flames in the fireplace while Travis held me tightly in his arms. After living out a yearlong sentence of hell on earth, I had finally made it back to heaven.

Drowning In Love