The Book Bag: Release Day! The Winning Tickets by Judith Keim ~ My Thoughts #TheWinningTickets @judithkeim

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Release Day! The Winning Tickets by Judith Keim ~ My Thoughts #TheWinningTickets @judithkeim

Happy Release Day!

Congrats Judith

on the release today of

The Winning Tickets!

The Winning Tickets by Judith Keim

(Sail Away Series Book 7)

Friendship Fiction, 170 pages

Published March 8, 2023 by Wild Quail Publishing

Set sail to new adventures and escapes with eight best-selling authors in the exciting Sail Away series!

Sometimes magic happens…

Gabby Willets returns to her hometown of Ellenton, NY, to care for her father, who’s dying of cancer. She and her father are exceptionally close because her mother died giving birth to her in a situation that should never have happened. As Gabby was growing up, she and her father shared a love of cars and even participated in a few races. Her father suggests she work at the Dan Davis Lexus Dealership, where he has been head mechanic for years, and Gabby decides to do it. When a contest is announced with the prize of two tickets for a 10-day Caribbean cruise for the salesperson selling the most cars in a two-month period, Gabby goes for it, competing against the owner’s son, Hank.

Gabby wins the tickets, and she and her best friend, Jessica Knight, board the ship, Tropical Magic, hoping for some magic of their own. The cruise is full of surprises starting with Hank’s arrival with Ashley Phillips, the woman he’s been dating—a woman both Gabby and Jess detest with good cause. Though Hank and Gabby have been attracted to one another, they don’t act on it because dating someone you work with seldom works, and Gabby doesn’t want to lose her job. But as Gabby and Hank get to know one another, magic does happen and suddenly they’re faced with different choices.

Surprises continue, including the most touching surprise of all when Gabby and Hank discover more than a cruise was at stake.

Judith Keim is a USA Today Bestselling Author known for creating characters and stories her many loyal readers love. Join Gabby and Hank and others in this heart-warming story of love’s magic in The Sail Away series.

My thoughts about The Winning Tickets ~

(I love to note the first lines of the books I'm reading. First lines can really grab a reader's attention and I love seeing where the author takes the reader after their first line.)

First line—"Gabby Willetts straightened her navy blazer, pushed back a lock of chestnut-brown hair from her face, and took a deep breath."

I have loved all of the stories in the Sail Away series. Each one gives me chance to take a little excursion on the ocean and enjoy a beautiful cruise ship.

The Winning Tickets starts with a competition—whoever sells the most cars wins an exciting cruise for two. Gabby wins and takes her best friend along, the two of them expecting to enjoy whatever, or whomever, they can. Then lo and be hold, Gabby discovers that the co-worker she beat out for the tickets, and his girlfriend, are sailing on the same cruise. But maybe there's a little trouble in their paradise?

The drama and fun that ensues from then on out makes this a memorable trip. Can Gabby and Hank remain co-workers and just friends or will one of them need to make a big sacrifice, all in the name of love?

I highly recommend The Winning Tickets, as well as this whole series, as an escape and as a way to experience the fun of a cruise or two, or eight.

I received a copy of The Winning Tickets from the author and this is my honest opinion.

About the author

Judith Keim, A USA Today Best Selling Author, is a hybrid author who both has a publisher and self-publishes. Ms. Keim writes heart-warming novels about women who face unexpected challenges, meet them with strength, and find love and happiness along the way, stories with heart. Her best-selling books are based, in part, on many of the places she's lived or visited and on the interesting people that she's met, creating believable characters and realistic settings her many loyal readers love.

She enjoyed her childhood and young-adult years in Elmira, New York, and now makes her home in Boise, Idaho, with her husband and their two dachshunds, Winston and Wally, and other members of her family.

While growing up, she was drawn to the idea of writing stories from a young age. Books were always present, being read, ready to go back to the library, or about to be discovered. All in her family shared information from the books in general conversation, giving them a wealth of knowledge and vivid imaginations.

Ms. Keim loves to hear from her readers and appreciates their enthusiasm for her stories. ~ Goodreads

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Get ready to set sail on the trip of a lifetime! Eight amazing authors have come together to create this fun series, each book set on a cruise ship but with individual stories and characters. I have read a few of these authors, and love them already. Some are new-to-me authors but I'm excited to give their books a try.

Welcome Aboard contains the prologue to each story so the reader can get a taste of the story before it comes out. I have to admit that I am intrigued by all of them and can't wait to read all of the stories. Some of the characters have already grabbed my heart.

You can snag Welcome Aboard for free right now. Check it out and then sit back and wait in anticipation for each release, like I will be. I know it's going to be fun!