Touched Up
Synopsis
No one should smile before the sun rises. On the
happiness scale, content is about as good as you can get to in these dark
hours. I wake early most every morning because content works for me. Since
becoming the father of two, this tiny portion of the day is all the me-time I
have left. If people were honest, which they mostly aren’t, I think they would
admit to wanting more time alone. It’s 5:47 AM and I’m sitting quietly in the
kitchen, where there are no responsibilities, no guilt, and no unmet expectations.
Simply silence.
Mitch Pederson, a forty-something executive in
the high-tech world, made no allowance for blackmail in his comprehensive plans
to ascend to the top of an electronics company. His carefully ordered world
quickly unravels into a chaos that threatens everything he cares about. As he
puts the pieces of his life back together he discovers something about himself
that is much more than the sum of the parts.
PURCHASE Touched Up
The
Author
Leo’s Website / Goodreads / Facebook
The son of a career Air Force serviceman, Leo spent his childhood living the nomadic life of a military brat. Having survived the constant uprooting, Leo draws upon the time spent in the four corners of the US as well as Europe to develop his characters.
Leo has finally settled down in San Diego, California with his wife of over thirty years. Aside from writing, and engineering (the necessary day job), he enjoys time with his children/grandchildren, running distance races and all things baseball.
"I write contemporary novels where I stress a character's beliefs to the point of breaking and then I follow along for the ride.My goal is to offer readers a pause in their lives to think about what they believe and why."~ Leo Dufresne
The son of a career Air Force serviceman, Leo spent his childhood living the nomadic life of a military brat. Having survived the constant uprooting, Leo draws upon the time spent in the four corners of the US as well as Europe to develop his characters.
Leo has finally settled down in San Diego, California with his wife of over thirty years. Aside from writing, and engineering (the necessary day job), he enjoys time with his children/grandchildren, running distance races and all things baseball.
"I write contemporary novels where I stress a character's beliefs to the point of breaking and then I follow along for the ride.My goal is to offer readers a pause in their lives to think about what they believe and why."~ Leo Dufresne
My Review:
This story was interesting because Mitch is not the type of character that I would normally feel bad for. However he is being blackmailed and does not know what he got himself into. As the book progresses I started to understand him a little and why he was so intent on succeeding, However as he got more answers he also got more questions and he started to think about what is really important. I liked the ending and it really made me think about the business paths we take in life and how that affects the rest of our lives, and our home lives. I am giving this book a 4/5. I was given a copy to review, however all opinions are my own.
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