Title: Mandatory Release
Author: JessRiley
Release
date: July
16, 2013
Age Group:
Adult
Genre: Dude Lit / Edgy Women’s
Fiction
Tour
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Links to
the book:
Barnes and Noble - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mandatory-release-jess-riley/1115359762?ean=9781484081877
Book
Description:
With appeal for fans of Jonathan Tropper, Tom
Perrotta, and Laurie Notaro, this snarky mashup of Girls and Oz is so painfully
honest you might think you’re reading a memoir—except the author isn’t a
smart-ass guy in a wheelchair who works in a prison.
Recently paralyzed in a car accident, thirty-year-old Graham
Finch spends his days trying to rehabilitate a caseload of unruly inmates and
his nights on one bad date after another, attempting to rehabilitate his heart—
—until his high school crush Drew Daniels walks through the
prison gates one hot summer morning. On the run from a painful past that’s
nearly crushed her faith in love, Drew is a new teacher at Lakeside
Correctional. Graham, smitten all over again, tries to redirect his unrequited
feelings. But when your heart keeps looking back, it's not easy to turn it
forward.
Amidst escalating violence at work, Drew is forced to
confront her secrets, find a way to forgive old sins, and learn how to listen
to her heart and her head when it
comes to men. Graham must also learn to make peace with his own past. Together
they realize that if you’re going to save yourself, sometimes the best way to
do it is by saving someone else first. If only finding their way to one another
was easier than working with convicted felons.
Loaded with twisted humor and pathos, Mandatory Release
is a darkly comic, unexpectedly sexy love story about broken people putting
themselves back together. People who learn that no matter what you lock up—a
person, a secret, or your heart—sooner or later, everything must be released.
OR, in 25 words: Lad lit meets chick lit in
this dark comedy about broken people who work in a dangerous place, finding hope
where they least expect it.
About the
Author
Jess Riley’s experiences teaching in a medium-security prison
inspired the novel Mandatory Release.
Her debut novel (Driving Sideways, now
in its fourth printing) was published by Random House in 2008. She lives in
Oshkosh, Wisconsin with her husband and nutty Cairn Terrier in a 130-year-old money
pit farmhouse. When she’s not writing novels, she’s a Grant Writer for
school districts nationwide.
Author Social Media Links:
Jess’s blog: http://jessriley.blogspot.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JessRileyAuthor
Twitter:
@jessrileywrites
Goodreads: Goodreads
(2) Print Copies of Mandatory Release –
US/Canada
(5) eBook Copies of Mandatory Release -
International
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