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Judith Ann Kohnen is a multi-award-winning author, as well as a passionate intuitive, counselor, mentor, and healing arts practitioner. Her debut novel One Chance, One Moment is the first book in her Mandy Story series, now a twelve-time winner since its first edition in 2014. Bubbling with emotional drama, humor, adventure and suspense, the Mandy story continues in Judith's recently published sequel – For the Love of Mandy – available now on Amazon at http://amzn.to/2DCEMnQ.
For seven years prior to the writing of One Chance, One Moment, the book’s main heroine was none other than the author herself, playing out a fantasy that kept entering her head every night while considering whether she should to go back to school and become a nurse or not. Indeed, years later, Judith did become a registered nurse to secure better income, but meanwhile, she decided to put her creative thoughts onto paper. Several months into writing - around chapter twelve – Judith’s story began to develop as an inspiration from the oldies hit song MANDY, recorded in 1975 by Manilow. From that point on, the manuscript became even more magical, developing a soul of its own.
Judith is currently working on her third novel, Whispering Hope - branching off from her first two novels with the story of Robbie, now a grown man. She lives on 40 acres in Chesterfield, Virginia with her husband where she writes, teaches, and has her own professional holistic arts center (http://chhac.com).
Contact - judithannkohnen@ gmail.com
Reviewed by Romuald Dzemo for Readers' Favorite
Rich, emotionally complex, a story that juggles many suspenseful moments at once, For The Love of Mandy by Judith Ann Kohnen is the second entry in The Mandy Story, a tale that will take your breath away. Meet the holistic healer Amanda Fields, a woman who leaves a man she loves deeply just to find him at the other end of her journey, while already entangled with another man she has learned to love like her first. Now, she is faced with the dilemma of a lifetime. How can she choose between two people she seems to love in the same way, two men who awaken the same passion in her heart, and two men who are equally determined to keep her? That is what Amanda has to figure out.
A riveting woman-in-dilemma plot propels Judith Ann Kohnen’s contemporary romance novel forward, a story with compelling characters and an intelligently designed plot. Few authors have Kohnen’s gift for imbuing realistic and flawed characters with so much humanity. This is a densely plotted, fast-paced novel, packed with emotionally rich moments. The reader takes a quick liking to Amanda and, as they follow her from one gripping scene scene to the next, they are compelled to explore the complexities of her heart and to listen to its music. The author takes the reader into the very heart of the protagonist, making them relive moments and experience emotions that are intrinsically linked to our human nature. For The Love of Mandy is realistic, well-plotted, and written to keep the reader interested in the characters. It is as riveting as it is entertaining. A must-read for fans of contemporary romance.
