Promises To Keep

Name: Promises To Keep
Rating: 4.573033809661865 (89 reviews)

Kathryn Shay

Dec 2014 · Lean On Me Book 1 · Ocean View Books

4.6

89 reviews

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By-the-book Secret Service Agent Joe Stonehouse is assigned to work with rebel Agent Luke Ludzecky on a task force to combat school violence. When they go undercover in Fairholm, NY, to a school flagged for an outbreak, they find that the institution is indeed in danger. But when Joe butts heads with principal Suzanna Quinn, and teacher Kelsey Cunningham gets close to her new student Luke, all their personal lives are turned upside down. In Book 1, PROMISES TO KEEP, follow the fast-paced plot ripped straight from the headlines and bask in the love stories that will make you believe in romance.

Don’t miss all five books in the Lean On Me Series, heart-wrenching stories of teens in jeopardy and the adults who’ve dedicated their lives to helping them: PROMISES TO KEEP, MICHAEL’S FAMILY, TRUST IN ME, WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN and A PRICE WORTH PAYING.

Praise for PROMISES TO KEEP:

"Shay does an admirable job with a difficult subject, writing about school violence with sensitivity and realism and without shying away from any of the hard issues, such as the balance between the students' protection and their civil liberties." Shelley Mosley Booklist

“Kathryn Shay’s storytelling grabbed me on page one and her characters held me until the very last word.” Barbara Bretton, USA TODAY bestselling author.

“Kathryn Shay is a master of her craft. PROMISES TO KEEP will hold you on the edge of your seat with an ending you’ll remember long after you turn the last page.” USA TODAY bestselling author Catherine Anderson.

"Kathryn Shay’s first mainstream romantic suspense is a gripping story that will haunt readers with its authenticity. And those who pick up a copy will find not one, but two absorbing romance threads, full of sensuality and fire. If ever the label of “sure thing” were deserved by a book, PROMISES TO KEEP is such a book.” The Romance Reader

“These are all living breathing people you might meet anywhere at any time. The action and suspense balance well with the love, so that neither plot is skimped upon. I eagerly await her next release.” Huntress Reviews

“A wonderful work of contemporary romance, with a plot ripped straight from the headlines. Kathryn Shay never disappoints.” NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Lisa Gardner

Ratings and reviews

4.6

89 reviews

Jeanne Rickert

October 12, 2020

Joe and Luke are undercover for the FBI placed in an at-risk school to defuse potential violence. Joe can't resist the allure of Susanna, the principal -- but her trust issues leap to the front when she is kept in the dark as to Joe's true role at school. It is even worse for Kelsey, a younger teacher that Susanne has mentored -- she thinks Luke is a student and questions her teaching and identity when she finds herself attracted to him. Both these relationships play out against the backdrop of high school drama and angst involving -- among others -- Susanna's son Josh. As happy as we are for the two couples, we want even more to believe the FBI is in our schools and helping are troubled young adults.

Kath Marrinan

October 8, 2017

Very well written compelling story. The love interest believable. When will parents & teachers realise bullying needs to be addressed with severe consequences Not suspension they love days off Make parents accountable if they dont listen

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Bethne Crisafulli

August 2, 2024

A hell of a good story. I held my breath so many time, hoping for a good outcome but no quite knowing how it would come about.

About the author

A NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author, Kathryn Shay has been a lifelong writer and teacher. She has written dozens of self-published original romance titles, print books with the Berkley Publishing Group and Harlequin Enterprises and mainstream women’s fiction with Bold Strokes Books. She has won five RT Book Reviews awards, four Golden Quills, four Holt Medallions, the Bookseller’s Best Award, Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year and several “Starred Reviews.” Her novels have been serialized in COSMOPOLITAN magazine and featured in USA TODAY, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL and PEOPLE magazine. There are over five million copies of her books in print, along with hundreds of thousands downloaded online. Reviewers have call her work “emotional and heart-wrenching.”

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