Now’s your chance to start your summer road trip (even if it’s just by being submerged in a hot summer read) — and win great prizes.  Join our 2013 Summer Reading Challenge!  Are you up for the challenge?  Make this your summer reading list, read each book, share your reviews, get to know the authors and enter to win weekly prizes.  The challenge kicks off today and will go through mid-August. Join the event on Facebook for more information!

Keep an eye out during the challenge for bonus picks to earn more points towards the prizes. The more you read and the more you share, the more you win. Happy reading!

 

Without further adieu, here is stop #11 in the Summer Reading Challenge, Mandatory Release by Jess Riley.

Plot: Thirty-year-old Graham Finch spends his days trying to rehabilitate inmates and his nights trying to rehabilitate his love life. —until a new coworker, aka his high school crush Drew Daniels, walks through the prison gates one hot summer morning. Drew is on the run from a painful past that’s nearly crushed her faith in love. Together, they might have just what it takes to mend their hearts. If only finding their way to one another were 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 and learning that no matter what you lock up—a person, secrets, or your heart—sooner or later, everything must be released.

Here’s what people are saying about Mandatory Release:

• “Bursting with heart, humor, tenderness and characters you won’t forget, Jess Riley’s Mandatory Release isn’t just a perfect summer read, it’s mandatory.” – Allison Winn Scotch, author of the New York Times bestseller Time of My Life
• “Mandatory Release is full of wit, insight, authenticity, and really good writing.  But what makes this book so compelling is the affection Jess Riley has for her characters. It’s alive on every page, and it’s utterly infectious. ” – Matthew Norman, author of Domestic Violets