Book Tour: Blindsided

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Welcome to the tour for Blindsided, the first novella in a duet by Marguerite Ashton. The second book, Trapped is now available as well. Read on for more details! BlindSided1 Blindsided (The Forgotten Daughter Series #1) Publication Date: July 26, 2022 Genre: YA Thriller/ Mature YA/ Mature Themes

Diagnosed with depression, Lexi Archer prefers to continue outpatient treatment. But someone else has other plans. BlindSided tells the story of Lexi Archer, an eighteen-year-old woman who wakes up in a hospital bed, handcuffed to the rail, and realizes she doesn’t remember what happened the night before. After being released from the hospital, Lexi’s transferred to the Milwaukee County Jail, where she’s informed about her pending charges for first-degree murder. Intent on proving she’s innocent, Lexi places a phone call to her stepsister asking for her help. As Lexi gets closer to the truth, she unravels ugly secrets about her dead mother that will change her life forever. CW: Mental Illness/ Abuse/ Dark Themes Add to Goodreads Available on Amazon


My Review
This is a very quick read. It features physical and emotional abuse but there is a happy ending as well. However, I did just want to point out the abuse for anyone who this is a trigger for.

The beginning of this story does grab my attention. Then it flashes back in time to expose everything that lead up to Lexi's current situation. I did not see the ending coming. What Lexi had to deal with did make me sad for her. I am glad that she did have some people on her side that believed her and supported her. While like I said I did feel for Lexi, I never through fully embraced the story. I felt like it was a bit rushed and therefore the suspense never really built up and I did not really get to form any strong emotional connection to the characters. However, this is still a nice, quick read.

About the Author

author When Marguerite Ashton was in her twenties, she took up acting but realized she preferred to work behind the camera, writing crime fiction. A few years later, she married an IT Geek and settled down with her role as wife, mom, and writer! Her blog, Criminal Lines: Settled Writer Past 40 is her outlet while building dollhouses and plotting out her next book. Marguerite lives in Wisconsin and enjoys RVing. Marguerite Ashton 

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