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blueink review: A Higher Standard

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March 8, 2023

(Reviewed: March, 2023) E.F. Dodd’s latest romance pairs a real estate developer with an equine rescuer set on keeping her hometown from gentrification. Everest Kennedy wants to enlarge her equine rescue business, Second Chance Farms, in Mimosa, North Carolina, by acquiring the surrounding land. The farm operates solely on donations and needs more funds for expansion. Meanwhile, Boston-based developer Gideon West has set his sights on Mimosa, including the land Everest wants, for his latest development project.

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IndieReader Review: Earning It

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July 28, 2022

Betrayal has left Rae Murphy cold to the idea of romance, but when her ex, Donovan MacLeod, turns out to be best man at her best friend’s wedding, she feels old sparks reigniting – if he can manage to earn a second chance. E.F. Dodd’s EARNING IT does the primary job of a romance novel – wish-fulfillment and hot erotic passion – quite successfully. The fact that readers are thrown into Rae and Van’s story after their relationship was established and then shattered means that no time need be wasted on initial attraction or building up a connection.

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BookLife Review: Earning It

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July 26, 2022

A hardened playgirl meets with relentless pursuit in this celebratory second-chance contemporary romance from Dodd. When Van, the ex who broke Rae’s heart and ruined her for love, turns up at her best friend’s wedding, Rae is determined to keep her cool and make it through the wedding without stirring up any drama. Unfortunately, he’s also invited on the wedding party’s group trip to the Caymans and avoiding him will prove impossible.

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blueink review: Earning It

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July 19, 2022

(Reviewed: July, 2022) E.F. Dodd’s romance novel, Earning It, features a woman forced to spend a week in the Caribbean with her ex-boyfriend on a group honeymoon. As a PR executive, Regan “Rae” Murphy is an expert at dealing with other people’s problems, but not her own—particularly when, at her best friend Kesler’s wedding, Rae discovers that her ex (the man who broke her heart and made her swear off men) is the best man.

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Its a New Day!: Risky Restoration by E.F Dodd

March 17, 2022

Have you ever broken up with someone and couldn’t find closure after the fact? That’s exactly what Kez is going through after she broke up with her college sweetheart, Miller. However, there is no love lost between Miller and Kez’s best friends, Vivian and Rae. They never liked him very much. In a grand gesture to finally close the door on the past, Kez plans a trip to Miller’s hometown. She has it on good authority that he’s engaged now. She wants to see the cosy couple up close and maybe it will finally click that there’s no possibility of ever getting back together with Miller. Rae and V tag along.

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Its a New Day!: An Interview with E.F. Dodd

March 17, 2022

Congratulations on publishing Risky Restoration, is this a debut release? Thank you so much! Yes, this is my first published novel. How long has this book been in the making? That’s hard to say, because if you judge that question for how long this idea has been rambling around in my brain – the answer is years! If you’re asking how long since I started clicking away on the keyboard – well, the answer is still years! The good news is that once I tested the waters with this one it confirmed writing is something I really enjoy, so book two – Earning It – will be released late summer (fingers crossed)! It’s Rae’s story, so if you enjoyed meeting her character in Risky Restoration, I guarantee you’ll love her book!

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The Book Commentary: Risky Restoration

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March 1, 2022

Risky Restoration: A Novel by E.F. Dodd is a blustery contemporary romance filled with unforgettable moments and resonant characters. Kesler —known to friends as “Kez”— seems to live an accomplished life. She has her law practice and is surrounded by good friends. But she still can’t move on from her former relationship. When she researches online about Miller, her ex, she finds out that he is with someone else and about to get married.

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IndieReader Review: Risky Restoration

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December 13, 2021

RISKY RESTORATION finds new love for heartbroken female stalker Author E.F. Dodd has crafted a clever and engaging romance novel with RISKY RESTORATION, populated by (mostly) likable characters. When independent Southern Belle Kesler “Kez” Walsh discovers her ex-boyfriend Miller is getting married, she gathers two of her BFFs and makes a pilgrimage to Rochester, NY to crash his high school reunion to see if he’s really moved on. Spoiler alert: He hasn’t.

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BookLife Review: Risky Restoration

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November 30, 2021

Editor’s Pick for “outstanding quality” Dodd’s debut novel, a contemporary romance that glows with heat, heart, and heroes readers will fall in love with, introduces Kesler, a lawyer with great friends, her own practice, and one not-so-tiny flaw: she can’t quite get over her ex, Miller. It’s not cyber-stalking if the stalkee doesn’t know about it, right? When Kesler—“Kez” to her friends—stumbles across the earth-shattering news that he’s now engaged and his high school reunion is coming up, she throws a half-plan together to go up to Rochester, New York, his hometown, to see if she can get closure.

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