The Good Father by Tara Taylor Quinn – Guest Post + Giveaways

The Good Father
(Where Secrets Are Safe #6)
by Tara Taylor Quinn
Adult Romance
Paperback & ebook, 384 pages
June 1st 2015 by Harlequin

I am a survivor. That could mean any number of things, but in the world of domestic violence, it means I’m still alive. In my world, it means that I got out. Unlike many survivors, I was incredibly lucky. I was able to get out on my own when I was barely out of my teens. My abuser was not so much a violent man as an emotionally disturbed one. He came after me, but not violently. He just showed up in town. Or called. Or had others call, asking me to come back. I’d just lost my big brother to a car accident. In a way, the grief saved me. I couldn’t feel my abuser’s call for help. I couldn’t feel anything.

My abuser was a smart man. A believing man. He just had issues. Because of his childhood. My heart cried out for the child he’d been. Many many abusers come from dysfunctional childhoods. It’s makes women, who are nurturers, sympathetic to them. And so…we stay. We understand. We love. We will give our all to help. We believe and have hope. Which I did. Until the day I didn’t. I had a place to go. A friend who would let me stay with her. I wanted to stay with her so badly. And so I did.
And for thirty years I told no one. Not even my parents. No one knew what he’d been doing to me behind closed doors. I had no one to turn to for counseling. For encouragement. No support. Not because I didn’t have loved ones, but because they didn’t know. There were no bruises or visible scars. No, the scars were inside. Embedded deeply. Until they weren’t. By the time my truth reached the surface, I was a USA Today Bestselling Author with a career that I love. I had purpose.

When my story went public, my editor gave me another purpose. She wanted me to write a series of books revolving around a domestic violence shelter. I’d never felt more in commune with a project in my life. And so The Lemonade Stand was born. The Lemonade Stand, Where Secrets Are Safe. It’s a very unique women’s shelter. One that I wish so badly had been there for me to run to all those years ago. One that I wish existed today.

The stories don’t all take place at the Stand. Many of them don’t. Mostly they aren’t even interrelated. Residents come and go at the Stand. Things change. Some of the stories are straight romances. Stories of love and happiness on the other side of struggle. Some are suspense. And some just tug at me. The Good Father is one such story. It’s the story of the founder of The Lemonade Stand. No one knows him. No one at the Stand, and no readers of the series, either. He’s just someone I’ve known since the beginning of this series. And now I’m inviting you to meet him. His story is unusual. And more ordinary than many of us know. He’s taken hold of my heart. I hope you give him a chance to a hold of yours.

The Good Father is book six in the Where Secrets Are Safe series. Books seven, eight, and nine will be released next year.

Where Secrets Are Safe series:

Wife By Design – Amazon | Barnes & Noble

Once A Family – Amazon | Barnes & Noble

Husband By Choice – Amazon | Barnes & Noble

Child By Chance – Amazon | Barnes & Noble

Mother By Fate – Amazon | Barnes & Noble

The Good Father – Amazon | Barnes & Noble