The Thrill Begins

In addition to the accolades LIFELINES has received from Publisher’s Weekly, The Baltimore Sun, and a Top Pick from Romantic Times, LIFELINES has scored a Perfect 10 from Romance Reviews Today!

The writing, storyline, descriptions, and characterizations are simply superb…a gritty, breathtaking, nail-chewing wild ride in and about Pittsburgh.

I found it difficult to put this book down. It is better than any medical story I have ever read and rivals the best in the movies and television. At the climax, readers will be hanging on by their fingertips. Emotions run high, and debut author C. J. Lyons blends everything and everyone seamlessly in this riveting drama. I award this must-read novel a Perfect 10.

~Vi Janaway, Romance Reviews Today

For the entire review, click here.

LIFELINES is available in stores everywhere now.

AuthorLink has posted a video interview CJ Lyons did with them, discussing the trials and tribulations of getting published.

Click HERE if you want to see CJ up close and personal….

Plus more great reviews for CJ’s debut, LIFELINES! This one from Sunday’s Baltimore Sun, from Sarah Weinman:

Readers who prefer their medical thrillers to have characters with beating hearts and three dimensions are well advised to pick up this series debut by Lyons, a veteran of trauma centers and pediatric emergency medicine…Lyons captures the frenetic setting of the ER with a smooth style that demands the reader move forward to keep up with the piece, but she also creates winning portraits of the supporting players set to anchor the series.

And, if you are at Left Coast Crime, be sure to give a shout out to all of us ITW members (especially the Debuts!) who will be there!!

LIFELINES will be out in the stores next month (March 4th, to be exact) and in addition to a glowing review from Publishers Weekly, it received 4 1/2 stars and a Top Pick from Romantic Times Book Review!!!

AND, I just learned that I’m being featured as a New and Notable Author on Celebwire. They’re giving away free downloads of my short story, TOXICITY, a prequel to LIFELINES. My work is appearing alongside fellow ITW members Heather Graham and Brett Battles. Just click here.

To celebrate, I’m hosting several contests–prizes include DVDs, t-shirts, free books, gift cards, and even an iPod.

For more info go to my website. You can also read an excerpt from LIFELINES, check out the photos, and other fun stuff.

Take care all and thanks for letting me share this exciting time with you!
CJ

CJ Lyons‘ debut medical suspense novel, LIFELINES, has received 4 1/2 stars and a Top Pick from Romantic Times Book Reviews.

Here is what RT had to say about LIFELINES:

Pittsburgh’s Angel of Mercy Hospital comes brilliantly alive in Lyons ‘ debut novel. This enthralling medical mystery offers an intimate view of the personal and professional lives of its characters. It’s a winner.

Publishers Weekly lathered praise on both Jordan Dane’s debut, NO ONE HEARD HER SCREAM, and CJ Lyons’ LIFELINES.

They called NO ONE HEARD HER SCREAM “…a dynamite debut. Dane’s smooth style, believable characters and intense pacing will remind readers of Lisa Jackson, Lisa Gardner and Tami Hoag.”

And PW branded LIFELINES “a spot-on debut….Lyons delivers a breathtakingly fast-paced medical thriller.”

Congratulations, ladies!

ITW Debut Authors members Leighton Gage (BLOOD OF THE WICKED) and Laura Benedict (ISABELLA MOON), as well as four other ITW members whose first novels debuted this year were featured recently in an article by Barbara Hoffert in Library Journal.

“Everybody has a story to tell,” Hoffert writes, “but not everybody can tell it well, which it why some first novels jump to the best sellers lists and others fade away. This year’s crop of successful first novelists come from all walks of life . . . But they share a way with words that allows them to deliver incandescent stories that could change your life.”

ITW members whose debuts were featured alongside John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize nominees Junot Diaz, Austin Grossman, Mischa Berlinski, Daniel Alarcón and Jon Clinch as well as Quill nominee Pam Jenoff include Marcus Sakey (THE BLADE ITSELF), Brent Gelfi (VOLK’S GAME), Elizabeth Benedek (RED SEA), and Derek Nikitas (PYRES).

You can see the full list at: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6483884.html