{"id":479,"date":"2018-10-04T16:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T23:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/?p=479"},"modified":"2018-09-27T13:05:41","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T20:05:41","slug":"home-is-where-keren-hughes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/04\/home-is-where-keren-hughes\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Home &#8230; is where your heart beats.&#8221; Welcome Keren Hughes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to welcome Keren Hughes and her new book, <em>Home<\/em>. Be sure to check below for Keren&#8217;s contest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"498\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/04\/home-is-where-keren-hughes\/home-blog-tour\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/home-blog-tour.png?fit=820%2C521&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"820,521\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"home blog tour\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/home-blog-tour.png?fit=820%2C521&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-498\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/home-blog-tour.png?resize=300%2C191&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Home - Keren Hughes\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/home-blog-tour.png?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/home-blog-tour.png?resize=768%2C488&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/home-blog-tour.png?w=820&amp;ssl=1 820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>~Home isn\u2019t a physical place, it\u2019s the place where your heart beats.~<\/p>\n<p>Drew Wright always said he had the \u201creverse Midas touch\u201d; everything he touched turned to\u00a0shit instead of gold.<\/p>\n<p>As a child, he was beaten, neglected, and abused by drug addicted parents whose next fix was\u00a0more important than having food in the cupboard.<\/p>\n<p>Plagued by flashbacks of a past that\u00a0haunts him, he\u2019s worked hard to become a paramedic and help others often caught in the\u00a0grip of the same trauma he experienced.<\/p>\n<p>After being set up on a blind date with the love of his life he thought he\u2019d lost, it seemed his\u00a0luck was turning and fate was giving him a second\u00a0 chance. Happily married with two\u00a0children, he has everything he ever dreamed of.<\/p>\n<p>But then one tragic moment throws his world into upheaval and lands Drew in the middle of\u00a0a battle to hang on to the life he loves.<\/p>\n<p>Can he separate the past from the present and save his future?<\/p>\n<p>Or will the demons that have stalked him his whole life finally devour him?<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"501\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/04\/home-is-where-keren-hughes\/homesocialad\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Homesocialad.jpg?fit=3000%2C3000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3000,3000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Homesocialad\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Homesocialad.jpg?fit=840%2C840&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-501 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Homesocialad.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Home--Keren Hughes\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Homesocialad.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Homesocialad.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Homesocialad.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Homesocialad.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Homesocialad.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Homesocialad.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Homesocialad.jpg?w=2520&amp;ssl=1 2520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Buy on <a href=\"http:\/\/myBook.to\/HomeKerenHughes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Keren<br \/>\n<\/strong>Keren lives in the UK and is an avid bookworm. She fondly remembers the <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"503\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/04\/home-is-where-keren-hughes\/keren-hughes-caricature-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Keren-Hughes-caricature-1.jpeg?fit=1830%2C1718&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1830,1718\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Keren-Hughes-caricature (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Keren-Hughes-caricature-1.jpeg?fit=840%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-503 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Keren-Hughes-caricature-1.jpeg?resize=137%2C129&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Keren Hughes\" width=\"137\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Keren-Hughes-caricature-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C282&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Keren-Hughes-caricature-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C721&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Keren-Hughes-caricature-1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C961&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Keren-Hughes-caricature-1.jpeg?resize=1200%2C1127&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Keren-Hughes-caricature-1.jpeg?w=1830&amp;ssl=1 1830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Keren-Hughes-caricature-1.jpeg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 137px) 85vw, 137px\" \/>days where she\u00a0would lie in her bedroom away from distraction and get lost in the world of make believe.<\/p>\n<p>Her first real memory of reading something she fell in love with was <em>The Hobbit<\/em>. In her\u00a0teenage years, she became addicted to Point Horror books like RL Stine&#8217;s <em>The Boyfriend<\/em>, but\u00a0she also enjoyed light summer reads like <em>What Katy Did<\/em> and <em>What Katy Did Next<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years she has come to realise that she is a bit of an OCD freak about books. They\u00a0have to be in perfect condition without the slightest bit of damage.\u00a0She has been a book reviewer for the last few years and a book hoarder for a LOT longer.\u00a0You can NEVER have too many books! Her shelves are bulging and overflowing but she\u00a0always wants &#8220;just one more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Keren had her first book published by Limitless Publishing in November 2013. It&#8217;s a YA\u00a0Paranormal Romance novel called Stolen. Her second book was published with LP in May\u00a02014. This time, an NA Contemporary Romance called <em>Nothing Like the First Time<\/em>.\u00a0She couldn&#8217;t have been more surprised when NLTFT appeared on the Amazon Best Seller list! That was a dream come true.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Keren has gone on to have her books published in box-sets by Crave Publishing.\u00a0She is also published by Black Velvet Seductions.<br \/>\nKeren is currently working on more NA Contemporary Romances for you to fall in love with.<\/p>\n<p>AUTHOR LINKS:<\/p>\n<p>Visit her author blog here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.authorkerentshughes.wordpress.com&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1538069495511000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGthXkf4RK0DB5WNA5n6s_gewOUYQ\">www.authorkerentshughes.wordpress.com<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook page:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kerentshughes&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1538069495511000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG2dql7qrQiG4S_LJGEHkIMSUGTjw\">www.facebook.com\/kerentshughes<\/a><br \/>\nGoodreads profile: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/7239538.Keren_Hughes&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1538069495511000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFcVeNr1-B4n5Wrmqw8zuf4wTR8Yw\">https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/7239538.Keren_Hughes<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/Keren_Hughes&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1538069495511000&amp;usg=AFQjCNECov8n8fVmy3ntFY0-j6v1Xl1RzA\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Keren_Hughes<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/keren_hughes\/&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1538069495511000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHTyrYIdFPKt14vBJLfY465BvmC-Q\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/keren_hughes\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"502\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/04\/home-is-where-keren-hughes\/home-teaser2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Home-Teaser2.jpg?fit=2639%2C1760&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2639,1760\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Home-Teaser2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Home-Teaser2.jpg?fit=840%2C560&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-502 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Home-Teaser2.jpg?resize=335%2C223&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Home--Keren Hughes\" width=\"335\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Home-Teaser2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Home-Teaser2.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Home-Teaser2.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Home-Teaser2.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Home-Teaser2.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Home-Teaser2.jpg?w=2520&amp;ssl=1 2520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 85vw, 335px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Rafflecopter Giveaway <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/402f96ad6\/?widget_template=5ace39411b5c47c90d0a5316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> or<br \/>\non the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blackvelvetseductions\/?sk=app_228910107186452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Velvet Seductions Facebook<\/a> page!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to welcome Keren Hughes and her new book, Home. Be sure to check below for Keren&#8217;s contest. ~Home isn\u2019t a physical place, it\u2019s the place where your heart beats.~ Drew Wright always said he had the \u201creverse Midas touch\u201d; everything he touched turned to\u00a0shit instead of gold. As a child, he was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/04\/home-is-where-keren-hughes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8220;Home &#8230; is where your heart beats.&#8221; Welcome Keren Hughes!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[237,236,30,234,235,7],"class_list":["post-479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-black-velvet-seductions","tag-bvs","tag-contemporary","tag-home","tag-keren-hughes","tag-romance"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9wA33-7J","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions\/504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}