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The Trouble With Dying Kindle Edition

by Maggie Le Page (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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When Faith Carson wakes up on a hospital ceiling looking down on her body in a coma, it’s a bad start to the week. A very bad start. She has no idea who she is or how she got there or why, and the biggest mystery of all is why she married the schmuck who wants her ventilator switched off.

As if that’s not enough Faith has a dead gran haunting her, a young daughter missing her, and one devilishly delicious man making her wish she could have a second chance at life. And maybe she can, if she finds a way back into her body and wakes up by Friday. But if she doesn’t, this will be her last bad week—ever.

Nate Sutherland decided long ago he’d settle for friendship if he couldn’t have Faith’s heart. But now, as she nears death, he’s going to have to listen to his feelings in a whole new way—and act. Because if he doesn’t, this week will be the worst damn week of his life. He’ll lose everything he’s ever loved.

(This book is intended for readers aged 18+.)

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**First Honorable Mention - InD'Tale 2015 RONE Awards (Suspense category)**
5 Star Review - Readers' Favorite, 4 Feb 2015
5 Star Review - Books, Chocolate & Wine, 17 Jun 2015". . . This book is so unique . . . I just wasn't prepared for how good it is--it completely blew me away. Maggie Le Page managed to seamlessly blend urgency and drama with an air of suspense and a large helping of humour. The story compelled me to sacrifice sleep in order to see it through . . . This is a book that will stay with me for a very long time."
5 Star Review - Frugal Book Collectors, 7 Feb 2015". . . I've already read many books this year. This is my favorite book so far. It has absolutely everything - humor, romance, drama, suspense, tragedy and a nail biting mystery . . . I am pretty critical of paranormal elements and I never once thought, 'this is so not believable' . . . You won't want to put it down. I should know, I stayed up until 5 am to finish it!"
What Amazon Readers Are Saying"The perfect combination of funny, heartwarming, and surprise.""Filled with laughs yet so many touching moments . . . Fabulous chick lit!""Full of funny moments, some romance and a little mystery." "A great cast of interesting characters with engaging interactions.""Read it straight through without stopping. Light, and fast moving.""Very unique story. Makes you reconsider your values in life. I loved it.""Fast paced and kept me on the edge of my seat guessing . . .""It's A Wonderful Life meets Memento.""Crackling dialogue, an ending you won't see coming . . . unforgettable characters and endearingly gutsy heroine."

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A message for readers who have already read A Heat Of The Moment Thing:

Thanks for checking out The Trouble With Dying :) As a 'repeat reader' I'm sure you'll feel quite at home.

Both books are written with humour in the midst of a life crisis (though the crises in each story are very different). And both have plenty of sizzle--so if you liked the electricity between the hero and heroine in Heat, you'll find there's more of the same with Dying.

I hope you enjoy The Trouble With Dying as much as I enjoyed writing it and, as always, I look forward to your feedback. Happy reading. :)

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00QTAAGFY
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 9, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1551 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 330 pages

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Maggie Le Page lives in Christchurch, New Zealand (aka QuakeZone) with her two children and a demonic kitten whose favourite game is climb-the-curtains. Her days are spent teaching at a local high school or running around after her own kids, so any writing generally happens in the dead of night. (Morning? Ha! She's a third-generation night owl. Enough said.)

Maggie loves chocolate, hates being cold, and is ever fascinated by the possibility of time travel. Obviously, her ideal experience would be to wake up on a tropical island eighty years into the future, with an endless supply of chocolate on hand.

There's nothing Maggie loves more than a good chat (except perhaps a good chat and chocolate--see the theme here?). So don't be shy--get in touch!

You can find her on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/MaggieLePage and Twitter http://www.twitter.com/MaggieLePageNZ, or visit her website http://www.maggielepage.com.

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Heather Balog

The perfect combination

Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2015

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The perfect combination of funny, heartwarming,and surprise. Very well done story about a woman hovering between life and death. The choices she has made in her life have brought her to this point, the brink of a death that she's not ready for. She has amnesia (even coma patients get amnesia apparently) so she needs to work out the details of her life while floating above her body in the hospital bed with her long dead Gran at her side. Gran was my favorite character, by the way...a real feisty old broad with impeccable fashion sense. The pacing was perfect...the mystery unfolded as Faith was figuring out who everyone was in her life. I loved all the characters, even the flawed ones. My only compliant was the shower scene. It felt a little out of place and i don't think it was necessary to further the storyline. Otherwise, brilliant novel. Well done Maggie!

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A nice paranormal read

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2016

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The last time I tried to read a book by this author, I admit that I couldn’t get past the 2nd chapter. But this one had a woman lingering between life and death, so I thought I’d give it a shot.

Faith is in a coma of some sorts; her spirit (or whatever) is standing there watching her limp, lifeless body with no memory of how she got there or who these other people are. She doesn’t recognize her own husband, her daughter, not even her mother. The only person she does remember is her dead grandma, who kind of aids her in the process.

Faith makes it a point to get back into her body because, quite frankly, death sucks.

What I enjoyed the most is being lost along with Faith about who she was, then slowly unraveling these little clues. Like the fact that Nate (the one she had an instant connection with) wasn’t her husband, but rather it was some arrogant douche that wanted to pull the plug on her. It turns out her fall may not have been accidental, but instead attempted murder. The question was: who would want to kill her? It was interesting to see all the pieces coming together, which prompted me to keep on reading, even though the writing was a little kooky.

You’ll root for Faith all the way as she fights to get back into her body to be there for her daughter, to knock some sense into Geoff, and to see if Nate really is the one for her. A story about second chances.

A true- blue mystery ‘til the end, although the ending was a bit played down, if you ask me. Still, this was a nice paranormal read.

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Katie M

Romantic mystery that will keep you wanting more

Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2014

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I was so excited to see that Maggie Le Page had a new novel out and The Trouble With Dying certainly didn't disappoint! I'm not usually a reader of mysteries, so I was very pleasantly surprised I enjoyed this book as much as I did. I would put that down to the clever, fast-paced narrative and psychological suspense the author creates throughout the story. You want to know what's going to happen next - in fact I wanted to know so much that I read it in just a couple of days. But it's more than just a mystery, it's a love story too, which is sweet, heart-warming and downright hot at times. Faith, the central character, is easy to like, and Nate, the love interest, is just as a hero should be - strong, manly, commanding and swoon-worthy. Although very different from her first novel, the author retains her sharp, elegant writing style, with more than a few great one liners thrown in. It's a real pleasure to read.

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UBizz

Good but REALLY long and slow

Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2016

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I got this book for free after seeing it on one of my free book alerts. I did not know the author but it seemed like something I would like. The book is good and I would have given it 4 stars, but it is just too bloody long and slow. I also gave it 3 stars because I was super annoyed with the main character Faith Carson for the majority of the book. Faith throws one heck of a pity party which doesn't seem wise when time is not on your side.

The story is set in Auckland where Faith is in a coma after a nasty 3 story leap or push? As she floats outside of herself in an 8 day time frame she has to try and remember her life (she has lost her memory of some aspects of her life) and figure out whether she jumped or was pushed. She also must figure out why she would have jumped or been pushed. I enjoyed the paranormal aspects of the book, and I would recommend to others but with the warning that you have to be patient.

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A riveting page turner!

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2014

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It has been a very long time since I felt compelled to write a review on a book, but I have to say this is one of the best reads ever. The story is unique and so well told you are immediately drawn in. It takes place in one room over a seven day period and yet the author holds your attention from beginning to end. So many characters, so many suspects, but who did it? The narrator is Faith, who is laying in a coma but still able to see and hear since she is in a state of limbo- neither dead nor alive. Unfortunately her memory is not quite clear so she does not know the details of how she ended up here. With the aid of her Gran, who died 7 years ago she attempts to unravel the mystery before it's too late for her. Once you pick up this book, you cannot put it down.

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Andrea Mears

Mystery, Love, Steamy, this book has it all

Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2015

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This was a great read. I loved the whole idea (life after and during death), and I totally engaged in the book from the start. I didn't work out the 'who dun it' at all. There were lots of red herrings to put me off the scent.
Maggie Le Page has done well here, keeping me entertained and keeping chapters short so I could snatch a quick chapter while the kids were being quiet for a moment or two!
I'll be looking for another Maggie Le Page to read for sure

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marnie

Very good

Reviewed in Canada on February 10, 2016

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I really enjoyed reading this book

CRAZYCATLADY2001

I believe .............

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2016

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Was a little unsure of reading this book given that I lost my mum under a year ago but I am so glad that I did. Great book which twists and turns - just when you think you've got the plot sussed it switches and then you start going off down a different path. I did find it oddly comforting - reading about how Faith in the Bed tries to get in touch with her family and the efforts she makes to do so. By the time I had finished the book I had decided that all the odd things which happened immediately after my mum passed away, DID happen - things such as a live butterfly inside a paper lampshade on a freezing cold March day - the room had never had its window opened, wording on texts being changed in front of me to words bearing no resembelence to what I had just typed but changed to names of relatives that had passed over years before, looking for a vase in a garage and finding a card entitled 'I am here for you' - it was face down under a pile of rubbish, getting out of the shower to find a heart drawn in the steam on the bathroom mirror and feather on the floor as we walked into the crematorium the day we buried my mum - I truly believe that each of us have the ability to connect with the dead, and After reading this book I truly believe that my dear mum is still with us - in spirit. Thank you Maggi for such a fantastic book

Wendy Pettifer

Loved the story and the twists and turns as the ...

Reviewed in Australia on March 9, 2016

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Fascinating book. Loved the story and the twists and turns as the story evolved. Couldn't put the book down. Just had to find out how it ended. Brilliant book and well written.

Laura

Good story but needs a sequel!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2016

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This story hooked me straightaway. I found it very intriguing.

Faith Carson wakes up on a hospital ceiling looking down on her body in a coma and then sees her dead Gran who is there to assist her and help her prove that she deseres another chance at life but she only has 7 days to do this or else she will die. Faith has no idea what has happened nor does she even know what Country or City she is in. She knows nothing about her life and she's as much in the dark as the reader. The first person Faith sees in the hospital room is a man called Nate. It's easy for the reader to assume he's her husband but we soon find out he's not. Her husband is Geoff and they have a daughter called Tess. Amazingly, Tess is able to see and hear Faith who appears 'ghostlike'. Other characters are Faith's Mum, Nate's mother and Tess's best friend Cynthia.

Faith has to work out what has happened to her and who are the good people in her life and who are the bad (it's not hard to work out who the baddie is). The story has a paranormal feel and was enjoyable. Towards the end, Faith does get a bit annoying as she becomes a bit too paranoid about who is good and who is bad and at certain points it got a bit OTT.

There are lots of clues to the reader as to what is going on but by the end, there are still quite a few unanswered questions. We get a few flashbacks of Faith and Nate in the past but it's not enough to understand what went wrong between them and obviously the timeline between her and Nate ending and Faith marrying Geoff and having Tess doesn't really add up but it's not explained well enough. From the snippets we get about what happened with Faith and Cynthia, it made me feel like Faith can't have been a good friend or a nice person to be honest! It's all a bit confusing! I had my thoughts about a lot of things but it's not really clarified as some aspects weren't expanded on.

At the end of the book, the author suggests a sequel is up to the readers but this book was written a while ago and I see no sign of any follow on book but having checked the authors Facebook page, it appears she is going to write the sequel but I'm still confused as to why she didn't plan on it from the get go after she finished this one as it definitely feels 'unfinished' to me.

As I say, it's an intriguing story and it was a good read but I dropped a star because the story dragged a bit towards the end but then the ending is too sudden and Geoff's character seemed to do a complete U-turn that seemed out of character. We didn't hear what happened with Cynthia and most of all, there is quite a big reveal near the end that was never explained properly and even in the epilogue, everything is hunky dory between all parties which seemed a bit odd.

This book was something different to what I normally read and I enjoyed it BUT, it definitely needs a sequel and I look forward to reading it.

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Andi

great book

Reviewed in Australia on December 19, 2014

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Loved the story even though it was quite predictable :-) well written and thought out, great characters and twists, recommend it

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