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Free Fall
A dream life… A devastating fall… And now, someone wants her dead…
From the author of Unlikely Return
Hannah Lee Winn has it all, or so it seems—dream home, fantasy husband, money—until she wakes up one day on the side of a mountain in California, severely injured. Was it an accident? Or was it something far worse?
Did someone try to kill her, and if so, who? And why?
As Hannah Lee struggles to recover from her injuries, including traumatic memory loss, her life unravels, revealing terrible mistakes and misplaced trust. Is her loving, new husband all he appears to be? Or did she marry a total stranger who now threatens her very life?
Will she solve the mystery of her accident in time? Or will someone manage to make sure she’s really dead, this time for good?
About the
Nina Atwood is a licensed psychotherapist and an award-winning executive coach. A five-times-published self-help author, Nina recently turned her pen to fiction. Free Fall is her second novel, with more on the way. Nina lives in Dallas, Texas, with her husband and two adorable fur babies.
Advance Reader Street Team
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Free Fall is a captivating suspense thriller. The open finds a woman injured and alone in the dark. Her fear is palpable. The author grips you in that moment and doesn't let go until the end. It is steeped in age old themes of love, betrayal, money, and murder. Highly recommended!
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Wow! An amazing read! So cliche' to say I couldn't put it down, but it was that good. Highly recommend this thriller. Gripping from page one, with many twists and turns. Just when I thought I had it figured out, I found I was wrong. This novel was filled with emotions—sadness, anger, fear, and love. Looking forward to the next Nina Atwood book!
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Edge of your seat spellbinding read. She’s done it again. Atwood has crafted another great thriller. Just like her previous book Unlikely Return, here’s another page turner that is filled with excitement, danger, intrigue, a hint of sex, broken trust and an ample supply of twists and turns that will keep you glued to the story. It reads like a who-done-it that even Hitchcock would love. Atwood has a wonderful knack of writing gripping mysteries that we crave, like watching a good old-fashioned classic mystery movie. Sherlock Holmes would love to read Free Fall on his Hawaiian vacation!
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Free Fall is an absolute “must read”. A deft, fascinating page turner that combines mystery, romance, and psychological profiling......who could ask for more? The characters are well defined and interesting, albeit not always likable, but they will hold YOUR interest from beginning to end. Read it, you’ll like it.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Layers. A good read should have layers that keep pulling you into the story, and the more the better. [This book has] emotional depth that made you love some of the characters, mistrust some, and a few…dislike for who they are at their core. But isn’t that what a master storyteller does? Your emotions are hitched like a trailer on a truck, swaying with each wild curve of new intrigue that Atwood introduces.
From the author of Unlikely Return
Hannah Lee Winn has it all, or so it seems—dream home, fantasy husband, money—until she wakes up one day on the side of a mountain in California, severely injured. Was it an accident? Or was it something far worse?
Did someone try to kill her, and if so, who? And why?
As Hannah Lee struggles to recover from her injuries, including traumatic memory loss, her life unravels, revealing terrible mistakes and misplaced trust. Is her loving, new husband all he appears to be? Or did she marry a total stranger who now threatens her very life?
Will she solve the mystery of her accident in time? Or will someone manage to make sure she’s really dead, this time for good?
About the
Nina Atwood is a licensed psychotherapist and an award-winning executive coach. A five-times-published self-help author, Nina recently turned her pen to fiction. Free Fall is her second novel, with more on the way. Nina lives in Dallas, Texas, with her husband and two adorable fur babies.
Advance Reader Street Team
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Free Fall is a captivating suspense thriller. The open finds a woman injured and alone in the dark. Her fear is palpable. The author grips you in that moment and doesn't let go until the end. It is steeped in age old themes of love, betrayal, money, and murder. Highly recommended!
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Wow! An amazing read! So cliche' to say I couldn't put it down, but it was that good. Highly recommend this thriller. Gripping from page one, with many twists and turns. Just when I thought I had it figured out, I found I was wrong. This novel was filled with emotions—sadness, anger, fear, and love. Looking forward to the next Nina Atwood book!
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Edge of your seat spellbinding read. She’s done it again. Atwood has crafted another great thriller. Just like her previous book Unlikely Return, here’s another page turner that is filled with excitement, danger, intrigue, a hint of sex, broken trust and an ample supply of twists and turns that will keep you glued to the story. It reads like a who-done-it that even Hitchcock would love. Atwood has a wonderful knack of writing gripping mysteries that we crave, like watching a good old-fashioned classic mystery movie. Sherlock Holmes would love to read Free Fall on his Hawaiian vacation!
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Free Fall is an absolute “must read”. A deft, fascinating page turner that combines mystery, romance, and psychological profiling......who could ask for more? The characters are well defined and interesting, albeit not always likable, but they will hold YOUR interest from beginning to end. Read it, you’ll like it.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Layers. A good read should have layers that keep pulling you into the story, and the more the better. [This book has] emotional depth that made you love some of the characters, mistrust some, and a few…dislike for who they are at their core. But isn’t that what a master storyteller does? Your emotions are hitched like a trailer on a truck, swaying with each wild curve of new intrigue that Atwood introduces.
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345 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 23, 2021
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About the author
Nina Atwood
16 books19 followersNina Atwood is a licensed psychotherapist and an award-winning executive coach. A published self-help author for over two decades, Nina now writes fiction. Unlikely Return is her first novel, Free Fall her second, and About Roxanne her third. Her electrifying mystery/thriller series will launch in 2022. Get free fiction from Nina by visiting her website, ninaatwoodauthor.com/freenovella.
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March 12, 2021
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Free Fall! This is an entertaining mystery that delves into issues of independence and confidence (or lack of) with capable women. Having worked with many successful business people, male and female, I loved reading about someone confident in business but less so in personal relationships. And if someone is successful, how it impacts trust with other people. All woven into a gripping mystery. A good read!
February 26, 2021
This is an ARC I received and so glad I did. This book keeps you going from page one to the end. Hannah Lee wakes up in the hospital after a serious accident, but was it really an accident. Her memory is not clear and things do not add up. As she starts trying to answer her own questions about the accident and her husbands behavior, memories start coming back. But not trusting herself, she asks for help from her best friend and an old friend. What happens next will keep you on the edge of your seat. All I can say is WOW great book
February 23, 2021
Fun and surprising!
This book was the perfect afternoon read. It is the kind for relaxing on the back porch with a glass of wine, or curled up on a rainy day. It was fun, mysterious and full of surprises! Nina’s books are always smart and great entertainment. She is an author to follow.
This book was the perfect afternoon read. It is the kind for relaxing on the back porch with a glass of wine, or curled up on a rainy day. It was fun, mysterious and full of surprises! Nina’s books are always smart and great entertainment. She is an author to follow.
March 8, 2021
Free Fall is a page turner with character development not usually found in a suspense thriller.
Free Fall is a well-written novel full of intriguing, psychologically complex characters who keep you guessing what will happen next. The protagonist, Hanna Lee, isn’t the typical heroine of the suspense and mystery genre. She’s very human, good at some things and particularly bad at others. As a professional woman, Hanna Lee is extraordinarily well organized and very successful. She is also a woman who demonstrates great empathy for her employees, so much so that she sells her company in order to share the monetary riches of its success with them. But in her personal life, she is challenged in her relationships with men and with herself. Suffice it to say, and so as not to be a spoiler, her pick of a husband is dismal. These challenges created by her psychological struggles complement the mystery in the novel’s plot and are a creative component in the development of its suspense. Hanna Lee’s good and bad choices lead to a wreck from which she barely walks away. These choices continually throw up barricades to her happiness that she must surmount, both emotionally and physically.
The plot of Free Fall is excellently managed and laid out to make for exciting reading. The story is a page turner. The brilliance in the story comes from the character development. The characters are well constructed and layered with subtle personality traits, which add an element to the novel that a reader doesn’t ordinarily find in a suspense thriller. It is not surprising that the author is a psychotherapist. Free Fall is a rewarding read. One can enjoy the fast paced and thrilling plot at the same time that one can identify with the difficulties presented to a professional woman by modern life.
Mark Zvonkovic, Reviewer and Author
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Free Fall is a well-written novel full of intriguing, psychologically complex characters who keep you guessing what will happen next. The protagonist, Hanna Lee, isn’t the typical heroine of the suspense and mystery genre. She’s very human, good at some things and particularly bad at others. As a professional woman, Hanna Lee is extraordinarily well organized and very successful. She is also a woman who demonstrates great empathy for her employees, so much so that she sells her company in order to share the monetary riches of its success with them. But in her personal life, she is challenged in her relationships with men and with herself. Suffice it to say, and so as not to be a spoiler, her pick of a husband is dismal. These challenges created by her psychological struggles complement the mystery in the novel’s plot and are a creative component in the development of its suspense. Hanna Lee’s good and bad choices lead to a wreck from which she barely walks away. These choices continually throw up barricades to her happiness that she must surmount, both emotionally and physically.
The plot of Free Fall is excellently managed and laid out to make for exciting reading. The story is a page turner. The brilliance in the story comes from the character development. The characters are well constructed and layered with subtle personality traits, which add an element to the novel that a reader doesn’t ordinarily find in a suspense thriller. It is not surprising that the author is a psychotherapist. Free Fall is a rewarding read. One can enjoy the fast paced and thrilling plot at the same time that one can identify with the difficulties presented to a professional woman by modern life.
Mark Zvonkovic, Reviewer and Author
Read My Reviews at markzvonkovic.com
March 10, 2021
Hannah Lee awakens on the side of a mountain in severe pain. What happened? Where was she? Somehow she crawls to get help and wakes up in the hospital with severe injuries. The problem is that, though her memory is mostly intact, she can't remember the last few days prior to what turned out to be a paragliding accident. Her husband, Ryan, has barely been in to see her, and his emotional state doesn't seem to be that of a loving husband. Hannah Lee starts to wonder what the state of their marriage was prior to her accident. Or was it an accident? Did she really overhear a whispered conversation between her husband and a woman saying something about her dying on the mountain side? If only she could remember. As she recovers at home, the wealthy woman starts to question everything about her husband and her marriage. Why is he never home? Why does he seem so distant? Why does her best friend seem to dislike him so intensely? She needs answers and calls on a friend for help. But does she really want to know the answers to these questions? Not a bad book but a little predictable and tired at the ending. Not enough to put the author on my TBR list.
March 7, 2021
I almost didn't stick with this. Yes, it's termed "psychological" but the reader is inundated with excessive wordage, often repeating entire scenes in different characters' minds.
This book could have been improved by being shorter and rearranged. The back and forth is awkward. A major character is not brought into the book until past the halfway mark.
Spoiler Alert.
The main character's forgiveness and even willingness to reconnect with her husband (if he lived) is totally unbelievable.
The story was interesting enough to keep me reading to the end, but just barely.
This book could have been improved by being shorter and rearranged. The back and forth is awkward. A major character is not brought into the book until past the halfway mark.
Spoiler Alert.
The main character's forgiveness and even willingness to reconnect with her husband (if he lived) is totally unbelievable.
The story was interesting enough to keep me reading to the end, but just barely.
December 12, 2021
Cliché …. Couldn’t put the book down!
When I start reading a novel with reviews like “couldn’t put it down”, I am skeptical. Hannah Lee’s story is full of deception, lies, infidelity, and attempted murder…as well as some of the best writing I have read in a very long time. I look forward to reading another book by this author.
When I start reading a novel with reviews like “couldn’t put it down”, I am skeptical. Hannah Lee’s story is full of deception, lies, infidelity, and attempted murder…as well as some of the best writing I have read in a very long time. I look forward to reading another book by this author.
March 29, 2021
Great book. I couldn't put it down it keeps you guessing. A lot of twists and turns.
April 23, 2022
Very good read
This is a very good read a bit slow but it grabbed my attention this book is a must read in my opinion.
This is a very good read a bit slow but it grabbed my attention this book is a must read in my opinion.
September 8, 2022
Oh lordy, I can't believe I read the whole thing. This was about as hum-drum and boring as my economics textbook in college! Disappointed I wasted my time on this read.
April 10, 2022
Non stop read!
I loved this story. Uniquely different - and such a pleasure to read. I could not put it down! -
I loved this story. Uniquely different - and such a pleasure to read. I could not put it down! -
March 31, 2022
I really enjoyed reading this book. It kept me on my toes!
April 16, 2021
California based very entertaining to help escape COVID
A fast passed romantic thriller based in Big Sur and Carmel California. I had a nice time passing a couple of evenings with this entertaining read.
A fast passed romantic thriller based in Big Sur and Carmel California. I had a nice time passing a couple of evenings with this entertaining read.
July 28, 2021
Loved this book!
This latest novel by Nina Atwood has it all-mystery, suspense and romance. I enjoyed how each character was developed and how the story wove the past and present together. A real page-turner!
This latest novel by Nina Atwood has it all-mystery, suspense and romance. I enjoyed how each character was developed and how the story wove the past and present together. A real page-turner!
September 14, 2021
Free fall
This rating was chosen because of the strong characters and amazing storyline. It is a story filled with lots of twists and turns with a great ending.
This rating was chosen because of the strong characters and amazing storyline. It is a story filled with lots of twists and turns with a great ending.
November 28, 2021
A Gripping Tale…
I really enjoyed this story. Especially the ending. Great intrigue and build up to the climax. The author did a great job building relatable characters too.
I really enjoyed this story. Especially the ending. Great intrigue and build up to the climax. The author did a great job building relatable characters too.
July 9, 2021
Excellent character psychological profiles
Really enjoyed the story, and especially the characters with their complex histories and personalities. I thought some of the main characters could have been introduced earlier, but that may just be a style preference and this style of revealing certain characters later on, added new layers and dynamics and revealed the truth piece by piece.
Quite the page turner!
Really enjoyed the story, and especially the characters with their complex histories and personalities. I thought some of the main characters could have been introduced earlier, but that may just be a style preference and this style of revealing certain characters later on, added new layers and dynamics and revealed the truth piece by piece.
Quite the page turner!
March 14, 2021
I'm shocked...at how predictable
This story started out SO formulaic I thought, surely, this thing is going to give me a huge twist. It. Did. Not. And, my God, am I getting tired of "highly intelligent women" being such total idiots. It suspends believability to make a woman that dense. Couldn't believe it really ended that way. Just blah
This story started out SO formulaic I thought, surely, this thing is going to give me a huge twist. It. Did. Not. And, my God, am I getting tired of "highly intelligent women" being such total idiots. It suspends believability to make a woman that dense. Couldn't believe it really ended that way. Just blah
April 20, 2021
The guts of the story was good and I wanted to keep reading to see what happened, BUT the story was told in such a clunky style. Sub-paragraphs with the character's name above them, just in case the reader was too dumb to work out who was being written about. I think with a major re-write it could have been terrific, but I was nearly screaming with irritation at times.
September 26, 2022
A Great Stiry
Free Fall may be an old story but it's told in a new and exciting way. Man meets woman. They fall in love and get married. Man meets another woman and falls in love and can't live without her. Second woman wants first woman's husband and her money thus first attempt on first woman's life. Read it; you'll like it.
Free Fall may be an old story but it's told in a new and exciting way. Man meets woman. They fall in love and get married. Man meets another woman and falls in love and can't live without her. Second woman wants first woman's husband and her money thus first attempt on first woman's life. Read it; you'll like it.
April 5, 2021
An okay read
Enjoyable enough but a corny ending which dragged on too long. The story lacked any thrill whatsoever and the plot was feeble. I continued to read as wanted to know how it would end, very mediocre.
Enjoyable enough but a corny ending which dragged on too long. The story lacked any thrill whatsoever and the plot was feeble. I continued to read as wanted to know how it would end, very mediocre.
October 12, 2021
Solid read
Yes, this story had some psychological aspects to it but from my point of view it was more of a twisted love affair gone very wrong. A warning of sorts; make sure you know who you marry or start an affair with before things go totally off course.
Yes, this story had some psychological aspects to it but from my point of view it was more of a twisted love affair gone very wrong. A warning of sorts; make sure you know who you marry or start an affair with before things go totally off course.
March 19, 2022
Stopped reading a quarter way in while I usually finish every book I start. I just couldn’t read any more about descriptions of her ex husband as well as Ryan and the love making, I wanted to know the story but nothing was revealed so I just gave up.
August 13, 2022
It was a nice book to kill time. The plot for me didn't do much. Is slow to start with, then gets active and twisted, thinking which one of those two cray cray is the "assistant " after that it gets all cheesy. I won't recommend it but definitely is not horrible. Just not for me.
July 28, 2023
Great read! You can tell the author is a professional psychotherapist- detailed character development, rich dialog. Suspenseful storytelling with a twist I didn't anticipate. Definitely recommended if you enjoy an intelligent, well written story that keeps you on your toes.
March 5, 2021
Waste of time! And it had such good reviews
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December 19, 2021DNF @50%. I can’t believe I gave this book that long. Ridiculous see through plot
April 2, 2022
Definitely a page turner with surprises along the way.
August 28, 2022
My favorite book ever! So many emotions in 344 pages; it's crazy -but in a good way! Would HIGHLY recommend.
November 27, 2022
I loved it
This is a very good read full of drama, infidelity, murder attempt, all for money. I highly recommend this book.
This is a very good read full of drama, infidelity, murder attempt, all for money. I highly recommend this book.
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