Promises Kept by Cindy Bradford -- A Review

Some pains can be gotten over easily, but others take many years--and often can't be laid to rest until some type of justice has been served.  The latter kind are often so deep, we need the help and love of someone else to push us forward into seeking justice.  Faith is the person who does this for her dad, who suffered physically years ago, and emotionally ever since.  While helping fight for justice for not only her dad, but others who have suffered at the hands of the same villain, Faith must deal with her own demons.  Just when all seems to be resolved, life throws another curve ball.  Will Faith be strong enough to make it through this time?

Cindy Bradford has written a book that touches on a subject that many pass over -- the sexual abuse of young boys by what should be one of the most trusted people in their lives, the local priest.  Her knowledge of the psychological effects that come from this is perfect.  Details overlooked by the average author, such as emotional growth being halted, find their way into the story.  It is obvious Ms. Bradford did her research thoroughly in the emotions behind not only abuse, but also in the emotions involved in all situations faced within the pages of Promises Kept. 

Cindy Bradford doesn't weigh her book down with needless details.  She uses dialogue so well, that you can hear the conversations taking place.  Every word carries the story along, drawing you into the midst of the events.  This is definitely a book that you need to read with a tissue box nearby, you will need them.  It isn't all pain, however; it is a book of hope and healing.  Promises Kept reminds us that it is never too late for justice to be served --  or for love to be revived.  It also reminds us that life isn't always pretty, but often the good can help heal the bad.

Promises Kept is a book that will strike a chord in almost everyone, for its universal themes of love, loss, pain and healing, is something everyone has experienced.  We've all experienced the beginnings that needed endings and the endings that bring beginnings. 

Promises Kept ears six colors on the Rainbow Scale.

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We invite you to join us on the Promises Kept virtual tour and every comment you post on the tour posts – will get you an entry into a drawing for a copy of the first book in this series – Keeping Faith. Visit http://bookpromotionservices.com/2010/03/02/promises-kept/  for the complete schedule. For more details about Cindy Bradford, visit - www.KeepingFaithTheNovel.com  and www.DocCBradford.com/my-books

Taking a Tour With Cindy Bradford

The above video tells more about Promises Kept than mere words, so I wanted to share it with everyone! My original intent for today was to interview Ms. Bradford, but I found so many great questions that she's answered over the past couple of weeks that I thought I would instead share with you the links so you can take the journey of getting to know Cindy Bradford yourself :-) 

First stop on the journey is

http://promo101interviews.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/cindy-bradford/

Don't stop there, however, or you'll miss a lot!  Below is a list of stops on our journey (incluing those yet to come).  Enjoy--and come back tomorrow to read my review of Promises Kept!

We invite you to join us on the Promises Kept virtual tour and every comment you post on the tour posts – will get you an entry into a drawing for a copy of the first book in this series – Keeping Faith. Visit http://bookpromotionservices.com/2010/03/02/promises-kept/  for the complete schedule. For more details about Cindy Bradford, visit - http://www.keepingfaiththenovel.com/  and www.DocCBradford.com/my-books

Promises Kept

I have a wonderful author and book to share with everyone this week!  Author Cindy Bradford has released her second book, Promises Kept! 

 (From Cindy) One cool, crisp morning in Ruidoso, New Mexico, I awoke from a crazy dream, I decided to turn it into a novel. And thus began my literary journey.


I guess all writers start out by drawing from the places they know, hence the setting of part of the book (Keeping Faith, her first novel) in East Texas, where I was born and spent the first nineteen years of my life as the daughter of a school teacher/ mother and school teacher/coach/ father. It was an easy place to grow up, but I couldn’t wait to leave. And leave I did as soon as I graduated from Kilgore College with my associates degree and headed to Baylor University where I earned my B.A. in English and journalism. Vowing to never teach, I spent a very short time in a public relations office and soon knew that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. I enrolled at the University of North Texas to work toward a master’s degree, applied for a teaching job near Dallas and ended up staying there for almost twenty five years. In the meantime, I received my Ph.D. from UNT which opened up doors that might otherwise have slammed closed.

Tomorrow, I will share more on Ms. Bradford and on Wednesday I share my thoughts on Promises Kept. Promises Kept is Faith’s story, an unforgettable young woman whose life’s journey has been filled with uncertainty, of searching for people and answers that others take for granted. Compassionate and courageous, she never gives up, showing strength and character beyond her years. It is also the story about the power of the human spirit, of family, friends and love.

After finding the father she never knew until adulthood and graduating law school, Faith focuses on bringing down the priest who abused her father as a child. She wants the cleric put behind bars long enough that no other boy will ever have to fear his touch. She takes on a shrewd Boston lawyer who underestimates her fight for right against a wrong.


The story transforms from the legal battle on behalf of her father into a beautiful love story as she falls madly in love with her colleague, Tyler England. Her fighting instincts are called on like never before. Only this time her intelligence, perseverance and resolve may not be enough.

We invite you to join us on the Promises Kept virtual tour and every comment you post on the tour posts – will get you an entry into a drawing for a copy of the first book in this series – Keeping Faith. Visit http://bookpromotionservices.com/2010/03/02/promises-kept/  for the complete schedule. For more details about Cindy Bradford, visit http://www.keepingfaiththenovel.com/  and www.DocCBradford.com/my-books