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In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.
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I used to love this time of year. I would do a heavy fall cleaning, each room top to bottom, throwing away items that weren’t used, windows, etc. A true nesting feeling. However, since the last 2 back operations, it makes it quite difficult to do but still have that feeling. Recently, due to breaking down my mother’s house and putting it on the market, some items were moved here so I have been emptying boxes, rearranging, etc. Which brings me to today’s question.
Do you do a top to bottom “fall cleaning”?
Yes!!!! It’s THAT Sandra Brown. Sandra Brown, the renowned author, which I have been a fan of, for many years. So when Caitlin, from The Hachette Book Group contacted me regarding reading, reviewing and hosting a showcase on Sandra Brown, it was an instant YES!! It is my honor to have the opportunity of spotlighting Ms. Sandra Brown!!!!
SANDRA BROWN
Sandra Brown is the author of over sixty New York Times bestsellers, including, most recently, Lethal; Rainwater; Tough Customer; Smash Cut; Smoke Screen; Play Dirty; Ricochet; Chill Factor; White Hot; Hello, Darkness; The Crush; Envy; The Switch; The Alibi; Unspeakable; and Fat Tuesday, all of which jumped onto the New York Times list in the number one to five spots. There are over eighty million copies of Sandra Brown’s books in print worldwide and her work has been translated into thirty-four languages. In 2008, Brown was named Thriller Master by the International Thriller Writer’s Association, the organization’s top honor. She currently lives in Texas.
Visit Sandra Brown at her website here.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Sandra Brown is again at the top of her game with a fast-paced mystery set in the high profile world of publishing and tabloid media. LOW PRESSURE (Grand Central Publishing Hardcover; September 18, 2012; $26.99) combines all the key elements that make Sandra Brown’s books must-reads. The Associated Press has said “no one is better in the genre than Brown” and LOW PRESSURE proves them right. Combining an insider’s knowledge of publishing with her trademark dead-on characters and plot, Sandra Brown’s LOW PRESSURE is “a winner.”
Bellamy Lyston was only twelve years old when her older sister, Susan, was killed on a stormy Memorial Day. Bellamy’s fear of storms is a legacy of the tornado that destroyed the crime scene along with her memory of what really happened during the day’s most devastating moments.
Now, eighteen years later, Bellamy has written a sensational, bestselling novel based on Susan’s murder. Because the book was inspired by the tragic event that still pains her family, she published it under a pseudonym to protect them from unwanted publicity. But when an opportunistic reporter discovers that the book is based on fact, Bellamy’s identity is exposed along with the family scandal.
Moreover, Bellamy becomes the target of an unnamed assailant who either wants the truth about Susan’s murder to remain unknown or, even more threatening, is determined to get vengeance for a man wrongfully accused and punished.
In order to identify her stalker, Bellamy must confront the ghosts of her past, including Dent Carter, Susan’s wayward and reckless boyfriend – and an original suspect in the murder case. Dent, with this and other stains on his past, is intent on clearing his name, and he needs Bellamy’s sealed memory to do it. But her safeguarded recollections – once unlocked – pose new, unforeseen dangers.
As Bellamy delves deeper into the mystery surrounding Susan’s slaying, she discovers disturbing elements of the crime that call into question the people she holds most dear. Through haunted by partial memories and conflicted over her feelings for Dent, she won’t stop until she reveals Susan’s killer. That is, unless her killer strikes first….
Watch for me review in the near future.
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If you are a frequent visitor, then you know that the ladies of WOW! Women On Writing, always have amazing female authors for us to meet. Today is no exception. So without further ado, Ms. Pamela King Cable!!
PAMELA KING CABLE
Pamela King Cable was born a coal miner’s granddaughter and raised by a tribe of wild Pentecostals and storytellers. She is an award-winning, multi-published author who loves to write about religion and spirituality with paranormal twists she unearths from her family’s history. Married to a megachurch ministry team member as a young adult, she attended years of megachurch services. Pamela studied creative writing at The University of Akron and Kent State University. She has taught at many writing conferences, and speaks to book clubs, women’s groups, national and local civic organizations, and at churches across the country. Nearly a decade in the writing, Televenge is her debut novel. She lives in Ohio with her husband, Michael, and is currently working on her next novel.
Visit Pamela at her Website, Blog, Facebook and Twitter.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Andie Oliver is a faithful woman—to God, to husband Joe, and to televangelist Calvin Artury, a Godfather in a Mafia of holy men. Joe works limitless hours on the megachurch ministry team, falling deeper into debauchery, while Andie attempts to free him from the Reverend’s control and far-reaching influence. Uncovering long-hidden truths—even murder—she loses everything, including her children. Andie fights for redemption for her family and herself, confronting the very definition of sin, and shaking the Christian evangelical world to its core. Evading ruthless adversaries who will go to any lengths to protect Reverend Artury, Andie battles the dark side of televangelism.
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TELEVENGE
by PAMELA KING CABLE
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As lovers of books, don’t you wish there was some way, we had the time and could read each and every book on our TBR and Wish lists? I know I do. And this is one of those books. When Jaime from Media Connect/Finn Partners contacted me, I knew I had to share this with all of you. So please help me welcome Judith Sanders to our group!
JUDITH SANDERS
Judith Sanders received her BS from Graceland College and worked as a registered nurse for many years, including serving the military as a nurse in Maryland and Texas. Sanders, a mother of three boys, now makes writing her full time career and divides her time between her homes in New Hampshire and North Carolina.
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“More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.”
(Who said this? Find out at the end of this blog!)
I’m a Jersey girl, the youngest child of parents of the “Greatest Generation.” As a kid, Sunday’s revolved around three things: A visit to my grandmother’s house, eating the best fried chicken in the world, and gathering around the television to watch “Meet the Press’ hosted by moderators like Martha Roundtree, Ned Brooks, and Lawrence Sivak. Other than this painful ritual (we were forced to sit and watch by our mother), I was busy being a tomboy, riding my horse, fishing, and playing baseball.
I didn’t think much about anything other than having fun. I took for granted the memorabilia of WWII surrounding me; photos of people in uniform, American Flags waving on front porches, and movies like, “The Halls of Montezuma, “When Willie Comes Marching Home”, and the “Flying Leathernecks” on the Cort Theatre marquee. I do remember briefly thinking, there is always a war. It was not a depressing thought just a reality of that period.
But in the 50’s, war inched a little closer, adjusting my viewpoint. My brother joined the Air Force and was sent to Japan. It loomed closer in the 60’s when my brother in-law went to Vietnam as an Army Ranger sniper. He was a different person when he returned. High school friends were drafted, many I never saw again. War was no longer a movie with heroes marching home in a ticker-tape parade.
The outcome of war threw its shadow over me when my father who served in a defense plant during WWII fell ill. He died prematurely from a form of lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.
Fortunately my three sons were born at a time when the draft had been abolished. Divorced and nine years later when I remarried, I had no idea of becoming a military wife. But that was exactly what happened when my husband, proud of his own father’s service in the Navy, joined the Army shortly after medical school. I remember thinking, “I can handle this…this is peacetime.” Wrong! Operation Desert Storm erupted and the Middle East became a new ‘hot zone’. He served in Iraq as a physician with the United Nations. During that time I worked for the Army as a civilian nurse and had numerous opportunities to meet many of the men and women who put their feet on the ground, stand on a wall, or serve in supportive military services for me and for you.
Three years ago one grandnephew and later another, faced with uncertain futures, joined the military. Both have just completed their first tours in Afghanistan. So I guess I have come full circle and I am still asking, ‘will there always be a war’. The United States has had an unprecedented thirteen-year presence in the Middle East. The results are that we are seeing sons following their fathers and brothers following brothers into the same Persian battleground.
So how does this lend to my latest novel, In His Stead?
Well, these courageous women and men voluntarily leave their families and against all their natural instinct, for self-preservation, walk forward to protect you and me. It prompts me to ask what I would be willing to do to protect them. Thomas Lane, the main character in my novel makes his answer very clear. Anything!
(Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) Thirty-second President of the USA.)
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ABOUT THE BOOK
In His Stead explores the tension, devastation, strength, and love of service families during wartime through the story of one man, Retired Army Ranger Thomas Lane, as he attempts to make the greatest sacrifice for his son.
Lane once burned for the taste of gunpowder and thrill of the battle. But as he struggles to cope with his own PTSD and the death of his eldest son who was killed by an IED in Afghanistan, Lane learns that the price of war is far too dear. Now the National Guard is calling on Lane’s youngest son to serve. Consumed with sorrow, Lane knows he will do anything to save his child—even if it means going in his place.
In His Stead follows the tumultuous battle of Thomas Lane as he navigates the United States Army, its JAG corps, a vengeful officer, the very son he is desperate to save, and his own wife, who has the Solomon like choice of losing either a husband or a son. Capturing the essence of family life in wartime—the good, the bad, and the hopeful—In His Stead explores what it means to be a father and a man.
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