Thursday, September 26, 2019

Our Story BEFORE The Story ~ Malcolm MacGregor and Alanza Cantalamessa

Hello, I’m Malcolm MacGregor. My family members are direct descendents from a Laird in Scotland’s Clan MacGregor. My father is the current Laird for our part of the clan. In the 1700s, our part of the clan emigrated to the United States and settled in the hills that are in the state of North Carolina. During the 20th century, many of the clan members moved to various areas of the United States, and my family chose Texas for their new homes. I’m currently working for a company that creates portable hospitals for 3rd world countries. Although not many people know about, my family is involved in various philanthropic endeavors.

Hi, I’m Alanza Cantalamessa. I work in my family’s gourmet pizzeria near Fort Worth, Texas. My Poppa is Italian, and my mother is Brazilian. They met when he went to Brazil on Spring Break while in college. When he first saw her, He thought her as his “girl from Ipanema,” because was tall and tan and beautiful. People often tell me that I look like her, and she and I share a love of art. Both of us painted the murals on the walls of the restaurant. I paint more for fun, but she is a well-known artist. While working in the restaurant, I became fascinated by the tall, redheaded Scotsman who started coming for lunch very often.

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Our Story Title:   The 12 Gifts of Christmas

Our Story Genre:  Contemporary Romance ~
  Sweet Billionaire Romance

Our Story Released:   September 2018
     Happy Anniversary!

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The Author of My Story:    Lena Nelson Dooley

Multi-published author Lena Nelson Dooley has had more than 950,000 copies of her 50 books sold. She is a member of ACFW and the local chapter, ACFW - DFW. She’s a member of Christian Authors’ Network and Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas.
She has been on the ECPA and CBA Bestseller lists, Publisher’s Weekly bestseller list, and several Amazon Bestseller lists as well as a reviewer’s Top Ten Books of 2011. She has won over a dozen major awards.

She hosts “The Lena Nelson Dooley Show” on the Along Came a Writer Blogtalk radio network.

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Get Connected:



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WHERE can the book be purchased?

  • Amazon Author page
  • Goodreads
  • Twitter
  • my Facebook profile
  • LinkedIn
  • Official Fan Page on Facebook

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The author will be honored to gift a winner a signed copy of
Sweet Billionaire Romance

Be sure to leave a comment with an email address where you can be reached should you win.

DRAWING TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY EVENING ~ October 2, 2019.

10 comments:

HeidiDruKortman said...

Sounds like a fun premise. Thanks for piquing our interest.

Bonnie Engstrom said...

I would love to have a signed copy of this book by Lena. Lena is one of my heroes. Please enter me in the drawing.

Bonnie in AZ

Lena Nelson Dooley said...

It was a fun book to write, Heidi.

journeystojoy.net said...

Heidi
I have found each of Lena's books to be spellbinding - Rarely do I go to sleep until I've finished whichever book of hers I'm reading!

You won't be disappointed if you win this one!

journeystojoy.net said...

Bonnie;
I am in sync with you here. Lena has been one of my heroes as well - what an inspiration - and her books have entertained me SO VERY MUCH!!!

journeystojoy.net said...

Lena -

I'm sorry I didn't welcome you to the blog earlier - I'm SO glad you brought both of your characters to tell their backstories here.

Meeting them like this before I read the book (and as soon as I get mine off to formatting - I WILL be reading yours)will give me a greater insight to them page-by-page!

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM TO JOURNEYSTOJOY, LENA!

Tina said...

THE 12 GIFTS OF CHRISTMAS sounds wonderful. Thank you for the opportunity to win.I enjoy reading your books. Please enter me in the drawing.

Linda Kish said...

This sounds like it will be a sweet story to read. Time to start Christmas stories. lkish77123 at gmail dot com

Sabrina said...

I love the back stories. I'd like to know some back stories of *my* ancestors.
Love Christmas stories! :D

journeystojoy.net said...

CONGRATS TO OUR WINNER

LINDA KISH

Thank you for stopping by to read the blog post and to leave a comment, Linda

I'll be emailing you shortly!

BLESSINGS,