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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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.

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Thursday, September 19, 2019

My Story BEFORE The Story ~ Steve Gableman... Gainer? ~ The Other Neighbor

I'm Steve Gableman, but for now, I'm calling myself Steve Gainer. I'm an FBI agent, but I'm not sure for how much longer. A few months ago I was injured in the line of duty. I know it's always a risk, but no one really expects it to happen to them. I thought I was being realistic, knowing it could happen to me, but still, it wasn't like I expected. I always thought I'd have some down time, and I'd be back on duty.

But that's not what happened. I'm back on duty, but it's light duty. Not much better than sitting behind a desk. I hate it. But at the same time, I'm not sure I'm ready to jump back in and risk life and limb for the good of my country and its citizens. I almost died, but in the big picture, I don't know if it made much difference to win this one.

I still have time to figure things out. For now I've been assigned to surveillance. But I'm not pretending to be a drug addict or petty criminal. No. I've got a room full of top grade equipment, in a fully furnished house. Hot and cold running water. A full fridge. I can cook three meals a day. My team is close by, a cell-phone call away, twenty-four seven.

The tip line got a report about the owner of a hydroponics store making plans to build a bomb, and it's my team's job to discover the target, and arrest all the perps, not just the leader.

It's my assignment to do surveillance on the bomber's neighbor who lives on the other side of his duplex - every few days he gives her a bag, then quickly leaves. I need to find out if she's involved, and if she's not involved, use her to find something out, after all, they share a wall. I'm going to close my file soon, I'm sure she's clean. In fact, from what I've seen, she's so clean she probably squeaks.

I've never been so bored in my life.

But I have a feeling something's going to change...

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My Story Title:   The Other Neighbor

My Story Genre:  Romantic Suspense

My Story Released:  November 2018 ~ 
          coming up on an anniversary!

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The Author of My Story:    Gail Sattler

Gail Sattler lives in Vancouver BC Canada (eh!) where you don't have to shovel rain. When she's not madly writing (Gail Sattler has over 40 published novels and novellas, plus a few works of non-fiction) she plays bass for an Elton John tribute band as well as a community jazz band, plus she plays piano for a smaller private jazz band. When she's not writing or making music (or at her day job) Gail likes to sit back and read a book written by someone else, along with a good cup of hot coffee.

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journeystojoy will be honored to gift a drawing winner an Amazon gift card within the U.S.

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

DRAWING TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY EVENING ~ September 25, 2019
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