NEW BOOK COMING NOVEMBER 10!
I’m happy to share that my latest novel from TouchPoint Press, The Thing With Margot will be released Friday, November 10. Just in time for the holidays if you want to give yourself or someone you love the gift of literature. If you’d like to pre-order the e-book, here’s the link:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076XSN5RX
It’s the story of an unassuming but charming history professor at the University of Alabama who becomes involved with a young woman who seems to be the perfect, Disney-like girl next door. She loves to bake, decorate, watch Hallmark movies on TV, and her iPod is full of romantic, upbeat love songs. But she’s also got a secret. She happens to be a deadly assassin for a foreign government who’s in hiding. When the brother of her latest victim tracks her down in Tuscaloosa, AL, it triggers a series of events that takes our heroine on a chase around the world. The novel is certainly a love story, but it’s also packed with plenty of action and laughs. As the outside cover promises: “Margot is killer fun!”
A large part of the book takes place in Tuscaloosa and was inspired by my three years as an Adjunct Professor there. But key scenes also take place in London, Paris, Moscow, Ottawa, the deserts of Iraq, and the jungles of Serra Leone to name but a few. I’m really proud of The Thing With Margot and sure hope you’ll check it out.
I’m also thankful to my publisher, Sheri Williams, for not only her continued faith in my writing but also her patience with the cover. Although I appreciated the efforts that went into the first version of it, I didn’t think it accurately reflected the story inside, so Sheri commissioned another version that, for me, was spot on. When you buy a book, DVD, CD, or album, I believe the packaging outside is just as much a part of the experience as the entertainment inside. This is partially because of my background in advertising and partly because I’m a child of the late 1960’s and 70’s. I remember how excited I was when I was a teenager and my favorite musical artists released new albums. Even though I was purchasing music, the cover art was an intrinsic part of the experience. It represented the physical look and feel of the music and, if the album happened to come with a poster inside, so much the better! So I really appreciate the extra effort that went into the cover.
But there’s no poster. Sorry.
As I write this, I’m looking out of my office window at the snow-capped Rocky Mountains. Besides the new book, I’ve taken a new job as a Creative Director with an ad agency in northern Colorado and am in the process of moving my family from Alabama where we’ve been for the past seven years. So my heroine, Margot, isn’t the only one having a grand adventure these days.
Besides the new book, please remember that my previous TouchPoint Press novels are also available, and they likewise make wonderful stocking stuffers. Especially the e-books, which go for a modest $3.99. They include:
• Substitute Angel: a paramedic in a small town in northern Michigan hits a deer in a
snowstorm one night while driving home from work. At least, he thinks it’s deer. But it actually
turns out to be an angel sent down from heaven to prevent the murder of a local young woman. Though not a Christmas story per-se, most of the book takes place between December 1st through the 24th.
• The Intended Ones: It’s both the sequel and the prequel to Substitute Angel. The book volleys back and forth in time, telling the stories of the angel who used to live the same small northern Michigan town in the 1950’s until her unexpected death, and the paramedic in the present day, who has fallen in love with the young woman he and the angel helped save in Substitute Angel. You don’t have to read the first book to get the second, but certain events and descriptions will mean more if you do.
• A Farm In Pennsylvania: Winner of a 2016 Gold MarCom award for “Best E-Book.” Unrelated to my first two novels, it’s the story of a farmer from Ohio in 1863 who travels to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania five weeks after the notorious battle is fought there searching for his missing brother. While there, he becomes involved in the lives of a young Hispanic woman and her son, the farm they run, and the woman’s brutal taskmaster of a husband.
May you all have a joyous holiday season and, as always, many, many thanks for your continued interest and reading!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076XSN5RX
It’s the story of an unassuming but charming history professor at the University of Alabama who becomes involved with a young woman who seems to be the perfect, Disney-like girl next door. She loves to bake, decorate, watch Hallmark movies on TV, and her iPod is full of romantic, upbeat love songs. But she’s also got a secret. She happens to be a deadly assassin for a foreign government who’s in hiding. When the brother of her latest victim tracks her down in Tuscaloosa, AL, it triggers a series of events that takes our heroine on a chase around the world. The novel is certainly a love story, but it’s also packed with plenty of action and laughs. As the outside cover promises: “Margot is killer fun!”
A large part of the book takes place in Tuscaloosa and was inspired by my three years as an Adjunct Professor there. But key scenes also take place in London, Paris, Moscow, Ottawa, the deserts of Iraq, and the jungles of Serra Leone to name but a few. I’m really proud of The Thing With Margot and sure hope you’ll check it out.
I’m also thankful to my publisher, Sheri Williams, for not only her continued faith in my writing but also her patience with the cover. Although I appreciated the efforts that went into the first version of it, I didn’t think it accurately reflected the story inside, so Sheri commissioned another version that, for me, was spot on. When you buy a book, DVD, CD, or album, I believe the packaging outside is just as much a part of the experience as the entertainment inside. This is partially because of my background in advertising and partly because I’m a child of the late 1960’s and 70’s. I remember how excited I was when I was a teenager and my favorite musical artists released new albums. Even though I was purchasing music, the cover art was an intrinsic part of the experience. It represented the physical look and feel of the music and, if the album happened to come with a poster inside, so much the better! So I really appreciate the extra effort that went into the cover.
But there’s no poster. Sorry.
As I write this, I’m looking out of my office window at the snow-capped Rocky Mountains. Besides the new book, I’ve taken a new job as a Creative Director with an ad agency in northern Colorado and am in the process of moving my family from Alabama where we’ve been for the past seven years. So my heroine, Margot, isn’t the only one having a grand adventure these days.
Besides the new book, please remember that my previous TouchPoint Press novels are also available, and they likewise make wonderful stocking stuffers. Especially the e-books, which go for a modest $3.99. They include:
• Substitute Angel: a paramedic in a small town in northern Michigan hits a deer in a
snowstorm one night while driving home from work. At least, he thinks it’s deer. But it actually
turns out to be an angel sent down from heaven to prevent the murder of a local young woman. Though not a Christmas story per-se, most of the book takes place between December 1st through the 24th.
• The Intended Ones: It’s both the sequel and the prequel to Substitute Angel. The book volleys back and forth in time, telling the stories of the angel who used to live the same small northern Michigan town in the 1950’s until her unexpected death, and the paramedic in the present day, who has fallen in love with the young woman he and the angel helped save in Substitute Angel. You don’t have to read the first book to get the second, but certain events and descriptions will mean more if you do.
• A Farm In Pennsylvania: Winner of a 2016 Gold MarCom award for “Best E-Book.” Unrelated to my first two novels, it’s the story of a farmer from Ohio in 1863 who travels to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania five weeks after the notorious battle is fought there searching for his missing brother. While there, he becomes involved in the lives of a young Hispanic woman and her son, the farm they run, and the woman’s brutal taskmaster of a husband.
May you all have a joyous holiday season and, as always, many, many thanks for your continued interest and reading!
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