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Morgan's Mercenaries: Women of Destiny #1
Woman Of Innocence
Woman Of Innocence by Lindsay McKenna released on Dec 25, 2001 is available now for purchase.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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About the author
Lindsay McKenna
360 books2,503 followersI've lived six lives in one and it all shows up in the books I write, one way or another.
I was always a risk taker and broke mustangs at thirteen years old in Oregon. I learn to break them with love, not threat or pain.
At 17 years old, I picked night-crawlers (worms) out in our Oregon orchards from 9pm to midnight, every night. I earned enough money to buy my school clothes and book. I also plunked down $600 to a flight company at the Medford, Oregon airport and asked them to teach me...a girl...to fly. I soloed in 12 hours, which is average. From that time until I left for the US Navy at 18, I had accrued 39 hours of flight time in my Cessna 150 single engine airplane.
I was in the US military and was an AG3 (weather forecaster). There was no airplane club, so I couldn't fly when I was in the Navy. But I could look at the clouds in the sky ;-).
Later, I flew in a B-52 bomber for a day and night mission (18 hours total), a T-38 Talon jet, USAF, where I was riding in a "chase plane" on a test flight in a Dragonfly jet.
I was one of the first AFLA (American Fencing League of America) women fencers to fence with epee and sabre. These weapons were closed to women because they were too 'heavy' for a female to handle. I said baloney and fought the males and won half my bouts. I was part of a surge of women fencers on the East Coast in the 1970's to push for equality in the sport. Together, we changed the sport and changed the mind of the men. Today? In the Olympics? Women now fence in foil, epee and sabre, thanks to what we did as a vanguard showing the world it could be done.
I then became a volunteer firefighter when I was a civilian once more, the first woman in an all - male fire department in West Point, Ohio for three years. I became a local expert not only in firefighting, driving the engine and tanker trunks, but also had training in hazardous material (Reynoldsburg Fire Academy, Columbus, OH).
My books always reflect what I experienced. If you like edgy, gritty, deeply and emotionally intense love stories with sympathetic heroes and heroines, check out my newest series that will be available mid-Oct. 2015, and it incorporates much of what I have lived.
I was always a risk taker and broke mustangs at thirteen years old in Oregon. I learn to break them with love, not threat or pain.
At 17 years old, I picked night-crawlers (worms) out in our Oregon orchards from 9pm to midnight, every night. I earned enough money to buy my school clothes and book. I also plunked down $600 to a flight company at the Medford, Oregon airport and asked them to teach me...a girl...to fly. I soloed in 12 hours, which is average. From that time until I left for the US Navy at 18, I had accrued 39 hours of flight time in my Cessna 150 single engine airplane.
I was in the US military and was an AG3 (weather forecaster). There was no airplane club, so I couldn't fly when I was in the Navy. But I could look at the clouds in the sky ;-).
Later, I flew in a B-52 bomber for a day and night mission (18 hours total), a T-38 Talon jet, USAF, where I was riding in a "chase plane" on a test flight in a Dragonfly jet.
I was one of the first AFLA (American Fencing League of America) women fencers to fence with epee and sabre. These weapons were closed to women because they were too 'heavy' for a female to handle. I said baloney and fought the males and won half my bouts. I was part of a surge of women fencers on the East Coast in the 1970's to push for equality in the sport. Together, we changed the sport and changed the mind of the men. Today? In the Olympics? Women now fence in foil, epee and sabre, thanks to what we did as a vanguard showing the world it could be done.
I then became a volunteer firefighter when I was a civilian once more, the first woman in an all - male fire department in West Point, Ohio for three years. I became a local expert not only in firefighting, driving the engine and tanker trunks, but also had training in hazardous material (Reynoldsburg Fire Academy, Columbus, OH).
My books always reflect what I experienced. If you like edgy, gritty, deeply and emotionally intense love stories with sympathetic heroes and heroines, check out my newest series that will be available mid-Oct. 2015, and it incorporates much of what I have lived.
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April 1, 2015
So cute
We don't all need too be warriors. Or there is different types of warriors. I liked that aspect of this book. It is a quick read but well worth the time.
We don't all need too be warriors. Or there is different types of warriors. I liked that aspect of this book. It is a quick read but well worth the time.
April 17, 2020
Na můj vkus je zbytečně patetická. Autorčiny představy o tajné vojenské organizaci mi přišly velmi naivní.
Je nelogická. Vypadá to, že to před vydáním nikdo nečetl.
s. 5 Laura se přitiskla k mužovým zádům
A tento muž se na s. 6 přetočil ze zad na bok
Takže se tiskla k zádům někoho, kdo na nich právě ležel.
s. 8 Matka ji opustila hned po porodu a předala ji k adopci. Dones Jenny netušila, kdo byli její skuteční rodiče.
s. 48 „Mé matce mě odebrali, protože byla na cracku, hned, jak jsem se narodila. Zemřela, když mi byl rok...“ ??
s. 53 Znovu jí stiskl dlaň, pak ji však váhavě pustil (...) Seděla tiše, prsty sevřené v jeho dlani.
s. 158 Uvědomil si, že její vlasy symbolizují její neklidnou povahu. Pokoušela se je uhladit...
s. 60 Její světlé vlasy, třebaže přirozeně rovné
U indiánských jmen by měla překladatelka udržet myšlenku. Akiva Rudá oháňka (s. 99, 100, 101 atd.) by se neměla měnit na Červený ocas (s. 104).
s. 6 křivky, který
s. 8 Dones [Dodnes]
s. 19 Hmmm, Neměl
s. 41 že jsem nikdy jsem nesloužila
s. 128 myslela Jenny sebrat veškeré své síly
s. 143 chlapec. který
s. 154 se [s]
s. 162 letěli, mapovali, hledali [ona a ona]
s. 163 od [ode]
s. 182 je [jen]
s. 185 lano, který
s. 190 zařval Pomoc
uvozovky - s. 51, 56, 122, 137, 205, 216
čárka - s. 83, 163, 177, 179
ji/jí - s. 112, 188
špatné dělení slov - s. 195 (zaslec-hl)
Je nelogická. Vypadá to, že to před vydáním nikdo nečetl.
s. 5 Laura se přitiskla k mužovým zádům
A tento muž se na s. 6 přetočil ze zad na bok
Takže se tiskla k zádům někoho, kdo na nich právě ležel.
s. 8 Matka ji opustila hned po porodu a předala ji k adopci. Dones Jenny netušila, kdo byli její skuteční rodiče.
s. 48 „Mé matce mě odebrali, protože byla na cracku, hned, jak jsem se narodila. Zemřela, když mi byl rok...“ ??
s. 53 Znovu jí stiskl dlaň, pak ji však váhavě pustil (...) Seděla tiše, prsty sevřené v jeho dlani.
s. 158 Uvědomil si, že její vlasy symbolizují její neklidnou povahu. Pokoušela se je uhladit...
s. 60 Její světlé vlasy, třebaže přirozeně rovné
U indiánských jmen by měla překladatelka udržet myšlenku. Akiva Rudá oháňka (s. 99, 100, 101 atd.) by se neměla měnit na Červený ocas (s. 104).
s. 6 křivky, který
s. 8 Dones [Dodnes]
s. 19 Hmmm, Neměl
s. 41 že jsem nikdy jsem nesloužila
s. 128 myslela Jenny sebrat veškeré své síly
s. 143 chlapec. který
s. 154 se [s]
s. 162 letěli, mapovali, hledali [ona a ona]
s. 163 od [ode]
s. 182 je [jen]
s. 185 lano, který
s. 190 zařval Pomoc
uvozovky - s. 51, 56, 122, 137, 205, 216
čárka - s. 83, 163, 177, 179
ji/jí - s. 112, 188
špatné dělení slov - s. 195 (zaslec-hl)
March 27, 2020
Una novela para pasar un rato, corta e incluso muy simplista en la descripción de personajes y situaciones. Absolutamente previsible. No aporta nada al género romántico contemporáneo, es más lo banaliza bastante llenándolo de clichés. Si es tu primera lectura en este género, corre a buscar otra porque con esta te formarás una muy mala opinión.
August 1, 2016
Women of Innocence
Lindsay McKenna got me reading military romance and I have loved them ever since and when it has Morgan's Mercenaires all the more better read and enjoy.
Lindsay McKenna got me reading military romance and I have loved them ever since and when it has Morgan's Mercenaires all the more better read and enjoy.
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