Today I'm pleased to introduce you to Genie Gabriel. Genie is on tour with her book, Challenging The Legacy over at Goddess Fish Promotions. You can view her tour schedule by clicking any of the tour banners, and don't forget to leave a comment as Genie's offering you a chance to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card during her tour and a $10 Gift Card to Powell's Bookstore to one commenter at every stop.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
For
years I've been fascinated by the puzzle of why some people collapse
under life's traumas and others emerge triumphantly stronger. These
triumphs of the human spirit over the ugliest of adversities became
the basis for my stories. Yet my dramatic stories have always
contained touches of humor, and sometimes I have great fun writing
romantic comedy novellas. However, in all my stories, my passion for
writing romance is an outlet for the powerful messages that people
can overcome great difficulties, and true love can turn life’s
heartaches into happily ever after.
My Web
site: www.GenieGabriel.com
My
LEGACY blog: http://oshealegacyseries.blogspot.com/
Genre: Women's Fiction
BLURB:
Super-mom
Tallie O'Shea took on eight adopted children and built a legacy of
compassionate justice with her policeman husband. When he is gunned
down, she doesn't think it's an accident. Then a former lover shows
up and the lies from her past start unraveling. As dangers explode
around her, can Tallie set things right before everything she loves
is destroyed?
Excerpt:
Back
at the house, Pierce cornered Tallie. "What's the deal with a
dredge?"
Tallie
looked at him closely. Distinguished gray at the temples, eyes as
sharply blue as they had been so many years ago. Still
take-your-breath-away handsome, and here she was with a rifle on her
hip, her hair wild with the natural curl turning to frizz, her
minimal make-up of mascara and lip gloss cried and worried off, and
wearing work-worn clothes to clean the house.
Though
she regarded news conferences as media circuses, she never imagined
this would end in Halo literally exploding with her children right in
the middle of the action. Oh, yes, they were Bernie's kids. Even as
she worried, immense pride filled Tallie's heart. Bernie's legacy of
courage and compassion lived in his children. In their children.
"When
she was a teenager, Marly rode a motorbike up the conveyor belt of an
old mining dredge, revved it up as fast as it would go, and jumped
over the gap to come down on the other side of the pond. She was so
proud because none of her brothers could do it. They were too big and
heavy."
As
Tallie told the anecdote, Pierce's face grew paler and paler. "Is
that as dangerous as it sounds?"
17 comments:
Hope you had a great tour Genie :)
I hope you enjoyed your tour!
Sounds like an interesting book! Good luck with the tour!!!
This was a fun tour--best of luck with the release, and happy holidays!
eai(at)stanfordalumni(dot)org
Great tour, I've enjoyed it. I can't wait to read the book.
Kit3247(at)aol(dot)com
Interesting excerpt. Sounds like a great story.
Hello, all! I'm getting my usual late start to the day, but will be back off and on during the day to chat with commenters.
Before I feed my doggies, but want to thank BK for hosting me today. I so much appreciate it!
I'll be baaaack...
I love that you write your stories as people trumphing over adversity. It really gives us all something to aspire to
fencingromein at hotmail dot com
Hi, Teddy Rose! Love the dog picture! But I'm a pushover for dogs. I gladly let my doggie herd run my life--for the most part. However, they have learned to let me write occasionally. :)
Thank you for stopping by!
Hi, Rhomy! Glad this piqued your interest. :)
Thanks for taking the time to stop by!
Hi, Elizabeth! Thank you for your kind wishes, and happy holidays to you also!
Hi, Ingeborg! So glad you've been following my tour! Hope you enjoy the book. :)
Hi, MomJane! Thank you for your kind words and for stopping by to say hello!
Now, let's see if I can prove I'm not a robot on the first try. Am I the only one who can't read those letters half the time? LOL!
Hi, Shannon! I very much admire people who face trauma with courage, then go one step further and still find joy in life. Every time I write a story like this, it is in honor of real people who do that. They are indeed inspiring!
Thank you for stopping by!
And I'm wrapping up late today also. :)
But I wanted to thank BK for hosting me today, and also wanted to say thank you to everyone who commented.
I'd also like to announce the winner of this week's $10 gift certificate: it's Rhomy!
Rhomy, if you would please contact me at so I can send your gift certificate, that would be great!
Good-night, all!
Sounds very interesting. Another one to consider reading. :)
Thank you for the fabulous tour. I'll be reading you soon.
marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com
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