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Love, Lies, and Bad Guys
by Bill Blodgett
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GENRE: Romantic Suspense
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BLURB:
When
US Marshal Jay Stonewalker sees a possible terrorist comment in a chatroom
frequented by anti-government radicals suggesting a nuclear threat to New York
City, specifically the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, he can’t get it out of his mind.
Against his boss’s orders he heads off to NYC to investigate on his own time.
While there he follows a suspicious character into a secluded recess of the New
York Subway system and foils what he believes is the terrorist event. In a shoot-out with his suspect he’s wounded
and calls the NYC PD for backup. When he
sees NYPD Detective KC Daviau and other uniformed officers slipping into the
darkness from the subway platform he’s relieved, but to his surprise he’s met
with resistance and disrespect by Detective Daviau. Against his objections, KC
takes custody of the evidence and leaves the scene. When Jay asks an officer if
she is always that way he’s told that, “Since her parents died, she’s been…
let’s say… a little cold.” When they
are assigned to work the case together,
KC’s icy exterior soon begins to melt away as they begin to fall for
each other, but KC has to hold back. She has a dark secret and knows he can’t
ever know her truths because if he did he would hate her just as she hates
herself for what she’s about to do.
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EXCERPT TWO:
Because
the Waldorf Astoria in New York is their flagship and it’s the symbol of
everything that is America. They tried to bring the towers and the World Trade
Center down in an unsuccessful attempt in nineteen ninety-three, but managed on
September eleventh, two thousand one. What makes you think they won’t try
something again? Their hate runs deep.”
“Jay, let it go. Maybe it’s just a disgruntled
guest that had a bad experience after spending oodles of money there. Please
let it go for your own sanity.” She pleaded and hated herself at the same time.
How can I make such beautiful love with this man yet still lie to him? There
must be something drastically wrong with me, but it’s too late to turn back
now. She knew it wasn’t a terrorist’s threat. It was just her and her merry
band of anti-nuclear activists making the world safe. She began to lather up
his chest with a loofa body puff and watched as he closed his eyes.
“Just
let it go, Jay,” she repeated.
He
opened his eyes slowly. “I can’t just let it go. Maybe Gary wasn’t involved
with the original chatter I found, but maybe he was. Maybe it’s a whole other
source of crazies wanting to take a shot at the Big Apple. Maybe it’s the
Russians….” Her heart skipped a beat while she tried to rationalize that Sergei
and what Jay was alluding to was just a coincidence. Sergei was fighting the
good fight. She was sure of that.
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AUTHOR BIO:
I
still live in the community where I met and married my lovely wife, Janice. Actually,
she lived around the corner from me and we both ignored each other until our
teen years when the hormone thing kicked in and we suddenly realized that the
cute little girl skipping rope and that goofy boy riding a bike had both grown
up.
We
are the proud parents of April and Lindsay; both of whom are now married. April
married Darren and they have two beautiful boys, Brian and Owen. Lindsay
married Tim and they have two beautiful children: Kailyn and Evan.
I enjoy hiking, kayaking, camping with my
family, golfing, making candles, and restoring my antique European sports car,
a 1972 MGB.
They
say to write from what you know, so I do. I write of love, life and
relationships. In addition to the romantic plot we all expect from a Romance
novel all of my books deal with a real-world issue as a sub-plot that we all
have had to deal in some manner in life, but not in a preachy way. I find that including this sort of theme
helps me identify with my characters on a personal level. My hope is that the
reader will also feel that connection with my characters.
I
have four other published novels. Dead Or A Lie and Saint’s Sword are vampire
Romances. Unrequited is a contemporary novel with romantic elements and
received 4 stars from Romantic Times Book Review magazine. The Last Prejudice
is a family saga that deals with the issues a family must address when a family
member comes out.
I
have been a member of the RWA and the Central New York Romance Writers since
2004 and have held various posts in my local group. By day I am a construction
inspector for an engineering company.
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Bill ~ Good morning! Welcome back! It is so great to have you here again! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
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ReplyDeleteGood morning, Ally! Thank you for hosting and it's great to be back once again! I'm looking forward to answering any questions your followers may have and I will be checking back in on and off all day.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great read.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rita!
DeleteI like the mystery behind this particular story.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Starzine. I've been thinking about this story since shortly after 9/11 when I saw something suspicious on a subway while going into Washington, D.C.
DeleteThis book sounds like a very good read.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Debbie. If you have a chance to read it I hope it meets your expectations
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