tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44563373958400987072024-03-05T22:55:02.350-06:00Linda LaRoque's MusingsLinda LaRoquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672522522233696282noreply@blogger.comBlogger382125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456337395840098707.post-58385610059070221042021-04-21T12:41:00.000-05:002021-04-21T12:41:30.693-05:00<p> Though I haven't been posting, I have been writing, but I've been in a funk so it's been slow. Finally, several projects motivated me to get busy. In the last 12 months, I have published three novellas, all Historical Western Romances. I hope you'll take a look.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><a href="https://amzn.to/3bPr7ac" target="_blank">Quixie on the Draw</a>—</i>this novella was included in a collection of novellas titled <i>Journey of the Heart.</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NKILoBwby4-BGO9zzQyScVDuzms1YYzmwtoVa4nDIyfj7hkTOEFMo0Y_17T8lmfqnod_v_1b_FUio0Y0P-MPB2C2VgdR-2Jj_b_x9on32x7UPmeftJOrYLeJObZW8we01YzcrFqFDOM/s750/QuixieontheDraw_LindaLaRoque_750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NKILoBwby4-BGO9zzQyScVDuzms1YYzmwtoVa4nDIyfj7hkTOEFMo0Y_17T8lmfqnod_v_1b_FUio0Y0P-MPB2C2VgdR-2Jj_b_x9on32x7UPmeftJOrYLeJObZW8we01YzcrFqFDOM/s320/QuixieontheDraw_LindaLaRoque_750.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Quixie O'Connor's overbearing mother orders her to take the stage from San Antonio to Waco to locate her younger brother. One of these days, Quixie hopes to get out from under her mother's thumb and have a family of her own. When the stage is robbed, she is kidnapped and taken to the robber's hideout where she fights to protect her honor and her life. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Nathan Parker boards the stage to visit his mother and sister in Waco, but he has a deeper mission to fulfill. He enjoys the company of the young Irish woman traveling with them and hopes one day to marry someone with as much wit and spirit. 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She flees Chicago with her baby brother, Jaimie, in her arms to save both their lives. Outside of Denton, Texas, the train is robbed, and she loses most of the money she carried. She uses her vocal training to sing in the town’s Opera House and saloon to support them.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Marshal Pat Hayden is determined to protect Abigail and her brother. She assumes the alias Addy Riley, widow and mother of Jamie. When her demented uncle, Sirus Roche, shows up in town and kidnaps the baby, Pat joins with the town’s sheriff and deputy to save the child and Addy.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Who said opera had no place in a western saloon?</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2OklCKc" target="_blank">Reluctant Bride</a></i></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVE8CvvKsW-eGmaIq-MsAUFlMKiL9p71yded_-QZvIMmSEowglijgXEgWiwJisLPWaQynFpQq-_Fi5skxRblEuYYSABy4mRxEaVelQOzHVkFnE3LeGFl6QhoAtfWj6bcfVH-_AGThTZM/s750/ReluctantBride_LindaLaRoque_750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVE8CvvKsW-eGmaIq-MsAUFlMKiL9p71yded_-QZvIMmSEowglijgXEgWiwJisLPWaQynFpQq-_Fi5skxRblEuYYSABy4mRxEaVelQOzHVkFnE3LeGFl6QhoAtfWj6bcfVH-_AGThTZM/s320/ReluctantBride_LindaLaRoque_750.jpg" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Lacey Faraday is an independent young woman determined to get an education. Her father rebels against her choice when she’s frequently seen picketing on the campus green for Women’s Rights. He insists she marry and arranges a marriage for her.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Brady Callahan, Sheriff of Denton County, is a widower with six-year-old twin daughters who need a mother. He’s been in love before and isn’t in the market for a woman to love, just one who will care for his girls and give him more children.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The two opposites speak vows for practical reasons, only to find themselves on a delicious journey of the heart.<br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Thank you for stopping by and I'll try to post at least once a month from now on.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Happy Reading and Writing!</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Linda</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.lindalaroque.com">www.lindalaroque.com</a></span></div><div><br /></div>Linda LaRoquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672522522233696282noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456337395840098707.post-8971456639697215342018-09-24T20:37:00.000-05:002018-09-24T20:37:29.302-05:00Wild Deadwood Reads<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I hope if you're in the neighborhood you'll join this large group of authors for a rollicking good old west good time.<br />
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When I wrote <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://amzn.to/1C2AkSR" target="_blank">When the Ocotillo Bloom</a></i>, I fell in love with Lynn's daughter, Abby, and the Texas highway patrolman, Roark Espinoza, and knew they had to have their own story. But, I didn't know they'd end up together. So here it is—<b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2zKf8wz" target="_blank">The Art Appraiser and the Lawman.</a></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Abby Devry hugged the wall like a freshman at a high school dance. Oh well, this evening wasn't about her. It was to celebrate her mother's marriage. She leaned against the open barn door and watched as her mother, Lynn Devry, and her groom, Seth Williams, snuck out through one of the side doors. A grin tickled her lips, and she released a laugh at the happiness emanating from the couple. Both divorced, they'd waited a long time to find someone to complete their lives. Now, Abby not only had a stepfather, but three stepbrothers as well, one who was her current boyfriend.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">The dance floor, or she should say the barn floor, was filled with couples dancing, including her date, Brandon Williams. He'd danced the last two numbers with Riley Espinoza, his sweetheart from when they were teens. This one was a slow number, and from the clench they had on each other, the romance wasn't over. Abby turned and headed toward the corral. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">She stopped and turned at the deep baritone voice. With the light to his back she didn't at first recognize Roark Espinoza, Riley's brother. As he neared, the tall and handsome man with dark hair and skin, a reflection from his Mexican heritage, his deep blue eyes shone like diamonds in the waning light. And when he smiled showing off those beautiful white teeth, her stomach flipped.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Thanks for stopping by. I hope you'll pick up a copy of <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Art Appraiser and the Lawman. </i>And if you haven't read <b><i>When the </i></b></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Ocotillo Bloom, </span>grab a copy of it also.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">"Aileen Lynch is devastated the day her mother dies of cancer. When the last will and testament is read, dark family secrets are revealed. Already stricken with grief, Aileen is shocked to learn of her father’s insurmountable gambling debts. Before she can be handed over in marriage to a sinister man her Da owes money to, Aileen flees Ireland for Boston, where she stays with the family of her Ma’s attorney. There she meets the handsome widower Dr. Samuel Walker, a visiting guest from Texas, who has lost his wife and baby in childbirth. He marries Aileen to get her out of the pickle she is in, and takes her to his home in west Texas. The town and culture is very different from Aileen’s Irish homeland, but she adapts beautifully. Once she meets Sam’s young son Tad, the two become fast friends. Da and his dastardly debtor eventually find Aileen and do the unthinkable in an attempt to destroy Sam and Aileen. </span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">With several surprises and some suspense, this is a well-written page-turner. There is the just right amount of angst as Sam fights his growing feelings for Aileen. It was refreshing to read the tastefully written, clean romance scenes. Would Sam and Aileen finally admit their love for each other? The author did a wonderful job with character development and description of life in the late 1800’s. A highly recommended five star read!"<br /> Layne Lancaste</span>r</h4>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.35pt;">Abby Devry, a Fort Worth art appraiser meets Roark Espinoza, a Texas State Trooper at a party on a ranch in West Texas. Attraction is instant, but Abby hasn't had much experience with men, and she's worried he'll be hurt on the job. Roark knows what he wants in a woman and is determined to marry Abby, but wounds from a past relationship haunt him.</span><br />
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<b>I've always loved vintage trailers. And though I'd like to own one, my husband is not as fond of them as I am. So, we ended up with a new class B RV. If you've read my earlier posts on RVing you know my opinion on the subject.</b><br />
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<b>My day dreaming led to this story about this pink travel trailer. I had a wonderful time writing it so hope you'll enjoy the story. Please let me know what you think.</b><br />
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<b><i>Saved by the Pink Flamingo will be available in ebook format only on February 6. </i>It is available for preorder now on Amazon. Here is the link </b><a href="http://amzn.to/2DQgpni">http://amzn.to/2DQgpni</a><br />
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important client, Meredith Baxter, the picture that someone anonymously sends
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clothes, and her dog, then hits the road—alone—in the old retro family travel
trailer, known as The Pink Flamingo. After years of devoting her attention to
her husband, her college-age twins, and her home, it’s time to see if she can
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Linda LaRoquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672522522233696282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456337395840098707.post-59650759270909849732017-10-13T11:18:00.000-05:002017-10-13T11:18:03.080-05:00Thank you Again!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu__Hq244MYtB6KotLUdqKkufBABx0JHgji23fqjIReV-K_PFdy2Yt42T_CQmurQQ9lJWk9VJYZ_W_GhyphenhyphenRLm6GacU6s11iYT18nJKeBHnIiTtGO1qkjmPYCrLX8tX7cpwAmJ2CYUIAE1J2/s1600/ATouchofTexasIrish_w11198_300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu__Hq244MYtB6KotLUdqKkufBABx0JHgji23fqjIReV-K_PFdy2Yt42T_CQmurQQ9lJWk9VJYZ_W_GhyphenhyphenRLm6GacU6s11iYT18nJKeBHnIiTtGO1qkjmPYCrLX8tX7cpwAmJ2CYUIAE1J2/s200/ATouchofTexasIrish_w11198_300.jpg" width="133" /></a><i style="font-weight: bold;">A Touch of Texas Irish </i>also won Book of the Month at InD'tale Creme Da La Cover Contest. It wouldn't have been possible without your votes. So again...Thank you!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fort
Stockton, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Pa,
Pa, please take me with you. I'll be good. I promise." Sam Walker managed
to reach the buckboard dragging his five-year-old son, wrapped around his leg,
along with each step. He tossed his travel bag into the back and reached down
to pick up his son.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tad's
arms locked around Sam's throat, choking him. The little tadpole was strong for
his age. Sam pried one arm loose and held it down so he could look him in the
eye. "Now, son, you know I can't. I have meetings to attend, and who'd
look after you during the day?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
boy pushed out his lower lip, dropped his head, but cast his beautiful blue
eyes up. They were so much like Jane's. Sam's heart wrenched every time Tad
swung them his way, especially when wanting something. "I'm big, Pa. I can
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sam
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allow it." He widened his eyes and feigned an expression of horror.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Well,
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his little boy alone all day."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tad released a heavy sigh and hung his head. "All
right. I sure don't want you to get in trouble."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sam
chucked him on the chin. "Anyway, I need time to find a surprise for you
in Boston. How could I shop with you underfoot?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tad's
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sam
swallowed his chuckle. "You are going to behave for Aunt Ruth,
right?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Yes,
sir. And I'll do my chores and take a bath, too."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sam
set him on his feet. "All right then. That settles it." He leaned
down and whispered in Tad's ear. "I think Aunt Ruth needs a surprise too.
Don't tell—."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Linda LaRoquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672522522233696282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456337395840098707.post-51556664550877731182017-09-11T19:46:00.001-05:002017-09-11T19:47:21.047-05:00Thank you all!Who voted for my cover in the contest. We won!!! And the prize is an one-quarter page ad in Indtel's Magazine. I'm thrilled. So again, thank you!<br />
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Linda LaRoquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672522522233696282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456337395840098707.post-8513592375628984232017-06-25T18:20:00.000-05:002017-06-25T18:20:53.374-05:00RVing Life—The Shower from Hell<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAv1P5MQ_1NsHxpzQpU0zfJfGAOGF_2vFO30c9v-wmtEAhF2px7aUJTSCYKhKUbDHEubHNmdMBsKMCQ6k0a_-2MJzJJtldQXE5dgb_o2hmGHvhPERclN5YJ80iBYEsssC8a0zPdneEDR7Z/s1600/20170322_085644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAv1P5MQ_1NsHxpzQpU0zfJfGAOGF_2vFO30c9v-wmtEAhF2px7aUJTSCYKhKUbDHEubHNmdMBsKMCQ6k0a_-2MJzJJtldQXE5dgb_o2hmGHvhPERclN5YJ80iBYEsssC8a0zPdneEDR7Z/s320/20170322_085644.jpg" width="180" /></a>Don't get me wrong. I love RVing but there are a few things I'd rather do at home. One is taking a shower. I guess in one of those big Class A buses, it would be fine, but in our little class B, it's a chore. First, there is barely enough room to turn around in the bathroom and adjusting the water with the sprayer head isn't the easiest of chores. But, when you're washing your hair and the gray water tank is full and backing up in the stall, you've got a problem.<br />
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So, I holler for Larry. With flashlight in hand he heads outside to empty the gray water. Meanwhile, I'm afraid to turn on the water, shampoo is running into my eyes and burning, and I don't have anything to wipe my eyes with. So, I grab the little hand towel and smear the soap over my face making matters worse. I am one unhappy camper. Finally the gray water is emptying from the shower floor, and I can resume my shower.<br />
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Lesson learned—never get in the shower without checking the gray water level first. Beings we're a small RV, our gray water holding tank is only 12-15 gallons.<br />
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FYI—we have three tanks—one for fresh water, one for gray water, and one for black water. Please note, the black doesn't mix with the gray. If it does, you've got real problems.<br />
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<li style="line-height: 20px;">Author: <a href="https://www.nightowlreviews.com/v5/Authors/Linda-Laroque" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;">Linda LaRoque</a></li>
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A death, a dreadful demand, and a deceptive departure took Aileen Lynch from her home in misty, green Ireland to the arid Fort Stockton area of Texas.</div>
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The reader is swept along with the emotional and physical turmoil of eighteen year old Aileen Lynch as she, with the help of the lawyer who controls her money, avoids marrying or being mistress to Brian MacAuley, the man her “Da” owes gambling debts to. She goes to America to stay with the lawyer’s relatives. Here she meets the widower Dr. Samuel Walker from Texas.</div>
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Her new life begins in what is to be a “marriage of convenience” to protect her and to give Walker’s young son Tad a mother. Good reading finding out how this works out. As Aileen works to win over Tad and to make a home that feels like it is hers, she has an adversary in Ruth, a relative of Samuel’s deceased wife, who had planned to be Samuel’s wife.</div>
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The gentle love story that threads its way through all the day to day activities is predictable but still a joy to read. The twists and turns of events and the shocking climax makes for “gotta finish this” kind of reading. There is a shocker that brackets the total story that stands out – if would be a spoiler if I told!</div>
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Linda La Roque’s smooth, straight-forward writing style is a pleasure to read. The research is thorough for the modes of travel in the late nineteenth century, for the attitudes of the people about the Irish, and many other details that make <em>A Touch of Texas Irish</em> seem real.</div>
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Linda LaRoquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672522522233696282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456337395840098707.post-91408262791982742802017-04-22T22:15:00.001-05:002017-04-22T22:18:54.732-05:00Back to RV-ing AgainWhen our children were younger, we bought a very small travel trailer and enjoyed it for several years. Once we had 5 people sleeping in it. The dinette made a great place to sit our son's port-a-crib, the gaucho folded out into a double bed and my mother and I slept there, and our daughter and her daddy slept on the fold down bed. It was tight but we managed. It had a closet for a port-a-potty and a small kitchen complete with oven.<br />
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After a few years, we graduated to a 21 foot trailer with a bathroom with tub, a kitchen, a booth, and two divans or as we called them gauchos, facing each other. A fold up table ran down between them and was nice to have company in. When we moved to Brownwood, we didn't have a place to park it so sold it. A few years later we bought a class C motor home with our neighbors and shared taking it out on trips.<br />
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Now, here we are in our 70s and the bug has bitten again, or I should say, it bit my husband. I know I'll enjoy it too, though. Our first night in it was spent at the dealership to learn all the ins and outs of our new Roadtrek Zion, a class B RV. It's a good thing we spent the night as there was so much to learn.<br />
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Here is our new baby.<br />
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The two gauchos will make down into 2 twin beds or a King size bed. A table fits about where I'm sitting. It has a nice size refrigerator and a tiny bathroom.<br />
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Though it's small, it has everything you need—heat, air, holding tanks, and it even has a generator under the hood.<br />
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To give you a little perspective on the size as compared to the class A motor homes, here we are sitting between a couple.<br />
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Laura Moreno is the winner of this beautiful bracelet. Congratulations, Laura!<br />
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Five additional winners won E-books of their choice from my book list. Congratulations, ladies!<br />
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My next book with the working title of <i>A Careless Flirtation </i>will be finished this summer. I'll be having another contest then.<br />
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Midnight tomorrow night is the deadline to enter. Email me at Linda@lindalaroque.com and put Enter Me in the subject line.<br />
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Or, use the form to the right of the page to sign up for my newsletter. It will also get you in the contest.<br />
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I won't be able to announce the winner until April 2nd as I'll be out of town.<br />
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Good luck!<br />
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LindaLinda LaRoquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672522522233696282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456337395840098707.post-84719687131840206832017-03-08T10:18:00.001-06:002017-03-08T21:34:06.096-06:00A TOUCH OF TEXAS IRISH is out! Visit me on GET LOST IN A BOOKHello Readers,<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioleN3L-VTxbQZtoQvyIeXll50fjFW-4cjIYoXviEk_nN_uU7HNjhe5zanC-n5H-fOkcgfnp8q-3IfxvFjo-Zcn0-4cCF7FLhPtqr-CJyArRdN0xWIX0dg2PmaTicZihOuPNW5_sfaHaYU/s1600/ATouchofTexasIrish_w11198_300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioleN3L-VTxbQZtoQvyIeXll50fjFW-4cjIYoXviEk_nN_uU7HNjhe5zanC-n5H-fOkcgfnp8q-3IfxvFjo-Zcn0-4cCF7FLhPtqr-CJyArRdN0xWIX0dg2PmaTicZihOuPNW5_sfaHaYU/s320/ATouchofTexasIrish_w11198_300.jpg" width="212" /></a>I'm thrilled to announce that <i style="font-weight: bold;">A Touch of Texas Irish </i>is now available in both print and ebook at <a href="http://bit.ly/2mj6bjv" target="_blank">The Wild Rose Pres</a>s (it's on sale for $2.50) and <a href="http://amzn.to/2l1OLXW" target="_blank">Amazon</a>.<br />
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Don't forget the contest for the James Avery bracelet. See previous blog posts for information.<br />
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Today I'm a guest on <b><a href="http://bit.ly/GetLostStories" target="_blank">Get Lost in a S</a>tory</b>. Hop on over. Aileen, my Irish heroine is answering the interview questions. Please join me where I'm giving away 5 digital copies of <b><i>When the Ocotillo Bloom.</i></b><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Heiress Aileen Lynch has just lost her
mother to cancer, but her spendthrift stepfather insists she must cancel his
gambling debts by marrying his disreputable associate. Fleeing Ireland with the
help of her mother’s lawyer, she lands in Boston to stay with friends and is
attracted to one of their visitors. Doctor Samuel Walker is in town to attend a
medical conference. When he meets the lovely young Irishwoman he is quite taken
with her and, at his colleague's entreaty, marries her and takes her home to
Texas with him to keep her safe. Sam rationalizes that he doesn’t need a wife
but he does need a mother for his son. While Aileen strives to earn Sam’s
affection, he vows never to risk Aileen’s safety or his heart—he’ll not father
a child and watch Aileen die in childbirth as his first wife did. And falling
in love is not in his plans.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thank you for stopping by. I hope you'll pick up a copy of <i style="font-weight: bold;">A Touch of Texas Irish</i> and I'll be extremely grateful if you'd leave a an honest review when you finish.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many thanks,</span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span>
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Linda</span><br />
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Linda LaRoquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672522522233696282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456337395840098707.post-37697631545760408902017-03-02T17:41:00.000-06:002017-03-02T17:42:33.287-06:00Contest in Full Swing for a James Avery Charm Bracelet and Charm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Deadline for entering is Friday, March 31, 2017. Winner must live in the US or Canada. If you live across the pond and win, you'll receive a bundle of five ebooks including <b><i>A Touch of Texas Irish.</i></b><br />
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Grand prize is the charm bracelet. Secondary prizes are digital copies of <i style="font-weight: bold;">A Touch of Texas Irish </i>to 5 additional winners<i style="font-weight: bold;">.</i><br />
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To enter, sign up for my newsletter (see form to right) OR email me linda@lindalaroque.com and ask to be enrolled/entered.<br />
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IF you already receive my newsletter, email me and ask to be entered in the contest, and I'll add you straight away.<br />
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I'm thrilled with this new book and hope readers like it as much as I enjoyed writing it. An Irish lass, fresh off the boat from Ireland, in far west Texas married to a retired military doctor determined to not love again.<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b>Here's a short excerpt:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">"Tad,
would you like to give the blessing this morning?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">"Do
I hav-ta?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">"Yes,
son, you do."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">He
folded his hands on the table and squeezed his eyes tight. "<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Thanks for Rosa's good cooking, Lord, and
for my Pa and Aunt Ruth and...Aileen."</i> He forced one eyelid up,
stabbed Aileen with his stare, and expelled a deep sigh. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">"I don't want no step-mother...but since I gots one, I'll try to
be nice. Please watch over my Ma and baby sister up there in heaven. And if you
gots time, please send me a dog. Amen."<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">"Amen."
Sam's rumbling voice drowned out the two women's. "That was very nice,
Tad." His voice was steady, but he held in his laughter. "You're
wanting a dog, huh?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Tad
wiped the milk mustache from his face with the sleeve of his shirt. "Yes,
sir, Pa. I'm big enough to take care of one."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">"Hmm,
I'll give it some thought, " he said. "Aileen, your china looks right
at home there on the sideboard."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">"Ach,
yes. I'm so pleased with it, I could bust."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "times new roman";"><b><i><a href="http://amzn.to/2l1OLXW" target="_blank">A Touch of Texas Irish</a></i> will be available on March 8, 2017. It is available for pre-order now. I hope you'll pick up a copy and leave me a short review when you finish. Your opinion means a great deal.</b></span></div>
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<br />Linda LaRoquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672522522233696282noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456337395840098707.post-73070785803977781652017-02-12T20:02:00.000-06:002017-02-12T20:02:17.528-06:00A New Western Historical Anthology—Journey of the HeartI'm pleased to share my new release, <i style="font-weight: bold;">Journey of the Heart, </i>an anthology with seven other authors—<a aria-controls="js_6hx" aria-describedby="js_6hy" aria-haspopup="true" class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100001669399856" href="https://www.facebook.com/JacquiNelsonAuthor" id="js_6hz" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">Jacqui Nelson</a>,<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1496756897" href="https://www.facebook.com/annecarrole" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">Anne Carrole</a>,<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000557389756" href="https://www.facebook.com/stacey.coverstone" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">Stacey Marvin Coverstone</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1107264144" href="https://www.facebook.com/debora.dennis" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">Debora Dennis</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1579012985" href="https://www.facebook.com/TanyaHanson" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">Tanya Hanson</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1094493143" href="https://www.facebook.com/linda.laroque" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">Linda Smith LaRoque</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, Melissa Lynne Blue & Karen J. Hasley.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">From the Texas plains to the Canadian
wilderness, up Missouri’s Big Muddy to Montana Territory, and from the
California mountains to Colorado’s cattle country... JOURNEY OF THE HEART is a
collection of eight sigh-worthy romances, all revolving around modes of
transportation in the Old West. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Award-winning and best-selling
authors Melissa Lynne Blue, Anne Carrole, Stacey Coverstone, Debora Dennis,
Tanya Hanson, Karen J. Hasley, Linda LaRoque, and Jacqui Nelson invite you to
travel along on romantic adventures that will have you falling in love with the
gamblers, marshals, ranchers, doctors, riverboat captains, rangers,
preachermen, and warriors of the Wild West. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Whether on a paddleboat or train,
stagecoach or horse, buggy or bicycle, the journey to love for these rugged men
and their feisty, independent ladies will delight fans of historical western
romance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oddly
enough, Ma wasn't worried about Quixie's safety going off alone on this trip.
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A Touch of Texas Irish is now available for preorder. You can reserve a copy at<br />
<a href="http://catalog.thewildrosepress.com/paperback-books/4957-a-touch-of-texas-irish-paperback.html">The Wild Rose Press</a> and<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Touch-Texas-Irish-Linda-LaRoque-ebook/dp/B01N5PCPLT/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1486699341&sr=8-9&keywords=Linda+LaRoque">Amazon</a><br />
Release date is March 8th.<br />
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The contest officially begins <b>Tuesday, February 14th</b>—Valentine's Day, <b>but I'll accept entries early, so spread the wor</b>d. To enter, locate the form at the right to sign up for my quarterly newsletter and enter your details. The form is also on my website page at<a href="http://www.lindalaroque.com/" target="_blank"> Linda LaRoque's Musings.</a> Be sure to use a valid email address as I'll be sending a test newsletter to make sure your server will not time out and reject it.<br />
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The contest ends <b>Friday, March 31st</b>. One winner in the US will receive a James Avery charm bracelet with a clover heart charm. If someone outside the US wins, they'll receive an E copy of A <i><b>Touch of Texas Irish</b></i> and several other titles, and I'll keep drawing until we have a winner for the bracelet.<br />
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Thank you for reading my blog!<br />
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Linda<br />
www.lindalaroque.com<br />
<br />Linda LaRoquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672522522233696282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456337395840098707.post-27148844841189844922017-01-25T21:44:00.000-06:002017-01-25T22:27:48.416-06:00Contest for A Touch of Texas Irish—James Avery prize<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A Touch of Texas Irish will be released on March 8, 2017. The ebook is available for preorder now on Amazon.<br />
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Details on how to win this beautiful bracelet and shamrock hearts charm will be posted soon.<br />
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I'll also be giving away 5 E-books.<br />
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Please watch my blog for details.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Heiress Aileen Lynch has just lost her mother to cancer, but her spendthrift stepfather insists she must cancel his gambling debts by marrying his disreputable associate. Fleeing Ireland with the help of her mother’s lawyer, she lands in Boston to stay with friends and is attracted to one of their visitors.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Doctor Samuel Walker is in town to attend a medical conference. When he meets the lovely young Irishwoman he is quite taken with her and, at his colleague's entreaty, marries her and takes her home to Texas with him to keep her safe. Sam rationalizes that he doesn’t need a wife but he does need a mother for his son.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">While Aileen strives to earn Sam’s affection, he vows never to risk Aileen’s safety or his heart—he’ll not father a child and watch Aileen die in childbirth as his first wife did. And falling in love is not in his plans.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Linda</span><br />
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mother to cancer, but her spendthrift stepfather insists she must cancel his
gambling debts by marrying his disreputable associate. Fleeing Ireland with the
help of her mother’s lawyer, she lands in Boston to stay with friends and is
attracted to one of their visitors. Doctor Samuel Walker is in town to attend a
medical conference. When he meets the lovely young Irishwoman he is quite taken
with her and, at his colleague's entreaty, marries her and takes her home to
Texas with him to keep her safe. Sam rationalizes that he doesn’t need a wife
but he does need a mother for his son. While Aileen strives to earn Sam’s
affection, he vows never to risk Aileen’s safety or his heart—he’ll not father
a child and watch Aileen die in childbirth as his first wife did. And falling
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This song came out in July of 1952. Written and sung by 13 year-old Jimmy Boyd.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The song is special to me as I remember hearing it on the radio as we traveled during the holiday season to Canada for Daddy's next Air Force assignment. I worried about my own mother kissing Santa Clause as at the time still believed in Santa Clause. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Frozen in ice for seventy-five years, Zana Forrester suffers the agony of rebirth to learn her son is dead, and her daughter's whereabouts is unknown. The year is 2155. A man's soothing voice and gray eyes haunt her drug induced dreams. When she recovers, she meets their owner and finds her heart in danger. But, a relationship isn’t a consideration; she must find her daughter. Brock Callahan is drawn to the beautiful woman taken aboard his salvage ship. He's determined she'll be his wife and a mother to his young daughter, but he vows not to love her. All the women he’s loved died. While Zana searches for her daughter, Brock must protect Zana from the evil that threatens.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I hope you'll pick up a copy. If you do, please leave me a review, even if you didn't like it and please tell me why. I'm trying to decide if I should write Shelia's story. If you have any thoughts on the subject, et me know.</span><br />
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I'll be participating in this event Monday the 14th. If you're in the area, I hope you'll stop by and say hello. Twenty different authors will be participating so there will be a wide variety of books.<br />
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Happy Reading and Writing!<br />
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A
Haunted House in the Suburbs<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>When
I think about haunted houses, my mind conjures up old, dark, abandoned
dwellings in poor condition or ancient castles and mansions with ugly gargoyles
keeping out intruders. Not single story ranch style homes with cement
foundations that sit on paved streets not more than fifteen feet from the house
next door. Now, it’s my understanding that when a realtor sells a property,
they must inform the prospective buyers if a death has occurred in the
residence, and if it was natural or violent. When we bought the house in Fort
Worth in 1972, we received no such news, so, of course our modest abode, in a
clean, neat neighborhood wasn’t a candidate for ghost activity.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I
must admit that one night I heard what sounded like someone fighting for their
life. My husband liked to watch TV while lying on the sofa, and invariably he’d
fall asleep. Our bedroom was right off the den, the TV sat just outside our
doorway. Usually, the noise didn’t bother me, or even wake me. But on this
particular night, the horrible, loud sounds of choking, gurgling, and screams
had me springing from the bed in fright. <o:p></o:p></div>
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My first thought
was a heart attack, but the yells of terror nixed that. The only thing that
registered in my brain was an intruder was attacking my husband. <o:p></o:p></div>
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My soul mate slept
peacefully, but the woman on the TV screen being sucked dry by a vampire
wasn’t. I hit the knob on the tube to turn it off. In that day and time, we
didn’t have remote controls. Switching channels required getting up to turn the
dial, a major pain. Being a portable set sitting on a flimsy stand, it rocked
from the blow.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Furious,
I left him snoring serenely and went back to bed. Beating my pillow into
submission, I mumbled a few unkind words to let off steam. My heart rate hadn’t
slowed yet, so I took several deep breaths. I might not have been so frightened
if we’d not had several break-ins in the neighborhood in the past few months.
TV’s, jewelry, and other easy to carry items had disappeared, but the
burglaries occurred during the day when everyone was at work. No one had been
hurt, but there was always a first time. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Before I get to my
story about my haunting experience, first let me say, if there is a foreign
sound in the house I will hear it and wake up. I don’t know if it’s a mother
thing, ESP, or what. One night I awoke and heard a faint noise I couldn’t
identify. I rose and walked all over the house trying to find the source. At
first I thought it was water running in one of the toilets, but neither were
the problem. It was the water heater. A hole had formed in the bottom allowing
water to leak onto the raised platform on which it sat. The slow drip, drip,
drip is what woke me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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For once my
husband didn’t complain about being woken in the night about some noise. In
fact, he was grateful. “If you hadn’t heard that slow drip, we’d have a mess to
clean up in the morning.” He turned off the gas flame, and with a hose, drained
the tank.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On another
occasion, around two a.m., something woke me. I don’t have a clue what it was,
if I’d heard some sound or what. I lay there awhile, still and afraid, listening
for the noise to be repeated so I could hone it on what had nudged me from
slumber. My heart thundered in my chest as I waited. When I didn’t hear
anything, I opened my eyes. You’re probably wondering why I hadn’t opened my
eyes sooner. If someone was in the house, I didn’t want them to know I was
awake. Hearing nothing, I opened my eyes. A man stood in front of the TV just
outside our bedroom door staring inside. His body was positioned partially toward
us, but his head was turned, looking in our bedroom. I could see fairly well as
he stood in the glow of the nightlight we leave on for the kids. He wasn’t
moving, so I figured I was dreaming. Fear churning in my belly, I continued to
gape, taking in his clothes and posture. Of less than medium height for a man,
stocky, or maybe the loose clothes he wore made him appear so. About five feet,
five inches tall, he wore olive green or khaki pants and a matching jacket that
hit him about mid thigh. I know it was a jacket because the hem didn’t curve
and I could see that it hung open. His hat was the same color as his clothes,
one of those cloth types with a brim turned slightly down, almost like a
fishing hat but the brim was wider. Though the light wasn’t bright, I could see
enough to make me believe the man was neat and clean.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He remained
unmoving and didn’t make a sound. If he was a thief, he’d be quietly gathering
loot – a murderer, there would be a weapon of some kind. This had to be a
dream. To test my theory, I thought, if I sit up and it’s just a nightmare,
I’ll awaken. I sat up in the bed and waited. He bent slightly at the waist and
cocked his head in my direction. My mouth was open, a scream gathering in my
throat, when his image broke apart and began pulling away. The same way
cigarette smoke dissipates if fluttered by a slight breeze.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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I glanced at my
sleeping husband trying to make up my mind whether to wake him or not. Deciding
no, I got up, tiptoed to the door, and peered around the corner. Nothing. I
pulled back quickly, and holding my breath, took another fast peek. No one. I
released the air in my lungs and leaned against the door frame to steady my
shaky legs. Like most mothers, I couldn’t go back to bed until I’d checked on
my children, every door, and window in the house. Everything was locked down
for the night as it should be. <o:p></o:p></div>
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For a long time, I
lay still in the bed staring at the ceiling, afraid to go back to sleep. Was it
possible to be so deep in slumber that you could envision something thinking it
real? I don’t think so. As a child, I walked in my sleep on occasion. But in
those situations, I interacted with my environment. The minute I woke, I knew
I’d been asleep. And felt pretty darn stupid afterwards. Especially the time I
walked into my brother’s room and started beating on him.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Whatever I’d seen
was totally different. I’d swear he was real, and his head and body did move. I
didn’t have a sense of waking, I was already awake. In my mind, I know I saw a
ghost. Where this ghost came from or why he was there, I don’t have a clue. If
ghosts have temperaments, I’d say this ghost was kind and good. At no time did
I feel threatened. Scared yes, but not so much by him as by the fact that I’d
seen him period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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The next morning,
I told my husband about our visitor. Being the analytical person he is, he
scoffed at the idea of my seeing a ghost. His answer was I’d been dreaming,
again. I do have vivid nightmares, ones in living color. If only I could
remember them, I’d have tons of ideas for story plots. On occasion I can
remember parts of them and make notes for future reference. But, make no
mistake, on this occasion, I was awake. I know the difference between a dream
and an apparition, ghost, whatever, standing at my door and making eye contact.
I’d been haunted – well, not really haunted since I only saw him once.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Over the next few
months, I thought of who this individual might be. Across the street and down a
steep hill from our house was a railroad track and trains come through
regularly. Is it possible he was once a hobo who jumped off the train and fell
to his death? Or starved to death, or had been murdered? It didn’t sound
likely. He was too clean to be a homeless man. There were numerous
possibilities.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Our housing
addition sits on soap stone. Until we moved there, I’d never heard of its
existence. But when it gets wet, it is slick. As a result, rain washed away
parts of the cliff across the street. Back yards slid down the hill, and two
vacant lots remained empty where houses had once been. Is it possible that
while the streets had been laid out, dirt moved, piled up to form barriers that
the land had shifted burying one of the workers? That was a terrible thought.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When I decided to
write this story, a fact that puzzled me was the hat the man wore. It was not
one I’d seen before. I discussed it with several people and received different
answers. I searched the Internet and looked for pictures. Frustrated, I shared
my dilemma with my husband. He responded, “It sounds like a jungle hat to me, a
Boonie or Daisy Mae.” And sure enough, it was, but not camouflage like the
modern ones. After more searching, I found the hat in WWII Army gear – a
fatigue Boonie hat to match the jungle fatigues worn in the Pacific.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was then I
realized what he’d worn was a uniform, one when fatigues were standard Army
issue, not the camouflage type worn today. Of course, workmen often wore
khakis, but I doubt they’d have worn a jacket like my visitor. After further
thought, I believe his jacket was a field jacket because my husband still has the
one he wore while in the Army in the late 1960’s hanging in his closet.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Our house was
built in the early 1960’s, after the Korean War but before Vietnam. Is it
possible the people who lived there before us lost a loved one and he’d come
seeking them? Or was it someone we had known? It’s possible the ghost didn’t
come to see anyone, but something in the house, an item he was attached to. As
far as actual antiques, I didn’t have any in the house, but I did have some
collectibles and garage sale items.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When our children
were small, there were times when they’d wake in the night claiming, “Someone was
in my room.” After a thorough search, we found nothing so chalked it up as a
dream or moonlight shining through the curtains and highlighting objects on the
wall. As for me, I never saw him again.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the early
1980’s we moved to another town and friends bought the house. When I decided to
write this story, I called to see if they’d had any unusual experiences while
living there. She asked what kind of oddities I had in mind. I have to give her
credit, she didn’t laugh when I said – a ghost. “No, I haven’t and as far as I
know, none of the others have either, or if they did, they didn’t mention it to
me. But I’ll ask them.” Darn, I was disappointed. I needed some backup,
verification that what I’d seen was real.<o:p></o:p></div>
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One afternoon my
son, now grown, came over and helped me with some work on my computer. I
explained what I was writing and asked him if he’d seen anything unusual, like
a ghost when we lived in Fort Worth. Many young men would’ve burst out
laughing, but not my son. He’s more like me in his thinking, and doesn’t
automatically deny the possibility of unusual happenings. His answer was, no,
not in that house, but he and his sister both had seen something in our new
home. He continued. “We talked about feeling spooked, and we both saw the exact
same thing. Sometimes at night, when we first turned on the light in our
bedroom, we’d see the dark shadow of a man. The vision only lasted a second.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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When I described
what I’d seen that night, he snapped his fingers, pointed at me, and said,
“That’s the kind of hat our shadow wore.” The End<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I hope your fall is filled with happy times with family and friends—football games, hot apple cider, nippy walks in the evening, and a good book before a comforting fire.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;">Happy Reading and Writing!</span><br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"><a href="http://www.lindalaroque.com/" target="_blank">Linda</a></span></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Linda LaRoquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16672522522233696282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456337395840098707.post-4405994668552301172016-10-06T19:27:00.000-05:002016-10-06T19:27:37.691-05:00Investment of the Heart—a blurb and excerpt.This novel, <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2dzScAl" target="_blank">Investment o the Heart</a></i>, was first published back in 2008. It's just now been re-released with a few minor changes and a new cover. Thank you Diana Carlile of Designs by Diana.<br />
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Widow Hallie Barron wants her daughter happily married to
the young rancher she loves. When Simon Cole enters Hallie's life she's
reminded she's a woman with needs and desires. She yearns for a love like the
one she had, but fears risking her heart.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rancher Simon Cole doesn't feel that city women belong on a
ranch. He's set to prove his nephew's fiancée is a mistake. Yet when he meets
her mother, he finds himself wishing there was a place for Hallie in his life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On a ranch in the Hill Country of Texas, love is recognized,
lost, and found.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Draining
his first beer, he scanned the gaudy room, taking in the familiar dark red,
flocked wallpaper, white tablecloths, and heavy gold drapes pulled back with
black tassels. The red velvet swing suspended from the stage was empty. He
grinned. Damned if the place wasn’t decked out like an old west bordello, an
expensive one. The <i>décor</i> notwithstanding, they served superb steaks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
ordered another beer and glanced around the room. His gaze stopped at the
attractive blonde sitting two tables away. Dressed in a wrinkled type skirt and
a silky close-fitting knit top, she sat with her chin propped on her right
hand. With her left, she drummed trimmed bare fingernails on the white linen
tablecloth that ended almost at her lap. She sipped her iced tea as she
surveyed the room, her attention returning to the <i>maître d’</i> near the
entrance as if expecting him to walk someone to her table.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Yeah,
yeah, I know how you feel, honey. It’s hell waiting on someone when you’ve
better things to do.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hell.
He had business in town this afternoon. If the woman didn’t hurry up, he’d end
up stuck in the city instead of returning to the ranch near Granite Springs.
Not a pleasant prospect since he hated the beds in motels. He could call his
cousin, Jo Beth. She’d be glad to see him, but her matchmaking was an
aggravation he didn’t want to deal with tonight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A
flash of color jerked his attention back to the nearby table. The woman
swiveled, swinging her arm over the back of the chair, pulling her silky top
tight across lush curves. He caught his breath and almost choked on a mouthful
of beer. Jaw length blond hair teased her cheek. Straight white teeth worried
her rosy bottom lip. Oh, man. What a fine looking woman. Scanning the area behind
her, she appeared to check the people at each table before moving on to the
next. When she turned back around, her gaze locked on his.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
pretty blonde blinked as he studied her. Heat flushed her face. She didn’t back
down, and inspected him in return. His eyes crinkled with mischief, and his
shoulders shook as he gave in to silent laughter. He held his beer bottle with
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watched as she picked up the napkin she’d dropped when she’d turned. For a
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<o:p>If you enjoyed this excerpt, I hope you'll pick up at an copy at <a href="http://amzn.to/2dzScAl" target="_blank">Amazon</a>. Print will be out soon.</o:p></div>
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<o:p>Thanks for Reading and Writing!</o:p></div>
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<o:p><a href="http://www.lindalaroque.com/" target="_blank">Linda</a></o:p></div>
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