Wednesday, April 5, 2017

The Middle of my Bridge by Debbie Zello



The Middle of my Bridge
By: Debbie Zello

I am a big fan of Debbie, I have read several of her books, and found that her writing is a very unique style that makes me feel like I am right there, and I fall into a trance while reading her writing, and I cannot put her books down until I am done. She makes you need to find out what is going to happen next, and worry about the characters while you are away from the book, that is how involved you will feel. Least wise, that is how it is with me. She describes everything around the characters, so much so that you can even smell the flower and the fresh air around them.
Now let me share with you my insight of “The Middle of My Bridge.”
As I began reading, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I knew I wanted to know more because of who wrote this book. 
And then right from the start we meet Grace Lillith Watts, who is on the top bestselling romance authors around. This woman is someone who loves to immerse herself in her stories.
From the beginning, Grace tells you how she was led into writing. A story that will stick with you and hit in you in the gut at the same time. You see, Grace was judged by her own Mother’s tell all life with men, and had to make a name for herself much different from the labeled name that her mother had given her by example.
Therefore, Grace decided to immerse herself into creative writing, and the world around her. At least this way, she could get to see the world, and put the people she met into her books, making her books seem more realistic. 
However, compliments of Grace’s past, she finds herself unable to move forward and change her love life to something that she wants and dreams it to be. 

Setting off to Connecticut, in a small town, which housed a Revolutionary spirit so strong, that General Rochambeau lodged there on his march to meet General Washington in New York. This is where Grace meets the general’s great grandson, Etienne Rochambeau. Grace learns here, that she can take a journey across the bridge. Love always finds a way in, when it is meant to be.
 
(This tiny bridge is legitimately in Connecticut)
This book will lead you down a path of romance, and visions of traveling that will surely enlighten you as you read. As I stated before, there is no better writer then Debbie, who can make you see and feel what it is that you are reading while you are reading it. This is justifiably a five-star read, and you will be quite happy that you read it once you have completed it. It will leave you happy in the end, because romance wins, and this is what we all need! A truly amazing read from a truly amazing writer!
My questions for Debbie:
1. What made you decide to write this book and how long did it take you to write?
Bridges was a very easy story to tell. It's partly my family's tale. General Rochambeau and his French Army, spent the night at my 10th great grandfathers farm, on his march to meet General Washington in New York. The house still stands where he spent the night. 
The story only took a few weeks to write. Grace was a fast talker.

2. Do you have photos or description of Grace and this bridge?
Grace is a lovely woman but not stunning. She's average height and slim. It's her smile and personality that men are attracted to. 
The bridge is in Graces mind. It's her past, present and link to her future. She can't leave the side of her past to get to her future. 


3. Do you ever put yourself into any of your characters? 
Nearly every female character has a bit of me in her. It might be her appearance or her personality or even her likes and dislikes. 


4. What are you working on now?
I have several stories that I'm working on. With so many characters talking, I'm starting and stopping, then going back. 
The sequel of Why We Don't Die in Dreams, Mercy, just went to the editor. It will be out sometime in April or May. 


5. What are your hobbies?
I still love to read. I adore traveling. Free time is the problem. 


6. Have you ever shared a photo of yourself with your readers and fans, or has it always been those sexy lips?
I have never posted my picture anywhere. My first book was titled The Kiss Me Chronicles. I adopted lips as my picture then. I think it adds some mystery and keeps me somewhat private. This is my real name.  


7. How long have you been writing and what gives you the desire to write?
I began writing my dreams down in 2012. My first book was published in 2014. The desire to write comes from the comments and reviews from people such as yourself. 


8. Have you ever had writers block and whether or not you have had, what do you suggest for those who get it?
I had never experienced it until late last year. All of my characters stopped talking at the same time. When it happens, I go back to reading others books. Sooner or later, they start up again. 


9. What is your favorite book of all times?
I have several. Gone With The Wind, Gabriel's Inferno trilogy, The Bronte Sisters everything! 


10. Please share with us your social media and book links::
Debbie Zello Book list and links 

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#DebbieZello has a book for everyone! There are historic romances to witch hunts waiting for you to grab them and enjoy and remember it’s always nice to leave a review. Like her page to stay up to date on her and she has a mini story there too.  

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WHY WE DON'T DIE IN DREAMS

With his personal life in turmoil and dreams shortening his sleep, he struggles to keep his world in operating order. He distracts himself by having an encounter with a frequent lover. Then fate steps in when a woman is found naked and dead, in a dumpster.

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ROMANCING BROADWAY 

Romancing Broadway is filled with strong women, romantic men, travel and humor. If you enjoy reading those things, you will find them in this book. Romancing Broadway has a duel ending. You will have the opportunity to pick for yourself as both are in the book.

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THE MIDDLE OF MY BRIDGE

Bestselling romance author, Grace Lilith Watts, is caught in the middle, between her past and future. Unable to move forward and powerless to change what was, she goes from lover to lover.

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SHADOWS OF HIM

Shadows of Him takes the love story of Alexzander Blackburn and Aisling Coutier from the present into the past. Zan, as he calls himself, is bewitched by a Salem sorcerer, and forced to travel through time.

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ELIZABET...UNDER THE BACK STAIRCASE

Elizabet learned early on in her life, to know her place in her world. As an illegitimate child of the wealthy owner of the house and his cook, she had to learn how to have one foot on the front stairs and one on the back.

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THE VISCOUNTS VICES: THE LOVE STORY OF BROOK AND WILLIAM

Brook is a flight attendant and William is a professional photographer when they meet. With fun and interesting circumstances, they fall in love. For Williams Love is told through Brook's eyes and takes their romance through their courtship to meeting William's family in England.

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RAISING REN AND COWBOYS: THE SEQUEL TO WILLIAM AND BROOKS LOVE STORY

Raising Ren is the sequel to The Viscount's Vices. The story begins with the childhood of Allison and her twin Amy. With the death of their parents, the two girls are separated, with Allison going to England to live with her maternal aunt

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LOVES LABYRINTHINE: FIVE SHORT STORIES ABOUT LOVES TWIST AND TURNS 

In Love’s Labyrinthine, author Debbie Zello presents a collection of stories that explore the theme of love from many angles and situations.

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THE KISS ME CHRONICLES: FOUR SHORT STORIES ABOUT FALLING IN LOVE

Exploring the excitement of budding relationships and the wonder of falling in love, author Debbie Zello presents four short stories of romance in The Kiss Me Chronicles.

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11. Anything else to add::
Thank you so much for your continued support of me and all the authors. Without readers and reviewers, we're nothing. 

The Middle of My BridgeThe Middle of My Bridge by Debbie Zello
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I am a big fan of Debbie, I have read several of her books, and found that her writing is a very unique style that makes me feel like I am right there, and I fall into a trance while reading her writing, and I cannot put her books down until I am done. She makes you need to find out what is going to happen next, and worry about the characters while you are away from the book, that is how involved you will feel. Least wise, that is how it is with me. She describes everything around the characters, so much so that you can even smell the flower and the fresh air around them.

Now let me share with you my insight of “The Middle of My Bridge.”

As I began reading, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I knew I wanted to know more because of who wrote this book.

And then right from the start we meet Grace Lillith Watts, who is on the top bestselling romance authors around. This woman is someone who loves to immerse herself in her stories.

From the beginning, Grace tells you how she was led into writing. A story that will stick with you and hit in you in the gut at the same time. You see, Grace was judged by her own Mother’s tell all life with men, and had to make a name for herself much different from the labeled name that her mother had given her by example.

Therefore, Grace decided to immerse herself into creative writing, and the world around her. At least this way, she could get to see the world, and put the people she met into her books, making her books seem more realistic.

However, compliments of Grace’s past, she finds herself unable to move forward and change her love life to something that she wants and dreams it to be.

Setting off to Connecticut, in a small town, which housed a Revolutionary spirit so strong, that General Rochambeau lodged there on his march to meet General Washington in New York. This is where Grace meets the general’s great grandson, Etienne Rochambeau. Grace learns here, that she can take a journey across the bridge. Love always finds a way in, when it is meant to be.

This book will lead you down a path of romance, and visions of traveling that will surely enlighten you as you read. As I stated before, there is no better writer then Debbie, who can make you see and feel what it is that you are reading while you are reading it. This is justifiably a five-star read, and you will be quite happy that you read it once you have completed it. It will leave you happy in the end, because romance wins, and this is what we all need! A truly amazing read from a truly amazing writer!


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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

A Desperate Journey By: Debra Parmley



A Desperate Journey

By: Debra Parmley

Sally Wheeler thought she had the perfect family and farm in Kansas. Here she was with her husband, son, daughter, and a farm that was failing. She was in love, and felt that nothing would or could ruin her perfect happy little family, not even their failing farm.

That is until Sally learned that the love of her life, Luke Wheeler is a bigamist and the way Luke decides to make his exit interview is by leaving with her Son, while in the meantime, abandoning her, and their daughter. And let us not forget, that their farm is failing, which means any chance of making money there is slim to none.

Now, as we all know, any woman in her right frame of mind, will go after the person who takes her child, whether he is the love of her life or not. 

So the heart broken Sally travels to Old Chisholm Trail into Texas with an old mule skinner and a sexy maverick who could change her mind about men, and let me tell you what, the sounds of this man, just might make you change your mind about men too. ::evil giggle:: 

The man she wants to help her, is Rob Truman, and he personally doesn’t like the Luke Wheeler in the first place, because of the fact that Luke put him behind bars for seven years, for a crime that he didn’t commit. Therefore, gladly Rob will see to it Sally gets exactly what she needs, and wants.

In the meantime, Sally and Rob cannot help but notice that sparks are starting to light up between the two of them. Sally keep trying to push her feelings away, after all, she does have a plan. Rob also had no intentions of romance, because the two of them had bad experiences in the past. Love is the farthest thing in either one of their minds. 

The thing is, in order to rescue Sally’s Son, once the bullets start flying, Rob and Sally, finally learn to work together in more ways than one. And rather than tell you everything, this is where I leave you hanging.

This book is a five-star story from the very beginning to the very end. I was on the edge of my seat worried and then wondering, and then worrying, and then in love, I just couldn’t keep up with my emotions through this story! And I loved every moment of it! It is a truly interesting book in so many ways!

Here are my questions for Debra:
1. What made you write this book and how long did it take?

A Desperate Journey was the first novel I wrote and it took me a whole year, because I’d only written poetry and short stories before. Back then, publishers were requiring romance novels be 100,000 words and that’s a big story. When attending the Ozark Creative Writers event in Eureka Springs AR, Dusty Richards, a western writer challenged each of us to write a first novel, make it a western and if it won his contest his agent would read the whole thing. Well I worked hard to write a western but everything I write turns into a romance no matter how it starts out. So I ended up with a western historical romance. By the next year I had a first draft done but he no longer had an agent. Still, he looked over the first chapters and gave advice. I went on to revise the story several times and will always be thankful to him for the challenge, which got me started on novels. I’ve written romance novels ever since.

2. What made you decide to do a kind of Wild West setting with a spin on evil?

I saw on the news where a man who was a bigamist with wives in more than one state got caught and I thought how much easier it would be to get away with that back in the wild west when no one had radios or televisions. You could move to a new town and start over telling them anything you wanted. Then I got an image of Sally arriving home to find her son had been stolen by her no good husband and the story took off from there. No one told me when I started writing the story that a married woman can’t fall in love with another man. I was breaking rules from the start. That her husband turns out to be a bigamist and the marriage isn’t legal is what allowed the publisher to look past that. When Rob arrives looking for Luke and for vengeance he has no intention of falling for the man’s wife. But true love I believe can pull a hero and heroine through anything. And A Desperate Journey puts them through many challenges.

3. Which character is your favorite?

I have a fondness for Ole Moss, the mule skinner. He kinda crept up on me and could have stolen the story if I’d let him. Sometimes my secondary story people surprise me that way.

4. Can you describe these characters or give us photos of them?

Sally has curly re-gold hair and blue eyes
Rob is tall with gray-blue eyes and dark brown hair
Ole Moss is a grouchy old mule skinner with a mustache and a soft heart. He’s a blend of several wonderful old men I have known.
Carolyn looks like her mama and is three.
Matthew is seven and had just lost a tooth before his father stole him and ran off to Texas.

5. How long have you been writing?

I’ve been writing since I was a little girl and would write poetry. My grandmother who raised me while mother worked said I made up sing song rhymes before I could write. When I was a small girl I’d imagine stories but never wrote them down. In college I wrote short stories and I still do. You can find a few of those out in ebook. I’ve been writing stories in my head since I was a young child.

6. What makes you desire to write?

When I write there’s a joy and I am happy. I go into another world of romance where true love always wins and bad guys do not get their way. With my poetry it’s for expression and that’s true for journaling as well. I can’t go for more than four days without writing before I start getting grumpy.

7. What are you working on now?

I’m working on a Kindle World Book! Montana Marine part of Elle James Brotherhood Protectors series and will be out June 8th! We’ll have a cover reveal party soon.


8. What is your favorite book of all time and why?

Oh that’s a hard one. The answer changes from year to year too. Stardust by Neil Gaiman is my current favorite. I love the star as heroine. A star come down to earth, I would love to meet her. Oh and I love fairy tales and folk tales. I still love to be read to, just like when I was a small girl. Audio books are nice for that, especially if the voice is nice.

9. Who designed the cover of your book?

Sheri McGathy does all my covers for Belo Dia Publishing. 
http://coverdesign.sherimcgathy.com/

10. Please provide for us your social media and book links:

Author Media Links:

Book buy links:
Print:

eBook:
Smashwords for libraries: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/632684

11. Anything to add:

Deneale, thank you for this interview and for reviewing A Desperate Journey. These were good questions and I enjoyed answering them. I have a brand new Goodreads Group for my Lamplighters Street Team and that is where I’ll be hosting events. I love to hear from my readers.


A Desperate JourneyA Desperate Journey by Debra Parmley
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Sally Wheeler thought she had the perfect family and farm in Kansas. Here she was with her husband, son, daughter, and a farm that was failing. She was in love, and felt that nothing would or could ruin her perfect happy little family, not even their failing farm.

That is until Sally learned that the love of her life, Luke Wheeler is a bigamist and the way Luke decides to make his exit interview is by leaving with her Son, while in the meantime, abandoning her, and their daughter. And let us not forget, that their farm is failing, which means any chance of making money there is slim to none.

Now, as we all know, any woman in her right frame of mind, will go after the person who takes her child, whether he is the love of her life or not.

So the heart broken Sally travels to Old Chisholm Trail into Texas with an old mule skinner and a sexy maverick who could change her mind about men, and let me tell you what, the sounds of this man, just might make you change your mind about men too. ::evil giggle::

The man she wants to help her, is Rob Truman, and he personally doesn’t like the Luke Wheeler in the first place, because of the fact that Luke put him behind bars for seven years, for a crime that he didn’t commit. Therefore, gladly Rob will see to it Sally gets exactly what she needs, and wants.

In the meantime, Sally and Rob cannot help but notice that sparks are starting to light up between the two of them. Sally keep trying to push her feelings away, after all, she does have a plan. Rob also had no intentions of romance, because the two of them had bad experiences in the past. Love is the farthest thing in either one of their minds.

The thing is, in order to rescue Sally’s Son, once the bullets start flying, Rob and Sally, finally learn to work together in more ways than one. And rather than tell you everything, this is where I leave you hanging.

This book is a five-star story from the very beginning to the very end. I was on the edge of my seat worried and then wondering, and then worrying, and then in love, I just couldn’t keep up with my emotions through this story! And I loved every moment of it! It is a truly interesting book in so many ways!



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