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 8^th! 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:

http://www.debraparmley.com/

Fan page: https://www.facebook.com/Debra-Parmley-19909053561/?ref=hl

https://www.facebook.com/debra.parmley

https://www.pinterest.com/debraparmley/

https://threadingtheweb.wordpress.com

Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/DebraParmley

Goodreads Lamplighters Street Team  https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/213745-debra-parmley-lamplighters

Book buy links:

Print:

Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/Desperate-Journey-Debra-Parmley/dp/0692531629/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1490061595&sr=8-5

Barnes & Noble print: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/desperate-journey-debra-parmley/1100401309?ean=9780692531624

eBook:

Kindle:  https://www.amazon.com/Desperate-Journey-Debra-Parmley-ebook/dp/B01GZ8LSYM/ref=sr_1_5_twi_kin_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490061595&sr=8-5&keywords=debra+parmley

Nook:  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/desperate-journey-debra-parmley/1100401309?ean=2940154186640

iBooks:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1208751435

Kobo:  https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-desperate-journey-5

245 symbols:  https://www.24symbols.com/book/x/x/x?id=2003279

inkterra: http://www.inktera.com/store/title/7abae752-5f40-4ab0-b7cb-80c78eed5e09

Scribd: https://www.scribd.com/book/340055855/A-Desperate-Journey

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 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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The Double Mint Twins by Sherry Robinson

The Double Mint Twins

By Sherry Robinson

When I first started reading and editing this book by Sherry, I couldn’t help but imagine the commercials for the wrigleys double mint gum. Which means, that yes, I expected twins, but I never expected anything like this!

These twins were identical in every way, they even finished one another’s sentences, and knew what one another were thinking before they even said it out loud. 

Carmen and Carla originally lived in California, where they had a group of friends that they ‘thought’ liked them. It isn’t until after the girls move away to Colorado because their father has taken a job there, that the girls take up a new career stance. Then during a break in School, they travel back to visit their friends, and learn just how much their friends are to see them return. 

Carmen and Carla aren’t the typical Senior in School. They arrive at their new school, and are immediately annoyed with the jock, and the head cheer leader. The students that were most popular, and pretty, and most liked. 

Carmen and Carla thought that those with the popularity, the looks, and the fame, were evil. They would lure them into rooms, closets, and odd places, and then sing to them rhymes that made no sense at all, all explaining why they were about to kill them. 

The part that is so striking, and shocking, is the fact that in the long run, the twins live, and are still alive to this day, in the meantime, the twin’s parents are dead. So, if you happen to see or hear of two identical twins in your area, always rhyming, and finishing one another’s sentences, then you know what is in store for you. I suggest you run like a bat out of hell, while you still can!

This is a five-star book, well worth the read. Your mind will blown in so many ways, that you will shocked far beyond your wildest dreams! This book would make for a great movie, and would be certain to leave you with nightmares! Be sure and grab a copy today, you’ll be glad that you did!

My questions for Sherry:

1.What made you decide to write this book and how long did it take you? This title came to me one day, so I decided to put a story to it, and once I started to write the plot unfolded.

2. Why did you let them get away with it and not let the cops eventually catch them? There is no fun in that if you let them get caught the plot would drop, and so would the storyline.

3. Where do you come up with these great story ideas? It just came to me out of the blue.

4. What are you working on now? I'm currently working on a book called "Whatever You Do Stay Alive".

5. What is your favorite book of all time? My favorite book so far that I have written is "Outbreak: A Government Experiment Gone Wrong".

6. When did you first start writing? I started writing in high school, but my first published work was in 2015.

7. What are your hobbies? My hobbies are crocheting, reading, traveling, and spending time with my grandchildren.

8. Who is your favorite character in this story? My favorite characters in this story are the twins.

9. Do any of your books give you nightmares? No, none of my books give me nightmares I love horror, and the gory the better.

10. Please provide for us your social media links and book links: https://www.facebook.com/sherryrobinsonmeettheauthor/

https://www.amazon.com/Doublemint-Twins-Twisted-Tale-Horror/dp/1537164856/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490109921&sr=8-1&keywords=the+doublemint+twins+by+sherry+robinson

11. Anything to add: As always, thank you for everything!

The Doublemint Twins: A Twisted Tale Of Horror by Sherry Robinson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

When I first started reading and editing this book by Sherry, I couldn’t help but imagine the commercials for the wrigleys double mint gum. Which means, that yes, I expected twins, but I never expected anything like this!

These twins were identical in every way, they even finished one another’s sentences, and knew what one another were thinking before they even said it out loud.

Carmen and Carla originally lived in California, where they had a group of friends that they ‘thought’ liked them. It isn’t until after the girls move away to Colorado because their father has taken a job there, that the girls take up a new career stance. Then during a break in School, they travel back to visit their friends, and learn just how much their friends are to see them return.

Carmen and Carla aren’t the typical Senior in School. They arrive at their new school, and are immediately annoyed with the jock, and the head cheer leader. The students that were most popular, and pretty, and most liked.

Carmen and Carla thought that those with the popularity, the looks, and the fame, were evil. They would lure them into rooms, closets, and odd places, and then sing to them rhymes that made no sense at all, all explaining why they were about to kill them.

The part that is so striking, and shocking, is the fact that in the long run, the twins live, and are still alive to this day, in the meantime, the twin’s parents are dead. So, if you happen to see or hear of two identical twins in your area, always rhyming, and finishing one another’s sentences, then you know what is in store for you. I suggest you run like a bat out of hell, while you still can!

This is a five-star book, well worth the read. Your mind will blown in so many ways, that you will shocked far beyond your wildest dreams! This book would make for a great movie, and would be certain to leave you with nightmares! Be sure and grab a copy today, you’ll be glad that you did!



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