tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293011592024-03-18T08:02:36.965-04:00Aaron Paul LazarA USA Today Bestselling author, this slightly out of place Renaissance man writes mysteries and more. Topics include writing, family, gardens, and more, often infused with a bit of gentle philosophy and always with a lust for life.Aaron Paul Lazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.comBlogger353125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29301159.post-81156917622252448472024-03-17T14:45:00.003-04:002024-03-18T08:02:35.603-04:00Spring is almost here - and free eBooks!<p> <strong style="font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">Welcome, dear friends and readers. </strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans", Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Spring is coming!</strong></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeQTY4zRtmK8fcJCjTMZZSbygX6fRTfn-C0JDnjvE-oIX-pEpCQpFLLG1WtGk0Ur1ESFzSMAewOkMCQyCZKMjJt_L76TzFrBK_VLbdFVe7V3IFUqemYb4CteadYZMmOdUYmHQVCwdRS3FYZjObPg_34YGd-TW-s3lyua-0q3G32Hk8dFGmIlQeExDgnOR/s4032/IMG_2276.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeQTY4zRtmK8fcJCjTMZZSbygX6fRTfn-C0JDnjvE-oIX-pEpCQpFLLG1WtGk0Ur1ESFzSMAewOkMCQyCZKMjJt_L76TzFrBK_VLbdFVe7V3IFUqemYb4CteadYZMmOdUYmHQVCwdRS3FYZjObPg_34YGd-TW-s3lyua-0q3G32Hk8dFGmIlQeExDgnOR/s320/IMG_2276.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />I saw my snowdrops happily nodding their pristine white heads the other day. And the purple crocus as coming up in their usual spots and in some surprising areas, where I guess the chipmunks moved them very steathily. Little rascals.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I love it. Spring makes my spirits soar, even in this time of huge adjustment.</span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">Free eBooks</span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today I'm going to share two FREE eBooks with you, Robert Sells' new romantic murder mystery,</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Affair-Murder-Robert-Sells-ebook/dp/B0CVV86C98/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2UDVTEADHV4BM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qHYPTxJWrq84XaaOFo7RJnt5k7bl09UHVcL4uT9EbW0DdIUR_UvKoTijFrWwGG-Tdail-u_iyc7LZBfiB5oVw1st08UyV3QUJr4CN8tz-lQ1PfmyNc7rDGunsiarRtifEYqp-14R4SfBU3CGUXN1rWGcmana-C1yglk6UQ7vNmAhDbY0qo9je0GQlD2RzmO2O3rOKt2gHdN8daDWFWhFbbGrWL64BPC1BXe063yMBoM.0VWjO_5wQTC-mRrIBtk84b1IC27LqZhRMqF2TdD4cWA&dib_tag=se&keywords=an+affair+with+murder&qid=1710173049&sprefix=an+affair+with+murder%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank"><i>An Affair with Murde</i>r</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">, and my first "Young Gus" mystery from the LeGarde Mystery series,</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><i style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tremolo-cry-loon-LeGarde-Mysteries/dp/1546594825" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tremolo: cry of the loon. </a></i></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Affair-Murder-Robert-Sells-ebook/dp/B0CVV86C98/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QK2H540EIZJW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ehfsjbhwQViducBgBzjQcdjq5GNUWrHYdhsjE2_M_CvqdZDhagvvCeuTs0JrFYXUi79zk2v95IWAnqrDSUMInqUyee7e0LMLqDJ42X2j8NLbRiLUXDSLpFu-up6wQKkf_o4satc6ID9VyQnp5k2kzUSlgB8D2LiAQXhr8LnDcfFE61HMtxUPizmepHkP5TXfRLsF6m-0quV1VusEZ28a1zNeQNjV7rkfju9Wy8kTjtY.EOInq8DCWYeXfgnqqc3hOdWGrC5adNmB2oa6y0UKouY&dib_tag=se&keywords=an+affair+with+murder&qid=1710688468&s=digital-text&sprefix=an+affair+with+murder%2Cdigital-text%2C155&sr=1-1" target="_blank">An Affair with Murder</a></b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rob Sells is an all-round great guy. One of the best I've ever known. Compassionate, giving, and more. Oh, and he can also write!!! So I took him on as a client ;o) <i>(Just for the record, I don't get any money for promoting clients' books that I love and believe in - I just want to share.) </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Affair-Murder-Robert-Sells-ebook/dp/B0CVV86C98/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2UDVTEADHV4BM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qHYPTxJWrq84XaaOFo7RJnt5k7bl09UHVcL4uT9EbW0DdIUR_UvKoTijFrWwGG-Tdail-u_iyc7LZBfiB5oVw1st08UyV3QUJr4CN8tz-lQ1PfmyNc7rDGunsiarRtifEYqp-14R4SfBU3CGUXN1rWGcmana-C1yglk6UQ7vNmAhDbY0qo9je0GQlD2RzmO2O3rOKt2gHdN8daDWFWhFbbGrWL64BPC1BXe063yMBoM.0VWjO_5wQTC-mRrIBtk84b1IC27LqZhRMqF2TdD4cWA&dib_tag=se&keywords=an+affair+with+murder&qid=1710173049&sprefix=an+affair+with+murder%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong></strong></a></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Affair-Murder-Robert-Sells-ebook/dp/B0CVV86C98/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QK2H540EIZJW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ehfsjbhwQViducBgBzjQcdjq5GNUWrHYdhsjE2_M_CvqdZDhagvvCeuTs0JrFYXUi79zk2v95IWAnqrDSUMInqUyee7e0LMLqDJ42X2j8NLbRiLUXDSLpFu-up6wQKkf_o4satc6ID9VyQnp5k2kzUSlgB8D2LiAQXhr8LnDcfFE61HMtxUPizmepHkP5TXfRLsF6m-0quV1VusEZ28a1zNeQNjV7rkfju9Wy8kTjtY.EOInq8DCWYeXfgnqqc3hOdWGrC5adNmB2oa6y0UKouY&dib_tag=se&keywords=an+affair+with+murder&qid=1710688468&s=digital-text&sprefix=an+affair+with+murder%2Cdigital-text%2C155&sr=1-1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1600" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WLvxXMNZkY8uIyzBpSP01-AQkQYRXiG44Nt8DpzrmtHnmbujjEMomOjgsrkcEun2EGK4nhKfB8Y12rTjYEuoCU5LLa4dx5Oaazq5LB1s-csRT2kbWgNYgIi0_BbsUfqmjxN902jWY4MQ0rHc5ohSbCZ8tyKnv6GiZUZCbf8zV9qnx-3WtOv9pOlUgLQe/w324-h518/eBook.jpg" width="324" /></a></strong></span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong><br />FREE 3/18 - 3/22/24.</strong> </span></i><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Affair-Murder-Robert-Sells-ebook/dp/B0CVV86C98/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2UDVTEADHV4BM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qHYPTxJWrq84XaaOFo7RJnt5k7bl09UHVcL4uT9EbW0DdIUR_UvKoTijFrWwGG-Tdail-u_iyc7LZBfiB5oVw1st08UyV3QUJr4CN8tz-lQ1PfmyNc7rDGunsiarRtifEYqp-14R4SfBU3CGUXN1rWGcmana-C1yglk6UQ7vNmAhDbY0qo9je0GQlD2RzmO2O3rOKt2gHdN8daDWFWhFbbGrWL64BPC1BXe063yMBoM.0VWjO_5wQTC-mRrIBtk84b1IC27LqZhRMqF2TdD4cWA&dib_tag=se&keywords=an+affair+with+murder&qid=1710173049&sprefix=an+affair+with+murder%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><i>An Affair with Murder</i></a><i> </i>is set in a small town and bristles with intrigue, suspense, and plot-twisting romance. The main character is a writer (who doesn't love that?), but past traumas haunt her. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">When a a formerly dormant serial killer starts stealing and murdering women, she wants to help, and reaches out to old friends on the police force. But she doesn't know who to trust, and has very good reasons to doubt each one.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's the official book blurb:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">***</p><p><strong><span style="font-family: verdana;">Devastated by the murder of her best friend after the prom, Rebecca has a nervous breakdown and flees her hometown. </span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Twelve years later, now a successful author, she struggles with agoraphobia. Her therapist insists she return home for closure. But when she arrives, she's horrified to find there’s been another grisly murder identical to the first one.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The three officers of the law handling the investigation are former friends of Rebecca and, coincidentally, love interests in high school. Knowing she is writing a murder-mystery, the three men agree to share their findings with her. Rebecca stumbles upon a note from the original homicide suggesting that the killer has be one of the three investigators. But which one? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not knowing who to trust, Rebecca decides to solve the case on her own. As she gets closer to uncovering the truth, it looks like she will be the next victim.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">***</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Affair-Murder-Robert-Sells-ebook/dp/B0CVV86C98/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QK2H540EIZJW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ehfsjbhwQViducBgBzjQcdjq5GNUWrHYdhsjE2_M_CvqdZDhagvvCeuTs0JrFYXUi79zk2v95IWAnqrDSUMInqUyee7e0LMLqDJ42X2j8NLbRiLUXDSLpFu-up6wQKkf_o4satc6ID9VyQnp5k2kzUSlgB8D2LiAQXhr8LnDcfFE61HMtxUPizmepHkP5TXfRLsF6m-0quV1VusEZ28a1zNeQNjV7rkfju9Wy8kTjtY.EOInq8DCWYeXfgnqqc3hOdWGrC5adNmB2oa6y0UKouY&dib_tag=se&keywords=an+affair+with+murder&qid=1710688468&s=digital-text&sprefix=an+affair+with+murder%2Cdigital-text%2C155&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Grab a copy of the free eBook this week<i>. </i></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>***</i></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">NEXT: One of my books will be free in parallel with Rob's book. </span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tremolo-loon-LeGarde-Mysteries-Book-ebook/dp/B0719F862X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=37YN7RA1S7QY9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.gmZdhKsHvqTCCrRPvHOVPg.oBp17eRVuVfq9VmdDZ_jWxRSNC2yqxwkLJp-fnmbv3M&dib_tag=se&keywords=tremolo%3A+cry+of+the+loon&qid=1710700581&sprefix=tremolo+cry+of+the+loon%2Caps%2C186&sr=8-1" target="_blank"><i>Tremolo: cry of the loon, </i>book one in the "Young Gus Mysteries."</a></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Affair-Murder-Robert-Sells-ebook/dp/B0CVV86C98/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2UDVTEADHV4BM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qHYPTxJWrq84XaaOFo7RJnt5k7bl09UHVcL4uT9EbW0DdIUR_UvKoTijFrWwGG-Tdail-u_iyc7LZBfiB5oVw1st08UyV3QUJr4CN8tz-lQ1PfmyNc7rDGunsiarRtifEYqp-14R4SfBU3CGUXN1rWGcmana-C1yglk6UQ7vNmAhDbY0qo9je0GQlD2RzmO2O3rOKt2gHdN8daDWFWhFbbGrWL64BPC1BXe063yMBoM.0VWjO_5wQTC-mRrIBtk84b1IC27LqZhRMqF2TdD4cWA&dib_tag=se&keywords=an+affair+with+murder&qid=1710173049&sprefix=an+affair+with+murder%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get your free eBook March 18th - 22nd. </a></strong> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tremolo-loon-LeGarde-Mysteries-Book-ebook/dp/B0719F862X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=37YN7RA1S7QY9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.gmZdhKsHvqTCCrRPvHOVPg.oBp17eRVuVfq9VmdDZ_jWxRSNC2yqxwkLJp-fnmbv3M&dib_tag=se&keywords=tremolo%3A+cry+of+the+loon&qid=1710700581&sprefix=tremolo+cry+of+the+loon%2Caps%2C186&sr=8-1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMxaFkd5SkYdEowGMVwllHRniRgr3QZ6jREDbWDkoHaL4j-KDJXjhz5w4AS2DCe3UonSieVRX5o7kfMeuqxNiVHg3V71R6oxovxY-YbnVYyVUG2cH-6HHa5j7NI5jj_EXPP9dqVcdaf_AllX9XAWbSn78UrqLbTj5rsIQnnHPn2ebJh1QSbLdpuZfsduyA/s320/A%20Gus%20LeGarde%20Mystery%20Poster.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">"As in other great literary works, the description of meals, pastimes and interests are a wonderful satisfying eavesdropping that takes this babyboomer back to a slower time. There is an innocence that is difficult to find in current living and yet these young people still were presented with the evils we all have in our lives today." - DC from Washington</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: verdana;">Summer, 1964: Beatlemania hits the States, and the world mourns the loss of JFK. </span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For eleven-year-old Gus LeGarde, the powerful events that rocked the nation serve as a backdrop for the most challenging summer of his life. After Gus and his best friends capsize their boat at his grandparents’ lakeside camp, they witness a drunk chasing a girl through the foggy Maine woods. She’s scared. She’s hurt. And she disappears. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The camp is thrown into turmoil as the frantic search for Sharon begins. Reports of stolen relics arise, including a church bell cast by Paul Revere. When Gus stumbles on a scepter that may be part of the spoils, he becomes a target for the evil lurking around the lake. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Will he find Sharon before the villain does? And how can Gus--armed only with a big heart, a motorboat, and a nosy beagle--survive the menacing attacks on his life?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qY5qPzJmMIzTp20fsuRG785nERMFiBQNRQ7c4BEQP8RQm1T9rMpZ6HGyFGlf4uxyuWWK2LXbodzqjyMLZIMqm4PKqXajkuD0aObVX27kgNGL6i_7C-pBbb9lf4SpBLbZB9ttYhqE3lIx6jPeSLHg5CDbzWH0PC9ufkDrHq-t7bJI6R3YtwH1CigMjFC-/s2768/Wee%20Castle.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="2768" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qY5qPzJmMIzTp20fsuRG785nERMFiBQNRQ7c4BEQP8RQm1T9rMpZ6HGyFGlf4uxyuWWK2LXbodzqjyMLZIMqm4PKqXajkuD0aObVX27kgNGL6i_7C-pBbb9lf4SpBLbZB9ttYhqE3lIx6jPeSLHg5CDbzWH0PC9ufkDrHq-t7bJI6R3YtwH1CigMjFC-/w289-h215/Wee%20Castle.jpeg" width="289" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is the actual "Loon Harbor" Camp where Gus spent his childhood summers. It was named "Snug Harbor" in real life and belonged to my grandparents. This is a photo of the cabin Gus lived in, "Wee Castle." See the that room that juts out front? That's where Gus and Shadow slept. And there's his grandfather's boat, rocking in the waves.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I loved writing this book. It basically was a testimonial to the nostalgia I felt for "Camp," one of the best parts of my childhood. It's not there anymore, but I wanted to keep it alive, as it still is in my memory. The mysteries that go on in the background are just gravy, ha ha. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Anyone who's read any of Aaron Paul Lazar's Gus LeGarde mysteries will recognize the protagonist in this coming of age novel. Young Gus hangs out round the lake with his friends Siegfried and Elsbeth, slowly learning that girls are not boys, just beginning to feel that protectiveness and curiosity that give depth to his later life. JFK's death was recent news; someone's robbing local churches; and a young girl has disappeared--the safety of childhood is tipping on the cusp of slipping away." - Sheila Deeth</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">***</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you enjoy <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tremolo-loon-LeGarde-Mysteries-Book-ebook/dp/B0719F862X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=37YN7RA1S7QY9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.gmZdhKsHvqTCCrRPvHOVPg.oBp17eRVuVfq9VmdDZ_jWxRSNC2yqxwkLJp-fnmbv3M&dib_tag=se&keywords=tremolo%3A+cry+of+the+loon&qid=1710700581&sprefix=tremolo+cry+of+the+loon%2Caps%2C186&sr=8-1" target="_blank"><i>Tremolo</i>,</a> there are two more books in the "Young Gus" series. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Wind-Catch-LeGarde-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B073XQJKTB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=30FQS16BF1W2M&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.yR2D2GCW8lgGbg7-SEKBhDxSI1xcl_mAv0CWDme-ne2oO1yzJ2nFH02sH0xVEtSQlRgR_y3uM20iIaHVJxdEUExJ2csKpMWqNZfXPKnV-_t4BKnRVzUVRVVJz1hBgwdSeN0kOC_AzQRw5sa24dUTpMj8y8_vu87U0kNh59wcqsA.NyDgs1DPap7Iz-aYlnZd7UKGREVhQsjCS1nveMPrF4A&dib_tag=se&keywords=Don%27t+Let+the+Wind+Catch+You&qid=1710175321&s=books&sprefix=don%27t+let+the+wind+catch+you%2Cstripbooks%2C139&sr=1-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><i>Don't Let the Wind Catch You</i></a><i> is the second book. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Aaron Paul Lazar has written a beautiful story, one that will stay with me for a long time. The characters have become friends I don’t want to lose. I laughed out loud at some of their antics, held my breath in some places, and at times wiped away tears...Lazar’s writing flows smoothly throughout; he created scenes so rich I felt I was there and shared in the experiences. <i>Don’t Let the Wind Catch You</i> is a coming of age story that reveals deep understanding of the human condition. There’s tragedy, humor, compassion, and love. It touched me on many levels--definitely a keeper." -- Ellis, Amazon reviewer</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CYXKW0S?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tkin_10&storeType=ebooks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><i>Voodoo Summer </i></a><i>finishes up the Young Gus series.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>"Voodoo Summer </i>by Aaron Paul Lazar is an incredible read. Although it is actually the 11th book in the LeGarde Mysteries, this one flashes back to the summer when Gus is 13. There have been so many references to this summer in the previous books, yet I was strangely unprepared for the impact it would have on me. Lazar is a master of the details and that has always been my favorite aspect of his writings. In <i>Voodoo Summer</i>, I was brought back to childhood emotions and misunderstandings. Wanting so much to grasp the adult world and being too far removed from the facts to reach the realities. Although I already knew the events told in this novel, the emotions are astounding. This is an excellent read, as are all books in this series. Lazar is a master. And <i>Voodoo Summer </i>is flawless</span><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">." Marsha Jean Thalleen </span> </i></p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img alt="" class="model" height="224" src="https://hostedimages-cdn.aweber-static.com/MTA5MDM3Mw==/optimized/b6ea05145ad04438a0dec94a3d381ff0.jpeg" style="display: block; height: 224px; text-align: center; width: 224px;" width="224" /></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, I'm moving through this whole process of losing the love of my life. Above is a picture Alli took of my hand over Dale's. I cherish it. She had such petite hands and feet. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anyway, I'm okay. I'm keeping extremely busy... yet I'd be lying if I said it was easy. I still feel kind of raw and broken inside, but on the outside, I'm functioning, laughing with grandkids and dog, and starting to heal. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bless you all, </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Aaron Lazar </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">PS You know I love hearing from you. Write if you like, and if you have thoughts about any of the books above, please let me know!</span></p>Aaron Paul Lazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29301159.post-86053730691430744432024-03-04T06:27:00.002-05:002024-03-04T06:27:13.660-05:00Thank you and two free eBooks!<p> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px;">Hello, friends.</span></p><div class="definition-parent" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Heebo, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.25px;"><div class="text-element" style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">I wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the heartfelt messages you sent about my loss of Dale this week. They comforted me and were beautiful. I actually answered each and every one, but then yesterday I discovered that all of the replies I sent out of my "lazarbooks" mailbox were stuck in the "outbox." A lot of them! Ugh, so frustrating! </p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">I'll have to call the host company again (bluehost) to find out how to fix it. Been working to get this thing operational since Feb. 2nd as you know. But I'll get there. And next week I'm actually going to start redesigning www.lazarbooks so that when you click on it, you'll get a real page. </p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">Meanwhile, as a thank you and as promised, here is the info about the free eBooks. </p></div></div><div class="definition-parent" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Heebo, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.25px;"><div class="divider" style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">I promised to tell you about two new books which were just released by my authors. Today I'm sharing the first of the two, the second book in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Noble-Souls-Rocky-Mountain-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B0CRQLZTN8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.vatv3hUYFgixQeJkmWf2jEt-jVkALt-LZYW4qzALr1SCAaj8SW0JvjO44wbwBrOSILYRi66BZUMI2d93iSCnQDicaqsoc3AaO0iy7bAqGG83By8-kFLt3rWnAspzMab9H6qTJHILLHNI5amk7P-KkitD8tqnlTT5dmtuY28eVVLc6Qg3VeqdiErBu-9K_5qy59lB4LwB-3ogPtKTR4EfTikStEWOz1yox7BAwL_dh_E.-H_VKFqvQu3ORMe-DLQ9bOgtXkzwg0Ppwo9FJC95Ex8&qid=1709322768&sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; 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text-decoration-color: currentcolor; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">Nattalia Nealls' </a>Rocky Mountain Trilogy, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Noble-Souls-Rocky-Mountain-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B0CRQLZTN8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.vatv3hUYFgixQeJkmWf2jEt-jVkALt-LZYW4qzALr1SCAaj8SW0JvjO44wbwBrOSILYRi66BZUMI2d93iSCnQDicaqsoc3AaO0iy7bAqGG83By8-kFLt3rWnAspzMab9H6qTJHILLHNI5amk7P-KkitD8tqnlTT5dmtuY28eVVLc6Qg3VeqdiErBu-9K_5qy59lB4LwB-3ogPtKTR4EfTikStEWOz1yox7BAwL_dh_E.-H_VKFqvQu3ORMe-DLQ9bOgtXkzwg0Ppwo9FJC95Ex8&qid=1709322768&sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;">Noble Souls. </i></a></p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); 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color: #333333; font-family: Heebo, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.25px;"><div class="text-element" style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">I've been working with Nattalia on her novels for the past few years, and it has been an incredible delight! We've known each other since the old "Gather.com" days. I think it's been 17 years? Some of you will remember this distinctive social media site that had great artistic support from all over. We had a super writing group and I spent most of my Saturday mornings writing pieces for my "column." I'm still connected to many of the remarkable people I met there, including Nattalia. ;o)</p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">There is no guarantee that when a writer hires me that the book will be phenomenal or supremely satisfying to work on, as you can imagine, and of course you take a chance when you engage in such an arrangement. But in this case, I really hit the jackpot. I absolutely loved <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Noble-Souls-Rocky-Mountain-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B0CRQLZTN8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.vatv3hUYFgixQeJkmWf2jEt-jVkALt-LZYW4qzALr1SCAaj8SW0JvjO44wbwBrOSILYRi66BZUMI2d93iSCnQDicaqsoc3AaO0iy7bAqGG83By8-kFLt3rWnAspzMab9H6qTJHILLHNI5amk7P-KkitD8tqnlTT5dmtuY28eVVLc6Qg3VeqdiErBu-9K_5qy59lB4LwB-3ogPtKTR4EfTikStEWOz1yox7BAwL_dh_E.-H_VKFqvQu3ORMe-DLQ9bOgtXkzwg0Ppwo9FJC95Ex8&qid=1709322768&sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); 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word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><i style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;">Noble Souls</i></a> (and its predecessor, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Whole-World-Rocky-Mountain-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B0BXVXNF5X?ref_=ast_author_dp" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><i style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;">Best in the Whole Wide Worl</i></a>d, book 1 in the trilogy).</p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">Living in this parallel universe as we polished and perfected and challenged ourselves to make this book the best it can be was...magnificent. I fell in love with the characters, the farm, nature in the wild, and the Rockies. While watching James and Tracy live their life in current days, Tracy uncovers a diary from James' great grandmother, which propelled me into another century. I learned so much about life in the 1860s, and much more.</p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); 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--tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p></div></div><div class="definition-parent" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Heebo, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.25px;"><span style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); 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box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Heebo, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.25px;"><div class="text-element" style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">Here's the synopsis from the back of the print book:</p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><i style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;">Noble Souls</i>, Book 2 in the Rocky Mountain Trilogy<br style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, serif;">In the spring of 1862, when eighteen-year-old Maria Elena Jaramillo is coerced by an unscrupulous uncle into an undesirable marriage, she accompanies her illegitimate husband on a dangerous journey across the Great Basin Desert, only to be subjected to a violent raid upon the travelers. </span></p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Maria is rescued when a mysterious rider swings her upon his horse, sweeping her into another world. Within his protective mountain shelter, hunter-warrior Pateheya gently shows Maria a life more civilized and comfortable than any she has known. </span></p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Joining their destinies to become kindred souls, they steal as much time together as possible before returning to their former lives. Can they ever forget what they’ve shared? Will they find a way back into each other’s embrace? Only time will tell, but one thing is certain—<i style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;">Noble Souls</i> is story that will capture your heart and stay with you long after you finish the last page.</span></p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, serif;">“<i style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;">Noble Souls</i> continues the brilliant western saga, The Rocky Mountain Trilogy. A deep love of nature and humanity shines brightly in this stunning novel. Highly recommended.” Aaron Paul Lazar, USA Today bestselling author</span></p></div></div><div class="definition-parent" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Heebo, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.25px;"><div class="divider" style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">The only reason I'm not too sad about finishing this book, is that I get to work with Nattalia on her third book in the series, <i style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">As a celebration of the new book being finished and available, I decided to grab on of the LeGarde Mysteries and make it free for the same time this week. </p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">From March 3rd - 8th <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Return-LeGarde-Mysteries-Book-13-ebook/product-reviews/B08RCW2DTR/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_paging_btm_next_2?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&pageNumber=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><i style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;">The Return</i>,</a> book 13 in the LeGarde Mystery series, will be free. 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box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Heebo, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.25px;"><div class="text-element" style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">Here's the blurb in case you haven't read this one: </p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Sometimes the past won’t be laid to rest.</span><br style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Music professor Gus LeGarde has been happily married to his second wife, Camille, years after his first wife, Elsbeth, leapt to her death from the Letchworth Gorge cliffs. But when he starts seeing a woman around town who looks exactly like Elsbeth, his marriage and sanity are thrown into chaos.Is she a ghost? A figment of his imagination? Or has there been some kind of horrible mistake, and could Elsbeth still be alive?</span><br style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, serif;">As if the shock of glimpsing his dead wife, seemingly in the flesh, weren’t enough, the LeGarde household is struggling with the arrival of strange new neighbors. The Silvermans are secretive and unapproachable from the start—patriarch Ezekiel is hostile and threatening, his adult daughter Serena is clearly terrified, and her teenage son Eli shows signs of abuse. At first they avoid the troubled family, but that becomes impossible when Gus’ daughter, Shelby, starts falling for Eli.</span><br style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, serif;">After a string of dangerous events culminates in the elder Silverman holding a shotgun on the two teens when discovered in flagrante delicato, Gus forbids Shelby from seeing the boy. But soon after things are broken off, Shelby and Eli abruptly vanish, plunging both families into panic.As the Silvermans’ dark past is slowly revealed, Shelby’s life hangs in the balance. Just how far will this family go to protect their secrets?</span></p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, serif;">"The book is fast paced, drawing you in from the first chapter, and progressing with exciting turns in a way that the book is always pleasurable and satisfying, and even the worst antagonists are treated with empathy. Lazar is a master craftsman and pays careful attention to language, plot, pacing and character so that all of the elements tie together neatly and seamlessly, description charged with rich nostalgia." - Magdalena Ball</span><br style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">Thank you again for your amazing response to my loss of Dale. </p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">Biscuit wants to play fetch some more (never ending, ha ha) and wanted to say hi to you all, as well as to encourage me to stop typing!</p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p></div></div><div class="definition-parent" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Heebo, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.25px;"><span style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">Next time I'm going to share Rob Sells new book - it's a wonderful murder mystery called <i style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;">An Affair with Murder.</i> But hold tight, we may have a big sale coming up for it. ;o)</p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">All my best wishes,</p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">Aaron Lazar</p></div></div>Aaron Paul Lazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29301159.post-78323710029700083672024-02-27T15:17:00.000-05:002024-02-27T15:17:02.241-05:00Brokenhearted here<p> </p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="aw-bgc" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Heebo, arial, sans-serif; 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--tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Heebo, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.5em 0px;">Hello, dear friends and readers.</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Heebo, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Heebo, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">I know I've been essentially absent for the past few years. No new books. No regular newsletters. I didn't say too much about it then, but now I'm ready to share. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Heebo, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Heebo, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><div style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">My wife and soulmate, Dale, passed on January 20th, 2024 due to covid pneumonia. She'd been so sick with complications from her MS for several years that it was a blessing for her to be released, as heartbreaking as it is for those of us left behind. She was ready to go.</div><div style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Heebo, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><div style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">We were married almost 43 years and there's a great, ripping hole in my heart right now. It's hard to talk about it, which is why I put this off for so long.</div><div style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Heebo, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><div style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">Thankfully, she was able to be with and communicate with (most) of her family the day before she passed. Love spilled from that ICU room.</div><div style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Heebo, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><div style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">I'll link to the obituary, but for now I wanted to share again her experience she had in 2012 when almost died. This is the story as I captured it. Do you remember it? Now she is with Him and her parents and all our animals we've loved and lost along the way. <a href="https://www.johnwmartinfuneralhome.com/obituary/dale-lazar">https://www.johnwmartinfuneralhome.com/obituary/dale-lazar</a></div><div style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </div><div style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">I still talk to her all the time and I know she's preparing a beautiful spot for us up there as we agreed before she died - a cabin near a crystal clear lake, gardens riotous with color and NO weeds, and a field full of all the horses we've loved over the years. Of course the dogs and cats are everywhere.</div><div style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Heebo, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><div style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://murderby4.blogspot.com/2012/01/message-from-god.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); 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font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><div style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: currentcolor; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">https://murderby4.blogspot.com/2012/01/message-from-god.html</a></div><div style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" class="model" height="354" src="https://hostedimages-cdn.aweber-static.com/MTA5MDM3Mw==/optimized/7af7a9ddb05a4e7a9deb9bd6c5660bbe.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; display: block; font-size: 14px; height: 354px; line-height: 14px; max-width: 100%; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; width: 366px;" width="366" /></div><div style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">This photo needs editing for scratches and dust spots, but I no longer have my Photoshop program so I have to search for a way to fix it. Dale is young in all these pictures because that's how I imagine her now in Heaven. Deliriously happy, overwhelmed at the beauty of Heaven, and thankfully no longer in pain. She promised she'd take each of our past horses on rides every day when she arrived. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">If you read my books, you know Elsbeth, Camille, and Rachel. These three characters are all based on parts of Dale. It wasn't intentional, really, but she found her way into all of them. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" class="model" height="600" src="https://hostedimages-cdn.aweber-static.com/MTA5MDM3Mw==/optimized/023c8eb39096462da8718c1256961d4d.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; display: block; font-size: 14px; height: 600px; line-height: 14px; max-width: 100%; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-center; text-decoration: underline; width: 419px;" width="419" /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="definition-parent" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;"><span style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">My daughters have been taking excellent care of me. Even though they’ve all lost their mother, they are coming together to check in with me every day. I'm so lucky to have all three of them. It’s a strange feeling, when I’ve always been the caretaker. Then again, it’s very nice. I’m also taking great solace in my beautiful grandchildren and of course, in dear little Biscuit. 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color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">Thank you for hanging in there with me, dear friends. I'll be back soon to share some new books from my authors that I want you to take advantage of. Stay tuned.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">God bless you all,</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">Aaron Lazar</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:aaron.lazar@yahoo.com" style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; word-break: break-word;">aaron.lazar@yahoo.com</a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:author@lazarbooks.com" style="--tw-backdrop-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-opacity: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-backdrop-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ordinal: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-x: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pan-y: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-pinch-zoom: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-slashed-zero: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; word-break: break-word;">author@lazarbooks.com</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div></div></div></div></div>Aaron Paul Lazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29301159.post-21372920847425149052023-12-20T07:20:00.001-05:002023-12-20T07:20:40.494-05:00Merry Christmas!<p> </p><table style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-variant-caps: normal; outline: currentcolor !important;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor !important; word-break: normal;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><table style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor !important; word-break: normal;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><i style="outline: currentcolor !important;">"If Mark Twain and Mary Higgins Clark got married, their author-child would be Aaron Paul Lazar.”<strong style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </strong></i></p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><strong style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> - </strong>Joan Hall Hovey, best-selling author</p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">. <img src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhostedimages-cdn.aweber-static.com%2FMTA5MDM3Mw%3D%3D%2Foriginal%2F489a0671712642c4b50aeaa0c03f9396.jpeg&t=1703074161&ymreqid=e92fcca7-1a22-1526-1ca2-09000101eb00&sig=9MrCUVywGEPvd.kFodM_lQ--~D" style="border-color: currentcolor; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; max-width: 100%; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-indent: -9999px; width: 415px;" /></p></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><table style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor !important; word-break: normal;"><table style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor !important; word-break: normal;"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #16a085; font-size: 24px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><strong style="outline: currentcolor !important;">Happy Holidays from Aaron Paul Lazar</strong></span></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor !important; word-break: normal;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><table align="center" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; float: none; outline: currentcolor; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor;"><td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CWo6b&m=ibk4rJL0k5Mx4Fk&b=FkZBAWvICt6Ot8D3spJMlw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #4b7bec; outline: currentcolor;" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhostedimages-cdn.aweber-static.com%2FMTA5MDM3Mw%3D%3D%2Foptimized%2F3706a653c6894f7382cbcaf3c648a9eb.jpeg&t=1703074161&ymreqid=e92fcca7-1a22-1526-1ca2-09000101eb00&sig=p8XLoGrlP04Gjfl5yOdkeQ--~D" style="border-color: currentcolor; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; line-height: 16px; max-width: 600px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-indent: -9999px; width: 445.0625px;" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">Hi, folks!</p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">How are you doing? Are you ready for Christmas? So far we haven't had any snow to speak of here in the Finger Lakes region of New York, but it looks like we're getting a few inches tomorrow morning, so maybe a white Christmas will be in the offing.</p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">It's been forever since I connected with you, primarily because we've spent the year dealing with a ton of health issues for my wife, daughter, and me. It hasn't been fun, but things are finally starting to look up a little. As they say, "Getting old isn't for sissies!" Boy, is that true!</p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">As Christmas is almost upon us, I wanted to reach out and wish you all the very best holiday. Here are my warmest wishes for health, happiness, and a house full of family and good food.</p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">We decided to go down to the smaller tree this year, and found a little live guy that is just perfect. What do you think? Light weight, less needles to shed, and very inexpensive. I'm sold!</p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><table align="center" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; float: none; outline: currentcolor; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor;"><td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CWo6b&m=ibk4rJL0k5Mx4Fk&b=FkZBAWvICt6Ot8D3spJMlw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #4b7bec; outline: currentcolor;" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhostedimages-cdn.aweber-static.com%2FMTA5MDM3Mw%3D%3D%2Foptimized%2F26636f3006424edfb059a9a76cdb7292.jpeg&t=1703074161&ymreqid=e92fcca7-1a22-1526-1ca2-09000101eb00&sig=w5lE089fDMDM7eBNvlRaJA--~D" style="border-color: currentcolor; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; line-height: 16px; max-width: 450px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-indent: -9999px; width: 445.0625px;" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><table style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor !important; word-break: normal;"><table style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor !important; word-break: normal;"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">____________________________________________________________</p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">Many of you have asked me to write a new LeGarde mystery. I'm sorry to say that hasn't happened this year. But I continue to tell myself that a stable of 30 books isn't too shabby, so I try not to feel too pressured or that I'm letting you down. </p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">If you haven't listened to the audiobooks yet, you might want to give them a try. The narrators who take on the voices of Gus, Siegfried, Camille, Sam, Rachel, Marcella, Quinn, and all the other characters are truly gifted. You can try them all out on Amazon or at Audible.com. Just search on "Aaron Paul Lazar". </p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">A tip: Don't try to access <a href="http://lazarbooks.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #196ad4; outline: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">lazarbooks.com</a>. The company that hosted it went out of business. I didn't pick up on this until recently, because of the overwhelming state of getting us all to 3-5 appointments each week. It made me crazy and I lost focus. If anyone has good suggestions on an intuitive and not-too-pricey web hosting site, please let me know. I need to start from scratch!</p></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><table style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor !important; word-break: normal;"><table style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor !important; word-break: normal;"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">___________________________________________________________</p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">We still have a few things growing in the garden! Kale is extra hardy and gets so sweet after the first few frosts. I love the raindrops that gather in the leaf. Here's a picture of a variety you may know, it's called "Tuscan" kale. We're trying more types each year as it lasts so long and is so good for you. ;o) We also have some pretty healthy mounds of flat leafed parsley out there. Can't complain about that!</p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><table align="center" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; float: none; outline: currentcolor; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor;"><td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CWo6b&m=ibk4rJL0k5Mx4Fk&b=FkZBAWvICt6Ot8D3spJMlw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #4b7bec; outline: currentcolor;" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhostedimages-cdn.aweber-static.com%2FMTA5MDM3Mw%3D%3D%2Foptimized%2F0ed81ad8715c4618a0aeee4ab0778464.jpeg&t=1703074161&ymreqid=e92fcca7-1a22-1526-1ca2-09000101eb00&sig=CflEmIRHUVgxNJ.T4QPqAg--~D" style="border-color: currentcolor; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; line-height: 16px; max-width: 450px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-indent: -9999px; width: 445.0625px;" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><table style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor !important; word-break: normal;"><table style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor !important; word-break: normal;"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">____________________________________________________________</p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">I'm happily working with authors to edit and polish their manuscripts. Another great space opera adventure from Heidi Skarie was released in June! Check out this fun novel - it's worth the download!</p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important; text-align: center;"><br clear="none" style="outline: currentcolor !important;" /><a href="https://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CWo6b&m=ibk4rJL0k5Mx4Fk&b=smOqrJ.ryvnUo5ONwHN_.w" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #196ad4; outline: currentcolor !important; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;" target="_blank"><img src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FW%2FMEDIAX_792452-T1%2Fimages%2FI%2F91cpZa-1GvL._SL1500_.jpg&t=1703074161&ymreqid=e92fcca7-1a22-1526-1ca2-09000101eb00&sig=Is1WotxIiVosFySceo9EwQ--~D" style="border-color: currentcolor; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; line-height: 13px; max-width: 100%; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-indent: -9999px; width: 408px;" /></a></p></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><h4 style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><strong style="outline: currentcolor !important;">When darkness descends can a few courageous heroes save their planet?</strong></h4><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">Princess Morisa’s world is turned upside down. She planned to be a priestess living at a monastery for the rest of her life. But now she’s being sent to a foreign country and is expected to use her special powers to entice the prince to marry her. How can she seduce him when it goes against everything she’s been taught?</p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">Prince Everette is embroiled in the world of politics and rebellion. With his father leaving for war and his mother ill, he’s the regent ruler and head of the military. As if that isn’t enough, he’s expected to be polite to the feisty Princess Morisa, who is staying at the palace for the summer.</p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">Everette and Morisa’s stormy relationship intensifies as the warring world around them erupts. Can they put aside their differences long enough to keep the most dangerous sorcerer in the galaxy from destroying their planet? Or will the galaxy plunge into darkness?</p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;">____________________________________________________________<table style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor !important; word-break: normal;"><table style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor !important; word-break: normal;"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">We have two more books on the brink of release. Nattalia Nealls' second book in her fascinating Rocky Mountain Trilogy is coming soon. <i style="outline: currentcolor !important;">Noble Souls </i>will stay with you for a long time after you read the last page.</p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">And Robert Sells, author of many previous titles across all genres, is about to release <i style="outline: currentcolor !important;">An Affair with Murder. </i>I loved working on this murder mystery/romance. It was right up my alley!</p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;">I'll let you know when these two are available, stay tuned.</p></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;">____________________________________________________________<table style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor !important; word-break: normal;"><table style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor !important; word-break: normal;"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor !important;">Finally, Biscuit is still keeping our family together and giving all his love to each of us daily. He's the sweetest, funniest, more loving dog we've every had. And you know we've had some great dogs over the years! Here's a picture I just snapped a few minutes ago. His tail is soooo long now, like a big feather duster. When we got him, it was just a little twig! Thank God for the blessing of animals, right?</span></p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><table align="center" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; float: none; outline: currentcolor; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor;"><td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CWo6b&m=ibk4rJL0k5Mx4Fk&b=FkZBAWvICt6Ot8D3spJMlw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #4b7bec; outline: currentcolor;" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhostedimages-cdn.aweber-static.com%2FMTA5MDM3Mw%3D%3D%2Foptimized%2Fd6c8206b85224193bbf79802ca0e2ca4.jpeg&t=1703074161&ymreqid=e92fcca7-1a22-1526-1ca2-09000101eb00&sig=U7jdMsZq8HBISI5zZy3qiQ--~D" style="border-color: currentcolor; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; line-height: 16px; max-width: 514px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-indent: -9999px; width: 445.0625px;" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><table style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor !important; word-break: normal;"><table style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tbody style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><tr style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="outline: currentcolor !important; word-break: normal;"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-size: 18px; outline: currentcolor !important;">In closing, I wish each and every one of you a joyous, safe, and happy holiday. If you can, write back to let me know how you're doing. ;o)</span></p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-size: 18px; outline: currentcolor !important;">Always,</span></p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-size: 18px; outline: currentcolor !important;">Aaron Lazar</span></p><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p><ul style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><li style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><a href="https://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CWo6b&m=ibk4rJL0k5Mx4Fk&b=nkJQqzKVyOdKqQNdx6ycaQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #196ad4; outline: currentcolor !important; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #747a80; outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="border-color: windowtext; border-style: none; border-width: 1pt; outline: currentcolor !important; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">LeGarde Mysteries</span></span></a></li></ul><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p><ul style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><li style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><a href="https://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CWo6b&m=ibk4rJL0k5Mx4Fk&b=yeaP12Rz56cYA2gJchplUg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #196ad4; outline: currentcolor !important; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #747a80; outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="border-color: windowtext; border-style: none; border-width: 1pt; outline: currentcolor !important; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">Paines Creek Beach Romance</span></span></a></li></ul><p style="outline: currentcolor !important;"> </p><ul style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><li style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><a href="https://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CWo6b&m=ibk4rJL0k5Mx4Fk&b=ronSCLXj_evIQrtHtYfwvw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #196ad4; 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outline: currentcolor !important; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #747a80; outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="border-color: windowtext; border-style: none; border-width: 1pt; outline: currentcolor !important; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">Tall Pines Mysteries</span></span></a></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Aaron Paul Lazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29301159.post-70452663186818722342023-03-18T15:29:00.003-04:002023-03-18T15:30:37.394-04:00Best in the Whole Wide World, by Nattalia Nealls<p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Whole-World-Rocky-Mountain-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B0BXVXNF5X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OVYYAIM76DGN&keywords=Best+in+the+whole+wide+world+nattalia+nealls&qid=1679142030&sprefix=best+in+the+whole+wide+world+nattalia+nealls%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbD_F_WddRUtPqVsPf3vrPw1lg1AZlcU5dw5KrYxr0moF_OmNt5dwB-2eSt1EW3BXyOc1UauBeEBFbjbmz1Bd4dluYXCHkCaBAroZTJEryXuZeEObtRdTCKi-4D4CYWRkNJYOMatjU0SOSFB45G71uBr3gIu863llWfhcJ0MGyTYj4guSFjZk/w332-h498/BK1%20Best%20in%20the%20Whole%20Wide%20World%20E-Book%20Cover.jpg" width="332" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span>Today I’d like to introduce Nattalia Nealls, author of the newly released epic Western saga,</span><span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Best in the Whole Wide World</i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;">Aaron: Nattalia, can you tell us what historic anniversary inspired you to write <i>Best in the Whole Wide World?</i></span><i><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;">Nattalia: July, </span>2005 was the 200th anniversary of Lewis and Clark’s triumphant return from the Pacific Ocean to their native American guide<span style="background-color: white;"> Sacajawea’s home village on the Salmon River as they made their way back to</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "New serif", serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></span><span class="yiv0620117860gmaildefault"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "New serif", serif;">the nation's capitol</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "New serif", serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">to report about their</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "New serif", serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); outline: none;">"<span style="background-color: white;">Voyage of Discovery</span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); outline: none;">"<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "New serif", serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">to President Thomas Jefferson. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;">Aaron: How did this pique your interest? </span><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;">Nattalia: Two hundred years after Lewis and Clark had long since departed, the town of Salmon, Idaho was teeming with “re-en</span><span class="yiv0620117860gmaildefault"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "New serif", serif;">-</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">actors” dressed in clothing perfect in every detail, representing</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;">the events and the ambiance of that historic passage</span><span class="yiv0620117860gmaildefault"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "New serif", serif;">,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "New serif", serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">while I was sitting in an auction barn witnessing the sights and sounds of ranch country interspersed with glimpses of that historic occasion. I knew then what is meant by the expression, “Déjà vu”. Everything that was whirling around me impacted my senses and stirred my imagination. And very soon, I was to be a witness to the auction scene which introduces the two main characters in my novel,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "New serif", serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></span></span><i>Best in the Whole Wide World<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">.</span></span></i><span style="background-color: white;"> I watched as that back-and-forth exchange took place. I bid on that Heiser saddle myself as I watched the two individuals near me partner up to win it. I took my own purchases home – a couple of pottery crocks and a set of dining chairs from the old Scoble ranch – thinking about what I’d witnessed. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;">Aaron: How did this inspire you to write <i>Best in the Whole Wide World?</i></span><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;">Nattalia: That auction kept going around and around inside my head until I simply sat down and wrote about everything I’d seen that day. I began to think about what I’d witnessed between the two people who had partnered up to win that Heiser saddle. Who were </span>they? What had become of them? These two interesting people soon became fully fleshed out characters with lives of their own. They spoke to me and I took dictation. I continued to write about them, throwing in background materials from my own experience, stories I knew from summers spent in the Idaho wilderness, details observed, conversations overheard, anything and everything that simply fell onto the page about how these two people were living their lives, and about how life in general is lived here in the ranch country of the Central Rocky Mountains of Idaho.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;">Aaron: Best in the Whole Wide World evolved into three complete novels, called The Rocky Mountain Trilogy. Do you have a website where readers can check out the new releases? </span><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;">Nattalia: Absolutely</span>! <a href="http://www.rockymountaintrilogy.com/"><span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration: none;">www.rockymountaintrilogy.com</span></a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;">Aaron: Thank you for joining us today, Nattalia. We hope to have you back when book two, Noble Souls, hits the shelves!</span><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;">Aaron: Here’s a synopsis of book 1. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;">When Tracy Goodwin takes a leave of absence to run rivers and hike trails in the Rocky Mountains, she doesn't expect to meet saddle maker James C. James. A widower and devoted father, James dotes on his children and steadfastly manages his ranches in Idaho's Lemhi Valley. Now, for the first time in three years, he is drawn to a woman who electrifies his spirit - this copper-haired woman who runs hot and cold.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Tracy doesn't know why she alternately attracts and rebuffs this rugged, honest, handsome man, but when her own plans fail to satisfy, she accepts his offer to accompany him on horseback into the mountains, where the power of her experience and the majesty of the rugged landscape renew her spirit.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Unable to accept the chaos of her emotions, Tracy returns to the predictable life she left behind in California, until she receives a poignant call asking for her help.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">About the Author<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">Nattalia Nealls believes in Love, History and the Mystery that Moves in All Things. She lives and writes in a tiny house on the banks of a large river in the Central Rocky Mountains of Idaho.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>Aaron Paul Lazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29301159.post-6514277248285542552023-02-15T10:41:00.005-05:002023-02-15T10:46:19.731-05:00Bobish: A brilliant and evocative poetic story by Magdalena Ball<p><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb72qBMbhp_NYpgDPROo-C72c7YWpc2XLijErrYxgXJI7-lWFOjLC73n-Vd-ifljcsIiSlbFmH9mpOaWBXxav_LPC1AzsvSzti4ErO7ErrJFieWpEzwTagGzkrw4WaRdffltwmMvKC20kB9aQPtmwZrhVcvEOQFFvWn6HBns02ctRM026Dlg4/s499/Bobish%20Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="352" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb72qBMbhp_NYpgDPROo-C72c7YWpc2XLijErrYxgXJI7-lWFOjLC73n-Vd-ifljcsIiSlbFmH9mpOaWBXxav_LPC1AzsvSzti4ErO7ErrJFieWpEzwTagGzkrw4WaRdffltwmMvKC20kB9aQPtmwZrhVcvEOQFFvWn6HBns02ctRM026Dlg4/s320/Bobish%20Cover.jpg" width="226" /></a></i></div><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></i><p></p><p><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bobish</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> by Magdalena Ball, reviewed by Aaron Paul Lazar</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">It has been a long time since a book has profoundly impacted me and lingered in my soul for weeks on end. Occasionally--in the past--I’ve been compelled to reread passages or savor sentences because of their intense beauty. Some of these have belonged to novels by Dean Koontz, who has a magical way with words when he allows himself to wax poetic. But I’ve never read a poem or novel that made me repeatedly recite “word-pearls” like those populating <i>Bobish</i>, a poetic story. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">Magdalena Ball has accomplished this with great tenderness and brilliance. I can’t stop thinking about the book.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">Based on facts and careful interpretation of Ms. Ball’s Jewish grandmother’s journey from Eastern Europe’s Pale of Settlement in 1907 to America, the snippets about Bobish’s life are poignant and deeply moving. The construction is pure poetry, no pun intended. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">Take a look at this segment which refers to Bobish’s journey and arrival in New York City:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">From “Small Woman with a Big Bag” <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">She didn’t choose so much<br />as let the motion of time take her. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Not for herself, but for her children not yet conceived<br />who were already pulling her forward by the handles of her valise <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">a suitcase full of dirt and longing.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">“A suitcase full of dirt and longing” – isn’t that perfectly evocative of a young immigrant hoping for life-as-advertised in America?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This woman is drawn between memories of her sweet homeland (albeit extraordinarily dangerous with an impending invasion) and the free world she now inhabits in New York. The streets are not paved with gold and she must work her fingers to the bone to survive. Yet the sweet recollections of her past haunt and comfort her at the same time. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bobish married for love but sadly ended up the victim of domestic abuse. These passages broke my heart.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">“Silence and Monkeys” by Magdalena Ball<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">She was not musical <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">kept quiet<br />to avoid setting off <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">the bear inside him <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">he hated dirty floors. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">If she kept the house clean if she didn’t blink too hard if she didn’t hum <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">beneath her breath <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">she would make it<br />to tomorrow <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">though there was always an urge to let go and scream <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">break every chipped dish the monkey box chattering and whining <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">across the surface of her skull <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">let me out let me out <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">when she was trying<br />so hard to be still.</span></i><span style="font-family: WalbaumMTStd, serif; font-size: 11pt;"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In spite of the hardships she endured, there were sweet moments in this brave woman’s life as well. See this excerpt from “Nickel Empire.” It made me crave summer and hotdogs. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">From “Nickel Empire” <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">no, here was pure sound, the children’s pockets jangling with nickels home-made swimmers <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">a basket full of food walking across the promenade the boardwalk, the sound of the Atlantic Ocean <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">lapping indifferent to the growing crowds, hotdogs<br />red hots, ice cream dripping down the arm, sprinkles <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Another memory of Coney Island follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">From “Low Chroma (Coney Island, 1946)” <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Eyelids down, body on damp rock there is no day or night, only rotation this close<br />ultraviolet might be visible<br />as to a hummingbird<br />fired in a harlequin kiln<br />against hillside moss<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I read these last three lines over and over again. The imagery is just magnificent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">And who can’t imagine this beautiful scene? I must admit I’m partial to blue flax, green dragonflies, and orange butterflies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">From “Yennevelt” <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">not just to another mythical place where her art could bloom <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">tiny blue flax flowers with green dragonflies and bright orange butterflies <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In the heartbreaking end to the story, we learn of Bobish’s fate. She grows closer to her childhood nirvana, and thoughts turn to nature.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">From “Subject to Dispersal”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">there were bees on the Primulas sweet scent like orange lollies <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">the smell continues to linger <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">even as it dissolves into a past she can barely access <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">Orange lollipops, like orange popsicles, are one of the best and most evocative of childhood memories. How can one not taste that flavor on their tongue?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">Magdalena Ball has created a magnificent work which I know I’ll go back to reread soon. Thank you for such a well-crafted book. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">Highly recommended by Aaron Paul Lazar, USA Today Bestselling Author.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">www.lazarbooks.com</span></p>Aaron Paul Lazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29301159.post-40145967544315892242022-02-02T14:02:00.000-05:002022-02-02T14:02:37.165-05:00Introducing Heidi Skarie and Call of the Wind<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVYbmUg6xmqn98P0dTD7ie4nv8BqcBbFLVzNJMMeVUpHNseopt8hpSC5_LatzyAauTGXkG4fnc1njJF-rSZgD-ZVt7m_802ahXdLC5CuEvOMBnm5lVV31jn8sV62jEzMxrui6fQE7wiRFpYzo29B7mEq1KUrOW0BH244jKyD950fhbyJB1w_k=s2097" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2097" data-original-width="1499" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVYbmUg6xmqn98P0dTD7ie4nv8BqcBbFLVzNJMMeVUpHNseopt8hpSC5_LatzyAauTGXkG4fnc1njJF-rSZgD-ZVt7m_802ahXdLC5CuEvOMBnm5lVV31jn8sV62jEzMxrui6fQE7wiRFpYzo29B7mEq1KUrOW0BH244jKyD950fhbyJB1w_k=s320" width="229" /></a></div><br />Hello, book lovers. <p></p><p>I've always been addicted to writing. It was (and is) my cheap therapy. For years I wrote mysteries—and more—that provided wonderful virtual adventures in my challenging life. Many of you know about these various traumas, from my posts over the past years. Guess what? We survived and/or learned to deal with all of it. In the meantime, I published twenty-nine books in the background. </p><p>When the pandemic started, I lost my "day" job and needed to find another way to keep the family going. I decided to capitalize on my absolute passion for helping other authors with their books. So I added "writing coach" to my resume and now am pleased to announce that I have a number of superb clients I help with polishing, formatting, and getting them ready to publish on Amazon KDP. </p><p>This month, Heidi Skarie has published a book in her Star Rider series, <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Call-Wind-Sci-fi-Space-Fantasy-ebook/dp/B09P4GHK2Y/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1JV0GRIH97U1Q&keywords=Heidi+skarie&qid=1643827847&sprefix=heidi+skarie%2Caps%2C82&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Call of the Wind</a></i>. I'm so proud of her. You can read a bit about the story as well as learn about her in the following interview. Let us know what you think in the comments, below. </p><p>Stay safe and warm this February. </p><p>All my best,</p><p>Aaron Paul Lazar</p><p>www.lazarbooks.com</p><h3 style="text-align: center;">Meet Heidi Skarie and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Call-Wind-Sci-fi-Space-Fantasy-ebook/dp/B09P4GHK2Y/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1JV0GRIH97U1Q&keywords=Heidi+skarie&qid=1643827847&sprefix=heidi+skarie%2Caps%2C82&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Call of the Wind</a></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwDvbApuCHQTuRDyYrzmcznHETEINb5iycRBvBcUnDAX5GQmVzI0hpHI24_FatXTqAuA30YJjjjWRC73QqIBfYFwfbgb2aPlZuO1fLuFTt85OqKNwSsz-tJciGhfMV26LuuuNTeATIlkd11kF2uvCw1rIpMgy_rHF-pqPwWLhaAsWg5xQDJXk=s1350" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwDvbApuCHQTuRDyYrzmcznHETEINb5iycRBvBcUnDAX5GQmVzI0hpHI24_FatXTqAuA30YJjjjWRC73QqIBfYFwfbgb2aPlZuO1fLuFTt85OqKNwSsz-tJciGhfMV26LuuuNTeATIlkd11kF2uvCw1rIpMgy_rHF-pqPwWLhaAsWg5xQDJXk=s320" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>What inspired you to become a writer and eventually write <i>Call of the Wind</i>?</b></span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I had a series of six dreams that was like watching an exciting space opera, sci-fi movie such as Star Wars. Each dream continued where the last one had left off. The story had such a great plot and interesting characters that I was inspired to turn it into a novel. After writing the first book, it was as if I’d turned on a faucet to a creative waterfall. The next novels flowed out as I continued to write about the same characters. Writing became my passion. The first three books center around a strong female protagonist who is an undercover operative during an interplanetary war. This book is about her son who continues in his mother’s footsteps and becomes an intergalactic fighter pilot. <i>Call of the Wind</i> can be read and enjoyed as a standalone novel since it focuses on new characters.</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">What do you think your readers will love about <i>Call of the Wind</i>?</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">It’s a powerful coming-of-age story of a young man told in the story-within-a-story structure. Baymond is a young fighter pilot sentenced to be executed in five days. While awaiting his death, he shares his life story with a fellow prisoner. The novel has brave heroes and heroines, exciting adventures, a tender love story, and space battles. But as one reviewer said, “It’s also a compelling vision of the enlightened who can transcend the confines of time and space, even death.”</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivb_AWMKh4QvhPibas8GnEW96LyK5Q69hixJCGRC9Dn_AoZY1E60RgDmPx-zCetRyzC1no_WRny39ytd1ScnlpdUpiGnYdr_dgs3vwZo1R8dqlqpyrC0bLcrFWR7IBRkoZXdJAyGv-CT9oYz-t2ke9pCSe1S3nriHDdE87HeX61qhunPsD-1g=s500" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivb_AWMKh4QvhPibas8GnEW96LyK5Q69hixJCGRC9Dn_AoZY1E60RgDmPx-zCetRyzC1no_WRny39ytd1ScnlpdUpiGnYdr_dgs3vwZo1R8dqlqpyrC0bLcrFWR7IBRkoZXdJAyGv-CT9oYz-t2ke9pCSe1S3nriHDdE87HeX61qhunPsD-1g=s320" width="200" /></a></b></div><b><br />What is your writing process?</b><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I write the first draft without getting any feedback that would interfere with my vision of the novel. Depending on the complexity of the plot I may use storyboards, character sketches and detailed outlines. Then I work with a critique group and go through each chapter until it shines. Next, several beta readers read the entire novel and give feedback. Last, I hire an editor and go through it again.</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>What other books have you written?</b></span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I’ve published four books in the Star Rider series, a science fiction, space opera set in a futuristic world during an interplanetary war. <i>Star Rider on the Razor’s Edge</i> is the first in the series. <i>Call of the </i>Wind is about the next generation.</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I’ve also written two historical novels. </span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Red Willow’s Quest</i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> about a Native American woman studying to become a medicine woman. </span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Annoure and the Dragon Ships</i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> about a young woman kidnapped off the coast of England by the Vikings.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">What are you currently working on?</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I’m in the final edits of <i>Call of the Eagle</i>, which continues the story of Baymond and Fawn as the interplanetary war escalates.</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><b>Your book is so unique in that it is full of spiritual references to "Soul" and "Inner Light" and so many more wonderful themes involving a greater being and His teachings. Are these references fictional? Or were you inspired by another part of your life to include these in the stories? </b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The original idea for the Star Rider series came from a dream about a female undercover operative, Toemeka, who works for the Coalition of Free Nations. She’s sent on a mission to help an occupied country regain their freedom during an interplanetary war against world conqueror, Samrat Condor. What makes the story unique is that Toemeka is a spiritually awakened person. She is able to communicate with her friends telepathically, leave her physical body and travel into higher levels of existence, and remember some of her past lives. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The novels were influenced by my own spiritual beliefs. I’m a member of ECKANKAR, the Path of Spiritual Freedom and believe that we are Soul, a part of God. I believe that when we die we, as Soul, leave this body and go into the higher worlds, what some religions refer to as the heavenly worlds. We don’t stay there according to the teachings of ECKANKAR, but return to earth many times for Soul’s education. Eventually we awaken spiritually and live in the higher worlds of God permanently.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In the series, Toemeka follows the Secret Teachings of Light and Sound. The Light and Sound are essential aspects of the ECKANKAR teachings. It’s the voice of God. In the novels Toemeka sings HU, an ancient love song to God, to attune herself to the presence of God. She follows a living master who is the leader of the Secret Teachings. This is also drawn from ECKANKAR that has a living spiritual leader, Sri Harold Klemp, who keeps the teachings pure. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Toemeka’s spiritual training is an important element in the story because Samrat Condor, is a powerful black magician who portrays himself as a god. Toemeka uses her spiritual training to see a higher truth and fight his spread of evil psychic powers. The series is the struggle between good and evil, the light and the dark forces.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Call of the Wind</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> is about Toemeka’s son, Baymond, who follows in his mother’s footsteps and joins the Coalition as a fighter pilot. He is also a student of the Secret Teachings. Toemeka is a minor character, but still plays an important role in this novel.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Your books are full of luscious natural settings and descriptions. They are most artistic. Do you enjoy creating on any other level? Are you fond of the outdoors? </b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Before I became a writer I was a visual artist. My mother encouraged my art abilities because learning to read was hard for me and she wanted me to excel in something. I started college as an art major, but switched to getting a teaching degree, specializing in helping children learn to read. I studied pottery, painting, drawing, etching and engraving, and photography. I continued painting and doing photography after college. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The visual arts teach us to look at the world differently. When I gaze at the fresh snow outside my window, I don’t see white snow with gray shadows. I see the sun reflecting golden light on the snow and the light blue shadows infused with violet. When I’m writing, I drew on my background as a painter and photographer to create vivid descriptions that can transport the reader so they can see the scene and feel like they are there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I also love nature and have enjoyed backpacking in the Rocky Mountains and the Bitterroot Mountains. I’ve also gone canoeing in the wilderness Boundary Waters of northern Minnesota. My own experiences of enjoying the beauty of the woods and mountains, cooking over a fire, dealing with bugs and encounters with wild animals—like bears—has also helped me to write more vivid descriptions and write more authentically. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">For example, once I was walking along on a narrow wilderness trail in the Rocky Mountains when I came face to face with a large moose coming straight toward me. There was a moment where we both looked at each other in surprise. Then he slipped into the woods before I could move. I was fortunate as moose can be ornery—my father was once chased by one. I drew on that experience as I wrote <i>Call of the Wind</i>. My characters sing and wear bells on their backpacks so they don’t startled wild animals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Did you enjoy reading science fiction as a youth? What was your favorite genre?</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">When I was a child my parents read me fantasy books by George MacDonald such as <i>Back of the North Wind</i> and <i>Princess and the Goblin</i>. They also read me classics like <i>Heidi </i>by Johanna Spyri, which takes place in the mountains of Switzerland. In sixth grade I discovered the <i>Hobbit </i>and <i>Lord of the Rings, and Gone with the Wind</i>. I also liked Mary Stewart’s mysteries <i>Nine Coaches Waiting</i> and later her Arthurian Saga. Another favorite was <i>The Once and Future King</i>by T. H. White. These novels opened the doors to the enjoyment of a good story with wonderful characters that take place in the interesting worlds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">My interest in science fiction came later. In the fifties and sixties science fiction was just gaining popularity with nuclear energy and space exploration. Ideas of space, dystopia, robots, computers, and alternate futures became of interest after World War II. The genre was just getting going. I didn’t really get into science fiction until Star Wars came out and sci-fi space operas novels became popular.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">***</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Thank you so much for your time, Heidi!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p>Aaron Paul Lazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29301159.post-4944386642657394152022-01-21T13:33:00.000-05:002022-01-21T13:33:01.199-05:00Murder by 4: Lost Shots<a href="https://murderby4.blogspot.com/2021/09/lost-shots.html?spref=bl">Murder by 4: Lost Shots</a>: How long will it take before we can burn images stored in our brain onto a computer? Do you think it will ever come to pass? I hop...Aaron Paul Lazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29301159.post-45489511939930439452022-01-21T13:32:00.000-05:002022-01-21T13:32:52.327-05:00Murder by 4: For Writers: Updating Your Backlist - Add Some Piz...<a href="https://murderby4.blogspot.com/2022/01/for-writers-updating-your-backlist-add.html?spref=bl">Murder by 4: For Writers: Updating Your Backlist - Add Some Piz...</a>: by Aaron Paul Lazar, January 2022 So, how do you know when you’ve written enough books? Is it when your muse holds up her hands and says, ...Aaron Paul Lazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29301159.post-71878110016490863572021-07-06T09:50:00.000-04:002021-07-06T09:50:42.707-04:00How Covid Affected this Writer<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Hello, dear friends and book lovers!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> I've
been conspicuously absent from... everywhere... this year. If you've
missed me, you can read about my life, losses, and books here.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">Always, </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">Aaron Paul Lazar</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">www.lazarbooks.com</span></span></p><div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora,Times,serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>USA Today Bestselling Author</strong></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora,Times,serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong> </strong><em> "If Mark Twain and Mary Higgins Clark got married, their author-child would be Aaron Paul Lazar.” </em></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Lora,Times,serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">- Joan Hall Hovey, best-selling author</span></span></em></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather,Times,serif;"><span>I
hope you have all emerged from the past year with your health intact
and your hearts full of appreciation for what pleasures lie ahead.
Please let me know how you're doing by replying to this email - I miss
our chats!</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather,Times,serif;"><span>After
giving up so much over the past fifteen months - some lost loved ones
to the dreaded disease, suffered in hospitals themselves, and everyone
sacrificed freedom and family, things are somewhat settling down, and
every little opportunity seems like a gift, doesn't it?</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather,Times,serif;"><span>My
"day" job ended last December (thank you, Covid!), and for several
months we suffered untold uncertainty about our future - where we'd
live, how we'd survive, etc. But after lots of research and finagling
finances, we found a way to stay in our beloved home. Dale and I weren't
able to see two of our three girls and five of our seven grandchildren
since Christmas of 2019. Since this past May, each time we
reconnect with one of them we feel incredibly blessed. We're still
waiting to see Melanie and Luke (5) from New Hampshire, but are looking
forward to a visit this summer. ;o)</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather,Times,serif;"><span><em>Blatant request:</em>
I am offering editing services now for fiction, technical, or
engineering content. I will help you write your dreamed of novel, get it
formatted and published, and put you in touch with cover artists. Or, I
can help your engineering firm write reports, specifications,
procedures, etc. in straightforward, easy-to-understand formats. If you
know anyone who is hiring for part time, remote
work, give me a heads up! (Thanks!)</span></span></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather,Times,serif;"><span>In
spite of the tragic losses of 2019/2020, there were a number of good
things that happened. Being isolated with someone you've loved since you
were a teenager is a very good thing. Aside from not seeing family and
friends, we actually didn't mind hanging out at home one bit. (okay, so
we missed eating out, but that was a small price to pay for being safe.)
We focused on fixing up our home, cooking fun and
healthy meals, obsessively organizing closets, and playing tons of board
games with Chris (7) and Joey(5) who fortunately still live with us.
They provided such comic relief all year and kept us very busy! I also
found a passion in re-purposing old stuff, like our 30-year-old outdoor
metal table and chairs. Spray paint in multiple colors is so much fun!
;o) (see the spiderwebs I left on our white iron bench before spraying,
below.)</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather,Times,serif;"><span>Oddly enough, I didn't write a thing. </span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather,Times,serif;"><span>I
know, crazy, right? After 29 books, I lost my urge to write and simply
focused on other things (like becoming OCD over organizing, as I said
above! You should see my tool closet!! LOL.) I suspect the writing bug
will return, but I'm not worried about it. </span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather,Times,serif;"><span>As you read this, Pete Milan is recording the audiobook for <em>The Return</em> (book 13 in the LeGarde Mystery series) and it promises to be stellar! </span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather,Times,serif;"><span>Right
now, I'm filling the future well of creativity by collecting all the
sights, scents, tastes of today. I've been drowning in glorious colors
in my gardens, already harvesting veggies galore (squash, peas, beets,
greens, basil, etc), and have been manically weeding and mulching. I do
love it, and it's good exercise. You'll find an assortment of all kinds
of photos inserted in here, from flowers to veggies to
book covers. What can I say? It's just who I am. ;o)</span></span></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather,Times,serif;"><span>I
hope you were able to enjoy your July 4th weekend. Our Independence Day
holiday was suffused with sadness. On July 3rd we had to put our
beloved Balto to sleep. He was the best family dog ever, and is the
model for Gus's new puppy Siegfried gave him in the last chapter in <em>Murder on the Brewster Flats</em>.
He had lost almost all of his faculties at the age of fifteen, and it
was time. But he had a
wonderful life and provided us with untold joy. Little Amber, his
lifelong pal, is confused and lonely. We're giving her extra special
love and treats. You may have noticed many of my books are dedicated to
"Balto and Amber." It's so hard losing your furry friends, isn't it?</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather,Times,serif;"><span> </span></span></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather,Times,serif;"><span>I
love sharing my books with readers, and as I've said over the years,
the best part of being a writer is connecting with people. I've given
tens of thousands of my books away, but now the Lazar coffers are low
and I need to try to sell some actual copies, lol. I hope you've enjoyed
them, and perhaps you'd like to discover or rediscover some more?</span></span></span>
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<div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather,Times,serif;"><span>Today I'm going to give you links to all five series, and hope you can find something you love for your summer reading fun. ;o) </span></span></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: Merriweather,Times,serif;">Please
let me know how you're doing! And if you'd like, I'd love to hear which
of the series and/or books are your favorites. I might be coming back
to ask you for more ideas, because after 29 stories where almost
everything possible happens to my characters, I'm looking for
inspiration! ;o)</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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the way, my email address author@lazarbooks.com hasn't worked in
forever. I'm just using aaron.lazar@yahoo.com for now. I've tried half a
dozen times to get webs.com to fix it, but it never works, ugh!</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather,Times,serif;"><span>So if you want to connect, please email me at aaron.lazar@yahoo.com or gusandcamille@yahoo.com. ;o)</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather,Times,serif;"><span>Take
good care! If you haven't been vaccinated, please seriously consider
it. And as I always say, take pleasure in the little things!</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather,Times,serif;"><span>Always,</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather,Times,serif;"><span>Aaron </span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather,Times,serif;"><span>aaron.lazar@yahoo.com</span></span></span></div>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a class="validating" href="http://www.amazon.com/Tall-Pines-Mysteries-4-Book/dp/B01CMO3968/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1458070089&sr=1-2&keywords=tall+pines+mysteries" rel="nofollow" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="font-family: Times;">TALL PINES MYSTERIES</span></strong></a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a class="validating" href="http://www.amazon.com/Paines-Creek-Beach-3-Book/dp/B01BGHQK8G/ref=sr_1_1_ha?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1458070126&sr=1-1&keywords=paines+creek+beach+series" rel="nofollow" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>PAINES CREEK BEACH (Love Stories</strong></a><strong>)</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Aaron
Paul Lazar writes to soothe his soul. An award-winning, bestselling
Kindle author of many mystery and suspense series, love stories, and
writing guides, Aaron enjoys the Genesee Valley countryside in upstate
New York, where his characters embrace life, play with their dogs and
grandkids, grow sumptuous gardens, and chase bad guys. Visit his website
at
http://www.lazarbooks.com and watch for his upcoming releases.</span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">
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</span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span style="font-family: "Apple Chancery";">“Addictive, award-winning fiction.” </span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><br /><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"></span></p><p><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><br /></span></p>Aaron Paul Lazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29301159.post-20844690694904203782020-08-14T12:57:00.003-04:002020-08-14T12:59:03.570-04:00<p> </p><div dir="auto"><div class="ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc ihqw7lf3 dati1w0a" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_j"><div class="j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg"><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d"><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j irj2b8pg enqfppq2 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Hot off the press - a new boxed set with <i>Devil's Lake</i> (#1), <i>Devil's Creek</i> (#2), and <i>Devil's Spring</i> (#3). </span> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">You can save several dollars with this combined set of the first three books in the series. Book 1 is free for now anyway, but books two and three cost $3.99 normally. With this set, you get all three together for $5.99. 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When she suddenly shows up on their horse farm in a stolen truck with a little mutt on her lap, they want to know what happened. Was she taken? Or did she run away?</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Devil's Creek: Grace may have problems, but Anderson Rockwell loves his sassy, spicy, and slightly unfaithful wife. A recovered heroin addict who’s now struggling with sex addiction, Grace tries her best to control her inner demons. She’s relapsing less often, and when she does, she always calls. Until this time.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Time is running out for Anderson to rescue Grace from danger that’s beyond imagination, before the past drowns them both for good. Because this time, it’s personal.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Devil's Spring: Grace’s homecoming takes a horrific turn when her daughter and nephew are abducted, sending the family on a frantic search. Several states away, Lollie Belvedere had no idea her adopted children would turn out to be kidnapping victims. But something in her snaps when she’s forced to return the babies—now she’ll do whatever it takes to get them back.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Happy Reading!</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Aaron Paul Lazar</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><a href="http://www.lazarbooks.com" target="_blank">www.lazarbooks.com</a></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> <br /></div></div></span></div></div></div></div>Aaron Paul Lazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29301159.post-27079153053954492702020-08-07T15:30:00.004-04:002020-08-08T08:25:35.488-04:00August 2020 Newsletter<div id="aweber_container"><div class="aweber_single" id="aweber_rightcolumn_index"><div><div class="aweber_message_body">
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<div><span face="" style="font-family: "merriweather", "times", serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Welcome, new subscribers and thanks to all my loyal readers who have stayed the course since <i>Double Forte'</i>
was released way back in in 2004. I value each and every one of you and
thank you from the bottom of my heart for continuing to read, share my
books with friends and family, and stay in touch. I sincerely hope you
have managed to stay safe in this challenging time. </span></span></div>
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<div><span face="" style="font-family: "merriweather", "times", serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Before I dive into my usual "newsy"</span></span> <span face="" style="font-family: "merriweather", "times", serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"> update, I want to mention a special deal. </span></span></div>
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<div><span face="" style="font-family: "merriweather", "times", serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Have
you ever wanted to try audiobooks? During the quarantine lots of folks
have had more time at home. Audiobooks provide an amazing source of
entertainment that you can enjoy while doing other tasks like household
chores, gardening, and of course driving. And heck, right now some
wholesome mysteries (or wild sensual adventures, lol) are much more
appealing than the troubles we're all facing in real life.
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<div><span face="" style="font-family: "merriweather", "times", serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">To
do my part, I'm offering my audiobooks for FREE (usually $20-30 each!).
Audiobooks have never been a big income producer, but this opportunity
is a win-win for all. It will help me immensely if you download as many
as you can and post a little review if you enjoyed them. </span></span></div>
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<div><span face="" style="font-family: "merriweather", "times", serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Once
in a while, some of the books run out of codes. Just try the next book
if that happens. Feel free to go in and get all 28 books if you want.
They'll stay in your library forever, so go ahead and get them all and
then listen at your leisure over the years to come. Enjoy and tell your
friends!</span></span></div>
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<div><span face="" style="font-family: "merriweather", "times", serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Listen <a class="validating" href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Under-The-Ice-A-Gus-LeGarde-Mystery-Audiobook/B0170OA05S?qid=1596801020&sr=1-3&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_3&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=7QE7FS7CG8CDB6056Z17" rel="nofollow">here</a> for a sample from <i>Under the Ice</i>. (click on "sample" under the cover)</span></span></div>
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<div><span face="" style="font-family: "merriweather", "times", serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">And try <a class="validating" href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Sanctuary-Audiobook/B00OHTVP8G?qid=1596801020&sr=1-13&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_13&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=7QE7FS7CG8CDB6056Z17" rel="nofollow">this one</a>, from <i>Sanctuary</i>. </span></span></div>
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<div><span face="" style="font-family: "merriweather", "times", serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">So,
here we are in August, when I had originally thought all this Covid19
stuff would have been resolved. Boy, was I naive. Looks like we're in
for the long haul here. Dale and I are still isolating at home, except
for trying to catch up on all our doctors, dentist, and eye
appointments. It was kind of scary going into these places at first, but
I must say most of them have been exemplary in keeping their
places clean. And I'm fortunate that my "day job" still lets me work at
home . I'm grateful for that. Two of my daughters, however, are on the
front line in nursing and mental health care, and we appreciate any
prayers to keep them safe.</span></span></div>
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<div><span face="" style="font-family: "merriweather", "times", serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">My
little grandsons and I are really enjoying our pool (nothing fancy but
it cools you off!) The garden has been thriving in spite of the hottest
July since 1921! It was also the wettest July in many years, lol, so
you'd think we had some kind of rain forest here, right? No, the rain
came in single days, with parching weeks in between. A very odd time.
But my tomatoes are coming in really fast now and we've
been giving away baskets of zucchini and cucumbers for a month now. If I
could just get that little rabbit to go find another garden... he's
eaten so many of my bean plants, I had to replant four times. We've
finally foiled him with a spray of soap and peppermint oil. ;o)</span></span></div>
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<div><span face="" style="font-family: "merriweather", "times", serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">My 13th Gus LeGarde Mystery, <i>The Return</i>,
is coming along and just reached 50,000 words, probably about 75% done.
Gus and Sig are in some really hot water now, and need to devote more
time to my morning writing to get him out of trouble! I find myself too
tempted to roam the gardens, pick veggies, and go for a quick swim these
days before I start the day job. But it's all good and the images,
scents,
and tastes of that garden produce usually ends up in a Gus book in the
end, anyway. You know I love sharing this stuff, virtually and with my
neighbors.</span></span></div>
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take care and continue to be safe. I want to hear from you if you have
the time, so let me know how you're doing when you can. </span></span></div>
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trying, there
are plenty to take advantage of. Happy listening and I hope this
provides a bit of comfort and a few thrills during our continued
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hello, writers and readers!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Can you believe it's already October? <span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;">The summer just flew by, didn't it?</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>We
had a wonderful season here in Western NY. Plenty of good "swimming"
days and one of the best growing seasons ever. I fed seven different
families with my tomatoes and cukes this summer! The weather has been
phenomenal, perfect for morning walks, where I snapped this photo of
Jerulsalem Artichokes and wild purple asters. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm
working on my twenty-ninth book, book 13 in the LeGarde Mystery series.
But it's going slowly. Sometimes I feel discouraged, but when I reach
out to my author friends, things get better fast. ;o)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">One
of the best ways to feel connected with other writers is to share in
the process of creation and to finish the cycle by reviewing your
friends' work. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Some
of my closest writer pals and I swap chapters as we write them. We
catch errors and provide feedback to each other as the stories develop.
It's incredibly rewarding with well-chosen writing partners.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I
also belong to a group of wonderful authors who swap books and post
honest reviews for each other. Fortunately, each of the members was
carefully selected by our leader and so far I've really enjoyed each
title. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I thought I'd share some of these books and reviews with you today. Sound good?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy reading and writing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Aaron</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Aaron Paul Lazar </span><br />
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of Fire</i> by USA Today bestselling author, Casi McClean, is the first
book in the Deep State Mysteries series. Set in dazzling Washington DC,
this fast paced mystery is also part political thriller, part steamy
romance, and part paranormal.<br /><br />I’m not going to rehash the plot,
because you can easily read about it in the book description or in the
many other reviews. I’d rather tell you what I enjoyed.<br /><br />Several
characters dominate the story, including the fiery protagonist, Emily
Rose, dynamic detective Ashton Frasier, Emily's murdered twin sister
Alyssa, who appears as a spirit, her amazing war veteran brother, Wyatt,
and the brave Pets for Vets dog, Duke.<br /><br />As always, although it
wasn’t the primary theme in this story, I absolutely love the elements
of the wounded warrior and the dog who I’m hoping will become his best
companion in the next books in the series.<br /><br />I also really
appreciated the deep sense of true patriotism shown by the author in her
analysis of what’s gone wrong in government, why we need to return to
our ideals as a nation, and how the “Deep State” has taken control of so
many aspects of our lives purely for power and money. Many of the
fundamental ideas discussed by the characters rang true to me and I
cheered them on as they tried to “drain the swamp” and expose the sleazy
politicians.<br /><br />While there is a great deal of political theorizing
and revelation going on, there are also many action-packed scenes that
move the plot forward. My favorite scene was the sting set up between
the heroes and the villain in a Washington park at night. The tension
was high, the action was well-depicted, and the environment was
beautifully described. I felt as if I were right beside Ash and Emily. I
could feel the cool March breeze on my face, smell the cherry blossoms,
and relate to the adrenaline shooting through the heroes’ veins.<br /><br />Anyone
who reads this first story in the series will want to continue to see
what ungodly secrets our new heroic team discovers about our government.
I, for one, will be cheering them on throughout the series!</span></span></span><br />
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Thrillers with a Dash of Romance” series. I’ve enjoyed all three books and must
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but she always comes through with guts and courage to survive, thrive, and get
even with the villains. In this edition, Ash becomes a victim of a very
powerful player, whose name I’ve withheld so as not to spoil the story for you!</span></span></div>
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enjoyable. I especially love the dialog and relationship between Ash and her
mother, otherwise known as “Ma.” We didn’t see much of Browny (her beloved dog)
in this episode, but I’m sure he’ll be back for more in the future. Love the
dog!</span></span></div>
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she barely survived a horrible attack and ensuing coma, Ash now suffers from
mysterious and frequent headaches with other bizarre symptoms. Buy the book and
discover the nefarious plot behind her symptoms that has far-reaching
consequences.</span></span></div>
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addictive characters whose worlds become so real you truly think you’re there
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the past year I've been trying to gloss over what was happening to me
when I posted. After all, who wants to hear about a writer who's too
sick to write??? Sure, I mentioned a bit about the strange form of
esophageal reflux I had (LPRD) but I really didn't share the whole
truth. Now that I've had surgery and am feeling pretty darned good
again, I thought I'd "come clean."</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">So,
it's a long and complicated story, but I'll try to spare you the gory
details. After one year, eight very specialized "specialists," a
gazillion tests that were absolutely not fun, and multiple appointments
every week, I'm finally getting back to my old self. Since last May I
could barely walk to the mailbox and back without getting horribly out
of breath and coughing up a storm. I was even breathless when I bent
over to tie my shoes! Ack! And I could barely get out to the garden to
pick my beautiful tomatoes. My flower beds and veggie garden sported
four foot high weeds...a nightmare for the gardener in me. They put me
on oxygen at night and tried to figure out why my O2 dropped to 75 every
time I did any little thing. On top of that, work cut me to half time
due to business pressures, and we have been seriously struggling ever
since. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">Well,
long story short, they found that although I have existing issues with
scarring in the lungs, and I've always had big time asthma, the whole
mess was exacerbated by tons of acid coming up from my stomach and going
down into my lungs. So, I got fundoplication surgery ("toupet" variety,
this is where they fix the esophagus/stomach interface to make the
valve stronger) on April 3rd. I was back to work 3 weeks later, and now
at 9 weeks later I'm so sore all over I can barely move, because I
WEEDED my gardens for hours and hours every day this past weekend! Woo
hoo! I know that's a weird thing to be happy about, but I was outside! I
was in the sunlight and felt the fresh breeze on my skin! And guess
what? In mid-May, I planted my garden full of tomatoes, kale, collards,
squash, melons, cukes, beets, beans and more. ;o) Everything's doing
great and we even had a few strawberries this week. The flower pix I'm
inserting within here are all my morning walks through my flower beds -
they have been the most lush I've ever seen this year. ;o)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">I
honestly thought my gardening and writing days were over, which I'm
sure contributed to the deep depression. Thank goodness, that's over.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">So,
I guess you could say, I'm "back." And although last year I didn't have
any energy or even care about writing much, now I've got the writing
bug back and I'm planning the next Gus LeGarde mystery. I have ideas
that are starting to gel, and some of them will be based a little bit on
stuff that happened to me.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">No,
Gus and his family won't be getting sick. My gosh, I've had enough of
that! But I think my Chopin-lovin' guy is going to fall in love with
some rock music that might surprise you. I'm tempted to tell you all
about it, shall I? I know this article is already too long by
conventional standards, but here goes.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">When
I was in college for engineering (1973-81) I basically tuned out modern
day music. I turned back to classical, started playing my Chopin
waltzes and mazurkas again, and went nuts for opera, finding and falling
in love with the best tenors and sopranos. It goes without saying,
Pavarotti was my all time favorite. My wife and I had loved rock and
blues and folk in the sixties and early seventies. We went to all the
concerts. We saw Led Zep in 1969, as well as tons of other "new" British
bands who performed in Boston in tiny little clubs. Oh, we just loved
The Doors, Stones, Beatles, Jeff Beck, J.Geils, PP&M, Rod
Stewart, Traffic, and so many more cool bands. But we thought it all
ended there and that "nothing" in modern day (translate that to 1973 and
beyond) rock would ever, ever touch the beauty of the bands we already
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">Boy, were we wrong.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">Dale
and I saw Bohemian Rhapsody a month ago. We had known absolutely
nothing about the band Queen. Nothing! Okay, so a few songs like "We Are
the Champions" and "We Will Rock You" were familiar from television,
etc. But we both were absolutely seriously and fundamentally moved by
that film, and immediately watched the live concert, then bought the
greatest hits album. Now I play these tunes EVERY SINGLE day on my way
to work, and while I'm weeding outside, and while on the treadmill, etc.
My wife is doing the same and blasts them from our apple TVs. We are so
hooked And I'm just amazed at how incredible the musicianship is,
including the beautiful ballads, complex harmonies, arpeggios that make
my spirit soar, and of course, the driving beat. Wow. Now we discovered
(yes, we were absolutely like aliens coming down to earth for the first
time in this regard!) that there's another "greatest hits II" album and a
ton of individual albums as well. Can't wait to explore them all.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">Just
imagine Gus tooling down the country roads with hard rock blasting out
of his car windows. I can just see the looks on his students' faces as
he pulls into the school parking lot. Heh heh.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">What
else will happen in this new book? What about Sig and Lily, who are
pregnant with their first child? Now living in their new log cabin, Sig
and Lily will have their baby (boy or girl? What's your guess?), Shelby
will get into a lot more trouble than usual, and there will be a new
creepy neighbor who buys the old Marggrander farm next to Gus. We have
to have a villain, right? So stay tuned for more as I start writing this
one soon. ;o)</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">Speaking of rock music, have you read<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="validating" href="https://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=9t_0z&m=gph05SPKsKld4Fk&b=cj2c06hXUbla87yIUKDp6Q" style="color: blue;" target="_blank"><i style="color: black;">Spirit Me Away</i>?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This
LeGarde Mystery takes place in Boston in 1969 (when I lived there) and
is full of hippies, music, and mysteries galore. Gus even gets chased by
a peacock while trying to rescue Elsbeth. And yes, that also happened
to me. LOL. I'll tell you about it some day.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Boston,
Massachusetts: It’s the summer of ’69—the parks are flooded with flower
children and a hot new band called Led Zeppelin is set to appear at the
Boston Tea Party. But for one newlywed couple just beginning their
lives together, there will be no peace.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">In
the cradle of sex, drugs, and rock ’n roll, Gus and Elsbeth LeGarde are
music students attending the New England Conservatory of Music, after a
wedding kept secret from their families. When they discover a bruised
and sobbing teenage girl on the Boston Commons who can’t remember who
she is, or how she got there, the couple decides to “adopt” her to help
uncover her identity.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">But
Gus and Elsbeth aren’t prepared to be plunged into a violent world of
rape, abuse, and a ring of white slave traders who’ll stop at nothing to
take back their property—or to acquire new flesh in the form of Gus’s
beautiful young bride.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">At times nostalgic, heart-stopping, and breathlessly dramatic,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i style="color: black;">Spirit Me Away</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is
a thrilling romantic mystery set against the colorful backdrop of the
sixties—with an unforgettable conclusion at the greatest rock festival
of all time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">Chapter 1</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">June 28, 1969</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">The
girl slumped on a park bench clutching a battered old guitar case. Long
copper curls tumbled forward in an untidy mass, nearly obscuring her
eyes. She covered her face with her hands, and it was at that moment I
noticed her shoulders shaking.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">The poor thing was crying.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">Concerned, I stepped closer to the balcony railing to get a better look, wondering what was wrong.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">I’d
just wandered out to our terrace after working for two solid hours on
my music theory homework. I needed fresh air, because I didn’t think my
brain could process any more post tonal theory, 12-tone series,
octotonic scales, or especially the impossible analysis of Bartok's
String Quartet Number 4, first movement. And although the scenes on the
Boston Public Garden were usually quite lively, filled with hippies
sitting cross-legged on the grass, mothers pushing strollers, and dogs
chasing Frisbees, I hadn’t expected to see this poor creature sobbing on
the park bench.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">I
called to Elsbeth, who’d been playing a salty Brazilian tango on our
beat-up baby grand. “Honey? Can you come here for a minute?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">The
expression in Elsbeth’s dark eyes swung from musical enchantment to
mild curiosity. She pushed back from the piano and joined me on the
balcony. “What is it?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">I pointed to the girl. “Over there.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">My wife peered across Beacon Street to the sidewalk bordering the park, where the girl sat on the bench, weeping harder now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">“Oh, the poor thing. Another lost flower child.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">“Yeah.” A pang of empathy banged through me, which was always a bad sign. It meant I’d probably do something I’d regret. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">Regardless,
I couldn’t help but wonder what had happened to the girl, who looked to
be about our age, maybe eighteen or twenty. She wore typical hippie
garb, like most of our Bean Town flower children, with patched
bellbottom jeans, sandals, a tie-dyed tee shirt, and a suede vest with
beaded fringe.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">I
slid my arm around Elsbeth’s waist, watching the street below bustling
with activity. Groups of vibrant young hippies, flowing with beads, long
hair, and whorls of colorful fabric, tripped and laughed, floating
across the park to gather and play music.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">Fat
pigeons gathered and cooed at the girl’s feet, as if in tune with her
sorrow. Their green metallic feathers winked in the sunlight. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">Strains
of the Doors’ “Break on Through” wafted from someone’s transistor
radio. Taxis, cars, and buses engorged with passengers trundled past,
honking and billowing black smoke. Throngs of businessmen hurried
through the park, dressed in neatly pressed suits and crisp white
shirts, ignoring the forlorn figure on the bench.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">No one stopped. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">No one gave her a second glance. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">I turned to my wife. “We can’t leave her there.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">“I know.” She grabbed my hand, pulling me toward the door. “Come on.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">Remember the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i style="color: black;">Love Under Fire</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>boxed
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">We
were honored when Kathryn Knight, one of our authors, presented this
wonderful organization with $1,725.00 in their Maine chapter. Two of the
other authors in the set just presented our other donation...another
check for $1,725.00 to Pets For Vets, Washington, D.C. Chapter! Thank
you to everyone who helped raise this money, and if you'd like to learn
more about the set and support the authors involved, you can read more<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="validating" href="https://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=9t_0z&m=gph05SPKsKld4Fk&b=8AgWKvy1sp3umYKSnnU22Q" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">Thanks
for reading my rant today. I know many of you are amazingly supportive
folks who I consider friends, so thanks again for all you do to pass on
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Times, serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">I wish you a blessed day and hope you get a bit of warmth and blooming flowers today. We've had some beautiful days this past week but it's gotten all cool and rainy again. Today dawned with heavy fog! I hope the Easter Bunny can find his way out there. ;o)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Times, serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">I haven't posted in a while 'cause I had surgery a few weeks ago, on April 3rd. It was to hopefully fix my reflux that was getting into my lungs and stopping me from doing pretty much anything, such as walking to the mailbox or carrying a laundry basket or especially planting or weeding. You should have seen the weeds last summer! It wasn't a fun experience, but the operations is in my past now and I'm getting a little bit better every day.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Times, serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;"><a class="validating" href="https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Asylum-A-Carmen-Garcia-Romantic-Suspense-Novel-Audiobook/B07QFY6S7Q?qid=1555846766&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=W5DZ5F9ZM4ZEXVGRCEHV" style="color: blue;" target="_blank"><em style="color: black;">The Asylum</em></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>has just been released as an audiobook, and it you'd like to listen and review I will have a limited amount of special codes to share soon. It's recorded by the phenomenal Gwendolyn Druyor, who can create any voice type in the world. The way she represents Carmen and Rosita, my two Mexican American heroines, or Rocco, a warmhearted African American gentle giant, is simply outstanding. She really "gets" my writing and every nuance is just as I intended.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Times, serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">All of my books are available as audiobooks and if you haven't tried them yet, it's really easy and fun. You just download the Audible app on your phone and sign in. You can even use your Amazon account ID and password. Once you select a book, you can listen while you walk, drive (via Bluetooth), fall to sleep, or do household chores. I love audiobooks and listen constantly. ;o) The cool thing is you have them forever in your Audible library, to listen and re-listen whenever you wish.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Times, serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">I'm often asked which of my books is my favorite. It's a hard question to answer. I enjoyed writing them all so much.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="color: black;">The Seadog</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>springs to mind first. I'm not sure if it's because I can uncover secrets on Cape Cod again, or because of the awesome dog, "Bubba," who my character, Scout, gets to adopt. Then there's<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="color: black;">The Disappearance of Billy Moore</em>, a green marble time travel novel steeped in nostalgia and mystery.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="color: black;">Lady Blues: forget-me-not,</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is another favorite, where Gus is an integral part of saving a man's memory and reuniting him with his forbidden, lost love. And then there's<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="color: black;">Essentially Yours,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em>with a case of the most delicious unrequited love supporting one of the wildest chase scenes through the Adirondack wilderness. But if I was forced to choose, I think I'd go back to Gus's childhood, in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="color: black;">Don't Let the Wind Catch You</em>, where young Gus befriends a hermit and the spirit of a Native American girl in the woods. Riding horses in the woods with young Siegfried and Elsbeth is the best. And the secrets Gus uncovers include some deep life lessons about tolerance and love.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Times, serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">I've decided to load up some audiobook samples for you to listen to at Soundcloud.com. Just click on the play button and see who is your favorite narrator of all. I'd love to hear what you think. ;o)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">I have never done this before, but my heart is breaking for these poor local families who lost everything in a terrible fire on the coldest night of the year so far. It reached minus 25-30 windchill that night and the fire started at midnight. The apartments are located directly beside a business that Dale and I do work for in our spare time/weekends - we weave antique chairs, a skill we learned many eons ago from my mother. So we know the gal who started this GoFundMe project and we trust her implicitly. Martha actually risked her neck to go into the wreckage to save the beautiful cat you'll see in the photo. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Anyway, this fire completely destroyed the building and the families lost everything. They have donations from the Red Cross, but no place to put them because they have no homes. See Martha's post in <a href="https://www.blogger.com/I%20have%20never%20done%20this%20before,%20but%20my%20heart%20is%20breaking%20for%20these%20poor%20local%20families%20who%20lost%20everything%20in%20a%20terrible%20fire%20on%20the%20coldest%20night%20of%20the%20year%20so%20far.%20It%20reached%20minus%2025-30%20wind%20chill%20that%20night%20and%20started%20at%20midnight.%20The%20apartments%20are%20located%20directly%20beside%20a%20business%20that%20Dale%20and%20I%20do%20work%20for%20in%20our%20spare%20time/weekends%20-%20we%20weave%20antique%20chairs,%20a%20skill%20we%20learned%20many%20eons%20ago%20from%20my%20mother.%20So%20we%20know%20the%20gal%20who%20started%20this%20GoFundMe%20project%20and%20we%20trust%20her%20implicitly.%20Martha%20actually%20risked%20her%20neck%20to%20go%20into%20the%20wreckage%20to%20save%20the%20beautiful%20cat%20you'll%20see%20in%20the%20photo.%20%20Anyway,%20this%20fire%20completely%20destroyed%20the%20building%20and%20the%20families%20lost%20everything.%20They%20have%20donations%20from%20the%20Red%20Cross,%20but%20no%20place%20to%20put%20them%20because%20they%20have%20no%20homes.%20See%20Martha's%20post%20in%20GoFundMe%20below%20if%20you%20would%20like%20to%20help.%20%20I%20promise%20not%20to%20send%20you%20requests%20like%20this%20in%20the%20future%20-%20I%20just%20wanted%20to%20help%20if%20I%20could,%20and%20I%20know%20many%20of%20you%20wonderful%20readers%20have%20great,%20big,%20huge%20hearts.%20;o)%20%20Best%20wishes%20always,%20%20Aaron%20Paul%20Lazar%20www.lazarbooks.com%20%20https://www.gofundme.com/f/bloomfield-family-fire-relief" target="_blank">GoFundMe</a> if you would like to help. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">I promise not to post requests like this in the future - I just wanted to help if I could, and I know many of you wonderful readers and writers have great, big, huge hearts. ;o)</span></span></div>
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are you all doing? Surviving this crazy winter? Last weekend we had a
huge snowstorm. It was only the third significant storm since November,
but it dumped well over a foot of snow on us with tons of gigantic
drifts. Before we got a path shoveled for them, my poor dogs had to pee
on the back porch! See Balto, below, with the appalled expression on his
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dropped to MINUS six on Monday, and a few days later, it rained all day
in the forties! Crazy, huh? For those of you in the warmer climates, I
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">I
can't believe January's almost gone. One more month for us of
guaranteed cold and snow, then comes March, where we sometimes get nice
little hints of spring. Or sometimes we get another monster snowstorm,
lol.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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grill on the back porch always gets this tall mound of snow on it, and
my four-year-old grandson Chris insists it's a snowman. So, of course,
we go out and give him eyes, a carrot nose, a scarf (not easy on a
grill!), and a hat.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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I'd love to go on and on about my grandchildren and how they've kept us
in stitches during this cold weather, I should probably talk about
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">After a very long wait,<em style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em>my 28th book,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="color: black;">The Asylum,</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is now ready to order! This novella was first released last year as part of the limited edition<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="color: black;">USA Today Bestselling boxed set, Love Under Fire</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"></span>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="color: black;">The Asylum</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>features Carmen Garcia, granddaughter to Rosita Garcia, who appeared in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="color: black;">Devil's Spring,</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>book
3 of the Bittersweet Hollow romantic suspense series. Set on the wintry
coast of Maine, it's a fun read and will be available on March 1st,
2019. I've set the price at 99 cents, but it will go up to the usual
$3.99 soon thereafter. ;o) Print and audiobooks to follow. Check out the cover and synopsis, below.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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Carmen and her handsome young psychiatrist find a way to sneak in a kiss
or two in empty storerooms when no one’s looking. It doesn’t take long
for her suspicions to rise, however, as she gets to know some of the
patients. Why are some kept locked in their rooms, doped to the gills?
And where are the two-dozen patients whose names appear on the med
lists, but whom she’s never met? Moreover, what’s so forbidden about the
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November! Usually we can't count on such substantial snowfall 'til
January. It is beautiful, though. My daughter, Allison, took Chris out
to play in the white stuff and they built the snowman he's been begging
to make for the past month! I kept telling him we couldn't do it until
we had "enough" snow. That morning, he asked, "Is it enough, Papa?" I
laughed and said, "Absolutely!" It wasn't good packing snow, but they
managed to make a little snowman anyway. ;o)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> And it sure makes for good reading weather, doesn't it?</span></span></span></div>
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is your November going so far? Did you have a nice Thanksgiving? I'm so
thankful for family and friends, and very thankful for you, my friends and readers! Below you'll find a bunch of specials that will
save you money if you need some more food for your Kindle. ;o</span></span></div>
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again, I want to thank our military personnel for all they do for our
country. This boxed set is donating 50% of the profits to Pets for Vets,
which will help house and train unwanted dogs and cats as well as help
Vets in need. We are so thankful for our servicemen and women and for
the great people at Pets for Vets!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">After our long wait,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="color: black;">Love Under Fire</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is
finally available. I'm so thankful that we just learned it has became a
<b>USA Today BESTSELLER</b> on November 18th, 2018. What a thrill!</span></span></div>
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any of the books in the set and liked them, would you consider posting a
review on Amazon? We'd all be very grateful! Thank you!</span></span></div>
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sale now for 99 cents on Amazon, FOR THE BIRDS, book 1 in the Tall
Pines Mystery series, set in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains. Have
any of you been there before? It's so amazing - lakes, rivers, woods,
mountains...six million acres! I'd love to know what you think of
Marcella and Quinn... and of course, Ruby. ;o)</span></span></strong></div>
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one could accuse Marcella Hollister’s family of being normal. Her
gorgeous Native American husband, Quinn, has a compulsive cleaning
problem—which works for her, since she gets a pass on housework. Her
mother, who insists on being called Thelma, lives to irritate her
husband. And then, there’s Ruby. Sometimes Marcella’s not sure who Quinn
loves more…his wife, or his prize parakeet.<br style="color: black;" /><br style="color: black;" />After
Marcella’s beloved stepfather passes away, leaving a sizable
inheritance, the family heads to the scenic Adirondacks for a
much-needed vacation at the prestigious Adirondack National Bird Show.
But things soon take a strange turn—a bizarre accident involving Thelma,
Ruby, and an electrified hotel pool has Thelma asking for crackers and
Ruby suddenly spouting Thelma’s favorite phrases.<br style="color: black;" /><br style="color: black;" />Then
Thelma is kidnapped—and Marcella learns that the inheritance her
stepfather left may be connected to the largest unsolved bank heist in
U.S. history.<br style="color: black;" /><br style="color: black;" />Now
Marcella and Quinn must contend with an eccentric bird psychic,
mysterious white vans, aggressive FBI agents, and a dangerous chase
through the mountains as they rush to find her mother, with only Ruby’s
newly acquired “Thelma-vision” to guide them. Can they uncover the
secrets buried with her stepfather before it’s too late?</span></span></div>
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<li style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times;">2012 Carolyn Howard-Johnson's Top 10 Reads</span></span></span></li>
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<strong style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The first book in the 12 book LeGarde Mystery series is FREE. Check out this romantic wintry mystery on Amazon.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">After
four lonely years, music professor Gus LeGarde is still reeling from
the death of his wife Elsbeth. To deal with the loss, he plays endless
Chopin etudes on his piano and lavishes love on his grandson and dog,
but nothing lessens the pain.<br style="color: black;" /><br style="color: black;" />Life
spirals out of control when Gus heads for the snow-covered hills on an
early morning skiing excursion to find a mute child shackled to a
bedpost in a cabin. Gus rescues the child but the kidnapper, Baxter,
escapes into the woods to stew in hot revenge.<br style="color: black;" /><br style="color: black;" />Unexpectedly
thrown together with Camille, a social worker who takes the child into
her own home, Gus falls hard. The first woman who’s stirred his soul
since his Elsbeth, Camille is polite enough toward him -- but her own
dark secrets have her pulling away despite the mutual attraction.<br style="color: black;" /><br style="color: black;" />When
Gus’s little grandson goes missing, he fears the worse. Does Baxter
have the little boy? Does he want to trade for the mute child? Gus
braces for the fight of his life, struggling to protect Camille and his
family before time runs out.<br style="color: black;" />.<br style="color: black;" />“Double
Forté is a satisfyingly riveting tale with an appealing hero, whose
love of music and gourmet food is as fundamental as his courage.” Laurel
Wemett, Finger Lakes Magazine<br style="color: black;" /><br style="color: black;" />ForeWord Book of the Year Award FINALIST</span></span><br style="color: black;" /> </div>
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Hi, folks!<br />
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Just
a quick post today to let you know about this amazing weekend deal.
Tons of books to choose from - all mysteries! All are free or 99 cents!<br />
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Hope you can take advantage of these amazing selections. ;o)<br />
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Two
of my books are also included - Double Forte', book 1 in the LeGarde
Mystery series (FREE) and Under the Ice, also in the same series (99
cents).<br />
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Enjoy!!<br />
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Aaron Paul Lazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29301159.post-5245550638819333992018-08-29T13:37:00.000-04:002018-08-30T14:50:20.145-04:00Get 21 amazing novels for 99 cents!!! What a deal!!! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Under-Fire-Judith-Lucci-ebook/dp/B07GCTP7CJ/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1535653982&sr=1-1&keywords=love+under+fire"><img alt="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Under-Fire-Judith-Lucci-ebook/dp/B07GCTP7CJ/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1535653982&sr=1-1&keywords=love+under+fire" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6bMkVYRN_lWInsJSpE8Y1IOHHYfD4mYEACoW4IvxkxxdzmOPpxH0D4SWH3h2abnU2qqGWkKfjvvuAk0CRhfONNCRecY7Q81K-kyUfey9shWsPhu2VraaXzv8TM8VrTMzxefnqJw/s320/black+lab.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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Hello, fellow book lovers!<br />
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I'm
sorry I've been a little distant this summer. I've been dealing with so
many family issues, and also had to get a little surgery on my poor
nose because of not wearing sunscreen as a child. Ugh! It was not fun,
but it's healing up pretty well and I'm glad to say it's all behind me.
So wear your sunscreen, folks!!! <br />
<br />
Meanwhile, I'm honored to be part of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Under-Fire-Judith-Lucci-ebook/dp/B07GCTP7CJ/ref=sr_1_5?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1534191928&sr=1-5&keywords=%22love+under+fire%22">LOVE UNDER FIRE</a>, an amazing boxed set with 20 other authors. My offering is <i>The Asylum</i>, a brand new novella that's a spin off from <i>Devil's Spring</i>, book 3 in the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bittersweet-Hollow-3-Book-Series/dp/B01N8T2CNZ/ref=sr_1_4?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1535653521&sr=1-4&keywords=bittersweet+hollow+series">Bittersweet Hollow series</a>.<br />
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You really ought to take a look, because each author is outstanding. I've been reading some of the excerpts today<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/861198264076315/permalink/905564459639695/">,</a> and wow! These folks are really talented. ;o) <br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Under-Fire-Judith-Lucci-ebook/dp/B07GCTP7CJ/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1535653982&sr=1-1&keywords=love+under+fire" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Carmen has a secret, and his name is Dr. Micah Worthy. Affairs aren’t permitted between staff members at St. Michael’s Asylum, but Carmen and her handsome young psychiatrist find a way to sneak in a kiss or two in empty storerooms when no one’s looking. It doesn’t take long for her suspicions to rise, however, as she gets to know some of the patients. Why are some kept locked in their rooms, doped to the gills? And where are the two-dozen patients whose names appear on the med lists, but whom she’s never met? Moreover, what’s so forbidden about the ancient passages snaking beneath the two-hundred-year old monastery? Something’s off in the asylum, and when nothing seems to add up, Carmen and Micah unite to uncover the truth. When staff members learn she’s on to them, the threats begin. Can Carmen report her findings before she ends up in the icy Atlantic? Set on the rugged Maine coast in the dead of winter, The Asylum is an intriguing story of romance and danger, filled with characters you’ll love and breathless action that’ll keep you up way past your bedtime. " border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-Q0yXlNhthNinrf-Vxgx2Ue8IEvl0L4pvtQ6ZEwhl_LTVKAOwADSX3B9rAE5sVZGuRQDgkWXiVfq0X7F3UGUZ2EnC49i9k6n82saSKa1q394bj52NJAcgY1SHC9UKjO7-ymBCA/s320/The+Asylum+E-Book+Cover.jpg" width="213" /></a>You can pre-order this amazing 21 boxed set today on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Under-Fire-Judith-Lucci-ebook/dp/B07GCTP7CJ/ref=sr_1_5?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1534191928&sr=1-5&keywords=%22love+under+fire%22">Amazon</a>. Romantic
suspense at its best - what a deal! Help us raise money for PETS FOR
VETS. ;o) It'll go "live" on November 13th, but is only available for a very limited time before it's whisked off the market.<br />
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Here's a blurb from <i>The Asylum</i>, featuring Rosita, Rocco, and Carmen Garcia, Rosita's daughter.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Carmen has a secret, and his name is Dr. Micah Worthy. </b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />Affairs
aren’t permitted between staff members at St. Michael’s Asylum, but
Carmen and her handsome young psychiatrist find a way to sneak in a kiss
or two in empty storerooms when no one’s looking. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It
doesn’t take long for her suspicions to rise, however, as she gets to
know some of the patients. Why are some kept locked in their rooms,
doped to the gills? And where are the two-dozen patients whose names
appear on the med lists, but whom she’s never met? Moreover, what’s so
forbidden about the ancient passages snaking beneath the
two-hundred-year old monastery?<br /><br />Something’s off in the asylum, and when nothing seems to add up, Carmen and Micah unite to uncover the truth.<br /><br />When
staff members learn she’s on to them, the threats begin. Can Carmen
report her findings before she ends up in the icy Atlantic?<br /><br />Set
on the rugged Maine coast in the dead of winter, The Asylum is an
intriguing story of romance and danger, filled with characters you’ll
love and breathless action that’ll keep you up way past your bedtime. </span><span style="font-size: small;">
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Lazar - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Asylum: a Carmen Garcia
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Enemies</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Jinx Schwartz - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Baja Get
Away</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Uvi Poznansky - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Virtually
Lace</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Have a great rest of August!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Happy reading,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Aaron Paul Lazar</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">www.lazarbooks.com</span><br />
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Aaron Paul Lazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29301159.post-90912026508814067572018-06-18T15:17:00.002-04:002018-06-18T18:30:23.029-04:00Love Under Fire - Cover Reveal!<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Happy "Almost" Summer!</span></b></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Who doesn’t love a cover reveal?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s so exciting to see the “face” of a book
you’ve been working on, or in this case, the box set you’re contributing
to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s right, I’m part of a incredible
Romantic Suspense Box Set, <b><i>Love Under Fire,</i></b> with 21 tales of thrilling romantic suspense, mystery,
and danger—all NEW stories from USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon
Bestselling Authors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The best part? We’re donating a large portion of our
proceeds to <b>Pets for Vets</b>, a charity that pairs rescued animals with military
vets in need of companion animals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am thrilled
about this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescuing animals and helping
our vets are such important issues. ;o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">To get the ball rolling and maximize visibility, we’re
offering the entire set for 99 cents—yes, 99 pennies for 21 books—if you
Pre-order NOW. That means you can order the set today, and have it hit your
e-reader on release day, November 13<sup>th</sup>, automatically—a fun surprise
just in time for holiday travels and a little escapism when the chaos of the
season gets too stressful, or a snowstorm gives you some time to unwind. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">While
it’s true that just a few 99 cent purchases might not make up a considerable
donation, we’re going for thousands of downloads, with so many authors
participating and a deal too good to pass up. We hope you’ll help us meet our
goal, and enjoy the stories and perhaps find some new authors to love!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Okay, without further ado…here it is, the box set cover of
LOVE UNDER FIRE!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">What do you think?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span> I also adore my personal
cover for the story I’m contributing, <i>The Asylum:</i> a Carmen Garcia romantic
suspense novel. (Scroll down for that cover reveal, as well.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Here’s a rundown of the titles:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kathryn
Knight - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Haunting of Hillwood Farm</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;">Stephanie Queen - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ace
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Casi
McLean - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Reign Of Fire</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;">Valerie J. Clarizio – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Code Enforcer</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Chris
Patchell - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Deception Bay</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Aaron Paul
Lazar - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Asylum: a Carmen Garcia
romantic suspense novel</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Alyssa
Richards - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chasing Secrets</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">K.M. Hodge
- <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Summer of ‘78</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pamela
Fagan Hutchins - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Buckle Bunny</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Judith Lucci – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">RUN for your
life</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Stephany Tullis – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Blue
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Fiona Quinn – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cold Red</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;">Anna Celeste Burke – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lily’s Homecoming Under Fire</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Margaret A. Daly- <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Monsters
in my Closet</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Linda Watkins - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Witches
of Storm Island, Book I: The Turning</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Tamara Ferguson - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Two Hearts
Under Fire</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Suzanne Jenkins - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Running
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;">Inge-Lise Goss – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Diamonds
and Lies</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">S.R. Mallery – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tender
Enemies</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Jinx Schwartz - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Baja Get
Away</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Uvi Poznansky - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Virtually
Lace</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">If you'd like to see a little bit more about the stories, check out Uvi Poznansky's post here: https://uviart.blogspot.com/2018/06/want-to-know-what-each-one-of-21-novels.html</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Pre-order links are now up for <i>Love Under Fire</i>, everywhere
but Amazon, which will go live on August 13<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have a Nook, iTunes, or Kobo account,
help us—and Pets for Vets--out and get your copy today!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks and please share the news to all your
reader friends!</span></div>
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1392147503"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Love
Under Fire on iTunes</span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></div>
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Under Fire on Nook/Barnes & Noble</span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/love-under-fire-13"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Love
Under Fire on Kobo</span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></div>
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Under Fire additional links</span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Available to Pre-Order on Kindle beginning August 13<sup>th</sup>!
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When her ex-husband gets out of jail, Camille’s world crumbles.
Shelby is lured to the madman’s hideaway in the worst ice storm of the century,
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">There are light flurries in the air today, but yesterday actually felt like spring at 53 degrees! Today it's back to 30s, but at least we had a taste of what's to come. I worked outside picking up branches, sticks, etc. around the yard and trimming some of last fall's perennials back down to the ground. There's so much work ahead - but it was amazing to hear the birds singing their little hearts out yesterday. And yes, my crocuses are actually blooming.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">I'm writing a new romantic suspense novella to be included in a beautiful, new bookset called<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="color: black;">Love Under Fire<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em>next October. For now, I'm calling it<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="color: black;">Carmen's Story</em><em style="color: black;">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em>just to have a placeholder name. The book's based on characters from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="color: black;">Devil's Spring.</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Do you remember Rosita and Rocco? Well, Carmen is Rosita's granddaughter, a spunky, sweet gal that I hope you'll love. I'm about halfway done, but for promotional purposes I need a cover, title, and synopsis by mid-May.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;">Would you help me choose a title? (or suggest one of your own?) I've share the names I brainstormed below and also have shown you the rough draft synopsis so you'll know what it's about and can pick an appropriate title based on that. I have to say, many of the titles I "thought up" on my own are actually already used by tons of authors. It seems it's hard to find a unique title these days that hasn't been already thought of by others! However, there's no rule that says you can't use the same title that another writer has chosen, especially if you differentiate it with a subtitle.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 16.049999237060547px;"><strong style="color: black;">Carmen has a secret, and his name is Dr. Micah Worthy.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 16.049999237060547px;">Affairs aren’t permitted between staff members at The Seabreeze Sanitarium, but Carmen and her handsome young psychiatrist find a way to sneak in a kiss or two in empty storerooms when no one’s looking. It doesn’t take long for her suspicions to rise, however, as she gets to know some of the patients in the sanitarium. Why are some kept locked in their rooms, doped to the gills? And where are the two dozen patients whose names appear on the med lists, but who she’s never met? Moreover, what’s so forbidden about the ancient tunnels that snake beneath the Victorian structure?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 16.049999237060547px;">Something’s off in this weirdo psychiatric facility, and when nothing seems to add up, Carmen and Micah unite to uncover the truth.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 16.049999237060547px;">When the authoritarian staff members learn that she’s on to them, the threats begin. Can Carmen and Micah report their findings before they end up in the icy Atlantic?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 16.049999237060547px;">Set on the rugged Maine coast in the dead of winter,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="color: black;">Carmen Under Fire</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is an intriguing story of romance and danger, filled with characters you’ll love and breathless action that’ll keep you up way past your bedtime.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<li style="color: black; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">Carmen’s Revenge</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="color: black; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">No Way Out: Carmen’s story</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="color: black; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">Don’t Tell (many uses)</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="color: black; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">Tell No One (Harlan Coben)</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="color: black; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">Going Underground</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="color: black; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">I’m Not Afraid of You<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="color: black; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">Carmen’s Secret</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="color: black; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">Carmen Under Fire</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="color: black; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">The Fire in Her Eyes (many uses)</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;"></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="color: black; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">Run for Your Life (many)</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="color: black; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">Get Out</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="color: black; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 15.693333625793457px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">Trust No one (many)</span></span></span></span></li>
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Aaron Paul Lazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29301159.post-77025281668051966102018-03-25T08:13:00.000-04:002018-03-25T08:27:56.236-04:00Happy Spring, Book Lovers! (Deals and More!)<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Good morning, all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Spring has officially come per
the calendar, but boy-oh-boy it sure doesn't feel like it yet. We are
still freezing up here in western New York!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To brighten
the horizon, I want to share a giveaway with you where you can win some
awesome books by multiple award winners and national bestsellers. Check
out this cool contest! (Psst...my new book, <i>Murder on the Brewster Flats</i>, is in this contest!)</span><br />
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daughter Beth has been unreachable for days. No ransom note arrives, no
kidnapper calls. When Beth’s exotic roommate Zafina Azziz arrives on their
doorstep worried about Beth’s whereabouts, Sam turns to his talisman, a small
green marble that links him to the spirit of his brother Billy. Whisked between
past and present, he discovers a bizarre link between his daughter and a villain
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luck in the contest! Think warm thoughts for me... I really want to
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Aaron Paul Lazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29301159.post-57954799996790060412018-02-04T16:40:00.002-05:002018-02-04T16:40:45.259-05:00Murder on the Brewster Flats is here!<br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Music professor Gus LeGarde and his wife Camille are looking forward to a relaxing vacation at Paines Creek Beach on beautiful Cape Cod. But Gus barely has a chance to feel the sand between his toes before a near-miss car accident drags him right into the middle of a local family feud — and a centuries-old mystery that’s begging to be solved.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">"An </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body">exciting and polished novel which you can’t put down." Steph Dagg</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body">"</span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body">Lazar’s
got another big winner! Readers won’t be able to put down this book
until the last page. Even then, it’s hard to say goodbye to Gus and
Camille." Jan Smith</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">"</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body">Treasure,
pirates, a bi-family feud and underground passages; all the makings of a
terrific mystery caught me from the get go and wouldn't let go. . Don't
miss this!" KC Curtis</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body"></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body">"Somehow Lazar manages to keep non-stop action going through the entire book! Is there such a thing as a cozy thriller? </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body">The other
thing I loved about this book, in addition to the action, is that it's
just plain FUN! Centuries-old houses on the storm lashed seacoast must
have harbored pirates and their treasures, right? You won't be
disappointed." Joan Young</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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so much it is a re-read. If you haven't read any of Aaron Lazar's books
start with this one, you won't be sorry. It will grab you and you will
want to read all his other books." Linda Frank</span></span></span></div>
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