Hello! This
is one of my tour stops during my one month book tour for Time to Say Goodbye
by Parker J. Cole. This virtual book tour is organized by Write Now Literary Book Tours. This tour runs March 5-30, 2018. Follow the tour here. Book your own tour
here WNL.
ISBN-10:
1973224151
ISBN-13:
978-1973224150
Genre: Sweet
Inspirational Romance
About The Author
I am an author, speaker, and radio
show host with a fanatical obsession with the Lord, Star Trek, K-dramas, anime,
romance books, old movies, speculative fiction, and knitting. An off and on
addict to Mountain Dew and marshmallows who writes to fill the void the sugar
left behind.
About The Book
Gargi Kapoor
is the only one convinced her brother, Dev, is innocent of the crime he was
convicted of. When he is sent to the hospital with an unexplained paralyzing
disease she finds herself having to lean on the last person she'd ever want to
depend on -- a man who wants her brother to pay for stealing his mother's life
savings.
Leon Reckley
is extremely satisfied to find the man who ripped his mother off suffering from
an unknown disease that leaves him paralyzed and in need of rehabilitation
therapeutic services. He's even happier when he is given the opportunity to be
the therapist that makes him fit enough to return to prison to finish his
sentence. No one will work harder to make sure Dev Kapoor serves every minute
of his prison sentence.
Gargi never
dreamed the man who has utter contempt for her brother would be the man she
slowly begins to trust. Leon never thought he'd be convinced Dev might be
innocent, let alone be drawn to his enemy's little sister. Together, will they
find the truth? Or when Leon's job is over, will it simply be time to say
goodbye?
Connect Socially
An Interview with the Author:
· Tell us about yourself.
It's really a shock
to me that I would write Christian fiction. Really it is. I didn't know Christian fiction existed until
about 2000 or so when I happened across a store called Family Christian Stores.
I went in there and saw all of these lovely books and was hooked.
My earliest memories
are of books and writing. I always knew this is what I would do. I just never
thought I'd be a Christian writer or a writer who is Christian. I grew up reading Stephen King and then when
I was fourteen, I discovered my first Harlequin book under my cousin's bed that
summer and got hooked onto romance. So my first loves are horror and romance.
Go figure.
When I began to take
my writing seriously, I had been let go at my job back in 2010. Now I had time on my hands. I saw the
computer with my manuscript I'd let linger for ten years from the time I was 18
years old and I decided to get in published no matter what. My first book, Dark
Cherub, can be classified as Christian horror. (Thanks Stevie!) It changed everything for me. I mean,
everything. I worked on my first romance series, called Sins of the Flesh and
that also changed things for me. I started to do podcasting, and now I am the
owner of the new PJC Media, an online broadcasting company. Yet the love of the written word is still in
my veins.
I host Christian
authors worldwide on my shows. Been
doing it for three years. Over the years, I've become something of diplomat. The body of Christ is already so
divided by denominations and the like. I don't want to add to that
unnecessarily. I don't mind standing up for core biblical truths but when it
comes to secondary, non-essentials, I don't get too worked up over it.
I love helping
Christian authors get the word out about their works. If you want to be
showcased on my show, simply email me at writestuffradio at gmail dot com. I'd
be glad to have you.
· What type
of jobs or careers have you worked in the past?
The majority of my
working career has been in the financial industry working in a clerical or
administrative capacity. When I first started working, I worked at a bank in
the Clerical department. We supported three other departments by taking care of
the general correspondence, assigning work to the different representatives,
collating the loan packages, and handling routine calls. I used an device
called a typewriter. (hahahaha) I remember feeling old one day when one of the
kids at my church asked, “What’s a typewriter?”
Moving on.
My next job I worked
a clerical position in a different department at the same financial
institution. Here, I worked with new construction homes and vendors. As I grew
in the position, I interacted more with our vendors and handled correspondence.
After my stint here, I worked as a administrative support for three officers.
In this capacity, the work became more sensitive as I dealt with a lot of
confidential information.
Then this weird looking guy
grabbed my heart and ran with it. He put a ring on my finger in front of God
and everyone else at church. We jumped the broom.
After the honeymoon…
I worked in insurance and
securities. Also, in a clerical capacity but dealing data entry. It was the
most stressful position I’d been in relating but I connected with really interesting
people there. I learned a lot about insurance, why it was necessary. I learned
about saving money for retirement and all of that.
When I left that job, I started
my own business as a virtual assistant. I’d realize that over the years, I had
accumulated a lot of administrative knowledge that I could take to other small
businesses. Blew my mind. However, I ended up giving this business to my mom.
She’s done wonders with it. I realized that although I’d been in administrative
and clerical capacity for so long, it was not my passion.
Where I work at now, I’m work
with managing accounts. When I first started there, I did more clerical work at
first. I was the receptionist too. But when I received a promotion, I found
myself managing accounts and working with clients and vendors. I am learning to
delegate and take ownership of problems. It’s not sales but relationship
management. I find myself pretty good at it, too. Maybe it’s because while I
had worked all those clerical jobs, over time, I learned how to work with all
sorts of people – from easygoing co-workers to insensitive managers to
irritated customers. Plus, I’d been in
the financial industry for a long while and those other skills and experiences
have come in handy.
· Who are
your favorite authors?
I have too many to be honest. I
couldn’t do justice and try to name them all.
· What are
your favorite books?
My favorite books vary as well but I loved
Battlefield: Earth by L. Ron. Hubbard; Rose Madder by Stephen King, The Muslim
by Callen Clarke, The Chadesh Chronicles by David G. Johnson; Windfollower by
Carole McDonnell; The Good Atheist by M. J. Manto; The Preacher’s Promise by
Piper Huguley; Undraland by Mary E. Twomey; and a few hundred more
· When did
you begin to realize you wanted to write?
I’ve always wanted to
write since I was a young child. It’s been my constant friend and my teddy bear!
· Tell us
about your journey to publication.
I met my agent
Vanessa Grossett through a friend of mine. She accepted my work which is a big
deal as most agents do not take on unpublished authors. We submitted by book,
Many Strange Women, to dozens of publishers. Each rejection hurt like a knife
but then my publisher eLectio bought my book and the rest is history!
· Are you a
full-time writer? If so, describe your day?
I’m not a full time
writer but I write all the time. At work, after work, during work, on break. I
do my best to make time to write. I try to set my goal for 500 words a day.
