• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Sugarbeat's Books

The Home of the Romance Novel

  • Home
  • Blog
  • About Me
  • Review Policy
  • Review List
  • My Books

VBT – Genie Gabriel, author of Chasing the Legacy

By Barb Drozdowich Leave a Comment

Sugarbeat’s Books is happy to welcome Genie Gabriel back to the blog!

Genie Gabriel is touring her current book, Chasing the Legacy, around the blog with the help of Goddessfish Promotions. Genie will be giving away a $25.00 Amazon GC to a random commenter during the tour and a $10.00 Powell’s Bookstore GC to a commenter at each stop.  For more blogs to comment on click HERE.  I hope you enjoy the information that Genie has to share with us today.

 

 

 

BLURB:

 

A jaded reporter with a penchant for flashy shoes stumbles onto an explosive story when a beast-man blows up her hometown. She hides her own secrets as she digs for a truth hidden deep in the past of this small mining town. When she turns to a soft-spoken bomb tech for help, they uncover evidence that could shatter lives and defuse their budding love.

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

EXCERPT

CHASING THE LEGACY

 

 

 

“Mind if I join you?”

 

Layla turned at the sound of Grady’s voice. “Your house.”

 

“I haven’t lived here in awhile but, yeah, still home.” He eased onto the settee beside Layla with a sigh, a different kind of smoky smell lingering on his clothes–that of explosions and destructive fires.

 

“You were a hero tonight.”

 

“Just doing my job, like a lot of others who are still in town.”

 

“What happened?”

 

“The initial theory is a guy who sold a baby to a wealthy couple didn’t like his money-making scheme cut off. So he planted dynamite in the buildings in Halo for revenge.”

 

Layla shivered. “Pretty over-the-top for one baby.”

 

“I’m sure there’s more to it.” Grady covered a yawn.

 

Silence settled between them, and soon Layla heard Grady’s gentle, even breathing. He had fallen asleep. With tousled hair and smudges of soot on his face from the fires, he seemed more like a little boy than a man who sought out explosives for a living.

 

Soon Tallie appeared with a quilt over her arm. She tucked it around Grady and kissed his cheek. Always the mom and, again, Layla felt a pang of envy.

 

“May I bring you a blanket?”

 

Layla shook her head. “I’m going inside in a few minutes.”

 

But she didn’t. When the sun peeked over the eastern horizon, she had cuddled up against Grady and burrowed under his blanket.

 

His arm stretched along the back of the settee over her shoulders and he smiled shyly at her. “I won’t tell your pop if you don’t tell my mom.”

 

Her belly did a funny little somersault as a grin formed on her face. “It’s a deal.”

 

He kneaded the muscles in his neck. “I need to get back to town.”

 

Then he stood and tucked the blanket around her, much as Tallie had done for him earlier. “Welcome home, Layla.”

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

AUTHOR Bio:

 

For years I’ve been fascinated by the puzzle of why some people collapse under life’s traumas and others emerge triumphantly stronger. These triumphs of the human spirit over the ugliest of adversities became the basis for my stories. Yet my dramatic stories have always contained touches of humor, and sometimes I have great fun writing romantic comedy novellas. However, in all my stories, my passion for writing romance is an outlet for the powerful messages that people can overcome great difficulties, and true love can turn life’s heartaches into happily ever after.

 

My Web site: www.GenieGabriel.com

My LEGACY blog: http://oshealegacyseries.blogspot.com/

Share this:

  • Share
  • Pocket
  • Tumblr
  • Print
  • Email
  • Reddit

Related

About Barb Drozdowich

Social Media and Wordpress Consultant Barb Drozdowich has taught at University, trained technical personnel in the banking industry and, most recently, used her expertise to help dozens of authors develop the social media platform needed to succeed in today’s fast evolving publishing world. She owns Bakerview Consulting and is the only reviewer on this blog.

Previous Post: « Book Feature with Kate Moretti, author of Thought I Knew You
Next Post: Book Feature – Marianne Evans, author of Devotion »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Mary Preston

    October 15, 2012 at 5:50 am

    I always smile over “the penchant for flashy shoes”. Such a vivid image.

    marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com

    Reply
    • Genie Gabriel

      October 15, 2012 at 11:24 am

      Waving hi, Mary! The idea for the flashy shoes came from an ad in a magazine. It showed a woman working under a car and wearing these incredible red high-heeled shoes. That’s symbolic of my heroine, Layla. She takes on dangerous situations with courage, but she’s very much a woman.

      Reply
  2. Elizabeth

    October 15, 2012 at 8:08 am

    Very sweet and intriguing excerpt…it’s sad to see the tour end! (BTW, any word on who won at last week’s second stop?) Good luck with the release!

    eai(at)stanfordalumni(dot)org

    Reply
    • Genie Gabriel

      October 15, 2012 at 11:30 am

      Hi, Elizabeth! I always have fun on blog tours also. You can also keep up with where I am online and with the citizens of Halo at my blog . Last week’s winner was MomJane, another one of my regulars. I love seeing familiar names on my tours!

      Reply
  3. Donna DM Yates

    October 15, 2012 at 8:13 am

    I like the premise of this story. Interesting.

    Reply
    • Genie Gabriel

      October 15, 2012 at 11:34 am

      Hi, Donna! From my writer’s perspective, a premise is an interesting beast. I may start out with one direction in mind, then the characters throw me some surprises. That was certainly true in this book. Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  4. Goddess Fish Promotions

    October 15, 2012 at 8:59 am

    Thank you for hosting today.

    Reply
  5. momjane

    October 15, 2012 at 11:04 am

    Loved the cover. I really enjoyed the excerpt. This sounds like a really exciting story.

    Reply
    • Genie Gabriel

      October 15, 2012 at 1:56 pm

      Hi, MomJane! Thank you for your kind words. So glad you stopped by!

      Reply
  6. Genie Gabriel

    October 15, 2012 at 11:13 am

    Good day to all! Wow–my doggies really let me sleep in today!

    I’m sooooo glad to be back at Sugarbeats blog today! Thank you for hosting me!

    Reply
    • Sugarbeat

      October 15, 2012 at 1:44 pm

      Hi Genie!
      I’m back in from work, and it so nice to see that you’ve dropped by to say hi! Thank you so much for visiting with me and everyone else today! It’s great to host you on my blog!

      Reply
  7. Courtney Rene

    October 15, 2012 at 11:42 am

    What a great blurb. This book really sounds fun. Hope the tour goes well for you.

    ctny

    Reply
    • Genie Gabriel

      October 15, 2012 at 1:59 pm

      Hi, Courtney! So glad you stopped by! Thank you for your kind words and support!

      Reply
  8. Shannon

    October 15, 2012 at 12:56 pm

    Thanks for sharing the excerpt. I am interested to hear more!

    Reply
    • Genie Gabriel

      October 15, 2012 at 2:10 pm

      Hi, Shannon! If you want to read more about this book and others in my Halo Legacy Series, I post other excerpts on my Legacy blog as I introduce various characters from the series. Thank you for stopping by!

      Reply
  9. Genie Gabriel

    October 15, 2012 at 10:14 pm

    And the winner is: Elizabeth! Congratulations! I’ll be sending you an e-mail to claim your gift card.

    Many thanks to all who stopped by, and thank you to Sugarbeat for hosting me!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Follow Me

Facebooktwitterpinterestlinkedinrss

Subscribe to Blog on Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 16,653 other subscribers

Available Now on Amazon

Available Now on Amazon

Do you need a primer?

Do you need a primer?

Need help with your website?

Need help with your website?

Are you listed?

Book BLogger list 250

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

2021 Reading Challenge

2021 Reading Challenge
Barb has
read 0 books toward
her goal of
100 books.
hide

0 of 100 (0%)
view books

Archives

Footer

Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2023