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Listmania Lists

Thank you So proud to say that Hostage Heart was included in
the Don't Miss these romance authors
Listmania List on Amazon by 1920's Movie Fan
Life was hard after the hurricanes swept through, destroying her parents' home and livelihood...Deanna did the only thing she could do. She moved to New York City, found a job, worked hard, scrimped and saved to send what little she could manage back home to Louisiana to her parents. An errand for her boss - a chance encounter with a crew of bank robbers - a kind man who tried to help her and deserved her courageous help in return... But he wasn't the man she thought he was...no, he was so very much more!

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Feeding the Author's Psyche

Not much more does an author's heart fonder than reading the acclaim from others on her work...
So, okay, I admit, I like to bolster my ego every so offten - I am, after all, a "temperamental artist"
Here are some of the review headings (from Amazon) that I've gotten about my books:
Gut-wrenching novel Within the Law
High RPM Romanctic Suspense Within the Law
Dedicated to paramedics who put their lives on the line for us daily Final Sin
Cordero Delivers Final Sin
Great and moving book! Bartlett's Rule
Chelle Cordero has arrived. Bartlett's Rule
Real people, Real Problems and Real Solutions Bartlett's Rule
Very Good! Courage of the Heart
Within the Law - Where Murder and Love Collide Within the Law
Make it your rule to read "Bartlett's Rule" Bartlett's Rule
Amazing authors create amazing books! Within the Law
Forgotten is Hard to Forget!! Forgotten (His Lucky Charm)
Bartlett's Rule Bartlett's Rule
really good read Courage of the Heart
Great new author - great page turner! Courage of the Heart
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ACCKK!! WHERE'S THAT LIST?

Organization, or rather the extreme lack of it, is the bane of my existence. As a self-employed – and too broke to hire assistants – writer, I have to keep track of my different projects, deadlines, invoices, bills and other "I gotta do it(s)". Organization has NEVER been my forte… (Read More)

Hostage Heart vs. The Town

A friend called me yesterday to tell me that she just saw the movie "The Town" starring Ben Affleck and Rebecca Hall… " You know ," she said, " it reminded me of one of your books, Hostage Heart ."

About The Town: "Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) is an unrepentant criminal, the de facto leader of a group of ruthless bank robbers who pride themselves in stealing what they want and getting out clean. With no real attachments, Doug never has to fear losing anyone close to him. But that all changed on the gang's latest job, when they briefly took a hostage--bank manager, Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall). Though they let her go unharmed, Claire is nervously aware that the robbers know her name...and where she lives. But she lets her guard down when she meets an unassuming and rather charming man named Doug...not realizing that he is the same man who only days earlier had terrorized her. …" (courtesy of Movie Insider) The movie is loosely based on Chuck Hogan's book "Prince of Thieves".

About Hostage Heart : "Life was hard after the hurricanes swept through, destroying her parents' home and livelihood...Deanna did the only thing she could do. She moved to New York City, found a job, worked hard, scrimped and saved to send what little she could manage back home to Louisiana to her parents. An errand for her boss - a chance encounter with a crew of bank robbers - a kind man who tried to help her and deserved her courageous help in return... But he wasn't the man she thought he was...no, he was so very much more!" In Hostage Heart, Deanna is taken captive and falls in love with one of the bank robbers. Admonishing herself for her poor judgment, she nonetheless mourns after she watches him shot down during her rescue. She later learns that there is duplicity and has to survive someone's need for revenge.

I had to chuckle how the combined theme of a hostage and an ensuing love story made my friend think of my book. I feel honored to have one of my stories come to mind. There are, after all, only so many stories – it's the telling that makes all of the difference. There have been many times when classics such as Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story were compared.

Of course though I have to wonder (and hope for) how it can come to pass that a movie producer would turn one of my tales into a movie starring some sexy hunk?


Are there any takers out there?

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I Am Featured in 50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading, by The Authors Show!

Imagine my joy when I was told that I was selected as one of the featured authors in the first ever"50 Great Authors You Should Be Reading" produced by The Authors Show
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