Double Destiny

Montana Mavericks: The Kingsleys #0.5

by Crystal Green, Judy Duarte

A woman from the past. A death-defying accident. A moment in time that changes one man’s life forever…

First Love by Crystal Green

His father had forbidden their match years ago. But now the Kingsley heir and his long-lost love were reunited….

Second Chance by Judy Duarte

The last thing they thought they wanted was each other… until a midnight confession changed everything!
Nothing is as it seems beneath the big skies of Montana.

512 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2003

About the author

Pseudonym for Chris Marie Green and Christine Cody

A long time ago, in a land far, far away (Milwaukee , WI , St. Luke's Hospital), Chris Marie Green (also writing as Crystal Green) joined the world. While moving to Southern California, Kentucky , then back to California , she amused herself by writing poetry and short stories featuring the ultimate Alpha males--Superman and Indiana Jones. Later, after graduating with a B.A. in English from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo , Chris decided to become a professional writer.

While she wrote, Chris worked as an eighth-grade teacher, but resigned in 2002 to pursue writing full time. Her critique partners, Sheri WhiteFeather and Judy Duarte are instrumental in her endeavors. Without these talented authors, writing would be a lonely road.

Chris is pumped about her Vampire Babylon series for Ace, which is best described as "noir fantasy-mysteries" featuring a vamp hunter. The first five books, NIGHT RISING, MIDNIGHT REIGN, BREAK OF DAWN (which compose the first trilogy), plus A DROP OF RED and THE PATH OF RAZORS (the first two books in the second trilogy) have already been released. The sixth, DEEP IN THE WOODS, will be on shelves on March 2, 2010. A Vampire Babylon-related novella was released in an anthology entitled FIRST BLOOD. (Note: The Vampire Babylon series uses trilogy arcs to tell one basic story, much like the way JK Rowling used seven books that didn’t solve every plot thread book-by-book to tell Harry Potter’s story. While each individual novel focuses on a central mystery that’s solved by the end, the three books together build character and mythology arcs/mysteries until everything culminates in the third book. Each trilogy repeats this pattern.)

Chris is also writes Silhouette Special Editions ("home and hearth" tales of redemption and community) and Harlequin Blazes (steamy fantasies), and whenever she can, she travels, including backpacking trips in Europe and road trips in America . She also enjoys yoga, hiking, and way too much movie-watching.

For any press inquiries, please contact Chris’ agent Pamela Harty at http://www.knightagency.net/contact/.

Reviews

[Patricia Solla · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is actually two stories about the same subject by two different authors. The two different views are interesting but not what I would call noteworthy. The first story is from the male perspective and is written like one of the scripts from the TV show Dallas where at the end of the season it's revealed that the whole storyline was a dream. The second story is presented from the female point of view and goes from where the lady in question comes back to her hometown. Both stories were interesting but like I said not really noteworthy.

[Fedora · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's actually two stories--Crystal Green's First Love and Judy Duarte's Second Chance. Suzy McCord and Russell Kingsley are reunited years after they first fell in love in high school. She's returned to their small town, daughter in tow... but then, you get a second take at Suzy and Russell in Duarte's story...

Amusingly, there's a swing dinner/dance place called The Fedora in Billings in Ms. Green's story...