Thank
you, Penny, for hosting me on your blog today.
Since February is the month of love, I’m delighted to give away my
latest mystery/romance e-book, Deadly Undertaking, to a lucky
commenter.
Childhood
Experiences by J.Q. Rose
This
week a friend asked me if I play the card game, Euchre. She was getting a group
together to play the game every Sunday evening at the community center in our
park.
When
she mentioned this old game, the memory of learning to play it flashed through
my mind. My mother didn’t like to play cards or board games, so our family
never played them. But when I went with my BFF and her parents to the White
River in Arkansas for a fishing trip during the summer after seventh grade, we
spent every night playing Euchre. They were patient with me as they taught me
about trump cards, right and left bowers which are the jacks, the highest cards
in the deck, not the ace.
Staying
in the little cabin by the river, spending the day on the water, learning to
water ski, and sitting around the table in the evenings playing cards are all
fond memories for me. Now after a lifetime of playing the game, I have the
chance to play again with friends fifty years later.
Many
of our fun times from childhood become life-long interests. Music, art, sports.
Unfortunately public school systems are
cutting out these important subjects because of the financial crisis in the
state governments. Kids lose out on broadening and enriching their lives not
only in the present, but also in their future. Are your schools eliminating
these classes too?
Reading
and writing have been life-long interests for me. My first “novel” was written
in seventh grade. The story was suspiciously similar to Black Beauty, my favorite book at the time. My grandmother was so
proud of the story, she typed it up for me. Seeing my words on a type-written
sheet, instead of my scrawling on the blue-lined paper, gave me the bug to
write more stories and novels. My grandmother, Ma, was my cheerleader who encouraged
me to continue to pen more stories for her.
My
latest mystery/romance/paranormal novel, Deadly
Undertaking, is based on my childhood experiences. The story takes place in
a funeral home because the main character is the daughter of a funeral
director. Just like me. Who would know better than me about “undertaking?” My
two funeral director brothers advised me on the current practices that have
evolved since I was a kid growing up dusting caskets and helping my mom haul
funeral flowers to the cemetery for the graveside interment service.
I
must admit it was difficult to write the story until I figured out I was not my
main character, Lauren Staab. I had to make her completely unique from me. The
setting and some of the experiences are from my real-life. Just to be clear,
there was never a shadow man in our funeral home! At least, I don’t think so…
Deadly Undertaking
by J.Q. Rose
Tagline: A handsome detective, a shadow man, and a
murder victim kill Lauren’s plan for a simple life.
Back of the Book: Deadly Undertaking by J.Q. Rose
Lauren
Staab knew there would be dead bodies around when she returned home. After all,
her family is in the funeral business, Staab and Blood Funeral Home. Still,
finding an extra body on the floor of the garage between the hearse and the
flower car shocked her. Lauren’s plan to return to her hometown to help care
for her mother and keep the books for the funeral home suddenly turns upside
down in a struggle to prove she and her family are not guilty of murdering the
man. But will the real killer return for her, her
dad, her brother? Her mother’s secrets, a killer, a handsome policeman,
and a shadow man muddle up her intention to have a simple life.
Welcome
home, Lauren!
Deadly
Undertaking
is available to download a sample and/or purchase for the February sale price
of 99 cents at the following links and at all major online booksellers.
Amazon
US http://amzn.to/20kKUmN
Amazon
CA http://amzn.to/1nFVuH4
Amazon UK http://amzn.to/1nrEx3v
About J.Q.:
After writing feature articles in magazines,
newspapers, and online magazines for over fifteen years, J.Q. Rose entered the
world of fiction. Her published mysteries are Sunshine Boulevard, Coda to
Murder, and Deadly Undertaking.
Blogging, photography, Pegs and Jokers board games, and travel are the things
that keep her out of trouble. She and her husband, Gardener Ted, spend winters
in Florida and summers up north camping and hunting toads, frogs, and
salamanders with her four grandsons and granddaughter.
Connect with J.Q.
Rose online at
J.Q. Rose blog http://www.jqrose.com/
Facebook http://facebook.com/jqroseauthor
Google+ google.com/+JQRose
J. Q. Rose Amazon Author Page http://tinyurl.com/aeuv4m4
Goodreads- http://www.goodreads.com/jqrose
