A Warm Welcome to Deanne
With an English teacher for a mom, DEANNE
WILSTED, grew up reciting conjugation instead of nursery rhymes. Now, forty
years later, she's sharing that special skill through her writing and her
mothering. Her first book, a contemporary romance called BETTING JESSICA,
was released October 2011. Her second Novel, UNTANGLING
THE KNOT, is due out in February 2013 from Soul Mate Publishing.
She is currently marketing her third book for publication and writing her fourth,
fifth and sixth while blogging about the crazy stuff she overhears while
writing.
Here's the blurb for
UNTANGLING
THE KNOT By Deanne Wilsted
“I
did what?”
Twenty-eight year old Gabriella Bessu is
St. Therese’s meticulous wedding ceremony coordinator. So the fact that she has
mistakenly signed her newest couple up for an annulment, rather than a wedding,
sends her Catholic guilt into overdrive.
But who can blame her? The groom is
gorgeous and his two kids tug at Gabriella’s heart in a way that overcomes all
her best intentions. Before long she’s in over her head, fixing her mixed-up
plans and helping the children and dad come to terms with their haunting grief
for the mother and wife they lost years earlier.
Can Gabriella untangle her own fears and
accept the messy life that God has handed them?
A Taste of Deanne:
“Umm, Gabriella,”
Chloe said, “I don’t think that’s the plumber. It sounds like ...”
The last thing Ryan
had expected to see when he’d entered the cottage was Gabriella flat on her
back in a puddle of water, inspecting the rear of the toilet. Chloe was holding
a bucket and a sopping wet towel, and Peter was nowhere to be seen.
“Hi, Chloe,” he said
quickly. “Where’s Peter?”
“Dad!” Peter came
flying from another room and flung himself into Ryan’s arms.
“RYAN?” Gabriella
yelled and quickly sat up. The thump of her head smacking the toilet bowl
echoed around the tiny room.
“Ow,” she cried.
“Damn it! Ow, ow, ow.”
Ryan grimaced.
Gabriella sat on the wet floor, near tears, rubbing at the welt already forming
on her forehead.
“I’m sorry,” she
said, clearly at the end of her rope. “I can’t believe I said that in front of
the kids. It’s just, everything has gone wrong today.”
She hung her head in
her lap and began to cry for real.
Ryan had to hold
back a smile. She looked so much like a wet cat. And, to top it off, she had
yet to hear how wrong things had really gone with the day.
“Come on, now. It’s
not that bad,” he finally said. “We’ll get it all fixed. Don’t worry.”
Chloe’s face lit up with an expression he
hadn’t seen in years. For a few moments at least he was back to being her
superhero dad.
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Good to meet you, Deanne!
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Welcome, Deanne. Love the premise of 'Untangling the Knot'.
ReplyDeleteHi Megan... Thanks so much for having me. I love your site by the way; clean and very easy to use!
DeleteI am so glad you got one of my favorite excerpts. The entire book was lots of fun to write, but this particular scene just continues to get even funnier.
I'm looking forward to seeing what your readers have to say about their own tangled up knots so I will check back and reply to comments and questions. In the meantime, though, I just wanted to say a huge thanks for sharing the journey.
Yours,
Deanne
Thank you for hosting this tour!
ReplyDeleteI really like the cover!
ReplyDeleteThanks Clayton... I particularly liked that it included the Tiffany & Co color blue since this features in the novel. I appreciate all feedback, so if you get a chance to read the book please stop back at amazon or goodreads and let me know what you thought.
DeleteThanks,
Deanne