Author Bio, Loree Lough
With more than 3,000,000 books in circulation, best-selling
author Loree Lough's titles have earned numerous 4- and 5-star reviews and
dozens of industry awards. She splits her time between a humble home in
Baltimore and a teeny cabin in the Alleghenies (where she loves to show off her
"Identify the Critter Tracks" skills). Loree has more than 80 books
in print, including reader favorites like From
Ashes to Honor and Honor Redeemed.
Her next release, Love Finds You in Folly
Beach, South Carolina is in bookstores now. She loves to hear from readers
and answers every letter, personally. Visit her at Facebook, Twitter,
Shoutlife, and www.loreelough.com !
Welcome, Loree.
First, thanks again, Lena ,
for sharing your blog space with me! Of all the writers I know, you have the
biggest and most generous heart. No wonder God has blessed you with so many
friends!
It's a great pleasure to host all these authors, especially the one's who have become good friends, as you have. Do you have a favorite genre to write? If so, what is it?
Hmm…I'd have to say it's faith-based fiction of the
historical kind. I love going back in time, to places where chivalry wasn't
just a word…and neither was faith.
If you didn’t live in the part of the country where you do,
where would you live?
That's easy: I'd live in my dad's neighborhood, instead of
750 miles away! Mom died this past August, and although he's adjusting as well
as anyone could expect, he misses her a lot. Dad retired from his job with the
VA decades ago, and they did everything together,
so I know it's hard going through every day, alone. He's relatively healthy for
an 85 year old guy, but his health is fragile (you may remember me asking you
to pray for him a few years ago, when he was diagnosed with colon cancer). If I
lived closer, I could share his care with my wonderful sister.
What foreign country would you like to visit and why?
Describe what you think would be the most romantic vacation
you could take.
Larry and I have been blessed with a few glorious vacations.
For example, business put him in Italy some years back, and I got to tag along.
Being half Italian, the trip was amazing on multiple levels. (But seriously,
how many women get to say they turned 40 in a sidewalk café in Rome, where a
handsome waiter—holding a candlelit cupcake—sang "Happy Birthday" in
Italian!) This year, God willing, we'll head for Denali and, if the weather
allows, a side trip to Barrow (so I can say we cuddled at the Arctic Circle)!
Where would you like to set a story that you haven’t done
yet?
Peggy's Cove, Nova
Scotia
Like its predecessor in the First Responders series (From Ashes to Honor), this story centers around the haunting emotional echoes
that shadow individuals who were directly involved in the 9/11 tragedy. Honor
Mackenzie, the heroine Honor Redeemed, is struggling with issues from her past—dark secrets that impact
her actions and reactions—and the people with whom she interacts. Once her past
is exposed to the hero, Matt Phillips, the "domino theory" takes over
as they grapple with forgiveness, acceptance, and faith that God will lead them
where they need to go.
Tell us about the story.
Honor Mackenzie works as hard at guarding the dark secrets
of her past as she does at training search and rescue (SAR) dogs. As for
Pulitzer-winning reporter Matt Phillips, not even his former SAR work is as
important as sheltering his motherless twin sons.
Then a jumbo jet crashes onto a busy Baltimore highway
during rush hour, and puts them face to face at the grisly scene, and they're
forced to reconsider their long-standing fear of romantic entanglements. In
fact, Matt is still struggling with
questions about Honor's past when he learns that she disappeared during a
rescue effort.
He leads the search team, desperate to find Honor before a
blizzard moves in. But even if he's successful…can they find their way back to
each other?
Please give us the first page of the book.
02:00
November 1
Patapsco State Park
near Baltimore , Maryland
Honor Mackenzie shivered, and not just because the
temperature had dipped to near-freezing. The far-off wail of a coyote
harmonized with the moaning wind, and the creak of leafless trees only
intensified the ghostly atmosphere.
Crisscrossing beams of high-powered flashlights sliced
through the sleety black haze and shimmered from the river's surface; the
Patapsco seemed alive tonight, pulsing and undulating like a giant, turbid
snake. From deep in the woods, Honor felt the cagey stares of a thousand
unblinking eyes, and shivered again as she panned a wide arc. The crash had
probably sent most critters scurrying…but that's what she'd told herself the
night a feral dog bulleted from the underbrush, teeth bared, snarling and—
"Is it just me," Elton huffed, jogging up beside
her, "or do I smell gas?"
She jumped, then jumped again to make the first one like an
attempt to maneuver around a tree root. "Maybe what you smell is that
swill you swallow to take off the chill." Elton was a good guy, but got
way too much pleasure out of scaring her out of her shoes.
A puckish grin warned her to brace herself for a biting
come-back, but before he could, a frantic baritone blasted through the fog:
"Over here!"
"Sending up a flare," hollered another.
Most of the Boeing 747 that plummeted from the mid-November
sky during rush hour had landed square in the middle of I-95. The cups shut
down all lanes in both directions to enable medevac copters to airlift
passengers of the airliner—and those in the vehicles it had crushed—to
Baltimore's shock trauma. And because eyewitnesses had reported seeing fiery
bits of the plane falling due north of the explosion, her search and rescue
team was sent into Patapsco State Park. Honor's unit included a couple of young
guys just returning from Texas, where they'd earned Wilderness Certifications.
Like thoroughbreds at the gate, both chomped at the bit to prove they could
keep up with more experienced personnel. With any luck, they hadn't yet heard
the rumors about her past, and wouldn't waste valuable time pummeling her with
the usual acerbic questions.
How can readers find you on the Internet?
Most readers find (and write to) me via my web site, http://www.loreelough.com.
I'm also at Facebook, Twitter, and Shoutlife, and try to add
to my blog every few weeks, http://theloughdown.blogspot.com,
and my monthly column, "Loree's Loughdown" can be found at Christian Fiction Online Magazine.
I love hearing from readers, and answer every letter,
personally!
I love talking with you every chance we get, Loree.
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