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Maggie
Tideswell!!
A Convenient
Marriage by Maggie Tideswell:
The idea of two
complete strangers getting hitched has always intrigued me, for one
simple reason—why would they do such a thing? Could such a
relationship succeed? By successful relationship, I understand not
only the longevity of the marriage…but is it possible for the
participants to actually fall in love with each other in such a
strange arrangement? Love is found in the most unexpected places.
A Convenient
Marriage grew over a number of years. The basic story was
simple—a divorcee with two children, an ex-husband being difficult
over visitation, as well as a fiancée unable to commit. Holly’s
friends suggested that she needed a new husband, placing an advert in
the paper for one behind her back. Joshua was struck by a simple plan
when he saw the ad and responded to it.
Why would Holly
marry a man she’d never met, and why would Joshua respond to an ad
for a husband, then actually propose to a woman he had never clapped
eyes on? So, in came the dawdling fiancée, Nicole. Both Holly and
Joshua were justified in not planning the marriage to be a real one,
because they each had an agenda of their own, but Nicole was the
injured party. For their plan to succeed, they had to marry—the
real kind, down to that all-important piece of paper married—and
they had to seem to be totally in love with each other. That it is
all a scam, only they would know.
And here comes the
‘but’. Holly and Joshua’s plans go awry from the moment they
meet on the steps of the chapel where their fake marriage is to take
place, when both recognize the immediate attraction. Back at Joshua’s
wine estate—yes, he is a rich landowner where Holly expected him to
be a pauper—Holly meets Joshua’s mother, his brother and
sister-in-law, and Nicole, the fiancée, who found out about Joshua’s
duplicity in a room full of people. No one can blame Nicole for being
a tad upset. Or can they? To add to Holly’s woes, she seems to have
acquired a ‘ghost’ demanding she tell a story.
Amidst Nicole’s
shenanigans, Joshua’s mother’s disapproval, Holly’s ex’s
aggression, and the ghost following Holly around, will these two
accomplish what they set out to do? Or will life get in the way?
Joshua’s and
Holly’s journey through the uncharted seas of a blind marriage,
where no rules apply, is a stormy one. Place your order here:
About Maggie
Tideswell:
Maggie
Tideswell lives in Johannesburg—South Africa, with her husband,
Gareth. She began writing when her kids were still very young,
squeezing a few paragraphs at a time between the hectic schedule of
raising three children, and working full time in the catering
industry. She wrote many books before considering having them
published. Now that the children have all made lives for themselves,
there is more time for writing.
After
much experimentation, Maggie writes passionate paranormal romance, of
varying levels of heat. The
paranormal, things that happen for which there are no logical
explanations and ghosts are of particular interest to Maggie. What
events in a person’s life would prevent that person from ‘resting’
after death? The ‘Old Religion’ is another special interest. And
love, of course. Why do people fall in love? What keeps them together
for a lifetime when so many relationships fail?
Maggie’s
advice to aspirant novelists is two-fold. Never give up, and write
every day. Writing is a craft that has to be honed with practice. And
the only way to practice writing is by doing it. And a bonus, never
stop reading your favorite genre. Reading it and writing it is the
only training for a writer.
“Maggie
Tideswell's latest novel, A Convenient Marriage, will have you
turning pages as her characters cope with a marriage of convenience,
well-meaning but nosy friends, a meddling ghost, jealous exes,
and more. My advice: Make room on your Keepers shelf for this story!”
(Loree Lough,
best-selling author of 107 award-winning books, including Harlequin
Heartwarming's "Those Marshall Boys" series.)
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