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When people lose faith they become hopeless, after hopelessness comes desperation. At this point it seems there is nothing left to lose.  In here, lies the danger.

Jean Marie Stanberry’s new novel “Blood, Sweat and Fears is an action packed thriller that will leave you breathless.  The year is 1980 and tensions are running high in the communist USSR.  Alexander Peterov has a plan to escape his dreary life there and defect to the USA.  He has engineered a plan to seduce a young co worker and marry her in an attempt to get US citizenship.  His elaborate plan backfires when it becomes evident that this young women isn’t as easily manipulated as Alexander has imagined she might be.  As weeks pass and he seems no closer to his goal than ever, Alexander is beginning to get very nervous.   He is not wiling to give up his quest for the perfect life in America.  Before long, his casual attraction has developed into a full fledged obsession and he is becoming more desperate by the moment. 

Jenna Bruce, the object of his affection, seems to be completely unmoved by his attempts to seduce her.  In fact, she files a complaint of sexual harassment against him and despite their close working arrangement, she has been doing everything she can to avoid him.  When another man makes the moves on Jenna at their “Farewell to Paris” celebration, Alexander becomes consumed with jealousy.  As his mental status begins to crumble he finally succumbs to his baser urges and the night ends in a shocking crescendo of violence.

When Alexander finally regains his senses and realizes what he has done he is remorseful.   Unfortunately, he is still not ready to throw in the towel and give up his plans to defect from the USSR.  The deception grows deeper as he weaves an even bigger web of lies to to justify his actions and avoid imprisonment.

Coming to bookstores and all major e-readers on May 1, 2014.  Visit:   jeanstanberry.com or follow her @jeanstanberry

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Obsession, deception and passion

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The world can be a cruel place when you are alone and on your own.  Jenna Bruce has always felt like a stranger in her own family, an unwanted child forced to bounce back and forth between her own home and both her grandparents homes.  When she gets the opportunity to perform in a world renowned ice show for the summer, Jenna is very excited.  Shortly after her arrival in Paris she begins to have second thoughts, have her own parents set her up for failure, or is this just part of a larger, devious plan to be rid of her forever?

Alexander Peterov has a plan.  If his plan goes off without a hitch, he can leave his dreary  life in the U.S.S.R far behind and defect to the U.S.  The pawn in Alexander’s plan is fifteen year old Jenna Bruce.  She is in Paris with a fake passport, pretending to be much older than she really is.  Alexander plans to seduce Jenna and marry her to attain U.S. citizenship, he thinks he has found someone young, naive and easy to manipulate.  He’s about to find out he’s very wrong.

When things don’t move along the way Alexander would like he begins to fall victim to desperation, threatening his very sanity.   Soon his goal has turned into a full blown obsession and it’s only a matter of time before Alexander melts down and goes completely over the edge.

When victim becomes the criminal it seems the whole world is taking sides and the deception just keeps getting deeper and more demented.  When strong willed people face off, neither is going down without a fight, but who will win this battle?

Kingsmuir Press is pleased to announce the release of “Blood, Sweat and Fears” the second book in the Heart of a Phoenix series, by Jean Marie Stanberry, coming to bookstores and E-readers May 1.

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Olympic Gold Medalists on DWTS

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Excitement is building for the “Dancing With the Stars” premiere on Monday.  Olympic gold Medalists Meryl Davis and Charlie White will be competing against each other in the most compelling showdown in the show’s history.  Meryl will be teamed up with returning cast member Maksim Chmerkovskiy while Charlie has been paired with Sharna Burgess.  Our author and reporter Jean Marie Stanberry will be getting the inside scoop for us, so stay tuned for exclusive insight and photos.

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Meet the Authors

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This is our second post about our wonderfully talented authors.  Our newest Author Lyoness Bradley, grew up a mere 5 miles from our first featured author Jean Marie Stanberry, but remarkably, the two didn’t know each other.

Lyoness contacted Jean after reading her Bio on Amazon’s website, after she read Jean’s book “Laying Low In Hollywood”.  “It was weird, says Lyoness, our lives were so similar, we may have even crossed paths in the past, but fate never truly brought us together.”

Lyoness Bradley grew up in Kirkwood, Missouri.  She admits she had a very privileged upbringing, in fact, her father was the principal of at her private high school, which Lyoness says, pretty much ruined her high school years.

Lyoness wanted to write a book to help young girls to spread their wings.  Lyoness said her own parents were very controlling, she didn’t get much of a chance to think with her own mind until she went away to college.

“An Imperfect World” is the story of her journey from a blatantly manipulated teenager, to a woman who finally feels free to follow her heart.  In high school in 1979, Lyoness fell in love with another student, who was black.  Her parents forbid her to see him at all and even threatened his life.  Lyoness, fearing for his life, broke off the relationship and eventually married a family friend.  Though she grew to love her husband, she never forgot about her first love.  “An Imperfect World” is a fictitious account of her love affair.

Today Lyoness is an accomplished lawyer and enjoys writing and traveling.  She penned her most recent novel while on a transatlantic cruise to Portugal.  Lyoness will soon release her newest novel “One Small Bite” it is in the final editing stages and is due for release in late April or May.

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Meet the Authors

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At Kingsmuir Press we are very fortunate to have some of the greatest talents in the world working for us.  Today we would like you to meet one of our newest authors Jean Marie Stanberry, author of “Laying Low in Hollywood”,  “One World United”, “The Illusion of Order” and coming soon, “Blood, Sweat and Fears.  First, how about a little quiz?

Before she started writing for us she:

A. Owned her own Old Time photo Studio

B. Was a professional figure skater

C. Was engaged to a British nobleman

D.  All of the above

If you guessed all of the above, you are absolutely correct!  Jean is definitely one of those people who has tried just about everything, at least once.  As a child she loved reading, writing, dance and gymnastics, but she was a natural figure skater.  Jean skated both competitively and professionally as a pairs skater with her longtime partner Jack Adams, most notably with Europe’s “Holiday on Ice”.

When her skating career was cut short by a life altering car accident that took the life of her fiancee Marc  and left Jean fighting for her own life, she was told she would never skate again.   Jean struggled to overcome her multiple injuries and start over.  Jean traveled to Scotland and took classes at St. Andrews University, writing short stories and articles for their quarterly review.  After a much publicized, failed engagement to English nobel Christian Arthur Hadringham, she returned to the states and graduated with her Bachelors Degree in Business from Southern Illinois University.

After working a number of years in Finance, she returned to college to pursue a degree in nursing, eventually getting her BSN from Webster University in St. Louis.  After working in a wide variety of nursing positions Jean has settled in the surgery department where she has been working the last nine years.

Jean never got to return to competitive skating but did go on to function as a coach, judge and choreographer for multiple venues including “Holiday on Ice” and “Disney on Ice”.  Jean has been married to her husband Gary for nearly twenty four years and they have two grown children, Ryan and Lauren.  Jean’s entire family is as adventure orientated as she is, the entire family worked at their old time photo business in historic Kimmswick, Missouri and they have traveled extensively.  Their biggest adventure by far was moving the entire family cross country from Missouri to Montana.

Since they moved to Montana the family has been enjoying the benefits of a slower paced life.  They have also made strides to become more self sufficient and lead healthier lifestyles.  Jean is proud that both her grown children have embraced the healthy lifestyle, staying active, avoiding processed foods and eating more fruits and vegetables.  Jean is also proud of her garden and orchard which fills her pantry and freezer for the winter months.  She is also planning a new project this spring which will hopefully only improve her garden, bee keeping.  We will keep you up to date how this works out.  You can find out more about Jean and all her projects past and present at  jeanstanberry.com or follow her on twitter @jeanstanberry

 

 

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Blood, Sweat and Fears

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Coming soon, the book that was originally intended to be the first in the “Heart of a Phoenix” series.  This book was so controversial, it made our lawyers very nervous.  Luckily, they are over it, so once the editors have given their final blessing, it will be available in paperback and on all major e-readers.  This book is the prequel to “The Illusion of Order”, so if you haven’t read it yet, this is your chance to read them in their logical order.

“Blood, Sweat and Fears is a gripping drama about an Olympic gold medalist from the Soviet Union who is desperate to defect to the US and begin a new life.  When he lands a position skating in Europe’s most famous ice show, he thinks he’s just gotten his lucky break.  

Unfortunately, things don’t go as planned, and as his plans crumble, he becomes involved in a desperate battle of wills with a fellow cast member.  Will his manipulation tactics work, or will his desperation lead to his own destruction?

To learn more about this book you can go to our author’s website at jeanstanberry.com and check out her coming soon page.  This is book is a wild ride, can you handle it?

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Bad Drivers That Don’t Know They’re Bad Drivers

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As a kid in the sixties my mother didn’t drive and my dad worked during the day, so as a result, my Grandfather drove us everywhere.  I loved my Grandfather, he was a really great guy, unfortunately, driving wasn’t one of his better skills.  It was also the only time he cursed, which by today’s standards would be relatively tame.  He’d yell, “Look at that damn Jackass!” As he ran the poor fellow off the road.  My Grandma would try to cover my ears, but it was always too late, so Jackass became a word in my early vocabulary that I used pretty indiscriminately, much to my family’s dismay.  But that’s another story completely.

I really don’t think my Grandfather knew he was a bad driver, he just was a little confused as to who had the right of way.  It was usually him, at least in his mind.  Since it was the sixties only the busiest intersections had traffic lights and most railroad crossing just had a flashing light to warn you of an approaching train, the merest suggestion to stop in my grandfather’s eyes.  He also hated any suggestions from non drivers, like my grandmother or my mother.

“John don’t go, the train is right there!” was often met with.  “Don’t be a damn backseat driver.”   Then he’d go, with all us in the car praying frantically for our lives.  Yep, too many close calls to even count.  I’m just saying, I lived through many cringe worthy moments as a child, and as a result, I’ve never really cared for railroad crossings.

Things were different in the sixties.  I imagine he had car insurance, I was too young to worry about those sorts of things.  I just don’t remember hearing any mention of it.  He probably hit someone at least every other week, but it was never a big deal.  The two parties would get out, inspect the damage, (usually it was very minimal) they would both offer the other apologies and go on their way.  Cars were built like tanks back then, so my grandfather would go home, buff the other guy’s paint off his bumper and pretend it never happened.  Sometimes he would grumble for a couple of days about how stupid the other guy was, for not paying attention or something like that.  It seems like a totally different world now.

My Grandfather died in the mid 1970’s and I have missed him ever since.  I don’t know how he would feel about what our world has become.  I feel safe in saying that he probably wouldn’t have set foot on a modern day interstate where the speed limit can be over 70 miles an hour.  Though he had grown up in the country, he had lived his entire adult life in the city and he was used to city driving.  I don’t think I ever saw him drive over 55 miles an hour.   He usually drove under the speed limit, which was good, since he tended to not yield to the person who had the right of way.

In this day and age I fear my Grandfather would not be able to afford the insurance premiums of his accident prone lifestyle.  I hope that on the roads there in heaven, my Grandpa always has the green light.

By guest blogger Jean Marie Stanberry, author of “Laying Low in Hollywood”, “One World United” and her newest book, “The Illusion of Order”.Image