About the Author: In addition
to Cape Cursed, Janice Lane Palko is the author of the romantic comedy St.
Anne’s Day and the Christmas novel, A Shepherd’s Song. She has been a professional writer for nearly
20 years. During her career, she has
written everything from greeting cards to web content and has taught several classes
at the local community college including Building English Skills to Creative
and Memoir writing.
She is
currently on the staff of the website Popular Pittsburgh and has been the
executive editor of Northern Connection and Pittsburgh 55+ magazines, where she
also contributed to the editorial content, writing her own column and numerous
features. Palko has also been a columnist with the North Hills News Record.
Her work has
appeared in publications such as The Reader’s Digest, Guideposts for Teens,
Woman’s World, The Christian Science Monitor, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,
and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and her essays have been featured in the books
A Cup of Comfort for Inspiration, A Cup of Comfort for Expectant Mothers, and
Chicken Soup for the Single’s Soul.
A graduate of
Union Institute & University with a B.A. in Writing & Literature, Palko
has won several awards for her writing including the prestigious Amy Foundation
Award of Merit. Her writings have also garnered accolades at the The Kent State
Writer's Conference, and she has been selected as Writer of the Month by
Oatmeal Studio greeting cards.
She is at
work on her next novel, another romantic suspense entitled Most Highly Favored
Daughter.
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Blurb:
Bliss
Sherman doesn’t believe in curses—that is until she arrives at Cape Destiny,
North Carolina. Bliss comes to the cape
determined to make a name for herself and her new firm by accomplishing an
incredible engineering feat—moving the Cape Destiny Lighthouse inland before
it's swallowed by the Atlantic Ocean.
Bliss,
who has struggled with dyslexia, discrimination, and betrayal by her ex-husband
and former business partner, Jonathan, faces her greatest challenge when she
falls in love with the handsome, mysterious descendant of the lighthouse
keepers, Parker Swain, who is vehemently opposed to the lighthouse’s move.
When
someone targets Bliss, she begins to wonder if the curse that is rumored to be
attached to the lighthouse may be true.
Who is sabotaging her dream? Who
is trying to harm her? Who wants to kill
her? When all clues point to Parker, she
dismisses her suspicions, deciding to trust him and her heart. But as the evidence mounts against Parker,
she begins to doubt not only herself and her heart, but also Parker.
Can
she trust her judgment? Can she trust
Parker? Most importantly, when she is
trapped inside the lighthouse with him during a raging hurricane, can she trust
Parker with her life?
A
romantic suspense with all the seaside moody romance of du Maurier’s Rebecca
and the spine-tingling thrills that keep you turning the pages, Cape Cursed
casts a spell of sensous deception and seductive danger. A Category 5 of a romantic suspense
novel,Cape Cursed, barrels in packing a surge of suspense that knocks you off
your feet and a blistering romance that sweeps you up and carries you
away.
Excerpt:
“Destroyer of
your lighthouse?” Bliss cried, shocked that Parker had shifted from Southern
gentleman to bully so quickly. “What are
you talking about?”
“I’m talking
about your jeopardizing a national treasure.”
Bliss was
well aware that some of the residents were opposed to the move, but she didn’t
expect to be blamed. “Look, I came down
here to save it,” Bliss said, trying not to further raise his ire. She wanted this move to go smoothly. Her career was riding on it, and she didn’t
need any more enemies. Jonathan Lavere
was enough.
“What do you
know about my lighthouse?” Parker asked, puffing out his chest.
“I know that
if it’s not moved, it’ll soon be swallowed up by the sea.”
“I don’t
believe that.”
She tossed
her hair back. “Have you checked the
beach? There’s only fifteen feet
separating it from the Atlantic.”
He
sniffed. “Checked the beach? I don’t need to check the beach. I’ve lived here all my life, and I don’t
believe it’s worth risking my lighthouse just because some pinhead in the
capitol thinks it should be moved.”
“Well, I’ve
seen the studies, and I’m telling you, Mr. Swain, one more hurricane and your
beloved lighthouse could be washed out to sea.”
Parker swept
his hand toward the direction of the beach.
“I know this place. No one can
predict that ocean. With the next storm,
it could very well add ten feet of new sand to the shoreline.”
Bliss sighed
impatiently. “That’s highly unlikely.”
Parker’s soft
brown eyes hardened as he glared at Bliss.
“I believe in the unlikely. I
know the impossible happens.”
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Morning and thanks for allowing me to visit on your site today. I'm looking forward to meeting all of your followers.
Janice
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