Story behind the story – BLIND CONSENT was my fourth novel and won the 2009 Rose award for Best Romantic Suspense. It's based on my life as a young boy growing up in the improvised south, thus many of the scenes and characters are derived from my memories. I got the idea while driving alone the vistas east of Buena Vista, VA. The scenery took me back to a lost period in my life, and my first love, a young girl named Annie. As often occurs with authors, an event occurred in the news while I was working the script, something that affects all of us because of misplaced loyalty. The parallel between real life and the fictional part of the story cried out for the title Blind Consent. You can watch a video , more excepts, and reviews at Davisstories.com
Blurb: Tanglewood Falls offers breath-taking views, yet the serendipity is misleading. The impoverished people and their forgotten community have been unwittingly exploited. Their act of trust and blind consent altered their existence and the secret has remained buried, until Ryan returns to explore his heritage. His search for truth collides with the folklore of the simple people and the belief that their beautiful Annie is blessed. As the truth is exposed, Ryan must grapple with his own reality; the fact that his past, his nightmares, and Annie’s secret, everything is entangled in the desperate act of one lonely man.
2 comments:
I read this book and loved it. Your emotions, so tender, and the drama so vivid. It deserved an award.
It got one, the Rose award for Best Romantic Suspense, JP.
Michael Davis (Davisstories.com)
Author of the Year, (2008 and 2009)
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