Please help me welcome Author Angela S. Stone to my blog today!
AUTHOR Bio:
Angela S
Stone is a twenty something Registered Nurse living, and working in Ottawa
Canada. Her first novel, Sometimes It’s Fate, was published by Phaze books in
2011. Angela finds inspiration in real life personal events for her books,
often writing about issues and she is a proud Canadian and an even prouder girl
from back east. She thoroughly enjoys writing novels featuring character that
live in or are from the Maritimes. She’s recently met Mr. Right and when she’s
not occupied with him she can be found hanging out at her local starbucks
writing. She spends her free time advocating for minorities and persons with
disabilities.
Angela has a
severe learning disability called Dysgraphia. Despite this she has written
several novels, graduated from university will be starting her Master’s degree
in nursing. All things she was told she would never be able to do.
Angela has
never met a challenge that she couldn’t overcome. She believes strongly in the
philosophy of saying “I can’t” means “I won’t” and advocating for yourself. She
has spoken about these topics on provincial, regional and national levels. As
well has published several articles in related disability orientated magazines.
Boots on the Ground
(Book 2 in Canada’s Finest series)
by Angela
S. Stone
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BLURB:
An IED attack destroyed their convoy and left them both injured in the
high desert of Afghanistan and running from insurgents. They take refuge with a
group of Afghan civilians, and their only hope of rescue is two satellite
phones that might be damaged beyond repair.
Ash and Jason join forces with a British army nurse to survive the
harsh living conditions. As days to turn to weeks, they think of home, the
husbands they left behind, and the lives they want to return to.
But with food rations running short, the elders angry at them, and the
hope of rescue lost, Ash and Jason start to give up, and in the end turn to
each other in their struggle for survival.
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EXCERPTS (Please choose only ONE to use
with your post):
Excerpt One:
The concussive force of the blast blew Ash backwards out of
his seat. He could feel the armored vehicle turning end over end. It took him a
moment to grasp the car had stopped. He felt dizzy and disorientated, blinking
a couple of times.
Where in the heck was he?
The dust of the desert started to settle, and he remembered.
Civilian police, Afghanistan, patrol convoy, IED.
He started to move only to bite back a hiss of pain. His
shoulder flared with agony. Motherfucker. He couldn’t tell what happened to his
arm, but it hurt like a son of a bitch.
His escort and their translator were the other people in the
armored vehicle, and they were still and silent. Ash cradled his arm as he
started to move, his training helping him to squelch the pain. They were in one
of the most volatile and insurgent-ridden districts of Afghanistan. The IED
blast had to have been huge to send their armored vehicle flying, especially
one five cars from the lead.
Ash glanced though the broken windshield. The force had
blown them back and clear of the debris field. There were four vehicles up
ahead, all burning or smoking. Ash checked again for signs of life in the other
passengers around him.
He found none.
Excerpt
Two:
The doorbell rang, and David told her, “Yeah, I’m awake.” He
flipped the covers off and grabbed a housecoat. Why in the heck would Monica,
his sergeant, be here? She wasn’t even scheduled to work today.
Ryan, his oldest, beat David to the door. “Hi, Aunt Monica!”
Ryan chirped at her.
“Monica?” David asked when he saw her. She wore her red
serge and was accompanied by Father Callaghan, the local pastor. David
immediately had a sinking feeling.
“Ryan, why don’t you go downstairs to the rec room? Take
Mandy and Kevin with you,” Monica told David’s oldest.
The boy glanced from his pseudo-aunt to his father and then
dashed away calling for his younger siblings.
“Can we come in, David?”
“Yeah sure, sorry. I worked last night,” David said by way
of explanation for his attire as he led them into the living room. He sat down
in the chair. Monica and Father Callaghan took the sofa. “What’s this about,
Monica?”
“Last night Jason was in a convoy travelling to a remote
outpost in the northern district of the Balkh province.”
David felt his heart plunge. No, please God, no, not his
Jason.
“The convoy hit an IED. Most of the vehicles in the convoy
were completely destroyed. Jason wasn’t
killed in the blast; however he is missing in action along with another
Civilian Police Officer, Ashley Cooper.”
Excerpt
Three:
“Do you have the rings?”
Kevin stepped forward with the rings on a pillow. David took
them from him, patting his youngest child on his shoulder. He handed the
slightly smaller ring to Jason to give to him.
“All right, David, repeat after me. With this ring, I, David
Henri Richard, wed thee, Jason Christopher McCarthy,” she said.
David replied, “With this ring I, David Henri Richard, wed
thee, Jason Christopher McCarthy.” David slipped the ring on to his finger.
“Jason, repeat after me. With this ring I, Jason Christopher
McCarthy, wed thee, David Henri Richard.”
“With this ring I, Jason Christopher McCarthy, wed thee,
David Henri Richard,” Jason repeated. He tried to get the ring on. It got stuck
on David’s knuckle before he gave it a small push and it slid into place.
David smiled shyly at him and Jason returned it. The justice
beamed. “You may now seal this union with a kiss.”
Jason leaned in. He licked his lips. Suddenly he felt
nervous again. David pulled him in. He tilted his head up enough so that their
hats wouldn’t bump. Jason lowered his lips to David’s. They kissed softly at
first but neither pulled away.
They deepened the kiss for an instant before they broke
apart. The room erupted in a loud cheer. “I now pronounce Constables Jason
McCarthy and David Richard officially married.”
Author Links:
Email:
angela@angelastone.ca
Website:
http://angelastone.ca
Twitter:
@angelasstone
Facebook:
facebook.com/AngelaStone.Writer
Let's all thank Ms. Stone for joining us today and sharing her new book. Please go check her out on her websites and buy her book!
Keep Writing!
Jodie Pierce
Thank you for hosting today.
ReplyDeleteThree great, touching excerpts. I think this is a rare and sensitive story.
ReplyDeleteThanks for Hosting me today :)!
ReplyDeleteExcerpt one was great.
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Poor David, that's probably the thing most of military spouses dread most, to get this call or visit at the door, where you know something has gone wrong just by their presence at one doorsteps.
ReplyDeletegalaschick78 at gmail dot com
Great excerpts! Thank you for sharing, I feel for David, but at least he knows Jason isn't dead!
ReplyDeleteemiliana25(at)web(dot)de
I loved the 3rd one, the wedding scene was lovely, I hope we'll get to read Jason and David's story???
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lennascloud(at)gmail(dot)com
Jason and David must have made a cute couple on their wedding day :)
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Loved the excerpts-- all of 'em! :-)
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Thanks for the excerpts.
ReplyDeletebn100candg(at)hotmail(dot)com
I enjoyed all of the excerpts thank you. Very generous.
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Hi Lena,
ReplyDeleteWe get lots of Jason and David's story! Ash and Matthew's story is coming in a different book, but it's coming I promise!
xx
Angela
Sorry for the late post. I’m playing catch-up here so I’m just popping in to say HI and sorry I missed visiting with you on party day! Hope you all had a good time!
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