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DUETS offers alternating looks into the lives of two women who would seem to have little or nothing in common. Screen star Molly Harper has it all...beauty, success in her profession, a loving family and an upcoming marriage to actor Ben Delmonico. But as Molly is on the verge of marrying the man who has swept her off her feet, she still wonders if he hasn't swept all her feelings for her first love away, Cruz Morales.

A handsome and cerebral college professor, Molly and Cruz have an on-again, off-again history stretching back to Molly's early teen years. He's not a man who a girl can ever forget about, and his feelings for Molly are equally conflicted.

Anne Sullivan, happily married for twenty-five years, is fighting to hold onto the man she loves, and hold off a confrontation that could shatter her family's image of what they are. It involves the beautiful screen star and her mother, upper crust matron Norma Wintz, who Anne has traveled to California to meet under the most dramatic of circumstances.

DUETS confronts the most intimate type of family secret that ties these two women's lives together, just as chance events turn Molly and Anne's worlds upside down.

Praise for DUETS "...exceptionally well written...a very intriguing and somewhat sad story. A story of lovers separated by fate. When they meet again, sparks fly, but this story is not a fairy tale romance. This is more like real life, and made my heart hurt a little. Long and Short Reviews

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"MOLLY HARPER ...is the first book I've read by this author, but it won't be my last! Ms. Gamble does a wonderful job of drawing these characters and making them just leap off the page."  Long and Short Reviews

"I rarely gush over a book these days. I read at least one, sometimes two books a day and so I can be hard to move. But, this one really got to me... you do not want to miss... Molly Harper."  Clue Review

MOLLY HARPER...Movie star Molly Harper has it all, beauty, success in her field, and a loving family and marriage to actor Ben Delmonico. Norma Wintz, Molly's mother, has it all, a lovely life style and two children who adore her, and a respite from the battle against cancer she's been fighting. Anne Sullivan, at age fifty, is optimistic that her move to sunny Santa Barbara, California, will allow her to be closer to her youngest son and his family, and help her start her life anew after the death of her beloved husband.

But all three of these women, despite their considerable blessings, are plunged into turmoil when the most intimate of secrets that ties their lives together is revealed. At this same time, Molly Harper is confronted with the news that her marriage to actor Ben Delmonico is over. As she navigates this heartbreak and tries to keep the personal details of the drama off the front pages of the newspapers, Molly must also find a way to once and forever negotiate a way forward with her ex- lover and best friend, the volatile and compelling Cruz Morales.

How each of these characters handles the resulting upheaval in their own life, and in their relationships with one another, forms the compelling story of family, secrets and trust in the romantic women's fiction novel, MOLLY HARPER.

Thinking about Mother’s Day? Buy your Mom the paperback of MOLLY HARPER which includes the prequel novella DUETS! It’ll give you plenty to talk about at brunch! 

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SECRET SISTER only 99 Cents April 28-May 2, 2014!

"If you're looking for a typical women's fiction/romance, don't look here... this story has a twist of the paranormal that will have you willingly stretching your belief in order to enjoy the plot. Emelle Gamble has created a story that will tear your heart out."  Long and Short Reviews 

 
SECRET SISTER has 100 reviews on Amazon...an extraordinary love story you can't put down.
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     SECRET SISTER. Nick and Cathy. And Roxanne... To their friends, Nick and Cathy Chance have the perfect marriage. High school sweethearts who’ve been together for ten years, they’ve weathered challenges and are as committed as they were when they first fell in love. Cathy trusts Nick, Nick’s world revolves around his wife, and the future looks golden.

     To everyone who knows them, Cathy Chance and Roxanne Ruiz have a perfect friendship. They connected in grade school and since then have been each other’s confident and trusted advisor. Cathy loves the gorgeous Roxanne like a sister, Roxanne has fun-loving Cathy’s back in every situation, though lately there’s been tension between these two best friends . . .

     And then, on a sunny summer morning, the unthinkable occurs, throwing into doubt the truth of what each of these people really know about themselves and one another.

2014 Finalist in InD'tale Magazine's RONE AWARD for best Contemporary Romance

"SECRET SISTER is one of those books that leaves you re-thinking everything you once believed... Along with being a very unique and captivating plot, SECRET SISTER offers a shocking turn of the paranormal kind....I cannot recommend SECRET SISTER strongly enough for those of you that enjoy a book that not only touches your heart but has you tingling in anticipation for whatever comes next." Fresh Fiction- Fresh Review

Who is Your Mr. Perfect?

Emelle Gamble’s DATING CARY GRANT and the Search for ‘Mr. Perfect’

So who is your “Mr. Perfect?”. Your Prince on a white horse. Your tall, dark and handsome, that Mr. Happy Ever After you imagined since childhood.

Your Ryan Gosling? 

(Have I revealed too much…HA!)

Writers, particularly those of us who include romance in our novels, all have our templates, for both literary and real men. Mine is husband of thirty years ‘Phil-the-fist’. He’s loyal. Kind. Honest. Intelligent. Protective and encouraging, in equal measures, to both myself and our children.

And sexy as a warm breeze on bare skin. (Don’t hate me…okay, you can a little.)

But when I think back all that way to before I met and fell in love with Phil, I can’t quite remember the priority order I would have had for a characteristic list for a “Mr. Perfect”. And when I write books and those heroes like Nick Chance, or Cruz Morales, or Mike Connor of DATING CARY GRANT walk into my life, they don’t seem much at all alike.

Nick, SECRET SISTER’s hero, has some personal problems, is kind of goofy and emotional. Cruz, MOLLY HARPER’s guy, is taciturn and tough, and not easy to convince of ANYTHING. (Damn him!) Mike Connor is easy going and charming, civic minded and cute, but stubborn as a mule.

The only things these three men from these three novels share are that they’re all loyal. Kind. Honest. Intelligent. Protective and encouraging. And sexy as a warm breeze on bare skin. 

OMG!!!

And there you go. I just explained to myself who Mr. Perfect is. (Phil-the-fist, Long Island, with our kids...hero.)

He’s the guy with the set of characteristics that are must-haves, with a lot of variations in the packaging. And the variations have to do with looks, ethnic background, athletic prowess, money, and profession. They don’t have anything to do with what you need a man to be made of so that you’ll want to be with him for the rest of your life. That’s the biggest lesson Tracy Connor learns in DATING CARY GRANT.

Leave a comment below and tell me, when did you learn this? 

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Originally posted April 1, 2014 stop at Aly’s Miscellany  http://alysmiscellany.blogspot.ro/

A Writing Process Blog Tour!

Welcome to a blog tour where writers and authors answer questions about their writing process. My critique partner, the fabulously talented Evie Owens, posted hers last week, where she gives you the inside scoop on her journey and she tagged me to join the tour. Thanks, Evie Owens! And all I can say to you is, where the heck is Psychic Detective II? 

What am I working on?

I’m working on a book with a draft title of  Kiss Me Twice from that great old song “It’s Been a Long, Long time”. It’s a bit more suspenseful in the genre sense than my past few books, all about a college reunion, our heroine’s doubt about the identity of an old lover, and her mother’s struggles with Alzheimer’s disease. So it’s thematically all about memory, faulty and otherwise.

How does my work differ from others of its genre?

I would say broadly I write women’s fiction, stories about women and those they love, their families, their triumphs and bumps in the road. But I am unable to imagine a story without a little detour into some other genre, a touch of mystery here, a paranormal occurrence there, even a visit to a past time, a la the 1950’s. So I differ most in that I can’t do anything by the book! HA! No surprise to anyone who knows me.

Why do I write what I do?

I’m a firm believer that writers write because they must. And each individual writer chews on issues that are important to them, even subconsciously. I am always in some way writing about identity. And secrets. And the 'why' of that is my personal life, and that’s all I’ll share about that. For now.

How does your writing process work?

An idea comes calling, a little explosion of ‘what if’, triggered by an image, or a sentence, or a thought about something I’ve read or heard. The ending of the story leaps into my head. Always the ending first. Title next. Main characters issues begin to materialize. First 3 chapters take shape in a lump. Then I outline, plot, do structure overviews. Meet other characters. Think about it. Decide to throw the whole thing out. (HA, just kidding. But only a little.) Rewrite the first 3 chapters about 10 times. Start slogging through the rest. Thank all the good things in heaven that I have a wonderful, long term critique group that is supportive and constructive and brilliant. Even when I disagree with one of them, they school me every meeting on the good, bad and ugly of what I’m doing. Then, write every day until the sucker is done. Then rewrite it another 10 times. Not kidding.

And now it's my turn to tag some people! I've chosen three wonderful writers. One is my critique partner. The others are up and coming Soul Mate Publishing sister authors. Be sure and go check them out next Monday at the addresses below to find out their revelations of how they handle that “I have to write” thing.

Mary Blayney : A dear friend and critique partner for over fifteen years, Mary is a New York Times best selling writer of the Pennistan family series of Regencies from Bantam books,  as well as  wonderful and compelling Contemporary romances.  http://maryblayney.com/

Elizabeth Janette, author of Redemption For Liars , is a fellow Soul Mate Publishing sister, who writes “Romantic suspense to die for”. http://www.elizabethjanette.com/

Patricia Patterson, a poet and writer, will see her debut novel, Crushed Circle, published by  Soul Mate Publishing in the summer of 2014.

 http://www.patricia-patterson.com