FEARLESS FRIDAY
Please welcome M.S. Spencer to Discover... Ms. Spencer loves the traveling life as much as I do. But it sounds like she's discovered a few more places. Fearless adventure. Enjoy!
My traveling life began at the age of six months, when my
family moved from upstate New York to North Carolina. From there we went to
Maryland, and four years later were winging our slow way halfway across the
world to Turkey in a Boeing Stratocruiser, complete with sleeping berths above
the seats, and gourmet meals served with china and crystal. When I was ten, we
took the Queen Mary across the Atlantic to France. After two and a half years
in Paris, we drove through France, Andorra, and Spain to Gibraltar and Morocco.
Our return trip to America was on the sister ship of the Andrea Doria (once as
famous as the Titanic for its spectacular sinking)—and yes, we did run into a
major storm!
I once counted up the number of significant moves in my
life…and stopped at twenty-five. I have lived or traveled in Europe, the Middle
East, Africa, the US, Central America, and South America. I’ve wandered the
Pere Lachaise cemetery and laid a flower at Oscar Wilde’s grave. I’ve eaten
Sacher Torte in the Hotel Sacher in Vienna. I’ve climbed the narrow steps of
the stepped pyramid of Kukulkan at Chichén Itzá. I’ve seen the Peacock Throne
in the Golestan Palace in Iran and ridden a stallion across the Egyptian desert
under the “nose” of the Sphinx. I’ve swum with pink dolphins and gone fishing
for piranha. I’ve watched as thousands of migrating cranes land on my roof on a
hill in Istanbul. I’ve even begged for cigarettes from the sailors on a
battleship in the Port of Tangier.
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| My family on the Queen Mary |
It’s been an adventure.
My romantic suspense novel Lapses of Memory incorporates
bits of those adventures, or uses impressions I have of the exciting events
occurring during those years. It follows the exploits of two journalists,
Sydney Bellek and Elian Davies, as they travel the globe reporting on various
world catastrophes. The first time they meet is as children aboard the very
same Boeing Stratocruiser I took at age four. Every few years after that they
cross paths—in places I’ve been and during events that I lived through, such as
Cairo before the October War, the initial stages of the Iranian revolution, and
during the Lebanese civil war.
I write from
experience. But that only takes the reader so far. We need more than a
travelogue—we need a little romance knitted in. So, while you’re eagerly awaiting
my memoir, you might enjoy Lapses of Memory.
Here’s the story:
Sydney Bellek
first meets Elian Davies in the 1950s on a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser when she is
five and he is seven. They run into each other every few years after that, but
while he knows from the start that she is his true love, she does not. Later,
as rival journalists, they vie for scoops on international crises from the
Iranian revolution to the Lebanese civil war. The handsome and intrepid Elian
beats her out at every turn, even while keeping his love for her secret.
Only after years of separation does she finally realize they are meant to be together, but this time, in a twist of fate, it is Elian whose memory of her is gone. Will he remember her before she loses heart or will their new love be enough to replace the old one?
Only after years of separation does she finally realize they are meant to be together, but this time, in a twist of fate, it is Elian whose memory of her is gone. Will he remember her before she loses heart or will their new love be enough to replace the old one?
Wild Rose Press,
3/15/2017, Imprint: Champagne Rose
Contemporary romantic
suspense/Action Adventure; M/F; 2 flames
Ebook (70,560); Print:
296 pp.
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Although M. S.
Spencer has traveled in five continents, she spent the last thirty years in
Washington, D.C. as a librarian, Congressional assistant, speechwriter, and
non-profit director. She has two grown children and a perfect granddaughter. Ms.
Spencer has published twelve mystery/romantic suspense novels, and currently
divides her time between Florida and Maine.
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Thanks so much for having me on your wonderful blog, Brenda. I apologize for the late check-in but the internet was off all morning! I hope your readers enjoy my story.
ReplyDeleteAnd I've been on the road all day so sorry to be late saying hi...glad to have you!
DeleteLove your travel adventures!
ReplyDeleteWow, this sounds like a fabulous story! What an adventurous family you must have had--and obviously it's both genetic, and reflected in your writing. Congrats on such an achievement!
ReplyDeleteYou've certainly seen the world. Very interesting post.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to travel as much as I have--and to write about it!
ReplyDeleteWonderful to hear about all the traveling your family has done. True Globetrotters! Lapses of Memory sounds intriguing and exciting. I wish you great success with it!
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Hello, M.S. - what a fabulous set of journeys!
ReplyDeleteThe book sounds really intriguing. I have done a lot of traveling myself, but aside from trips across the US with my family, didn't go overseas until I was in college. So I'm way behind you... ;^)
Thanks for sharing this great post.This is so nice.
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