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Please welcome author H.L. Wegley who has submitted the following 'interview' with the main character of his book The Janus Journals. Grab your favorite beverage or a tasty snack–or both!–sit back, and enjoy.
Character interview with Alisa (Allie) Petrenko, heroine of The Janus Journals
“Ms. Petrenko, you don’t look like your having a good day.”
“I don’t even know if I’ll be here at the end of this day.”
“Surely, it can’t be that bad.”
“What would you call it if the day started out with your father being murdered and then you find the assassin that killed him is coming after you?”
“That’s terrib—”
“I’m not finished. This young man, Grady Jamison, whisked me out of town and is driving me across the country—Virginia to Washington State—to escape the killer.”
“I’m so sorry for your loss. But at least you can be grateful for Grady Jamison.”
“Maybe, but he’s a Bible thumper. Well, he doesn’t exactly thump his Bible, he just keeps asking these questions about the so-called ‘human condition’, and he expects me to have answers. Riding with him is like Philosophy 101 all over again.”
“All over again? Are you in college?”
“Georgetown, Political Science. I graduated two weeks ago.”
“Then you must have answers for Mr. Jamison.”
“I could answer his questions if I wanted to.”
“It sounds like he’s annoying you?”
“Yes.”
“And you have to put up with him for 2,500 miles?”
“Not all of the time. I’m reading my father’s journals to him as we drive. We’re looking for clues to find out why my father was killed.”
“Aren’t the police working to solve your father’s murder?”
“There’s more to it than the DC Metro Police can handle. In the journals, I found out who my father really was.”
“Who your father really was? Was he an imposter or something?”
“Or something. My father came to America as a KGB deep-cover plant during the Cold War. The man who raised me after my mother died, the man who supposedly loved me, called me his Solnyshko, his little sunshine, was—it was all lies. Nothing was true. I don’t know what to believe anymore.”
“It sounds like Grady Jamison is offering you something to believe.”
“And that’s why I can’t let myself become dependent on him. I could never trust a man who believes fairy tales about some wonderful, non-existent God.”
“But you’re trusting Grady to take you to a safe place, aren’t you? Maybe you have stronger feelings about this man than you think … well … Ms. Petrenko …”
“You are as annoying as Grady. I think this interview is over.”
About the book:
For recent college graduate, Alisa (Allie) Petrenko, the Cold War never ended. When her father is murdered, he left her with a warning, an assassin on her trail, and his secret history contained in a set of journals. As Allie tries to elude the assassin and read the journals, she learns that the loving father who raised her was not the man he appeared to be, and the man she must now trust with her life is someone Allie must never trust with her heart.
The Janus Journals, set in Virginia and near Lake Chelan in Washington State, is high-action romantic suspense at its best. The dual timeline will take you on an epic journey through the twilight years of the Cold War that reshaped one man’s destiny while creating deadly tentacles, reaching into the present, threatening an innocent young woman.
About the Giveaway:
Harry is offering to give away a copy of The Janus Journals to one of this posts' readers. eBook or print, winner's choice. To enter, leave a comment below with your name and contact information. This giveaway runs for one week from today, ending at Midnight, April 17, CDT. Winner will be drawn via random.org on Thursday, April 18 and notified via email. Thanks for entering.
About H.L Wegley:
H. L. Wegley served as an Air Force Intelligence Analyst and a Weather Officer. In civilian life, he worked as a research scientist at a national lab, publishing in the scientific literature, then developed Boeing computing systems for twenty years before he and his wife retired near Seattle where they enjoy grandchildren, the rugged coast in the Olympic National Park and where he crafts his stories. He is an award-winning author of inspirational thrillers and high-action, romantic-suspense novels.
Web Links:
The Janus Journals link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07ND5SZ1D/
Website: https://www.hlwegley.com
Twitter https://twitter.com/hlwegley
Facebook author’s page: https://www.facebook.com/HLWegley
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Thank you so much for being my guest this week, harry. I always enjoy having you visit my blog. This book sounds like another great read.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly was a lot of fun to research. I listened to several old Reagan speeches and learned a lot about some brave people in Russia who stared down the KGB during that 1991 coup.
DeleteThanks again for hosting me, Peg! Wish I could have drawn more traffic to your blog. The Janus Journals has spent about 3 weeks on Amazon's best seller list for Christian Mysteries & Suspense with Romance since it's release in February, but didn't seem to draw that much interest here. One never knows about such things.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, too, Harry. This book is exactly the type I love to read ... and ... what I write. Who know why the lack of interaction here? I guess, as the old gospel song goes: "we'll understand it better by and by"
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