Good morning, everyone!
I feel so honored to shine the spotlight on Parris Afton Bonds today. Though we've not met in person, (thanks to Covid when we were supposed to speak at the Ozarks Creative Writer's Conference), we have spoken through email and messages and I consider her a dear friend in this crazy world of publishing. I'll also be reviewing her new book - Reluctant Rebel.
Let me tell you a bit about this sweet lady.
BIO:
PARRIS AFTON BONDS is the mother
of five sons and the author of more than fifty published novels. She is co-founder and first vice president of
Romance Writers of America, as well as, cofounder of Southwest Writers Workshop.
Declared by ABC’s NIGHTLINE as one
of three best-selling authors of romantic fiction, the New York Times best
seller Parris Afton Bonds has been featured in major newspapers and magazines,
as well as, published in more than a dozen languages.
The Parris Award was established
in her name by the Southwest Writers Workshop to honor a published writer who
has given outstandingly of time and talent to other writers. Prestigious recipients of the Parris Award
include Tony Hillerman and the Pulitzer nominee Norman Zollinger.
She donates spare time teaching
creative writing to both grade school children and female inmates, whom she
considers her captive audiences.
BLURB:
In January of 1917, young Piedad Arellano is riding the streetcar across the Santa Fe Bridge that connects Juarez, Mexico to El Paso where she works as a housemaid. When she learns El Paso is using kerosene and toxic chemicals to “treat” workers for suspected lice, she takes a stand and says, No! Thousands join her in the protest, shutting down bridge traffic and making international news.
Walter Stevenson is an agent with the newly formed Bureau of Investigation, on a mission to identify the “master spy” being handled by the precursor of the Nazi party there in El Paso.
Their two worlds collide when Piedad is arrested for inciting the Bath Riots and Walt reluctantly comes to her aid. No two lovers were ever more mismatched.
Spies are pursued, dark family secrets are revealed, and romance may be possible in this historical novel based on the true events of the Bath Riots.
To hear her passion for writing first-hand, check out THIS YouTube link she did at the City of Allen
REVIEW:
Parris has a way of bringing true history alive like no other author I've read. Through details collected through her research (and true knowledge of Texas history), Parris puts you in the story as if you were in a gaming world, playing everything out on your screen. In
RELUCTANT REBEL, will you be Piedad Arellano fighting for women's rights and injustice? Will you be Walter Stevenson, a loner by design, drawn to the fiery redhead, willing to risk your mission to protect Piedad?
I'll admit, I usually prefer sweet, quick romance reads but Parris Afton Bonds books are my exception. She takes me to time and place settings I can only imagine having been a part of. Parris Afton Bonds is the Magic Treehouse author for adults!
I'm sure you sigh whenever you see me post 5 quills on a review... like I don't know how to post less. But here's the thing. When you have an author like Parris Afton Bonds, an author who has a track record like no other in this industry, one who started her quest when we were reading Kathleen Woodiwiss and other 'bodice rippers', the talent is brighter than any spotlight I could shine. You just can't give this book less than....
You will find Parris Afton Bonds and her other books by clicking on any of the following links.
All my best
~ Angela
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