Guest Author... Bill Blodgett

Today I would like to introduce you to my critique partner and friend, Bill Blodgett.  

Alee - Hi Bill.  Welcome to my blog.  You are my first guest author.  Your third book is titled Unrequited.  Tell us what it is about.

Bill - Unrequited is a story of everlasting love, heartbreak, addiction and the courage of the human spirit to fight back against all odds. Travel back in time to this peaceful New England community during the simpler days of the post WWII era of 1955, and join Joe on a reminiscent walk down Main Street America to the Five and Dime where he’ll ask Kathy out for the first time.
Visit the Connelly’s home as Kathy and her family gather around their potbellied stove and trade stories of family values and of Chester, the fabled family protector. It’s the picture-perfect family Joe’s always wanted and when he calls on Kathy, he’s welcomed with open arms. When he proposes and she says yes, their future promises them an idyllic lifetime together, but fate breaks that promise and Joe’s plans are turned upside down.  Suddenly the peaceful 1950’s become his prison and the keys to his prison are hidden away in the true meaning of life as told to him by Riggs, an elderly black man with roots in slavery. Riggs shares his three truths with Joe as they’ve been handed down for generations, but there’s more to Riggs and his three truths than meets the eye.

 

Alee - I LOVE the cover.    So this is a historical romance?

Bill - Unrequited is a historical mainstream story with romantic elements.

 

Alee - And you have two other published books?

Bill - Yes. Dead or a Lie and its prequil Saints Sword.    

 

 

 

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Alee - Tell us a little about Dead or a Lie.   I love the title.....

 Bill - A sun allergy predisposes Lee Teadora to a solitary existence as the night security director of New York Medical. Endless nights watching uneventful images on her security monitors make her desperate for excitement.
Be careful of what you wish for…
One night, while visiting her father’s grave, a group of bloodthirsty vampires attack her. Despite her martial arts training she is outmatched. She should be dead… or undead, but she survives.
Lee isn’t alone in her battle. A shadowy figure watches from afar… protecting her.

Alee- and the prequil? Saints Sword.

Bill - 
1332 Eastern Europe: The worlds of God, Goddess and Satan collide in this epic tale of love, revenge and forgiveness.
Two years ago Nicolai’s life as he knew it ceased to exist. On that one horrific day his wife was murdered and his daughter abducted and he’s been on the hunt ever since.
But the baggage he carries is heavy— guilt. Guilt of not being there when he was needed most. Guilt of believing he wasn’t the husband and father he should have been haunts his every waking moment but above all else he’s determined to rescue his daughter from the ruthless clutches of the vampire known as Lord Valnar and destroy him to avenge his wife’s death. Kaira is also on the hunt. Barmaid by necessity and hunter by choice she too has been injured by these blood thirsty beasts. Kaira and her companion, Gustav, have been destroying Valnar’s legion of undead for years, but at a high cost—her heart. She’s already seen to many of her comrades fall prey to Valnar’s men and she’s vowed not to let her heart get in her way again. Gustav, the Preacher, has a much different goal. For him it’s neither revenge nor lost love. His only goal and pleasure in life is to hear the faint utterance of the word “free” as a soul is released when a vampire is destroyed.
Together, Nicolai, Kaira and Gustav join forces toward one common goal—destroying Valnar. After rescuing the witch, Jessica, she joins the group but finds herself at odds with Gustav and his Christian beliefs. Nevertheless they band together to destroy Valnar, but all hell breaks loose when Nicolai hears whispers on the wind warning him of betrayal and he begins to doubt everything and everyone around him. Even though he is surrounded by his friends and lover he feels alone. Will he be betrayed by his lover, the preacher, the witch, the mercenary or his own heart?

Alee - I've read all three of your books and really enjoyed them.   Tell us a little about yourself.

Bill -  I still live in the community where I met and married my lovely wife, Janice. Actually, she lived around the corner from me and we both ignored each other until our teen years when the hormone thing kicked in and we suddenly realized that the cute little girl skipping rope and that goofy boy riding a bike had both grown up. We are the proud parents of April and Lindsay; both of whom are now married. April married Darren and they have two beautiful boys, Brian and Owen. Lindsay married Tim and they have a beautiful little girl, Kailyn. I enjoy hiking, kayaking, camping, golfing, making candles, and restoring my antique British sports car, a 1972 MGB.
They say to write from what you know, so I do. I write of love, life and relationships.

Alee - Thank you, Bill.  I look forward to your next book.