Deb Hosey White's lifelong love affair with the written word:
Began with a poem about a flying bear
Set the scene for meeting her husband and writing partner
Guided her through an English degree
Made her an eclectic reader, a lover of libraries and bookstores
Contributed to her success as a business writer
Jumpstarted her fascination with flash fiction
Compelled her to publish a workplace novel
Inspired her to add "experienced travel writer" to her resume
Motivated her to write about interesting women across all genres (from the boardroom to the bedroom), and
Turned her into an observant witness of the world around her.
Deb lives and writes in Annapolis, Maryland.
Deb is the author of:
THE SCOTTISH RUIN KEEPER
The Scottish Ruin Keeper is a love among the ruins tale guaranteed to capture your heart. Young Will Clachan, descended from generations of stonecutters, grew up playing in the ruins of Elgin Cathedral. Once the greatest medieval cathedral in all of Scotland, Elgin was burned to ruins in an act of revenge by Alexander Stewart, the notorious Wolf of Badenoch. The ruins languished for centuries. By the early 1800’s many of the stones had been repurposed for new buildings in the town of Elgin.
John Shanks, a shoemaker appointed by the town as keeper of the ruin, is on a mission to protect the remains of the once magnificent cathedral. He hires Will Clachan as his assistant to help cart away tons of rubble surrounding what remains of the structure. Will leaves his home and family to live in a hut on the cathedral grounds. He spends his days carting away endless rubble, dumping it into the eerie Witches Pool nearby. But there is history buried in the ruins of Elgin Cathedral. Will and Shanks discover tombstones, relics, and monuments created by Pictish stonecutters of long ago.
Will not only falls in love with the ruins, but with Shank’s beautiful granddaughter Alanna. When she leaves to study art in Florence, Will fears he has lost her forever. When her grandfather becomes gravely ill, Alanna returns home. Will is no longer a boy, and Alanna is now a sophisticated young woman of the world.
Readers who love historical fiction will be captivated by this story of dedication, love, and hope.
MAGIC NUMBERS
Merlin McHenry believes that every person has a Magic Number -- and once discovered, it should be used to its fullest advantage. A brilliant student of risk, probabilities, and beautiful young women, Merlin loves space exploration, collects board games, and worships Stephen Hawking.
But math makes Nance Elliott nauseous. She's a careful reader who trusts her instincts when it comes to detecting dangerous young men. So when she meets a handsome actuarial student carrying a book of sonnets, she is certain he is nothing more than a charming young geek.
Brought together by a curious antiquarian book and an afternoon bike ride, Nance and Merlin meet as strangers and part as lovers on one of the longest days of the year. By nightfall Nance feels magic in the air and Merlin is madly in love. In one languid afternoon Merlin unlocks Nance's Magic Number -- now it's all the young storyteller can think about as her life carries her farther away from Merlin's front door.
Although their hearts tell them they are meant to be together, reuniting is seldom as simple as a heart's whim. Parental intervention, a semester abroad, and sudden illness conspire to keep the couple apart. Finding each other again proves more difficult in a time before the Internet, when a handwritten note and a phone book are still the best ways to track someone down. For Merlin and Nance, love, life and destiny are in the numbers.
Set in Baltimore, Boston, Edinburgh, Bermuda, rural Pennsylvania, and the Maryland suburbs, MAGIC NUMBERS is an education-of-the-heroine romance filled with engaging characters, sophisticated dialogue, unexpected plot twists, humor--and numbers.
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PINK SLIPS AND PARTING GIFTS
As a communications specialist, she has written thousands of pages of corporate policy. No doubt those who toil inside corporate America will find her first full-length novel much more entertaining.
Like the author, an estimated one in five corporate employees has experienced a merger or acquisition. Pink Slips and Parting Gifts is their story--the one every corporate cubicle jockey, business traveler and mid-level manager will appreciate.
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TRAVELS BEYOND DOWNTON
BEYOND DOWNTON ABBEY Volumes 1 and 2
Like a road trip through the British countryside, Beyond Downton Abbey takes readers to visit some of the most impressive manor houses, castles and palaces in Great Britain.
There are plenty of reasons why people are attracted to the stately mansions of Britain: architecture, interior design, art, gardens, romance, culture and history. No matter the motive that brings each visitor to the threshold of a great house -- either in a book or on a tour -- what keeps us coming back are the fascinating stories about the families who lived there.
The immensely popular Downton Abbey television series has inspired millions of viewers with its captivating portrayal of life at a stately British home in the early years of the 20th century. But fictional Downton Abbey is just a tiny part of the story. Beyond Downton Abbey, Volume 2 takes you behind the scenes at more manor houses--equally intriguing, but very real.
Beyond Downton Abbey, Volume 2 is the best kind of show-and-tell guide, combining beautiful photography with helpful information. Whether planning a set-jetting trip to visit the film locations of a favorite costume drama, or you're simply an armchair traveler, you'll appreciate this book's extraordinary stories.
Learn about the origins of King Tut's Curse at Highclere Castle (where Downton Abbey is filmed); discover the link between a tiny gold Roman ring at The Vyne and Tolkien's Lord of the Rings; see how the small town of Bampton magically transforms into Downton Village; take a peek behind the curtain at the holiday home of the Agatha Christie, the Grand Dame of murder mystery; and look in on the opulent Rothschild lifestyle at Waddesdon Manor, which doubled as Haxby Park in Downton Abbey.
More than 20 great houses and gripping stories make Beyond Downton Abbey, Volume 2 a fun and fascinating read. This eBook includes 120 color photographs and links to additional online information.
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PORTUGAL - A TALE OF SMALL CITIES
Portugal - A Tale of Small Cities provides an insightful sampler of the wonders awaiting visitors to Portugal. The book will inspire you to explore this compact and approachable European destination.
It includes what you need to plan your travels - more than 80 full color photos, helpful maps, and plenty of links to additional online information.
An experiential travel book, Portugal - A Tale of Small Cities combines practical and useful advice with beautiful photos, firsthand descriptions, bits of history and local legends. It's a delightful show and tell guide full of fascinating places you'll want to visit.
This guidebook takes readers to Tavira, Lagos, Sagres, Monchique, Praia de Rocha and other special spots in the Algarve region. It includes Evora, Obidos, Tomar, Alcobaca, Nazare, Porto and Lisbon.
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