Conquered
by
Paula Quinene
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GENRE:
Erotic Historical Romance
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BLURB:
Conquered
is a passionate love story, as much about its main characters, Guam
native Jesi Taimanglo and American GI Johan Landers, as it is about
author Paula Quinene’s passion for Guam itself. As her characters
try to find a place for themselves amid the war, Jesi’s relatives,
and the Chamorro traditions, Quinene charts a path through a seldom
told story: Guam’s place in WWII. An original idea written with an
original voice that invites readers in to the exotic world of the
Pacific, complete with coconut trees, banana doughnuts, dolphins
swimming in the ocean, and moonlight on Pago Bay, Conquered also
recounts the brutal horrors of the Japanese occupation on Guam, a US
territory largely forgotten back in the States. In addition to
learning about a singular and little-known culture that has played a
part in the world wars of the Pacific, readers will undoubtedly crave
the recipe for banana doughnuts.
—Stacey Donovan, Writer, Editor, and Author of Dive
—Stacey Donovan, Writer, Editor, and Author of Dive
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Excerpt
Two:
Somewhere
in chapter 3
“Drink,”
she said.
Johan
closed his eyes and took a sip. Then a gulp. Coolness spread through
his body. She’s nice. It was the most delicious thing he’d put on
his tongue. Refreshing. The girl held the cup for him until he
finished.
“Thank
you.”
The girl
nodded.
She set
the cup aside and stepped away to pick up the coconut and machete
again. Keeping her left hand out of the way, the girl held the
machete in her right hand, centered it on the coconut, and hit the
coconut in the middle. It split in half. She brought the coconut to
him. Using the skin that was between her teeth, she scooped the
coconut flesh and fed him.
Johan
savored the soft meat. It wasn’t as sweet as the stuff his granny
used to sprinkle on cake. But it was really good.
The girl
was about five feet and a couple inches, and it looked as if she
could use something to eat, though she wasn’t as thin as the other
refugees he’d seen. She wasn’t trembling anymore. When she
finished, she set aside the spent coconut and cardboard.
“Thank
you, Miss. My name is Johan. What’s your name?”
She
narrowed her eyes at him for a moment.
“Jesi,
my name is Jesi.”
Her
voice was pleasant. He was exhausted. What is it about her eyes? She
stood up, startling him, and walked deeper into the cave.
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AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Paula
Quinene was born and raised on Guam. She graduated from the
University of Oregon in 1997 with a bachelor’s of science in
Exercise & Movement Science, hoping to return to the island as an
anatomy teacher. A resident of North Carolina since 2000, Paula’s
homesickness – or “mahalangness” – has motivated Paula to
write A Taste of Guam,
Remember Guam, both
cookbooks, and her first novel, Conquered.
Paula’s home on the web is www.paulaq.com.
Website:
http://www.paulaq.com/index.html
Book’s
blog: http://guamromancenovel.blogspot.com/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pquinene
Instagram:
pquinene
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GIVEAWAY
INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER CODE
Paula
will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner
via rafflecopter during the tour.
Thanks for hosting!
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