Kim and I more and more are reading the same
books at relatively the same time. DIAMONDS
ARE TRULY FOREVER by Gina
Robinson is one of these books. I am
proud to say I turned Kim into a Gina Robinson fan and she has been happy to
have been acquainted with them.
I
have read and reviewed DIAMONDS ARE TRULY FOREVER by Gina Robinson that
I received from St. Martin’s Press. Now
it is time to let someone else enjoy it and provide this copy to one lucky
winner. To be eligible for this one time
only I am not asking for a comment
but a request. I want us all to share the ideas that we can do to assist our military men and women. You must come back on Sunday – May 27th
to see if you have won and then email me with your address.
As
a fan of Claude Monet’s I am always moved by how he took the negatives in his
life to make them positives. No one
liked his paintings, they criticized his innovative style, and what he thought
was okay he went with. Life may knock
you around but look for the one shining moment in the day and celebrate a Little Victory.
REVIEW from Mary Gramlich "The Reading Reviewer"
DIAMONDS
ARE TRULY FOREVER by Gina Robinson
Do
I always have to tell you the truth?
When
you marry a spy, you know that the last thing you should ever do is tell
someone that he is a spy. One careless
slip created an avalanche for Staci that ruined her marriage to Drew and almost
cost her, her life. Now Drew is back
pulling Staci into another caper that brings them within kissing distance and
Staci is not sure she can walk away this time.
There
is trouble in Staci’s life that makes it so difficult to keep Drew at a
distance even though she does not want to.
Her mother is having worries over Staci’s stepfather and his weird
behavior, so Staci decides playing Maxwell Smart sounds fun until she really
stumbles onto the truth. Staci is
determined to show everyone including her maybe, possibly, soon to be ex-husband
that she can sneak around and lie like a professional. If she can stop blushing every time, it might
work. Drew has his own ulterior motives
for wanting to involve Staci in this investigation and all of them are personal
and involve allot less clothing than they are wearing right now. Staci may push him away but Drew has the
ability to pull her in.
When
the action gets heated, the bad people come barreling down looking for a fight,
and the nights get hotter than a firecracker someone is going to be
burned. Drew is going to protect Staci
regardless of what it takes or who tries to get in the way be it friend or
foe. What Staci has to decide is where
the danger lies – with the enemy holding the guy or her maybe, possibly, soon
to be ex-husband who has a firm grip on her heart.
One thing is to make sure the soldiers coming home have adequate medical care to deal with their physical and mental concerns.
ReplyDeleteI always like the idea of sending care parcels & letters. Just to let them know they have our support.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was younger I volunteered at the VA hospital. It was hard to do ut thought it was a good idea. Audrey in MO
ReplyDeleteThrough Kim and Kelly I send cards to the troops. I want better health care for the our troops when they come home.
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I both volunteer at our American Legion. He is one of the officers. I also donate some of the books I can part with and they deliver them to vet hospitals and also send them overseas.
ReplyDeleteI think that we could assist them once they leave by giving them a job or helping with getting them a job. Also starting a hotline or call center for people that have PTSD or just need to talk. Even a website with live help to talk to people that don't want to talk in person. Also fundraisers to help with sending the soldiers supplies while at deployed or having the fundraisers to raise money for medical care or assistance. I try to volunteer for community activites all the time.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great post. Loved everyones anwers so far. Will check back to hear the rest. christinebails@yahoo.com
My older brother is in the army and so his family moves a lot. Difficult to do with three little kids. But one generous thing that happened a couple times for them when they were stationed in WA was their local grocery store paid for their groceries. The grocery store did it using donations, and they would just surprise an army member or family member when they were ckecking out. So if I ever see donations or things like that for our service men and their families I make sure to donate. It really makes a difference for people.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jane. It's important that they have adequate medical care.
ReplyDeleteWe can make sure that their families are taken care of while they're not here.
ReplyDeleteI think that is a great question and I have to tell you whatever I am doing it is not enough and I am going to find out what else I can do. thanks for pushing me to never forget. DJ in Denver
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ReplyDeleteI just moved to Denver so the opportunities are all around me and I think getting to the USO is a great suggestion. Just have to figure out if Denver has one.
Does your friend Kim have any ideas? You speak of her often and her website says she is a military spouse so I thought she could connect me a mother of an active five year old with a suggestion. I live in the Columbus area and think we are by an air force base, maby. GrantsMom
ReplyDeleteThanks for a great post and giveaway! I just got Gina's first book in this series and I can't wait for my vacation in June to start reading :)
ReplyDeleteIt's relevant that you mentioned what we could do to help our service men and women... I just read a great article about this. Service people who are highly trained and valued in the military but can't find jobs when they get home. The "stigma" of being a soldier prevents them from finding private jobs or their training is considered "inadequate" and they must "retrain" to do the same jobs. There must be better support for integrating back into non military life and better resources to help them get jobs. Plus, there should be a way to keep them from having to waste time and money "retraining" to do the jobs they were doing in the military. Private sector America is wasting their tax dollars by shunning these service people.
Improving medical care is great! My daughter is an amputee and the improvements help her as well. Things I do is send books and goodie show boxes and cards
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I support various charities that deal with the American Vets. i.e. Paralyzed American Vets, Disabled American Vets, Wounded Warrior and a couple of others. It's important that everybody realizes how much our men and women lay their lives on the line everyday for us. Being the wife of a retired military man, I know first hand how difficult and heart wrenching it is when our men (women) are called to fight and stand up for our freedom. Therefore, I think that everybody who can even afford a couple of dollars help out our troops, most especially the ones coming home with missing limbs, or other serious medical problems.
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