Excerpt from Challenging the Legacy by Genie Gabriel & A Free Book

Today I have an excerpt for you from a new womens fiction, "Challenging the Legacy" by Genie Gabriel, that was released last month. Genie is touring blogs to get the word out about the book.

For years Genie has been fascinated by the puzzle of why some people collapse under life's traumas and others emerge triumphantly stronger. These triumphs of the human spirit over the ugliest of adversities became the basis for her stories. Yet her dramatic stories have always contained touches of humor, and sometimes she has great fun writing romantic comedy novellas. However, in all of her stories, her passion for writing romance is an outlet for the powerful messages that people can overcome great difficulties, and true love can turn life’s heartaches into happily ever after.

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Excerpt 

Drawing a deep breath, Ruby related the story of becoming pregnant, of going to Tallie when she couldn't get through to Pierce, and leaving Marly for Tallie to raise.

"So I have a daughter you never told me about?" Pierce glared at Ruby.

"I tried to tell you--"

"And you left her with Tallie?"

Ruby's chin went up another notch. "I knew Tallie would be a better mother than I'd ever be."

"So the two of you..." Tallie's glance pingponged between Ruby and Pierce.

The stricken look in Tallie's eyes stabbed guilt into Pierce's heart. Well, she had been the one to desert him, dammit. And he had waited years for her to return before Ruby caught his eye. The same color hair as Tallie's. He made the mistake of thinking perhaps he could recapture that special feeling--or purge it from his mind and senses.

A glance at the frozen set of Ruby's jaw nearly deflected him from seeing the hurt in her eyes. A stiff drink would be good right now.

"This is all a bit of a surprise to me," Pierce said. The two women glared at him. "To all of us, I'd say."

The sound of cars coming up the driveway registered at the back of Pierce's brain, and he waffled between irritation and gratitude. Irritation because he wanted to sort out Ruby's story, and gratitude because he figured this was going to be the kind of emotional bloodbath he tried to avoid at all costs.

"Were you expecting someone?" Pierce asked.

Glancing at the grandfather clock standing in the hallway, Tallie pushed up from the couch with a frown. "It's too early--"

But a disturbance at the door interrupted her as a young woman with streaming red-gold hair pushed inside and hustled straight toward Tallie. "We need the safe room. Halo is exploding."

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Challenging the Legacy
Author: Genie Gabriel
Series: The Legacy Series #5

Publisher: Rogue Pheonix Press
Format: ebook
Genre: womens fiction
Length: 470 KB
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Buying Links:  Amazon   All Romance eBooks   Barnes & Noble

Book Blurb (from the author):

Super-mom Tallie O'Shea took on eight adopted children and built a legacy of compassionate justice with her policeman husband. When he is gunned down, she doesn't think it's an accident. Then a former lover shows up and the lies from her past start unraveling. As dangers explode around her, can Tallie set things right before everything she loves is destroyed?

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Genie will be giving away a $25.00 Amazon Gift Card to one randomly drawn commenter during the tour and a $10.00 Powell's Bookstore Gift Card to one commenter at every stop.

Also, Genie has arranged for another book in the series to be FREE at Amazon each Monday during her tour. Get "The Bodyguard" by Genie Gabriel free on Kindle every Monday through December 24th) here:  http://tinyurl.com/aot3veu