by <\/span><\/span>Jodi Lea Stewart<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Historical Fiction \/ WWII \/ Action & Drama \/ International Mystery<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Publisher: Progressive Rising Phoenix Press<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Date of Publication: February 21, 2023<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Number of Pages: 372 pages\u202f<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n CLICK TO PURCHASE ON:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Amazon<\/a> * Barnes & Noble<\/a> * Author Website<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Moving back to her native Texas, Jodi graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Business Management, raised three+ children, worked as an electro-mechanical drafter, penned humor columns for a college periodical, wrote regional western articles, and served as managing editor of a Fortune 500 corporate newsletter. Her lifelong friendship with all shades of folks, cowpunchers, southern belles, intellectuals, and “outlaws” propels Jodi into writing comfortably about the Southwest, the South, and far beyond. She currently resides in Arizona with her husband, two wild and crazy Standard poodles, one rescue cat, her fun-loving ninety-plus-year-old mom, a never-be-still-four-year-old tornado, and numerous bossy houseplants.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u25c6 WEBSITE<\/a> \u25c6 FACEBOOK<\/a> \u25c6 TWITTER<\/a> \u25c6<\/p>\n \u25c6 YOUTUBE <\/a> \u25c6 GOODREADS<\/a> \u25c6 INSTAGRAM<\/a> \u25c6<\/p>\n \u25c6 BLOG<\/a> \u25c6 LINKEDIN<\/a> \u25c6<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Giveaway ended April 21, 2023<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Click the blogs for direct links to book reviews & special features.<\/strong><\/p>\n 04\/11\/23<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n All the Ups and Downs<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Book Trailer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 04\/11\/23<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Chapter Break Book Blog<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Notable Quotables<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 04\/11\/23<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Hall Ways Blog<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n BONUS Promo<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 04\/12\/23<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Forgotten Winds<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Author Interview<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 04\/12\/23<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Librariel Book Adventures<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Review<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 04\/13\/23<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n StoreyBook Reviews<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Scrapbook Page<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 04\/13\/23<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n LSBBT Blog<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n BONUS Promo<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 04\/14\/23<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Rainy Days with Amanda<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Review<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 04\/14\/23<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Stories Under Starlight<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Excerpt<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 04\/15\/23<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Jennie Reads<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Review<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 04\/16\/23<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Shelf Life Blog<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Guest Post<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 04\/17\/23<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n The Clueless Gent<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Review<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 04\/18\/23<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n The Plain-Spoken Pen<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Review<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/field\/image\/cover_the_gold_rose.png\")
ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/b> Since the early 1940s, THE GOLD ROSE, a secret rescue agency with Asian origins, has used unique systems to ferret out and save victims in every corner of the world. Charlotte Hunt-Basse has faced dangerous and often deadly challenges in her decade as an agent with the agency, not the least of which was the past rescues of two of her assignments, Pinkie and Babe.
Two-year-old Pinkie is discovered abandoned on a dirt road during a violent storm. She is whisked off to Mexico by oil heir Clint Sutton and his girlfriend, Angelina, as they attempt to escape the lies of Clint’s father’s second wife. Three years later, Pinkie is stolen away to Argentina by an aging Romani. Pinkie suffers from the malice of her captor but wins the fatherly love of a Buenos Aires circus owner and his fianc\u00e9. Shortly after landing in the crosshairs of THE GOLD ROSE, Pinkie’s life takes two more shocking twists. When the agency locates Pinkie again, Agent Charlotte must throw all caution to the wind to rescue her.
Babe, the child of Texas-based missionaries, is hidden by two Chinese families during the Japanese invasion and ensuing Communist takeover of China. She is forced by the second family to live incognito as a “boy” for several years to save her from soldiers invading China from the North. Martial arts are banned, but the grandfather of the family teaches Babe Y\u01d2ng Ch\u016bn in deepest secrecy. The civil war escalates, and Babe finds herself on a dangerous quest for survival as she journeys alone through enemy territory toward the faintest hope of rescue.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/field\/image\/final_headshot_for_fb_etc.jpg\")
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong> Jodi Lea Stewart is a fiction author who centers her themes around the triumph of overcoming adversity through grit, humor, and hard-rock tenacity. Born in Texas and growing up in Arizona smelling cedar berries and cow pens on a large cattle ranch wedged between the Navajo Nation and the White Mountain Apache Tribe, most of her friends were Native American and Hispanic, with a few Anglos thrown in for good measure. On the ranch, she climbed petroglyph-etched boulders, sang to chickens, bounced two feet in the air in the backend of pickups wrestling through washed-out terracotta roads, and rode horseback on the winds of her imagination through the arroyos and mountains of the Arizona high country. Later, she left her studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson to move to San Francisco, where she learned about peace, love, and exactly what she didn\u2019t want to do with her life. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/field\/image\/giveaway_the_gold_rose_0.png\")
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