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Nov 1st Chat with Peggy Jaeger Author of It’s A Trust Thing

Happy holidays to all! Give a big welcome to Peggy Jaeger, author of It’s A Trust Thing, releases today. Happy book birthday Peggy! Have a seat and grab an insulated mug. I’ve got hot chocolate, hot cider and coffee. Choose your pot, they’re labeled. Pick your choice of a Snicker-doodle, Chocolate Chip or Peanut butter cookie from the plate. Yep, I baked them myself. Lets see what It’s A Trust Thing is all about But first Peggy tell is a little about you and what inspired It’s A Trust Thing!

I’ve always had a strange fascination with serial killers, crime lords, and wise guy wannabes. And while I love seeing criminals brought to justice, once they are no longer capable of executing their nefarious deeds, my attention has always shifted to their families and the ones they left behind.

The children of these horrible people intrigue me, especially what happens to their lives once their parent is caught, killed, or incarcerated. How do they fare in the court of public opinion? How badly are their lives changed, sometimes irreparably? Are they vilified as their parents were, or do they become sympathetic in the eyes of society? Do the sins of the fathers (and mothers) rain down upon them?

Cases in point:

One of Bernie Madoff’s sons committed suicide after his father was sent to prison.

Charles Manson, Jr. killed himself as well because he could never outrun his infamous name.

BTK’s daughter claimed the FBI had the wrong man once her father was arrested. She couldn’t believe the man she loved and revered could be such a monster.

These children of notorious men have all had to deal with the aftermath of their father’s betrayal, greed, and crimes, and they each dealt with it in different ways.

I wrote IT’S A TRUST THING because I wanted to explore what happens to the child of someone notorious. Even though the subject matter is heavy, the story is mostly lightweight, something I had to do to balance the underlying theme. I bill it as RomComLite. My heroine, Penelope “Nell” Newbery is feisty, determined to succeed, loyal to a fault, and a strange mix of awkward and sassy.

Nell Newbery has trust issues. It’s hard to trust when you’re the daughter of a fallen financial scion who bilked people out of billions in a pyramid scheme that made Madoff’s look picayune in comparison. Nell was 16 when her father was first arrested and then sent to prison for 100 lifetimes. Her mother suffered a mental breakdown due to the stress and it was up to Nell to take care of her when she was little more than a child.

Nell’s done everything in her power to keep away from men who see her as their ticket to fortune and fame due to her father’s notoriety. All she wants to do is run her ultra-successful business, HELPFUL HUNKS, in peace.

But it wouldn’t hurt to find a guy who doesn’t know a thing about her father’s felonious past; one she can give her heart to and trust it won’t come back to her battered, bruised, and broken.

Thank you Peg. Now tell us a bit about It’s A Trust Thing.

Nell Newbery has trust issues. It’s hard to trust when you’re the daughter of a fallen financial scion who bilked people out of billions. Nell’s done everything in her power to keep away from men who see her as their ticket to fortune and fame. All she wants to do is run her ultra-successful business, HELPFUL HUNKS, in peace.

But it wouldn’t hurt to find a guy who doesn’t know a thing about her father’s felonious past; one she can give her heart to and trust it won’t come back to her battered, bruised, and broken.

Is Charlie Churchill that guy? On the surface he seems perfect, all polished manners and quiet mirth. Nell’s convinced he knows nothing about her, other than she likes superhero movies and views junk food as a food group.

Can she trust him to be what he appears to be? Or is he just pretending?

For Nell, trust is everything in life…and in love.

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A sneak peek between the pages of It’s A Trust Thing.

He opened the passenger door for me and I got in.

“You never answered me,” he said when I was seated. “Would you like to do this again?”

I’d lived my entire adult life taking chances in my professional life but shying away from them in my personal one. The reasons to avoid becoming involved were valid ones, in my mind, and they’d served me well.

But there was something so different about this man, something that wanted me to finally give in and take a chance that he wouldn’t be like all the other men I’d gotten close to. He wouldn’t use me to his own end; he wouldn’t betray me; he wouldn’t lie to me about who and what he was.

And dammit, I deserved to have some fun.

All this ran through my head as he stood, patiently waiting for my answer.

It really didn’t take much effort on my part to make a decision. With a half grin and my gaze staying zeroed in on his, I reached into my briefcase and pulled out one of my business cards. While the driver waited, I wrote my private cell number on the back of it. There were only five people on the planet who had this number.

Now, Charlie did as well.

As I handed it to him, I cocked my head and said, “Maybe next time we can get through an evening without me needing first aid or being mugged.”

His jaw wide smile made my stomach muscles flutter. He leaned in, gave me a quick peck on the cheek and said, “Where would the fun be in that?”

About the Author:

Peggy Jaeger is a contemporary romance writer who writes Romantic Comedies about strong women, the families who support them, and the men who can’t live without them. If she can make you cry on one page and bring you out of tears rolling with laughter the next, she’s done her job as a writer!

Family and food play huge roles in Peggy’s stories because she believes there is nothing that holds a family structure together like sharing a meal…or two…or ten. Dotted with humor and characters that are as real as they are loving, she brings all topics of daily life into her stories: life, death, sibling rivalry, illness and the desire for everyone to find their own happily ever after. Growing up the only child of divorced parents she longed for sisters, brothers and a family that vowed to stick together no matter what came their way. Through her books, she’s created the families she wanted as that lonely child.

When she’s not writing Peggy is usually painting, crafting, scrapbooking or decoupaging old steamer trunks she finds at rummage stores and garage sales.

A lifelong and avid romance reader and writer, Peggy is a member of RWA and her local New Hampshire RWA Chapter.

As a lifelong diarist, she caught the blogging bug early on, and you can visit her at peggyjaeger.com where she blogs daily about life, writing, and stuff that makes her go “What??!”

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Website/Blog: http://peggyjaeger.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/peggy_jaeger

Amazon Author page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00T8E5LN0

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It was wonderful having you with us today. Please feel free to stop by anytime. Good Luck with It’s A Trust Thing!