Cathy Lamb's Blog, page 25

I have a twisty/quirky sense of humor.

These are the strips of paper that I had Innocent Husband read aloud last night, one at a time, when I spoke at Powell’s Books.

These are the things I was thinking of when trying to figure out the plot for The Man She Married last year.

He had no idea he was coming up to speak, and that is where my twisty/quirky sense of humor comes in…

What are your plans for Tuesday night, November 13th?

I’ll be at Powell’s Books in Cedar Hills in Beaverton talking about my new book The Man She Married.

7:00.

And yes, we’re serving cake. Chocolate, if you must know. And maybe some cookies….

 

Well this is a dang MIRACLE.

I never make this kind of list.

Book Bub has named “The Man She Married” as one of the “best psychological thriller books of the fall.”

If you like Gone Girl, they say, you might like The Man She Married.

Well, I liked Gone Girl, so I’ll take this! Anyone want a thriller/women’s fiction/love story?










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GOBLINS, MONSTERS AND VOTING BY MAIL IN OREGON

This is how we vote in Oregon – by MAIL. Unfortunately, the M and M’s do not come with it.

Everyone should vote by mail in this country. The only reason NOT to vote by mail is if there are leaders in your state who are evil and sneaky and want to smother voter turn out, particularly in certain neighborhoods where they know they will not win. Those snakes.

(PLEASE VOTE)

Here is what happens with Vote By Mail:

A ballot comes to my LOCKED mail box. I open it with my handy dandy key. I take the ballot and talk to my cat who has followed me outside. We have a nice conversation. Next I go to the fridge and open it and say, “What the HELL am I going to burn for dinner tonight for Innocent Husband?”

I decide I should work instead. Which means, as a writer, I sit on the couch and I daydream and pretend to work. When I am exhausted from day dreaming, I look for chocolate for nutritional purposes.

Innocent Husband comes home and he makes dinner because I have clearly had a tough day. We watch a show together that does not stress either of us out like Lottery Dream Home (we’re going to win the lottery soon) or Log Cabin Living. (No, Innocent Husband, we are not moving to a deserted log cabin in the woods because I am not a hermit. No. No. I said NO.)

(PLEASE VOTE)

I open up the ballot when Innocent Husband conks out for the night, a friendly cat sleeping on his chest. I vote by filling in the little circles. I vote for people who are not going to take away my healthcare as Innocent Husband and I are self-employed.

Politicians who want to allow insurance companies to deny healthcare in future for people you love dearly who have pre-existing conditions or charge them more are HORRIBLE HEALTHCARE MONSTERS. If the HORRIBLE HEALTHCARE MONSTERS win this time around, we could have a problem here.

I put the ballot in the envelope you see above and skip out to my locked mailbox and off it goes. I begin another conversation with my cat who has, again, trailed me outside. What am I, the Pied Cat Piper? I tell him to get inside or the coyotes will eat him for dinner.

We do not have voter fraud here with Vote By Mail, so do not let Lying, Creepy Politicians who want to shut down certain voters make you believe it.

There are no human goblins that smash into mail boxes and scurry away with ballots in the middle of the night. There is no one working for, or volunteering with, the elections who tries to rig it with a Malicious, Mercurial Master Plan. There are no problems at all.

We don’t stand in line in the rain or snow. We don’t have to leave work to vote. We don’t have to miss a kid’s soccer game.

It’s easy. And you can even eat M and M’s while voting. It makes voting taste better and that is the truth.

(PLEASE VOTE)

Thanks to Weina Dai Randel for the review of my new book The Man She Married!
And thanks to Book Trib, too!

Tall Poppy Review: “The Man She Married” From Cathy Lamb Examines Secrets, Family and Lies

Take a look at a very cool video that Sharlene Martin Moore made me for my new book The Man She Married.

A little hint: Natalie Shelton is in a coma. That’s not her only problem.

Happy fall, happy reading to all!

Now press play on the video…

http://cathylamb.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Video-The-Man-She-Married.mp4

 

Yes, I really did make Innocent Husband pose for this.

Happy Halloween to all!

Natalie Shelton thought she knew her husband.

She was wrong.

I’d love to see you at Powell’s Books on November 13th.

(And yes, once again, I really am serving cake. It’s a cake bribe.)

Thank you, USA Today!

HEA shares an excerpt from romantic thriller The Man She Married by Cathy Lamb, arriving Oct. 30.

About the book:

Natalie Shelton is in a coma.

That’s not her only problem.

A little longer summary for those who are curious:

When Natalie Shelton thinks back to how things were before the car accident, she remembers a great marriage. She and her husband, Zack, seem as strong and dependable together as the houses he builds. They live in Portland, Oregon, and Natalie is co-owner of a successful accounting firm. They’re happy, she’s almost sure of it.

Yet as Natalie lies trapped in a coma, unable to communicate though aware of everything around her, she realizes that her husband is hiding something. Zack has always been reticent about his past, which she attributed to an unhappy childhood. Now the strange calls he’s receiving, the apologies when he thinks she can’t hear him, and her fragmented memories from the morning of the accident suggest a deeper secret.

When she finally awakens, Natalie is determined to find out the truth. Sorting through clues as her brain heals, she realizes she has a rare opportunity—to reexamine the life she’s made and the man she’s made it with. But as answers come to light, she faces surprising, heartrending decisions, as well as a danger that could upend her world once again, as Zack’s past finally catches up with them …

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Exclusive excerpt: ‘The Man She Married’ by Cathy Lamb