It May Surprise You That Feature: Featuring Karen Charles author of Fateful Connections #ItMaySurpriseYouThat

 

 It May Surprise You That...is Literarily Speaking's latest feature. Here we have authors give us 10 things that would surprise us about themselves and/or their book. Today we have Karen Charles, author of Fateful Connections. Welcome Karen!

Karen Charles is a children’s book author and educator. She lives with her husband on a beautiful bay in Washington State. Her latest book is the thriller, Fateful Connections.

Website: https://karenrabe18.wixsite.com/my-site-2

Twitter: https://twitter.com/karenra24229683

1.  It may surprise you that at a Christmas brunch, my friend, Sandy, told this story of what happened to her brother who was at a CEO conference on 9/11.  I was so intrigued by the bazaar events that I decided to develop it into a thriller.

2. I spent the first six years of my life in a clearing in the jungles of Liberia, West Africa.  My dad was in charge of a leper colony and my mom ran a boy’s boarding school.

3. I have traveled in nineteen foreign countries.

4. I flew a Cessna twin engine plane at the age of fifteen.

5. My first published writing was a poem about the African crown bird.  I was taken with their beauty and elegance.  My mom sent my poem in to Jack and Jill children’s magazine and they published it.

6. I own a condo in Puerto Vallarta where one of my characters in the book lives.

7. After I heard the story, my book is based on, it took a year and a half before I began writing the manuscript.

8. The ranch setting in Santa Clarita in the story is owned by my son.

9. I own and manage an Airbnb on a beautiful bay in Washington State.

10.  I have six kids, fourteen grandkids, and one great-grandkid.

     

     

Fateful Connections tells the story of four people brought together by the tragic events of 9/11 in the United States. These four individuals were attending a conference in Seattle, Washington, and found it nearly impossible to make it back to their homes, which were scattered across the country. They decide to rent a car and drive together, as they cannot get any flights home. As rental cars are also impossible to come upon, they find a friend who has access to a repossessed car, which he is willing to rent out. Unbeknownst to the friends, the rightful owner of the car wants his car back, and as they find out, hidden inside the car are drugs and guns. What ensues is a dangerous journey which impacts the four friends’ lives forever. The story follows them on their harrowing journey home, then one and two years later as they meet up for an annual reunion. 

The strengths of this story are the easy-to-read narrative and compelling plot. The author introduces four intriguing main characters, as well as a number of antagonists, who hunt down the friends and engage in dangerous and illegal plans to not only recapture their guns and drugs, but also kill the friends so there are no witnesses to their illegal activities. The reader is instantly drawn into the storyline, and moves along with the characters as they experience fear, joy, love, and relief. The plot is compelling, and the reader cannot help but become invested in the lives of these four main characters.

Amazon: https://amzn.to/41WDECT