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Good Things Come In Threes
Good things come in threes. Three act
plays, primary colours, most fairy tale structures (three pigs, three bears, three
mice), the three musketeers, and of course God Himself – Father, Son and Holy
Spirit!
In my own childhood, this was certainly the
case. I had two ‘best’ friends growing up and we literally spent every day with
each other. We talked, we played, we told secrets – it didn’t matter as long as
we were together. One friend moved away, but I soon gravitated to another set
of ‘best’ friends during my teen years. The three of us were initiated into
adulthood as we navigated those tempestuous waters, tasting the ‘forbidden
fruit’ and all that other jazz that teens are ‘supposed’ to do. (My shortened
version so as not to shock you, dear readers!) Even after we went on to
college, we kept in touch. One introduced me to my husband, and these two were
bridesmaids at my wedding.
Lasting friendship is one of the themes of
my new novel, Three Strand Cord. The three friends, Tempest, Stella, and
Cherise, have been through a lot together, but in this story their loyalty is
tested to the limits as a simple ‘fib’ leads to a web of deceit that lands one
of them in serious trouble.
I’m not sure how many readers will catch
the hidden acrostic in the title. Three Strand Cord contains the first
letters of each character’s name – Tempest, Stella and Cherise. It wasn’t
originally that way. I had the title
down quite early in the project – not something that always happens – but I
knew it fit perfectly with the theme of friendship as well as the theme that
God is the truest friend anyone can have.
Originally, Stella was named Myriah, but somewhere I had an epiphany
that if I changed her name to something with an ‘S’, it would mirror the title.
I spent some time scouring baby name books and finally settled on Stella.
There are two more books in the series – Blood
Ties and Tempest Tossed. In the end, the real theme of the series is
that God is the best friend of all. He is the friend that sticks closer than a
brother. I hope those that read it find encouragement to let Jesus be that kind
of friend.
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Tempest. Stella. Cherise. Fate brought them
together, but can their friendship survive the tangled web of danger and
deception that threatens their very lives?
Tempest Ross dreams about moving back to
California some day – both the place of her birth and her parents’ tragic
death. When she agrees to pretend to be her friend Cherise for an afternoon, a
tangled web of lies develops from which she can’t escape. Complicated by the
unwelcome advances of Cherise’s playboy brother and her own attraction to a
mysterious man, Tempest’s faith in God is tested to the limits.
Stella Crayton has high ideals about saving
the planet and plans to start with her father’s ranch. Then she finds out her
father has been keeping a dangerous secret. At the same time, her own errant
emotions take over as she falls in love with two brothers at the same time. Add
to this her best friend’s disappearance, and questions about God set this no-nonsense
Texas girl in a tailspin.
Cherise Hillyer just wants to have fun,
which in her books means having a good looking man in tow. The typical rich
girl, she usually gets what she wants, even if she has to lie to get it.
Desperate for her latest flame who has left for Rome, Cherise convinces her
friends to cover for her while she takes off after her Italian lover. She doesn’t
know she’ll soon become embroiled in an international conspiracy of lies and
deceit that will threaten her life.
Three
Strand Cord is a story of intrigue and romance told
from three different points of view, all coming together to prove that when it
comes to true friendship, ‘a three strand cord is not easily broken’.
10 Fun Facts About Tracy Krauss
- I’ve moved more than 30 times
- I’ve lived in several locations north of the 60th parallel
- I homeschooled for nine years
- I’m a peanut butter-a-holic
- I’m also a playwright and my stage plays have been performed across N.A.
- I was once stampeded by a herd of wild buffalo
- I’ve been inches away from a polar bear in the wild on more than one occasion (with something like a car window in between, of course!)
- I’m a Sci-fi nerd and used to be a ‘Trekkie’. (Maybe I still am… )
- In my ‘spare’ time when not writing, I like to paint
- I majored in Intaglio printmaking at University (Fine Art Department)
Author Bio
Tracy
Krauss is a multi-published novelist, playwright,
and artist with several award winning and best selling novels, stage plays,
devotionals and children’s books in print. Her work strikes a chord with those
looking for thought provoking faith based fiction laced with romance, suspense
and humor – no sugar added. She holds a B.Ed from the U of S and has lived in
many remote and interesting places in Canada’s far north. She and her husband
currently reside in beautiful BC where she continues to pursue all of her
creative interests. http://tracykrauss.com “Fiction on the edge – without crossing the
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