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Maggie

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About Me

Be sure and visit my website: www.maggietoussaint.com

BIG NEWS!!! HOUSE OF LIES is a double finalist in the National Readers Choice Awards. It finaled as best romantic suspense and best first book. Woo-hoo!

NO SECOND CHANCE, a romantic suspense published by The Wild Rose Press, is available in print and electronic format (ISBN 9781601541628). This story is about a horse rescue farm in need of a rescue and a CEO whose company is being taken over - from the inside. Hope and Devlin face off against a thief determined to strip them of all their worldly possessions. A portion of the proceeds from NO SECOND CHANCE will be donated to a remarkable nonprofit, Days End Farm Horse Rescue in Lisbon, Maryland. Visit their website at www.defhr.org
Buy No Second Chance at Amazon.com or The Wild Rose Press or at Fictionwise
Breaking news!!! No Second Chance won the Erin Aislinn Best Book Cover for January Award. Cover artist Kim Mendoza did an excellent job with the cover art.
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SEEING RED is out now! Buy it in electronic format at Freya's Bower
Seeing Red is a contemporary romance about a woman who wants to rennovate her family's crumbling house into a bed and breakfast only can't cook and she's broke. SEEING RED is first book in a series about three sisters.
My romantic suspense novel, HOUSE OF LIES, which was published by The Wild Rose Press, was my fiction debut in 2007. In the story, Jake and Hannah, have no intention of falling in love when they meet at Hannah’s newly inherited house. But romance finds them as they search for hidden letters that link the present to a twenty-year-old crime.
Themes of revenge, redemption, and forgiveness run through the fast-paced story. The story question: will Hannah risk her heart and her life to find out who her late father was?
Reviewers for HOUSE OF LIES had this to say: "Five stars." "I couldn't put it down." "A romantic tale of deceit, danger, and murder." "A yummy hero. A yummy romance. An intriguing mystery."
Buy House of Lies (ISBN 9781601540317) today at Amazon.com
Coming soon: my cozy golf mystery! IN FOR A PENNY (ISBN 978594146466) is a June 18, 2008 from Five Star. It will also release in soft cover/big print in September 2008. In the book, Cleopatra Jones must find out who killed the dead banker or her best friend will go to jail. Kirkus Reviews recently said: "Toussaint's debut is a mildly amusing addition to the cozy ranks with possibilities for future development." Publisher's Weekly had this to say: "This witty cozy...takes some unexpected and dangerous turns as it builds to a satisfying conclusion." Visit my website at maggietoussaint.com to learn more about my latest news and upcoming releases.

My Interests



I love yoga, walking on the beach, and riding bikes. And books. Did I mention how much I love books???

I'd like to meet:



I like to meet people who love books. Visit my website at www.maggietoussaint.com

Music:

I've been known to sing and play a bit on my guitar.

Movies:

I like action adventure movies and science fiction.

Television:

This list is way too long. My favorites are House, Medium, Monk, and The Closer. I'm also a big fan of reality programs like Survivor, American Idol, The Biggest Loser, and Big Break.

Books:

I love 'em. And I know lots of great authors who I highly recommend, including Gail Barrett, Hope Tarr, Diana Cosby, Lynne Connolly, Barbara Cummings, Merrillee Whren, Tracy Montoya, Shannon Greenland, TA Ridgell, JL Wilson, MK Trent, Darlene Gardner, and Steve Berry. So many books. So little time.

Heroes:

Heroes are people who give of themselves, and I applaud all the unsung heroes who go out in the trenches every day. These folks give of themselves because it's the right thing to do. God bless them, every one.

My Blog

Line of Sight

Line of sight is important in the game of golf. Even the experts hit balls out of bounds. Without a true line of sight to the ball's resting place, one can spend a long time searching for a golf ball....
Posted by Maggie on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:19:00 PST

Promotion commotion aka whirling tea cups

Having just spent the weekend at a three-day community festival hawking my books, I have an image of that whirling tea cup carnival ride in my head. You know the one I'm talking about. It looks t...
Posted by Maggie on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:28:00 PST

If the shoe fits

I was the envy of all my friends, once upon a time, because I was the best packer there ever was. Should I mention that I was ten at the time and couldn't have cared less about what went with what?I'm...
Posted by Maggie on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:21:00 PST

Breathe in your story

I’ve been in how-to mode for the last week as we learned how to lay a ceramic tile floor. It wasn’t a hard thing to do, but there were certain knacks to each step, certain tricks that...
Posted by Maggie on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:51:00 PST

Heat up the popcorn, movies on!

Going to movies was a huge deal to kids like me who grew up in the sticks. We never randomly said, "Let’s go to a movie tonight." Going to the movies took concerted planning, saving of money, an...
Posted by Maggie on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:36:00 PST

Facing Discouragement

Discouragement comes at writers in many forms. Critique partners may not like a character arc. Editors and agents may reject our work. Reviewers may say snarky things about our fabulous books. Fellow ...
Posted by Maggie on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:16:00 PST

They’re coming to take me away, ha ha

JL Wilson may be a nomad when it comes to writing, but I’m a nut. Seriously. I started thinking about the things I need to write and I’m worried that the powers-that-be are going to come a...
Posted by Maggie on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:37:00 PST

Life (and writing) is like a ladder

As a child, I played the jump-off-the-steps game with my friends. We’d climb the porch stairs and jump as far as we could into the yard. With each step up , the difficulty level increased. No on...
Posted by Maggie on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:54:00 PST

Anticipation

I can’t read the word "anticipation" without remembering Carly Simon’s song, Anticipation. I start singing to myself An-tic-i-pa-tion, an-tiss-a-pay-ay-shun... And I’m off to somewhe...
Posted by Maggie on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:12:00 PST

WINNERS - Wishing for Spring Roundup

Here are the winning email addresses for the Wishing for Spring Roundup. Next to each address is the name of the author whose book they won. Congratulations one and all!  [email protected]&...
Posted by Maggie on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:54:00 PST