{"id":300,"date":"2008-08-13T07:54:27","date_gmt":"2008-08-13T12:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=300"},"modified":"2008-08-13T07:54:27","modified_gmt":"2008-08-13T12:54:27","slug":"thats-not-exactly-amore-by-tracey-bateman-cfba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=300","title":{"rendered":"That&#8217;s (Not Exactly) Amore by Tracey Bateman &#8211; CFBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5500\/1432\/1600\/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5500\/1432\/320\/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"74\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:130%;\">This week, the<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianfictionblogalliance.com\/\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:100%;\">is introducing<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 130%; color: #993300;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0446698954\">That&#8217;s (Not Exactly) Amore<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>FaithWords (August 14, 2008)<br \/>\nby<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 130%; color: #006600;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.traceybatemanbooks.com\/\">Tracey Bateman<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/R2iJPnOJN-I\/AAAAAAAABHY\/ChCi_YtyO20\/s1600-h\/traceybateman.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145513475590141922\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand\" src=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/R2iJPnOJN-I\/AAAAAAAABHY\/ChCi_YtyO20\/s400\/traceybateman.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Tracey Bateman published her first novel in 2000 and has been busy ever since. There are two other books in the Drama Queen Series,  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0446698938\">Catch A Rising Star (#1)<\/a> and  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0446698946\">You Had Me At Goodbye (#2)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She learned to write by writing, and improved by listening to critique partners and editors. She has sold over 30 books in six years.<br \/>\nShe became a member of American Christian Fiction Writers in the early months of its inception in 2000 and served as president for a year.<\/p>\n<p>Tracey loves Sci-fi, Lifetime movies, and Days of Our Lives (this is out of a 21 year habit of watching, rather than enjoyment of current storylines.<\/p>\n<p>She has been married to her husband Rusty for 18 years, has four kids, and lives in Lebanon, Missouri.<\/p>\n<h3>ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/SKJAYIGnllI\/AAAAAAAABro\/JiohDdBDo2Q\/s1600-h\/Amore.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233816500194219602\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/SKJAYIGnllI\/AAAAAAAABro\/JiohDdBDo2Q\/s320\/Amore.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>When Laini Sullivan lands a job designing Nick Pantalone&#8217;s coffee shop, there are two problems: one, Nick&#8217;s nephew Joe hates all of her ideas and two, Laini has to admit he&#8217;s right&#8211;she&#8217;s a disaster at design. Still, she can&#8217;t risk losing the job. To compromise, Joe brings in help on the project, while Laini continues to bake the goodies that keep his customers lining up.<br \/>\nTheir relationship is moving along, so when new guy Officer Mark Hall implies that Joe&#8217;s family is tied to the mob, Laini doesn&#8217;t want to believe it. But things spin out of control when she meets the family, including &#8220;the uncles,&#8221; who seem to confirm Mark&#8217;s suspicions. To make things worse, Nana Pantalone makes it clear Laini isn&#8217;t the kind of girl she has in mind for her grandson. Laini&#8217;s not sure if she should give Joe the benefit of the doubt or just set her sites on Mark and fuhgetaboutit.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Tracey draws us into the world of family and friendship with a few surprising twists along the way Bravo!&#8221;<br \/>\n~<strong>RACHEL HAUCK<\/strong>, author of <em>Diva NashVegas <\/em>and <em>Sweet Caroline <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0446698954\">That&#8217;s (Not Exactly) Amore<\/a>, go <a href=\"http:\/\/thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/thats-not-exactly-amore-by-tracey.html\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing That&#8217;s (Not Exactly) Amore FaithWords (August 14, 2008) by Tracey Bateman ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tracey Bateman published her first novel in 2000 and has been busy ever since. 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