The Rebound Effect
by Linda Griffin
Genre: Romantic Suspense, Psychological Thriller
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press, Inc
Publication Date: July 15, 2019
In the small town of Cougar, struggling single mother and veterinary assistant Teresa Lansing is still
bruised from a failed relationship when Frank McAllister sweeps her off her feet.
Frank is a big-city SWAT officer who moved to Cougar only four months ago. He's handsome, charming,
forceful, very sexy, and a bit mysterious. He had his eye on Teresa even before they met and is pushing
for a serious relationship right away.
Teresa finds his intense courtship flattering, and the sex is fabulous, but she doesn't want her deaf six-
year-old son to be hurt again. Her former fiancé cheated on her when he got drunk after being unjustly
fired, but he loves her and her son, and the whirlwind romance is complicated by his efforts to win
Teresa back.
And then there's the matter of the bodies buried at Big Devil Creek...
I was born and raised in San Diego, California and earned a BA in English from San Diego State
University and an MLS from UCLA. I began my career as a reference and collection development
librarian in the Art and Music Section of the San Diego Public Library and then transferred to the
Literature and Languages Section, where I had the pleasure of managing the Central Library's Fiction
collection and initiating fiction order lists for the entire library system. Although I also enjoy reading
biography, memoir, and history, fiction remains my first love. In addition to the three R's--reading, writing,
and research--I enjoy Scrabble, movies, and travel.
My earliest ambition was to be a "book maker" and I wrote my first story, "Judy and the Fairies," with a
plot stolen from a comic book, at the age of six. I broke into print in college with a story in the San Diego
State University literary journal, The Phoenix, but most of my magazine publications came after I left the
library to spend more time on my writing
My stories have been published in numerous journals, including Eclectica, The Binnacle, The Nassau
Review, Orbis, Thema Literary Journal, and forthcoming in Avalon Literary Review, and and in the
anthologies Short Story America, Vol. 2 and The Captive and the Dead. Four stories, including two as
yet unpublished, received honorable mention in the Short Story America Prize for Short Fiction
contests.
Member of RWA and Authors Guild
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Can you, for those who don't know you
already, tell something about yourself and how you became an author?
I was an
enthusiastic reader from day one. I read my very first Dick and Jane
primer to everyone in the house, including two captive kittens, one
tucked under each arm. Then I read it backwards. As soon as I figured
out that somebody had to create the words I was reading, I knew what
I wanted to be when I grew up—a “book maker.” I dedicated The
Rebound Effect to Dick and Jane “who
first ignited my passion for the written word.” I’ve been writing
all my life and was first published when I was in college, but I’ve
been able to spend more time on it since I retired from my position
as fiction librarian for the San Diego Public Library. My stories,
from short shorts to novellas, have been published in numerous
literary journals. The Rebound Effect
is my third published novel and the second with the Wild Rose Press.
What is something unique/quirky
about you?
I enjoy washing dishes by hand, but
only if somebody reads to me while I do it.
Tell us something really interesting
that's happened to you!
Earlier this year, our old, unused
dial-up phone started calling 911. The police came to the door
several times, once in the middle of the night, before we figured it
out.
What are some of your pet peeves?
The puzzling notion that conjunctions
somehow reverse the pronoun rules. Only a two-year-old would say “Me
went to the store,” but I constantly hear things like “Me and him
went to the store” and “She gave it to he and I.” Like Teresa,
the heroine of The Rebound Effect, I also hate distracted
driving and movie previews that give away too much of the story.
Where were you born/grew up at?
I was born and raised in San Diego,
California, and would never want to live anywhere else. I enjoy
visiting other places, but San Diego will always be home.
If you knew you'd die tomorrow, how
would you spend your last day?
Reading! And eating chocolate.
Who is your hero and why?
Jaycee Dugard, because she chose to
live her life with strength and joy and purpose, helping others
instead of dwelling on what was taken from her. I also very much
admire former President Jimmy Carter for all the good work he does
all over the world.
What kind of world ruler would you
be?
A terrible one! Overwhelmed and
confused.
What do you do to unwind and relax?
I love the three R’s –reading,
writing, and research. I also enjoy movies, Scrabble, and travel.
I’ve been to three countries and forty-eight states, most recently
Hawaii. I like to visit art museums, galleries, and botanical
exhibits too—beauty feeds the soul.
Describe yourself in 5 words or
less!
Klutzy, independent, honest, and
impatient.
When did you first consider yourself
a writer?
When I wrote my first story. I lifted
the basic plot from a Nancy and Sluggo comic book and wrote “Judy
and the Fairies”at the age of six.
Do you have a favorite movie?
I always find it impossible to choose
just one favorite of anything, but the one I have watched most often
is the 1968 film, No Way to Treat a Lady, with George Segal
and Rod Steiger. Love, Actually may eventually overtake it,
though.
Which of your novels can you imagine
made into a movie?
I can see my forthcoming novel Guilty
Knowledge as a movie, or better yet a TV series. I would cast
Boris Kodjoe or Trai Byers as the hero, and his partner is one of my
favorite supporting characters. I always enjoy writing dialog for
tough, sassy women.
What literary pilgrimages have you
gone on?
I’m not sure if it counts as a
literary pilgrimage, but I went to England to visit the places
described in the Poldark novels by Winston Graham. Cornwall is
lovely.
As a writer, what would you choose
as your mascot/avatar/spirit animal?
I have two. My sometime writing
partner, Huxley, is a stuffed writer mouse from Starbucks. I consider
him co-author of the novella “Starbucks” (Eclectica April/May
2015.). He named the characters and insisted that it not be a
romance, although he is otherwise partial to bedroom scenes. My muse
is a lizard named Sparkle. They can both be seen on my Facebook
author page. Sparkle is in the cover image.
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