1776: An English payroll ship loses sight of its convoy and wrecks on the shoals of a small, remote Caribbean island during a terrible storm, marooning its crew and a small group of soldiers. After rescuing the gold and burying it on the island, they are overrun by a tribe of cannibals, leaving the treasure hidden... Today: Jimmy Quigley, a small town cop, inherits a boat and a treasure map from his Uncle Jackson, a renowned world explorer. He hooks up with Evelyn Quinn, who also received a small inheritance from his uncle. He heads to the Caribbean with Evelyn and her friend, Kristin, and his friend, Rick, for some fun in the sun and a possible treasure hunt. When the boat is ransacked by thieves not once, but twice, Jimmy wonders if his uncle's warning to watch his back has more to it than he first thought. With his friends' safety and the fate of the Lorraine gold in mind, Jimmy heads off into the biggest adventure of his life...
Bio: Firefighter and paramedic-turned-author Jimmy (J.D.) Gordon was born and raised in Chicago where he developed a taste for the finer things that the Windy City has to offer - pan pizza, live blues and the Cubs. Jimmy dropped into the world of literature, literally. After falling off a train and breaking his knee Jimmy had to spend quite a bit of time recuperating. While visiting the firehouse his peers asked what he planned to with all that time away. This when Jimmy said the words that he now claims to have changed his life. "I should write a book."
Despite some skepticism from his peers ("You don't even use punctuation on your run reports!"), he completed a novel, Island Bound, and made it a point to use punctuation throughout.
Another injury, sustained on the job, ended his career in the fire service. Aside from writing Gordon spends his Spring and Summer as an umpire for high school and youth baseball. He now lives with his wife and children in Glen Ellyn IL, a suburb of Chicago.
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CONTEST OPEN UNTIL 5PM TUESDAY, JAN. 24TH 2012
Contest extended until SATURDAY JAN. 28TH, 3PMEST, 2012
Thank you so much for hosting Jimmy today with a book feature :).
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like fun - count me in!
ReplyDeleteToday is Jan. 23, 2012. I'm just so lucky that I can still join the contest :-) Please count me in. Mia Loveless
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good book and I'm all for supporting an everyday hero (firefighter). Best of luck to him and his writing.
ReplyDeleteThis book is now on my "Island Reads List"
ReplyDeleteIsland read list! I love it! Hello folks, sorry it took me a day or so to jump on here. Its been a rough weekend! So, how do we kick off this contest? Let's give some books away. The freebie is another island read by the way! thanks for having me folks!
ReplyDeleteI have all Jimmys books and they are very good, just wish he could get a big break on his writing. Wish he could write faster :)
ReplyDeleteYour daughter is a great author and so are you. Going to have to order some books of yours for my husband!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words folks, all of you.
ReplyDeleteSo BK, how do we raffle off these books?
ReplyDeleteApologies for being late to post the results! And the book goes to Mia! Mia, if you'd be so kind as to drop us an email with your address, here: apasuggestions@gmail.com :o)
ReplyDeleteThanks to all who came by!