Joanie Chevalier

Joanie Chevalier works full-time in a large law firm as a legal secretary in beautiful San Francisco and lives in the East Bay area. In her spare time she writes, creates color in her garden, and camps in her teardrop trailer. 

Deadly Dating Games

Suspense

Most of the women in the newly formed book club were simply looking for friendship, a good read and maybe even a few dating tips. Greed snowballs into jealousy and hatred and several women realize too late they’ve been roped into crimes that force them to flee for their lives. 

Alyssa: Cougar-complete with short skirts, stiletto heels and an insatiable appetite 

Bess: Desperate-looking for love in all the wrong places 

Julianna: Girl-Next-Door -low self-confidence and bad judgment leads her astray 

Traci: Cunning-determined to get what she wants, no matter who gets in the way 

And then there’s Aaron: Is he capable of saving the woman he loves? 

BLACKMAIL. MURDER. ROMANCE. 

Four women. Four personalities. Who will Overcome; Who will Survive? 
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Deadly Dating Games


Finalist in the 2015 IAN Book of the Year Awards

Online Dating: A Comprehensive 5-Step Guide to Find Love and Romance on the Internet

Self-Help: Dating

Online Dating: A Comprehensive 5-Step Guide is a book for the woman who has little or no experience with online dating or dating in general, or for the woman who may have been dating for a while but is willing to learn a few tips to better enhance her dating experience. The author helps the reader with important steps: 

Pre-Profile: She goes over the importance of keeping an open mind and helps with evaluating whether or not we are prejudging and unknowingly hindering our dating progress. 

Profile: Tips for writing the best profile possible for better dating percentages and covers the importance of marketing our product…ourselves! 

Dating: Explains the different phases of dating and pointers on dating in general, including the “Interview” (first physical meet up after chatting, emailing and/or several phone calls), and First Date (a date after the Interview to find out if there is a connection for a future relationship). 

Love and Commitment: The author helps the reader go from casual dating to a committed relationship in a few easy steps. There are also sections on Kids & Dating, Sex, and Safety Issues, as well as easy to comprehend charts to fully understand the concepts learned. The time is now...learn how dating can be fun and adventurous!

Lunchtime Eavesdropper

Novella, General Lit, Humor

Meet Marlee, a woman who lives a comfortable but simple life with her loving partner, the adorable Larry. She discovers that covertly listening in on other people’s conversations during lunch hour excites her and adds to her otherwise humble life. When she overhears unpleasant gossip about herself, she becomes obsessed with changing her personality and makes the bad decision to become someone she’s not. After her total makeover, Marlee suddenly finds herself basking in the attention of her co-workers and is ecstatic when she’s finally invited to sit at the “popular” table at work. But is a personality change really worth the price? Is being popular worth losing herself, possibly the love of her life and/or redefining her own definition of happiness?

Save an Angel's Kiss for Me

Contemporary, Young Adult, Novelette

After 12-year old Mar’s father unfortunately dies in a car crash during the Christmas holidays, she not only has to recuperate, but also has to live with her mentally ill mother without the calming presence of her beloved dad. Fast forward three years and Mar is now 15-years old. Because Mar had blocked out her dad’s death, she’s never really admitted to herself that he’s gone forever, let alone acknowledged or visited his gravesite. She suddenly decides to take a 14-hour journey on a Greyhound bus to finally visit her dad’s grave and to face the truth: that her dad is really gone. Will Mar finally get the closure she so desperately seeks?

This is a touching short story about grief, loss, acceptance and forgiveness. It’s about the comfort of a gifted Christmas angel. It’s about the miracle of healing and unconditional love.
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