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LOOK NO FURTHER!
DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING HERE
She's been through the trenches, but she's not alone. After trying different publishers, some good, some not so good, some
good to start with and then going awry, she finally caved in to the pleas of her long-time friend, Kristie Leigh Maguire,
who had been after her to join forces with Star* Publish since its inception in 2004.
Now, she is swinging on a Star--a Star* book, that is. All 14 of her novels have been
reborn as Shooting Star* books, as well as some new ones. This site is designed to
make it easy for all of her devoted, loyal fans to see at a glance what each book is all about.
So relax, get ready for a fun trip, and wish upon a star...anything can happen!
(For more about Janet see her main website here)
MIRACLES STILL HAPPEN--ESPECIALLY AT CHRISTMAS!
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| Susan Quincey has said "Goodbye" to Christmas, but her son and her boss have other plans. |
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| Yesterday or today, miracles still happen! |
Order A Lumberjack Christmas here
Order A Christmas Dream here
Becoming America's Favorite
Senior Sleuths
I would like to introduce you to my favorite characters, Patrick O'Malley and
Grace Johnson. Patrick is a retired NYC cop, and he's Irish through and through. Grace is just as Irish as Patrick, even if
she is a Johnson. "Poor James, may he rest in peace," Grace laments. "He couldn't help it that he was born Swedish."
Please join them on their thrilling capers as they rove the country in their fun attempts
at solving the problems of the world--or at least a few people. You will even find a real leprechaun inside the pages of their
books.
As Patrick so fondly says, "On St. Paddy's day everybody is at least a little bit Irish."
They even have their own website, and if you meander there for a bit you might even get
a clue as to what they will be up to in the future. Just hop on over here to learn more about them.
One reader says, "Patrick and Grace get into more trouble than a couple of two-year olds, but they have more fun than
a barrel of monkeys getting out of it." To see what kind of trouble lies ahead for them, click here.
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| Introducing Sister Babs to the series |
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| Get your dose of "Irish fun" inside the pages |
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| A recipe for cookies--good enough "to die for"? |
Read excerpt of Old Habits Die Hard
Read excerpt of Recipe for Murder
Read excerpt of In St. Patrick's Custody
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| New cover soon to be released |
It's still the same inside, but cover artist Richard Stroud has created a new
cover for House Call to the Past. Why? You liked the old one? It was after hearing from people who are pirate devotees
that said they would buy the book if it looked more like a "pirate book." That includes the delightful fellows from the Whydah
Museum at Provincetown, MA, where the booty from Black Sam Bellamy's ship. I hope you like the cover as much as I do, and
that the story inside will have you wondering if it really is possible to travel back in time.
My next book, Maiden Rock Mistress, will be out by this spring. It is a historical
romance with a spunky young teacher and a river boat captain who has recruited her to come to Lake City MN, and he seems to
think that gives him the right to order her around like she belonged to him. Can the little Indian orphan possibly bring them
together with anything short of a peace pipe?
This cover was also done by Richard Stroud. Can't you just see the little Indian girl thinking,
"Oh no! Here we go again!"?
This one is set in one of my favorite places. Lake City MN is on the east side of Lake Pepin,
a wide spot in the Mississippi River. For more fun on the Wisconsin side of Lake Pepin, but in a very different time, check
out Battleground USA 3: Lake Pepin, by fellow Star author Mark Haeuser, here.
NOW AVAILABLE!
Janet has a brand new comical contemporary romance out. In today's convoluted
world of "his," "hers" and "their" kids, she has taken the idea of extended families to the max. Never has it been truer that
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive..." You won't want to miss the fun and try to figure out
how four ex-wives, seven kids and one man try to stay out of each others' hair and still not let the cat out of the bag.
Click herehttp://janet_elaine_smith0.tripod.com/id86.html to read the first chapter. (Thanks to new cover artist Richard Stroud at Stroud Digitals for another great cover.) Like Janet's
dad used to say, "I ain't had this much fun since the pigs et my little brother."
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NOW AVAILABLE
IN PRINT
FRUSTRATED BY LACK OF SALES, AWARDS AND RECOGNITION?
They've been out as an e-book for several years, and acclaimed by some as "The
author's Bible for promotion." Now, Star Publish has stepped up to the next level and they are now available in print to make
it easier for you to keep them handy while you market yourself to Stardom! Watch for them on Amazon.com and everyplace fine
books are sold. Janet Elaine Smith shares her easy-to-follow secrets to what has worked for her. As Kristie Leigh Maguire
said about Janet's PromoPaks, "These were so simple I could have thought of them—but I didn't."
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For a complete listing of what's included, click here.
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MAX STRYKER'S BACK IN TOWN!
CAN TROUBLE BE FAR BEHIND?
ALL NEW MYSTERY SERIES FROM JANET ELAINE SMITH
After more than a year of silence, JES is back in business! Yes, with
Max Stryker Mysteries making their debut, she will once again tickle your funnybone, make you ponder whodunit, and send you
over the wall with a whole new bevy of characters you will swear you know.
Below is a bit about Max Stryker's first
mystery: Bank Roll. For more about her and what other mischief she's headed for, click on the cover of the book.
The Day Max Stryker Hit Town--Again!
It started out like any other day for Max (Maxine, but only to her mother)
Stryker, a crime reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Then the news broke. She was listening to the morning news on TV as she rushed
to get to work when they announced that the Knight Ridder chain of newspapers had been sold.
When she arrived at the office, the buzz was that their newspaper was going
to go on the auction block, and a lot of the workers would be getting pink slips within days, maybe even hours.
With
her notice in front of her, Max called her mother and told her that she was going to be forced to do what she had vowed would
never happen: she was going home! Home to Willow Creek, Minnesota, where nothing exciting ever happened--until Max hit town
again, just in time to hear that the bank president had been kidnapped!
Read an excerpt of Bank Roll
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