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| Old Town Salzburg |
Salzburg has always been one of my
favorite towns. I knew I had to place my Romantic Road characters here at some point in the story. Buried deep in the
Austrian Alps, on two sides of the River Salzach, it’s as picturesque as a
postcard. No matter where one turns in the “Old Town” it’s like living in
another time. Scrolled wrought-iron signs hang over doorways, identifying
shops, hotels, and restaurants. A number of the cobblestone streets are
pedestrian-only, and the old town is small enough to walk almost any place; and
yet Salzburg is a city, not a village, with all of a city’s amenities. There
are numerous concert venues, and the world famous music school, the Mozarteum,
is here. Each summer Salzburg is host to one of the most famous music festivals
in the world. Mozart spent his early years here, and there is a statue of one
of his most beloved characters, the bird-man, Papageno, in one of its many
squares.
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| Traditionsl Austrian Clothing |
Here one may sometimes see men and women
unselfconsciously wearing clothes that look like they came from The Sound of Music, loden green boiled
wool jackets with stand-up collars on the men, full skirted dirndls on the
women. To them these are not costumes, but simply their usual way of dressing. To
be in Salzburg’s old town is to step into another culture, another time.
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| Hotel Elefant |
We stayed in The Elefant, an historic inn I would recommend to anyone both for
its comfort and for its convenient location in the heart of the town, a short
walk from the funicular that takes one up to the historic castle and its
restaurant overlooking the town and the countryside.
I love shopping in Salzburg. For me,
shopping is never a major consideration when traveling, but Salzburg is an
exception. I always stock up on lovely underwear and on gorgeous silk scarves
in the old town. The shops are small, and they exist, not for just tourists,
but for the people who live in and around the town.
I
had fun putting my Romantic Road
heroine, Lacy Telchev, in Salzburg, shopping, and in sudden danger on the
narrow, pedestrian-only, streets of the town.
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| Salzkammergut |
And then there is the Salzkammergut. In
the hills and mountains to the east of Salzburg is some of the most beautiful
scenery in the world. This is Sound of Music country. Lakes wind their
way through green valleys, with majestic, snow peaked mountains in the
background. I gave the hero of my book, Romantic Road, a home on one of those lakes, and it is here Max and Lacy take refuge
from her pursuers. And here that they fall in love. Until danger overtakes them
and they must once more flee.
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RELEASE DATE: Jan. 28, 2015
• Romantic Road ~ Takes you on a chase across Europe with our heroine who finds herself in a series of precarious situations. She encounters a handsome stranger, but is he helping her, or is he dangerous? This story has hair raising suspense, romance and a sprinkling of humour
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"The Memory of Roses by Blair McDowell
is simply an incredibly lovely story. It’s also a love story, and a story about
finding yourself, and about closure. The theme running through the book is
“all’s well that ends well.” -- Marlene, Reading Reality
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"Delighting In Your Company is a unique paranormal romance that brings together island folklore, history, and mystery with an unlikely romance between the past and present that had me going through a torrent of emotions and made it impossible to put down." -- The Romance Reviews
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“I found Sonata to be a charming novel that left me laughing out loud
in parts and gnawing nails in others. It was a delight to read.” – Night Owl
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"Abigail’s Christmas is a sweet and special story that honors both love and the holidays." -- Sizzling Hot Books
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