An Obsession with the Treasure
of the Sierra Madre
Rachelle,
thank you for having me here today to talk about my new book baby. When I began researching Chihuahua,
Mexico for a setting for my new paranormal romantic suspense, Obsession,
my primary intent was to find a location to build my villain's refuge. Lucky for me, the rugged terrain of the
Sierra Madre, and specifically, Copper
Canyon, were perfect for a hidden compound for a crazed cult leader. This
part of the world is remote, beautiful, and sparsely populated.
Upon further digging, I discovered this is the part of
Mexico where the classic Humphrey Bogart movie about greed and addiction to
gold, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,
took place. By the way, this is the same movie that gave us, "Badges? Badges? We don'
need no stinkin' badges!" However,
even before the desperate gold rush portrayed in this 1948 movie, legends of
gold buried in them thar hills
circulated for centuries. These legends still told over and again, are based in
history.
In 1767, King Charles III of Spain worried about the wealth,
power, and influence of thousands of Jesuit priests in Mexico. The King sent
sealed orders to his military commanders, with a command to keep the orders
sealed until a certain time. On that date, the military was to expel the entire
order and seize all their assets. However, when the solders carried out the
orders at the appointed hour, the Jesuit treasures were gone. Legends say the
gold, silver and jewels were buried near the Jesuit missions, leading to
recurrent ransacking and digging expeditions around the region (Klein,
2003).
Needless to say, once discovered, I had to weave this legend into Obsession.
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OBSESSION Blurb
A year
after a barbaric childbirth, complete with a near-death experience and an
encounter with her guardian angel, Angie Edmonds is just happy she and her son,
Jake, are alive. She's finally in a good place: clean, sober, and employed as a
defense attorney. But at the end of a long work day, she finds herself in a
parent's worst nightmare: Jake has been kidnapped and taken across the Mexican
border by a cult leader who believes the child is the "Chosen One."
Stymied by the US and Mexican legal systems, Angie is forced to ask the head of a Mexican crime syndicate for help. Much to her chagrin, she must work with Alejandro Torres, a dangerously attractive criminal and the drug lord's right-hand man. Little does she know Alejandro is an undercover federal agent, equally terrified of blowing his cover—and falling in love with her.
Stymied by the US and Mexican legal systems, Angie is forced to ask the head of a Mexican crime syndicate for help. Much to her chagrin, she must work with Alejandro Torres, a dangerously attractive criminal and the drug lord's right-hand man. Little does she know Alejandro is an undercover federal agent, equally terrified of blowing his cover—and falling in love with her.
ISBN Print:
ISBN 978-1-61217-867-7
ISBN Digital: ISBN 978-1-61217-868-4
ISBN Digital: ISBN 978-1-61217-868-4
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Excerpt:
“Who are you? Who
is that giant? What did you say to him?”
The pony-tailed man flashed a grin, the smile reaching his
sky-blue colored eyes, giving him an appealing boyish look. “The big guy’s name
is Tio. I told Tio to truss Raul up like the pig he is and to bring him to
Isabel Ramirez. She’ll know exactly what to do with him.”
“Who are you?”
The movie-star-handsome man stopped, bent down until he
was eye-to-eye with Angie.
“I found your passport tossed onto Raul’s desk, Angela
Edmonds from the U.S. of A. I like that name. You look like an angel.”
She shook her head and the street twirled. “I’m no angel.”
She steadied herself on his well muscled, naked arm. Rather than creeping her
out, the skin on skin contact with her rescuer reassured her that he was a real
human and not an angel conjured up in fevered religious delusion and
desperation. “You sound like an American. You haven’t answered my question.
What’s your name?”
“Torres.” Still holding her ID, he strode to the driver’s
side of the car, hopped in and flashed a dazzling grin. “You could call me your
hero because I’m taking you to see the woman who can help you find your son. My
name is Alejandro Espinosa Santoyo Torres. But most people just call me
Alejandro.”
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
After
working in health care delivery for years, Sharon Buchbinder became an
association executive, a health care researcher, and an academic in higher
education. She had it all--a terrific, supportive husband, an amazing son and a
wonderful job. But that itch to write (some call it an obsession) kept beckoning her to "come on back" to
writing fiction. Thanks to the kindness of family, friends, critique partners,
Romance Writers of America, and Maryland Romance Writers, she is now an
award-winning author published in contemporary, erotic, paranormal and romantic
suspense. When not attempting to make students, colleagues, and babies laugh,
she can be found herding cats, waiting on a large gray dog, fishing, dining
with good friends, or writing. You can find her at www.sharonbuchbinder.com
Paranormal Romance Guild Winner Best Mystery/Thriller,
2012
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Where Sharon
Buchbinder and Obsession can be found
on the Internet
Book Trailer for Obsession
http://youtu.be/f1kujUWoGbk
Obsession Blog Tour http://sharonbuchbinder.com/blog/the-blog-tour-for-obsession/
Facebook page for Obsession
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Obsession/174546772700131
Website/Blog http://sharonbuchbinder.com/blog/
Twitter @sbuchbinder https://twitter.com/sbuchbinder
The Wild Rose Press http://www.thewildrosepress.com/
Thanks for hosting me, Rachelle!
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