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Q. Kelly

Q. Kelly

About

Fact One: I like corny jokes. If you have any good ones, send them my way!

Fact Two: My favorite color is purple, but my writing is gray. Life is not black and white.

Fact Three: I'm weird. I like being weird.

Email me at yllek_q@yahoo.com. I'd love to hear from you.
Check out my blogs at qkelly.wordpress.com and qkelly.blogspot.com.

Murdo

Murdo

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Description

<p>When Jessica Bryant pesters her wealthy parents to allow her to have a dog as a pet, the answer is a resounding &quot;No&quot;; but they soon come to regret their decision when thier home is broken into one evening whilst they are out and their daughter kidnapped and held for ransom. The kidnappers, in the form of four seedy and incompetent characters wearing Disneyland-type masks, take her hostage and keep her incarcerated in a place from which there appears to be no escape. However, they reckon without the resourcefulness of our heroine, and the courage of a wonderful stray dog who comes to her aid and whom she names 'Murdo'. And so begins an exciting and humurous accounting of the couples' adventures together as they consistently foil and outwit the abductors whilst on the run together.<br /> This is a lovely story of the friendship between a girl and a dog, bringing out themes of responsibility, camaraderie, redemption, salvation and self-sacrifice. It includes some wonderful dialogue sequences as Jessica teaches her new four-legged friend how to communicate with her, with additional delightful conversations between the animals when a rabbit and a sparrow join forces with them in an effort to outwit the kidnappers and restore Jessica safely back to her parents' home. </p>

Story Behind The Book

"Strange Bedfellows" originally had a different plot. It was supposed to be a story about the widow of a senator who is assassinated. She finds out he had an illegitimate daughter (he left a bunch of stuff to her in his will). The widow and the daughter would eventually end up together. Then it kind of transitioned into an ex-gay group leader who has a one-night stand with someone who doesn't know who she really is – and who later finds out and blackmails her. Then it transitioned into a story about an artist wanting to paint the portrait of an ex-gay group leader. Obviously, none of these attempts quite gelled, and I wish I could remember how I finally got on track with the plot I did. "Strange Bedfellows" does have some elements in common with the very first idea. There's a politician with an illegitimate child. And, uh… ;-) The important thing is, the plot finally gelled!

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Reviews

&quot;Strange Bedfellows&quot; has been getting great reviews, so I've put together a collection of links to the various reviews (in no particular order). I'll post more links soon and as they come.<br /><a href="http://affinityebooks.com/index.php?main_page=page&amp;id=62&amp;chapter=1"><br />Review on Affinity E-books</a><br /><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/204204502">Goodreads review</a> (Goodreads page for &quot;Strange Bedfellows <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12445178-strange-bedfellows">here</a>)<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Bedfellows-ebook/dp/B005J7K3WO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1314569145&amp;sr=8-1">Amazon reviews</a><br /><a href="http://jaefiction.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/review-strange-bedfellows-by-q-kelly/">Jae's review</a>