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Colleen McCarty

Colleen McCarty

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Colleen McCarty is a graduate of the University of Tulsa and an entrepreneur. She and her husband own Tulsa restaurant Mod's Coffee and Crepes. She's been featured on Entrepreneur.com, and in the Wall Street Journal. This is her first novel. Though Colleen has ghostwritten books for CEOs and New York Times Bestsellers, this is her first foray into publishing her own work. Colleen lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma with her husband, daughter and two large dogs. Follow her writing at colleen-mccarty.com.

Commitment

Commitment

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<p>It’s hard to be committed to anyone when you don’t know whom to trust.</p><p>Alexis Toles, a former FBI agent turned undercover CIA agent, is quickly finding that out in Nancy Ann Healy’s newest political thriller, <i>Commitment</i>.</p><p>Alex embeds in a secret organization of intelligence operatives known as The Collaborative. Its partners include operatives from the CIA, National Security Agency, FBI, US Department of Defense, and an entanglement of foreign intelligence agencies.</p><p>It’s about half a year after the death of President John Merrow, a friend and someone she respected. But she remains committed to overthrowing The Collaborative as she works with a onetime adversary who believes the organization’s involved in the president’s death.</p><p>Meanwhile Alex; her wife, Cassidy O’Brien; and Cassidy’s son try hard to live as a family but must first overcome personal struggles, including a nasty custody battle with Cassidy’s ex-husband, Congressman Christopher O’Brien. The family has their own share of secrets that, if unleashed, could affect their hopes for the future.</p><p>There’s no place to turn without discovering people who are not who they claim to be. That can’t stop Alex. She must remain committed to the cause, both at home and as she works against The Collaborative.</p>

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Mounting the Whale Featured in Oklahoma Magazine

🔗 http://www.okmag.com/December-2013/White-Collar-Meets-Guitar-Strap/

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<p><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;line-height:normal;">&quot;With a light touch and a cast of brilliantly eccentric characters, MOUNTING THE WHALE is a wild caper with a heart that beats the truth about what it really means to find someone.&quot; </span></p> <p><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;line-height:normal;">-- Kristin Valentine, Author of GONE COLD </span></p> <p><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;line-height:normal;">&quot;Mounting the Whale is an amazing and funny book: think </span><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;line-height:normal;">Wes Anderson</i><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;line-height:normal;" /><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;line-height:normal;">meets </span><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;line-height:normal;">Arrested Developmen</i><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;line-height:normal;">t!&quot;</span></p> <p><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;line-height:normal;">--Lindsey Testolin, Award Winning Artist and Animator</span></p> <p> </p>