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Bob Fulmer

Bob Fulmer

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Bob Fulmer is author or co-author of over 150 published articles and almost 40 business books, monographs and editions.. As an academic, he has held endowed chairs at Trinity, William & Mary, and Pepperdine, taught management and leadership at Columbia and Emory Universities and was a Visiting Scholar at MIT. He was responsible for worldwide management development at Allied-Signal, was president of two consulting firms and has conducted seminars in 25 countries on five continents. Bob is currently academic director for Duke Corporate Education and a permanent resident of Santa Barbara.

Vital Temptations: A Heart's Betrayal

Vital Temptations: A Heart's Betrayal

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<p>Dr. Bethany McNeal is living her dream as a pediatric resident in one of the most sought-after medical centers in Seattle. Beautiful and intelligent, she’s missing only one thing—love, which she put on hold to focus on her career after ending a tumultuous relationship. Everything changes when she meets Dr. Brent Anderson, a charming and handsome fellow resident. Despite her reservations, Bethany falls for Brent—hard. When she learns Brent is married several months into their relationship, she immediately breaks it off. After graduating residency and going their separate ways, Bethany tries to move on with another man—real estate broker and personal trainer Charles Blakely. But just when things get serious with Charles, she realizes she’s still in love with Brent, and she finds herself caught between the two men, facing a series of difficult decisions and harrowing events that will change her life forever. Will she be able to recover from the vital temptations that turned her perfect life upside down?</p>

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“The odyssey of searching for the perfect place to retire will interest baby boomers and others thinking about the ideal place for their “third age” when pressures for learning and earning no longer dominate decision making. In the tradition of Peter Mayle (A Year in Provence), Frances Mayes (Under the Tuscan Sun),and Barry Golson (Gringos in Paradise), Bob and Pat spent the next two years getting to know “almost 600 new best friends”, adjusting to life on “America’s Riviera,” and trying to restore Casa de Alegría without it becoming Hoyo de Dinero (the pit of money).”

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<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in .3in 10pt .25in;" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;">-Steve Cushman,</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">President Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce</span>, “<em>Newcomers In Paradise</em>, captures the quirky essence of Santa Barbara; a town of billionaires and beach boys, philanthropists and artists, students and retirees…Bob perfectly expresses the feelings we all have for this wonderful place.&quot;</span></span></p> <p></p> <p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in .3in 10pt .25in;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in .3in 10pt .25in;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;">-Marty Blum, </span></strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Santa Barbara Mayor, 2002-2010,</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">“</span><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri, 'sans-serif';"><font face="Calibri">Newcomers in Paradise</font></span></strong></span></em><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;"><font face="Calibri"></font></span></strong></strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="color:#000000;">is a great read…We can all relate to the elation of finding paradise and the concerns about…making friends and getting involved in the community</span>.”</span></span></p> <p></p> <p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in .3in 10pt .25in;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in .3in 10pt .25in;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">-<strong>Dan Burnham</strong>, <span style="text-decoration:underline;">CEO, Raytheon Corporation, 1998-2003,</span> “Love the book. You captured perfectl<span style="color:#000000;">y the </span>quest for paradise that so many of have gone through, but only you can put it into such memorable prose.&quot;</span></span></p> <p></p> <p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in .3in 10pt .25in;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in .3in 10pt .25in;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">-<strong>Dori Carter</strong>, <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Author, <em>We Are Rich </em>and<em> Beautiful Wasps Having Sex </em>(<em>LA Times</em> Best Seller</span>)…“read your book in two settings and found it delightful…The Chamber of Commerce couldn’t do a better job of portraying Santa Barbara as paradise.”</span></span></p> <p></p> <p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in .3in 10pt .25in;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in .3in 10pt .25in;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;">-Paul Orfalea</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;">, <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Founder of Kinko’s and Author, <em>Copy This<span style="color:#000000;"></span></em></span><em><span style="color:#000000;">&quot;</span></em><span style="color:#000000;">Bob and Pat’s adventures in <em>Newcomers in Paradise</em> chronicle their quest for exploration, comfort and aesthetic virtue in their post retirement life together. From the jaw dropping sunsets over the pacific to the idyllic mountain views, perhaps no place in the world embodies these qualities more so than Santa Barbara, a place the Fulmers’ and I proudly call home.&quot; </span></span></font></p> <p></p>