Bio
Rachel Spangler never set out to be an award winning author. She was just so poor and so easily bored during her college years that she had to come up with creative ways to entertain herself, and her first novel, Learning Curve, was born out of one such attempt. She was sincerely surprised when it was accepted for publication and even more shocked when it won the Golden Crown Literary Award for Debut Author. Since writing was turning out to be a real blast, Rachel decided to combine it with another passion and set her next romance on the ski slopes, and was absolutely stunned when her second novel, Trails Merge, won a Goldie in the category of Contemporary Romance. However, no amount of book signing or award winning can really change a Midwestern boi, and her third novel, the Goldie finalist, The Long Way Home is just that, a return to the themes and settings that mean the most in Rachel’s life and writing.Rachel and her partner, Susan, are raising their young son in small-town western New York, where during the winter they all make the most of the lake effect snow on local ski slopes, and in summer they love to travel and watch their beloved St. Louis Cardinals. Regardless of the season, Rachel always makes time for a good romance, whether she’s reading it, writing it, or living it.The Family
I’ve been married to the woman of my dream for seven years now. Susie is an English Professor which comes in handy since I can’t do grammar to save my life. She is my first editor, my sounding board, my motivational coach, my biggest fan and my best friend. We love to ski, watch baseball, and travel together. We don’t get out as often as we’d like to since becoming parents, but we love to go to movies or plays and when we can’t afford to do that we love to read and discuss books with each other. We’ve been together for almost 10 years now and I still love her more every day than I did the day before, which is saying a lot, becuase I was already head over heals in love with her after our first kiss.
In fall of 2007 I gave birth to our first ( and most likely, only) son, Jackson. He’s one amazing little boy. He likes to swim, and goes crazy for anything sports related. He enjoys books which is a good thing since his mommies are writers/teachers. He has endless engery, and loves to be the center of attention (I don’t know where he gets that from). He is the light of our lives and Susie and I just adore him to pieces. If you subscribe to this website you’ll probably get a lot of “Jackson Updates” and pictures as time goes on.
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My Books
My books can be purchased at all major retailers or directly from my publisher at www.boldstrokesbooks.com or if you want your book signed you can buy them directly from me, via pay pal and I will sign them and ship them to you. For more information on this option please e-mail me at Rachel_Spangler@yahoo.com.
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Forthcoming from Bold Strokes Books in September 2010
They say you can’t go home again, but Raine St. James doesn’t know why anyone would want to.
Rory St. James was disowned after she came out at seventeen. She rebounded by moving to Chicago, changing her name to Raine and putting down her hometown to audiences around the country. Now, ten years later, too old to be considered a gay youth, broke, evicted, and fresh off a much needed break-up, Raine St. James is forced to accept a job teaching at Bramble University in Darlington, the town she’s been publicly bashing for the last decade.
Beth Devoroux was born and raised in Darlington. Despite losing her parents at a young age, she is well loved by everyone who knows her. She leads a comfortable life with good job at Bramble University, a long-term but closeted relationship, friends that she can count on, and everything she thinks she wants, so why is she so drawn to a rabble-rouser like Raine St. James?
Can Raine and Beth face their pasts and come to terms with their differences in order to have any hope for a future together?
Every skier knows that anything can happen when trails merge.
After a devastating ultimatum from her lover, Campbell Carson returns to her childhood home, Bear Run Ski Resort, seeking her family’s unconditional solace and support. Parker Riley escapes to the mountain after the high-powered world of Chicago’s political machine leaves her questioning her judgment in both life and love. Despite their initial wariness, the women find their budding friendship snowballing toward romance. The idyllic mountain resort is the perfect setting for them to learn to rebuild trust, and perhaps to find a second chance at love. However, when Parker’s past resurfaces, Campbell is forced to face her own hard truths. As barely healed wounds reopen, the unexpected obstacles in their path threaten any hope for a future together.
It’s never too late to learn about love…even when the lessons turn your world upside down.
Ashton Clarke, a local Casanova with a long history of falling into bed with a different woman every night, is perfectly content with her free and easy existence until she gives in to her best friend’s request to spend an evening helping out at the local gay and lesbian youth center. There, Ash meets Carrie Fletcher, a women’s studies professor who not only intrigues Ash but causes her to question the direction her life has taken.
As if this disquieting attraction isn’t aggravating enough, Ash is forced to deal with Carrie’s teenage neighbor Tess, whose bad attitude and biting wit seem to complicate every situation.
Ash doesn’t want to be attracted to Carrie, who isn’t looking for a relationship with anyone, and Tess is angry at the world, but especially, it seems, with Ash. Despite resistance on the part of all three women, it soon becomes obvious that the trio’s destinies are hopelessly intertwined and the lessons in store will change all their lives.
I also have a story called “Baby Steps” in Romantic Interludes 1: Discovery. The story follows new moms Kale and Grace as they relearn what it means to be romantic with a new born baby in the house. The anthology features a host of romantic short stories from some of Bold Strokes Books finest authors.
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Nice site, Rach. I like your TMI page (Lincoln? Really? That’s way cool! Uh, not the assassination, but you know what I mean) and family pictures. Always ready to have updates on those, as well as your writing.
Great song…and if that story’s going to be anything like the one you told us in March, man, I want to read it….keep blogging…I’ll keep reading.
Dude, you need to update your pictures!