Clandestine Cover-Up

Pamela Tracy dropping in today to share with you an interview with the hero from Clandestine Cover-Up. Today we're welcoming Vince Frenci, the hero of Clandestine Cover-Up by Pamela Tracy, a December 2009 release. Ileen the Interviewer: Tell us a little about yourself and how you came to be in the midst of such suspense. Vince: First, let me tell you about my family. The Frenci's have been in Sherman, Nebraska, a century. I'm pretty sure the ground our family tree sprouted from was soaked from moonshine hence a boot-legger ancestor. We have a picture of GreatGrandpa with Jesse James. They're standing in front of a bank. I met my grandfather once. We drove three hours to the prison he was sentenced in. My father, well, he went to the store to get bread when I was in junior high and never came back. The branches of my family tree all look like leg shackles. Ileen the Interviewer: Except for you? Vince: Accept for me. I got in trouble once, just out of high school, and that, plus knowing how much help my mother needed with my little brother, put me on the straight and narrow. Of course, I didn't realize that I needed a good woman (Tamara Jacoby) to help me stay straight, and I didn't realize I needed God to help define the narrow. Ileen the Interviewer:. So, I'm still curious about the suspense, but I'm sure we'll get there. During the book you met Tamara Jacoby. Tell us a bit about her. What was your first impression? When did you know it was love? Vince: I met her for the first time at her sister's wedding. She started out by ordering me around. I'm a contractor, see, and she was helping with decorations at the church. Then, one day (more than a year later) when I was driving home from work, I saw her again. Well, first I saw her car. I knew a little bit about why she'd moved to Nebraska. She'd had some trouble with a stalker back in Arizona. I stopped to see if she was okay. She wasn't. But, I gotta tell you, she has spunk. Someone had painted YOUR NOT WANTED HERE on the front door of the old building she'd purchased. Any other woman might have turned tail. Tamara, she stood and fought. Not necessarily wise, but very impressive especially after what she'd just been through with the stalker. Ah, you ladies and your love questions. I wish I knew the exact moment. Tamara asks me that same question about every three weeks. I think I knew it was love at Yano's Restaurant, when I was sitting across the table from Tamara and some friends - one of whom the restaurant owners had tried to fix me up with - and I realized they all knew something I didn't. Yup, that something was the way Tamara and I acted together. Ileen the Interviewer: What strengths/skills do you have? What is your greatest weakness? Vince: I can put almost anything together and fix most things, including gadgets. I'm a big guy. I tend to either scare people or make them feel very safe. Luckily, I made Tamara feel very safe. My greatest