Welcome to the Read Rinaldo Blog. Over the next several weeks this site will analyze different people involved in the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857.

Welcome to the Read Rinaldo Blog. Over the next eight weeks this site will analyze eight different people involved in the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857.

INTERVIEW WITH CAROLYN ARNOLD -

WHAT IS THE #AOD TOUR?

Carolyn, first of all tell us about you.

I’m the best-selling author of the Madison Knight series, and the Brandon Fisher FBI series. I was born in 1976 in a rural town of Ontario, Canada. I currently live with my husband and two beagles in a city near the well-known Canadian center Toronto.

A few random things about me on a personal level:

1) I married a man who is truly my best friend. With us I believe in “meant to be”.

2) I have two beagles. Their names are Max and Chelsea, and I couldn’t imagine not having their little furry bodies around. (Suppose the same goes for my hubby. lol)

3) I love to read almost as much as I love to write.

4) I tried skiing once as an adult and decided the “bunny hill” worked just fine. With most things in life, I aim to excel and improve. With this sport, no desire at all. Risk my life speeding down a hill on little slats of wood? No thank you.

5) I was reunited with my older sister after being apart for 13 years and found a good friend.

      HOLIDAY GREETINGS FROM ME TO YOU!

It has been an interesting year - I've released three books in paperback, one of those in both ebook and paperback just this year; the other two were already in ebook format. I've posted, Facebooked, tweeted, LinkedIn'd, done freebies, giveaways, interviews, solicited reviews, worked with a PR firm, asked advice from techies, other authors, reviewers, readers, friends and family, and slaved over a hot computer for hours on end trying to get word out about my novels. I didn't realize when I started this journey that being an author who works full-time is really like having three full-time jobs: the one that pays me, the one I love (writing), and the one that wears me out (marketing)! I have learned so much from authors, bloggers, reviewers, and others on FB especially who support and encourage each other and understand the struggle. The main thing I've learned is that you have to believe in yourself and the stories you tell. And I do!

Because you have been so kind, you authors, you bloggers, you reviewers, you FB friends, you "sharers", you "likers", you "tweeters" and "retweeters", and all the rest of you, I say a very sincere THANK YOU, and I want to wish you and yours a wonderful, peaceful, happy, and loving holiday season.

THANK YOU!

Joe

   I'm so proud to announce this current BARGAIN!

Christmas Special - Buy One Terrific Novel, Get Two Fabulous Novels Absolutely Free!

Free Ebooks! Intrigued? This is a great deal! Buy one of my novels - A MORMON MASSACRE, A SPY AT HOME, or HAZARDOUS CHOICES - and get the other two free! Email me at rinald47@hotmail.com for more details. Awesome Christmas gift for anyone who has a Kindle or other ereader! Check these books out on Amazon or on my website - www.josephmrinaldo.com - for more info!

Read Linda Leander's terrific blog interview with me at http://wp.me/p2P8Ef-3S. She has not only picked my brain about how I write, she has given me the opportunity to offer readers a "special"; you'll have to go to the blog post to find out what it is. Check it out!

   A MORMON MASSACRE

Mormonism: legitimate church or dangerous cult? A MORMON MASSACRE (a novel). For your free copy, rinald47@hotmail.com.

A MORMON MASSACRE - Amazon Reviewers LOVE It!

Here's the latest awesome review (by Dixie Miller Goode) of my new novel release, A Mormon Massacre, now available on Amazon in Kindle or paperback format!

Spying on the Temple By Pandorasecho "Dixie"

"Because I had previously read and reviewed one of Joseph Rinaldo's novels, "Hazardous Choices," he offered me a kindle copy of this one to read. I was hesitant, not because I didn't think I would enjoy the book, but because I have a lot of friends who are Mormon and I knew that any favorable review of a book called "A Mormon Massacre" would possibly offend my friends. Still, I loved Mr. Rinaldo's writing and I agreed to read it, but did not promise a review.

This book starts with a well researched, historical massacre of everyone but the very youngest children in a large wagon train, at Mountain Meadows, Utah. This happened as the country was entering the turmoil of the civil war era and ended up not being investigated as completely as it might have at another time in history. The fictional novel itself deals with a young man entering a Mormon group as an inserted "spy" in the modern world. There is a connection to the massacre, but the real story is what is happening deep within the highest, most secret groups in the inner temples of modern Salt Lake City and in an empty barn where a secret army demands blood atonement from heretics and unfaithful women.

I loved the intensity of this novel, and the well written story carried me along so that I avoided a few other books I already had started in favor of finding out what would happen next here. I know my Mormon friends would not love this book, but in all honesty, Mr. Rinaldo creates modern Mormons who are realistic and multi-dimensional. He clearly shows the kindness and concern and humanity of most of the members, while also showing the manipulation and insanity in his villain. Of course his villain, a fictional person, happens to be the head of the Mormon Church. His insanity is complete but it progresses along such a natural path that he pulls his followers along that road much farther than they would have ever expected to go.

What I love most about this novel is the characters within it. Each is so complete and well crafted that it becomes hard to believe they are fictional characters. I had to care about them, and love them or hate them. There was no way to put down this book and stop reading once I had entered its pages."

I am so proud of my new book, and I would like to offer my blog readers the opportunity to read and review it. Just post a comment here, and I will be in touch!

THANKS, Dixie!

A MORMON MASSACRE - ANOTHER 5-STAR REVIEW!

A MORMON MASSACRE - ANOTHER 5-STAR REVIEW!


I am so very proud to announce another five-star review for A Mormon Massacre, my newest and most controversial novel! Elliot Malach says, "...high intensity...it would make a great movie." Linda Baumann calls it "Riveting and Shocking!", and Steve Lionel says "Entrancing characters, thought-provoking plot, skillfully told." Don't miss this great read at http://www.amazon.com/A-Mormon-Massacre-Joseph-Rinaldo/dp/1477505911/  

COURTING CONTROVERSY!

The release of my new novel, A Mormon Massacre, has created quite a controversy. Some believe I am trying to destroy the Mormon Church, some believe I am trying to take advantage of the upcoming election by releasing it now (DUH!), and some think I am just a crackpot who likes to rant. What do you think? Read A Mormon Massacre, now available on Amazon, and make up your own mind! http://www.amazon.com/A-MORMON-MASSACRE-ebook/dp/B008R26S18/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1344944610&sr=8-2&keywords=a+mormon+massacre