Virtual Author Chat - Penelope Marzec Online
Join us for a virtual author chat with NJRW author, Penelope Marzec.
Penelope Marzec grew up along the Jersey shore, heard stories about Captain Kidd, and dug for his buried treasure. Her adventure resulted in a bad case of poison ivy. She decided books were better than buried treasure and discovered romance novels. After becoming an early childhood educator, she found her own hero in an electrical engineer who grew up in Brooklyn, played the accordion, and was immune to poison ivy. After raising three daughters, Penelope retired. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer, she picked up her crochet hook and started a prayer shawl ministry at her church to provide others with hope, comfort, and most of all faith facilitated by the prayers offered as the shawls are made.
Penelope was first published in 2001 with Sea of Hope, which won the 2002 EPIC Award for Best Inspirational Novel. That was followed by Heaven’s Blue, which won EPIC's Award for Best Inspirational in 2005. Patriot’s Courage, published in 2020, won the 2021 National Excellence in Story Telling contest.
Besides writing and crocheting, she paints seascapes—another activity far better than searching for buried treasure. Sometimes she sings when her husband plays the accordion.
The Keeper's Secret by Penelope Marzec
Shucker' s Point, New Jersey never had a murder until now. Jack St. Marie, a well-known research scientist is missing, and Trooper Bryce Johnson believes the worst of Jack' s wife, Evie.
In high school, Bryce loved Evie--enough to want to marry her, but that was before he witnessed her phone in a bogus bomb scare. And only two months before Jack disappeared, Bryce saw Evie aiming a gun at her husband. Can Bryce believe in Evie's innocence when her husband' s body is found in a fishing dredge twenty miles out at sea? Could the most beautiful woman in Shucker' s Point be capable of such a heinous crime? He doesn't want to believe it.
Bryce refuses to let his heart guide the investigation...until someone shoots at Evie. Then he must protect her. But can he protect his heart?
- Date:
- Monday, March 3, 2025
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 8:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88599633160
- Audience:
- Adults Senior Adults
- Categories:
- Author Talk
Janette is the Assistant Director. She is responsible for ordering books for the adult fiction, nonfiction and large print collections. Janette has a background in archival processing and preservation and is currently hard at work processing the Lockett Local History Collection.
An avid reader, Janette runs the Romantic Fiction (first Wednesday of the month) and the Page Turners (second Wednesday of the month) book groups. She is also a supporter of the romance genre and will gladly help "match you" with the perfect romance novel.
In 2021, Janette launched the Virtual Author Chat series where she chats with local authors about their writing and their path to publication. All of the chats have been recorded and are available to watch on the library's YouTube channel.