The Fortunate One: A Short Story

By Carolyn Moncel

How far would YOU go to ensure no "man" gets left behind?

President Anne-Marie Watson, the country's first female Commander-in-Chief is facing the "mother" of all dilemmas.When a young Army Captain, Tracy Scott, disappears just outside of a small village near Mogadishu, Somalia, the president and her all-male national security team must devise a plan that will save her within 72 hours. However, her captors are beyond suspect, their demands unusual and Captain Scott isn't just an ordinary service woman on patrol around the African Horn. She's the "Fortunate One." Her title places her at the center of a geopolitical hot zone, and a risky recovery not only threatens her life, but also the lives of the brave international operatives assigned to her mission. Drawn from today’s explosive headlines, "The Fortunate One" is a thought-provoking political suspense story that challenges what it means to be "captured", to be a "terrorist" and finally, to balance both motherhood and leadership while exercising power in a male-dominated world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Carolyn Moncel
• Release date: Jul 3, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311069801

Carolyn Moncel

A virtual media and web consultant by day and author by night, Carolyn Davenport-Moncel moved to Paris from Chicago, her hometown, in 2001. In Paris, she started the first English-speaking Virtual Assistance firm. Known for her online articles on media relations, Moncel owns MotionTemps, LLC, a Digital Project and Web Content Management firm with offices in Chicago, Paris and Geneva; and its subsidiary, Mondavé Communications, a media relations training and publishing company. She has written, placed articles and been featured in such diverse publications as Entrepreneur.com, Expatica.com, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, Wired News, International Herald Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Working Mother, Bonjour Paris, and PrissyMag.com. She currently resides in Lausanne, Switzerland with her husband and two daughters Encounters in Paris is her first work of fiction. Her next collection of short stories, 5 Reasons to Leave a Lover will debut in fall 2011.

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THE FORTUNATE ONE

A SHORT STORY

By

Carolyn Moncel

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The Fortunate One –

A Short Story

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Also By Carolyn Moncel

Encounters in Paris – A Collection of Short Stories

Life is filled with random encounters and Ellery Roulet, a 35-year-old American PR executive living and working in Paris, has experienced enough of them to last five lifetimes.

She has the perfect life until trouble enters her world via job loss, infidelity, and death.

Paris seems like the most romantic thing in the world, until you live there. … A fun read that blends plenty of romance, Encounters in Paris is quite the pick, recommended.

—The Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Carolyn Davenport-Moncel is also the author of Encounters in Paris – A Collection of Short Stories, 5 Reasons to Leave a Lover – A Novella and Other Short Stories, and Railway Confessions – A Collection of Short Stories . Originally from Chicago,