title: Rotten Gambler Two Becomes a True American: A Boy's Journey of Surviving the Odds
author:  Edward Lumsdaine 
description: Edward Lumsdaine was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Shanghai, mostly during war times as told in his fascinating story Rotten Gambler Two Becomes a True American.. His mother was Chinese, his father an American merchant. After stints as a cabin boy and waiter on a Danish tramp steamer and four years in the US Air Force, he started college on the GI Bill at Ventura College, with little education past primary school. He soon met his wife-to-be, an exchange student from Switzerland. He then earned his BS, MS and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering, all at New Mexico State University. After working for the Boeing Company as research engineer, his love for teaching lured him back to the academic life at South Dakota State, the University of Tennessee, and New Mexico State. He advanced from Professor to administrative positions, including Dean of Engineering at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, the University of Toledo, and Michigan Tech. In 2015, he and his wife celebrated their fifty-sixth anniversary. They have raised four children and built to passive solar homes. Later, they co-authored textbooks in engineering design and entrepreneurship that focus on creative problem solving. Together, they have taught workshops all over the US and overseas. During a low period in his life, he began to think about his roots in childhood. He found that writing memoir was very different from technical writing. It was more like storytelling, and many people urged him to jot down what to them were almost incredible experiences of survival. At a Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference he won third place for nonfiction for an early version of his memoirs submitted to the contest for unpublished writers. Almost seven years later, he discovered an easy way to self-publish through Amazon/Kindle, starting with the story of his youth. This was quickly followed by the softcover edition. Next in the works is the love story sequel, with the final part of Edwards lifeovercoming gambling addictionto be completed early next year. Now in retirement, this project is surely a new adventure for him and his wife.
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  Julian McNamara has been living the high life his gambling career
  afforded him.  When he finds out he’s dying, he’s faced with a stark
  reality and realizes he isn’t the man he wanted to be.  In the heat of the
  moment, he bargains his soul to a smooth-talking demon who offers him
  ten more years and luck at the gambling table.
   
  Prince Carreau rules the underworld with an iron fist, keeping the
  demon hordes at bay and forcing peace amongst the demon realms while
  biding his time to claim his mate.  His cousin Olivier wants war, and uses
  Julian to tempt Carreau into giving in to the darkness.
   
  Carreau is livid when he realizes his mate has sold his soul to Olivier and
  realizes he needs to find a way to break the contract—before the
  temptation of Julian’s flesh causes a war of the ages.
  
  Betting On His Demon
   
   
  by
  Kelex
   
   
   
   
  M/M, M/M/M, ANAL, ORAL, TOY USE,
  BDSM, HUMILIATION, FLOGGING,
  SPANKING, & BONDAGE
   
   
  Twisted Erotica Publishing, Inc.
  
  A TWISTED EROTICA PUBLISHING BOOK
   
   
  B