The Unintended Hero

What starts out as an average day ends up being anything but.

When Marc Lindemeyr wakes up the first Tuesday in July, his plans include lunch with his fiancée, Marie, then driving her to the airport to catch a flight to a medical conference. He fully expects to be back in time for his air shift at a local radio station. But he doesn't know the half of it.

Before long, Marc finds himself at the center of an international incident - suddenly recognizable and instantly beloved. And that's just what the shy nighttime radio announcer doesn't want.

Through it all, Marc learns how - and how not - to navigate life in the spotlight, how to accept comfort when it's offered... and what being a real hero is all about.

The Unintended Hero is the third volume in the Sheldon Family Saga, by award-winning novelist Rita M. Reali.

Award-winning novelist Rita M. Reali is a professional proofreader and editor. She's also a national award-winning journalist and an award-winning essayist, parody songwriter, photographer and visual artist. This onetime radio announcer and news director - "bitten by the radio bug" at an early age - weaves elements of the broadcast world and its miscellaneous quirky personalities into her novels. A native and longtime resident of Connecticut, Rita now lives atop the picturesque Cumberland Plateau in rural Tennessee, with her husband and an assortment of fictional characters who keep life interesting.