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Roderick Owen MacDonald - Author's page

Roderick Owen MacDonald has published three novels: The Open Mike (2014) and The American Guerillas (2021) as Rod MacDonald, 

and Election Night (2026). All are available at amazon.com and other selected sites, and he is an accredited author at Goodreads.

Election Night

A Love Story

MacDonald’s political romance asks: Can a progressive musician love a hard-right Republican—and without getting framed for murder? Sam Maripol, the frontman of a rock band in Palm Beach, Florida, is bummed out at the election of a very Trump-like politician for president. His despond lifts when he meets gorgeous, blue-eyed nurse Ashley Beck, only to return when he finds out that she’s a Christian Republican; they have heated exchanges on abortion and other hot-button issues, but sizzling sexual chemistry keeps them interested in each other....MacDonald is a talented and perceptive writer, especially during the assassination subplot, which combines suspense with shrewd psychological nuance and punchy, evocative prose: “He’s in love with the crowd,” one conspirator tells a would-be assassin, describing the president’s rallies, adding that “After a while, he’ll get a little tired, lean against the podium, rest on his elbow, and go silent for a moment while he listens to them cheer…. That’s when he’s motionless. Wait for it.” An entertaining and sharply written, if sometimes over-the-top, tale of an ideologically divided America.”.....— Kirkus Reviews 2/17/26 published at https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/roderick-owen-macdonald/election-night/

“"A great love story that accurately shows the idiocy of the current administration. There is a suspenseful subplot line that will keep you reading through the night to finish." — Debra Hazeltine, Mt Horub, WI

$17.99 (includes S & H) from www.books.by

Election Night

The American Guerillas

Published 2021

The American Guerillas deftly weaves together elements of magical realism, romance, and action/adventure in an original and entertainingly compelling read from cover to cover......especially and unreservedly recommended for community library collections. — John Burroughs, Midwest Book Reviews

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The Open Mike

Afterword by robert koppelman

The author, a renowned folk singer and integral part of the 80s folk revival in Greenwich Village, captures the neighborhood’s nuances perfectly - the sounds, the smells, the long dark wandering journeys into dawn – while imparting the sometimes dynamic, frequently scattershot and mundane but always compelling realities of Reo’s crazy, chosen world....The Open Mike is truly a music-driven novel for the ages and a great extension of MacDonald’s already prolific creative output.— Jonathan Widran, Music Connection Magazine.

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