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Monday, April 17, 2017
One Week Till Last Stop At Paradise...Plus a Kindle GIVEAWAY!
Let the countdown begin!
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter holiday. I was able to
visit my parents and see my brother, sister-in-law, and 8-yr-old niece. Family
time is always special, right?
I am super excited about this week because NEXT MONDAY is
the launch of LAST STOP AT PARADISE!!! This is Book 3 in the Shellwater Key
Tales, and “possibly” the last entry in the series.
Have you pre-ordered yet?
BUY LINKS
What
is this story about?
Last Stop At Paradise is Callie and Noah’s story.
Callie Dalton is the third in the trio of childhood friends,
along with Layla McCarthy and Emma Bertram. She had perhaps the most troubled
childhood, enduring the tragic death of her mother when she was only
10-years-old. Due to the awful circumstances surrounding that death, Callie’s
father wanted to move as far away from Shellwater Key as possible. Of course,
it wasn’t far enough to truly escape the memories.
Callie ends up marrying a minister, Austin Dalton, and he
goes on to build a mega-church empire that is known across the country. Then
Callie’s life crumbles again when Austin is arrested on a litany of charges.
Before a trial begin, Austin dies, leaving Callie and her two children to try
to scrape out a new life completely on their own.
With no money and nowhere to go - and after finding out her
father never sold their old house - Callie returns to Shellwater Key and is
soon reunited with her best friends, Layla and Emma. She finds a new job
working for Layla as the House Manager at The Paradise Dinner Theatre.
Last Stop At Paradise is really about carving out a new
life. Haven’t we all faced times when we were forced to rebuild? Maybe a
difficult breakup. The loss of a job. Losing a loved one. Callie Dalton is
there, and this story is her journey back to life.
Here’s a little excerpt:
Chapter One
I’m
about to move into a haunted house.
Callie Dalton stared
at the home where she’d spent the first ten years of her life. She didn’t
actually believe in ghosts — at least not the “boo” kind — but there were other kinds of spiritual disturbances.
Call them the Ghosts of Upended Lives and
Shattered Dreams or the Specters of
Agony and Loss. Those kinds of ghosts were all too real, as she well knew.
Moving back into this house, in the sleepy town of
Shellwater Key on Florida’s southwest coast, carried its own special brand of
the macabre. Of course, her entire life had become one big train wreck so what
was a little more pain? Only six months ago, she’d been the first lady of one
of the country’s largest televangelist empires. She’d stood as the silent queen
behind her charismatic preacher husband, Austin Dalton, who’d founded the Glory
Gospel empire.
That was before the
arrest and the litany of Federal charges against Austin for multiple counts of fraud
and tax evasion. Within weeks, the Feds had seized everything they owned. Then
came the shocking end to the scandal when Austin died of a sudden heart attack.
These days, Callie
was the most despised woman in America. The fact that she was a widow now only
garnered outrage that the person responsible for ruining so many lives had died
before he could pay for his crimes.
So, what was living
in the same house where her mother died compared to national shame? Compared to
months of Federal agents breathing down her neck? Learning to ignore icy glares
and even threats to her life? At least when she’d been a child, everyone had
felt sorry for her. Now, Callie knew many would not care if she were to join
Austin in a premature death.
A sweaty hand tugged
on her skirt. “Mommy, are we goin’ in? I’m hungry.”
Callie jerked back to
the present, forcing herself to focus on the two most important things in her
life. Seven-year-old Leanne looked up, her faintly tilted dark eyes narrowed in
confusion. Seeing her daughter’s wide, gap-toothed smile, it was sometimes hard
to remember the child had spent the first nine months of her life in a Chinese
orphanage. When Callie and Austin had first adopted Leanne, she hadn’t allowed
anyone to hold her, and had eaten like she didn’t trust that the next meal
would come. Now, she was a healthy, happy girl who loved tea parties, dolls,
and all things pink.
“Yes, we’re going
inside, baby,” Callie said. “Mommy just wanted to look and remember.”
“Remember what?” Six-year-old
Stephen asked, without looking away from an ant that was attempting to carry a
crumb back to its buddies. Stephen had spent the first few months of his life in
an orphanage, too, only his had been in the Ukraine. Callie’s wiry and curious
little boy pushed a chunk of blond hair out of his eyes, reminding her that he
needed to visit the barber ASAP.
“Things I really
should forget,” Callie said, struggling to stay in the moment and not think
about her past or her future.
Stephen lost interest
in the ant and glanced up, blue eyes twinkling with mischief. “Why?”
“Because Mommy likes
to torture herself.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know.”
Leanne put her hands
to her skinny hips. “You should stop,” she said, with an emphatic nod.
Out of the mouths of
babes. “I’m sure you’re right,” Callie said, tweaking her daughter’s nose.
If only she knew how
to stop. If only she could cut off the pangs of guilt and shame. If only she
knew what her next step would be.
DON’T FORGET! Buy Last Stop At Paradise before May 1 and you
will entered to WIN!!
1st Prize – Amazon Kindle Fire
2nd Prize - $50 Gift Card
Missed the first two Shellwater Key Tales?
Now is your chance to catch up! Both books are ON SALE for
only 99cents, but they won’t be for long!
AMAZON / BARNES & NOBLE / ITUNES / KOBO
STRAIGHT ON TOWARD PARADISE (Book 2) Emma &
Reece's story (only 99cents!)
AMAZON / BARNES & NOBLE / ITUNES / KOBO
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