Exciting News!

 
 Well, for me, anyway.

  My (fifth)? book has been released in the Kindle Store.  Titled Lost in Hardyland, it follows the life of twelve year old Zoey Hardy, a child genius who recently lost her mother and now has to live with her predominantly absentee father, an ordinary man with two other "normal" kids.  I actually had a lot of fun writing this book, which has more of a "feel good" vibe to it than my other works.  The world I created was so attractive to me, I wish I could live there forever.  It was quite an escape.  Ironically, the main character is grieving for her mother, and my own mother died suddenly a week after I finished the first draft.

   It's currently priced at 2.99, but I'm planning to do a launch of some sort Father's Day weekend, since the book is about fathers and daughters.  I'm also currently running a Goodreads Giveaway, giving away one hundred free copies, in about the same time frame, so either way, you can get your hands on a free copy if you're into delayed gratification.  If not, or if you're a Kindle Unlimited member which means you read for free anyway, here's the link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D6CXZ9Q

   Also, Woman Scorned is on a Kindle Countdown sale this weekend, bargain priced at .99.  If you're looking for a beach read or something to pass the time while you're stuck in a car, a bus, a train, or a plane, this book will fit the bill!  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07711LFVN


     Finally, I'm putting the finishing touches on my latest, Hiding Places. I don't have a release date in mind yet, but I've never been one to sit around and say, "It'll be released on this date."  I sort of just release it when I think it's done and then think about promoting it after.  This book is a bit different than all the others too.  It tells the story of Ursula Reiter, a professor who has always lived in the shadow of her father, a Holocaust survivor with agoraphobia who hides in their house.  From him, Ursula has learned human beings are naturally evil, and thus has never been able to let down her guard and allow anyone to get close to her.  Finally, a beautiful young girl unexpectedly breaches Ursula's walls, but the woman is still unable to trust.   Ursula is driven to test her in a Milgraum-like experiment to determine if she is truly good, or capable of the same evil that has haunted her father his entire life, ironically placing herself in the same position as the long-dead Nazis.

     So, we know how I'll be spending my Memorial Day weekend...how will you be spending yours?  Reading, I hope!