Another Month's Worth of Anthropomorphisms

Which Glorious Bathroom Would You Prefer?

Now Available as an Audiobook! SANDEFLAY, an Urban Fantasy Romance

Now Available as an Audiobook!

SANDEFLAY
Urban Fantasy Romance
Word Count:  121.5K
$5.99 e / $15.99 p / $24.95 a

Narrated byJessica Mathison
Length: 12 hrs, 32 min
Hear a Sample

Miranda Sayers's best friend is her wheelchair.  It has been her refuge for most of her twenty-six years.  But the time has come when her grandmother can no longer help take care of her.  Now Randi is faced with having to survive on her own, and unfortunately that future doesn't look promising.

Collin First's job on Earth is to find the Ducts between his world and this one.  As an Extinguisher, he has to eliminate those passageways before any of the dangerous creatures from Sandeflay can pass through and harm any humans.  The last thing he expected when he took the assignment was to find was the beautiful, crippled woman living one floor below his apartment.

Before either of them can contend with the impossibility of their relationship, Randi and Collin are thrown together, seeking each other's love and help.  And when circumstances force Randi to follow Collin to Sandeflay, danger and the greatest miracle of all awaits them both.

Warning:  Contains nearly invisible predators, extreme poverty, generations of love and loss, bucking the system, hot flashes, and an ending you only thought you saw coming!

Artist Forages Her Home to Arrange Beautiful Botanicals Into Ethereal Illustrations

See More Here

Now Available in Print! A FUREVER HOME, a Sweet Christian Romance

A FUREVER HOME

Sweet Christian Romance

Word Count: 22K

$2.99 e / $6.99 p

*Note! When you buy a the print book from me, I'll autograph it first, and include a little swag!

After getting a call to the warehouse district, firefighter Knox Norville was ready to write it off to arson. The abandoned buildings are home to many vagrants and drug addicts, but he arrives ready to do his job regardless. He wasn’t expecting the effect this call would have on his life...or the one decision he made that could possibly ruin him forever.

By saving one young woman, and going back to look for her dog, he thought he was doing the right thing, not neglecting his duties. But what he soon learns hits hard, and his conscience eats at him. One horrible thing after another on the worst day of his life lands him a hefty fine, community service, and possible jail time, but is it all divine intervention?

Jenise Danziger had nothing physically, but through her faith, she had everything she needed, except maybe a permanent home for herself and Corky, her faithful companion. But she trusted that in time God would provide, and put her exactly where she's supposed to be. And just maybe that was in the arms of her rescuer.

Excerpt and Buy Links

 

Please Welcome Stephanie Edwards as She Tells Us About Her Paranormal Romantic Suspense, The Haunting on Palm Court, Isle of Palms Suspense, Book One

The Haunting on Palm Court

Isle of Palms Suspense, Book One  

by Stephanie Edwards

Genre: Romantic Suspense, Paranormal

Date of Publication: Sept. 1, 2020      

ISBN: 9781735169101  

ASIN: B089QXJHPV

Number of pages: 252

Word Count: 69,786

Cover Artist: Stephanie Edwards

Tagline: He refused to leave her alone, even after his death

Book Description:

After Blake Nelson catches her abusive fiancé, Parker, with another woman, she seeks serenity at her late grandmother’s beach cottage. He follows Blake to the island and attempts to kill her, but instead, he dies in an accident while fleeing the police.

His malevolent spirit returns to the cottage to finish what he started. The haunting intensifies when Blake reconnects with her first love, Clint. Will Blake discover how to banish Parker before it’s too late?

Amazon     BN     Apple     Google     Kobo     Goodreads

Book Trailer 1: https://youtu.be/ZvpAT9tmctU

Book Trailer 2: https://youtu.be/jUZboOKPHNI

Excerpt:

The last bit of winter wind pierced her flesh as she put on the cardigan. She sat down on the worn decking boards on the widow’s walk. Pulling the sweater down over her knees, she allowed the waves to impart their healing magic, calming her as much as possible.

Once she had experienced all the bitter wind she could handle, Blake went back downstairs. She caught her reflection in the foyer mirror. Her eyes swollen and red, and her skin chapped from the wind. Nancy reached out to comfort Blake.

“I’m staying with you tonight. You shouldn’t be alone. By the way, Clint is sleeping in his patrol car in the driveway.”

“Please tell him to go home,” Blake said.

Nancy walked outside for a moment. When she returned, she put her hands on her hips. “He refuses to leave you.” She gave Blake a meaningful wink, but Blake was in no place to pick up on hints, regardless of their level of subtlety.

“Goodnight, Nancy. Thanks for staying with me.” Blake walked upstairs to her room.

She squirmed in bed for hours. Parker had hurt her; still, his death saddened her.

After falling into a fitful sleep, her unrest turned into a series of disturbing dreams and frightening images. In a state between nightmare and wakefulness, she woke in a cold sweat, with a pounding headache. A prickly sensation tingled across her body. She turned. Parker lay behind her, smirking. Paralyzed with fear, Blake sat frozen in her bed, staring at him. His wasn’t the first spirit she’d seen, not by a longshot. But seeing him, her heartrate sped up, and her breathing turned shallow.

His face illuminated by the light of the full moon, Parker smiled and traced the outline of her face with his index finger. He leaned in to kiss her, but she jumped out of bed. He began inching toward her, but Blake flipped the mattress onto the floor.

Blake turned on the lamp on her bedside table. When her eyes adjusted, Parker had disappeared. She bent over to check under her bed, jumping when she accidentally stepped on one of Willow’s squeaky toys. She breathed a sigh of relief when she kicked aside the plush stuffed animal.

Someone knocked on her bedroom door. She called out, “Yes?”

“What’s the matter?” Nancy asked.

Blake opened the door. Nancy rubbed her eyes. “I had a nightmare that Parker was in bed with me,” Blake said. “When I woke up, he was there. It’s the creepiest feeling I’ve ever experienced.” She shivered. 

Nancy gasped and placed her hands on her cheeks. “Oh, my word! Are you all right?”

“I’m frightened, but I’m okay.”

Blake’s chest caved inward. Over the past year, she had faced some traumatic, life-altering events. As an empath, Blake was no stranger to interacting with spirits, but Parker’s was the first who had frightened her.

“Will he come back? If he does, how will we get rid of him?”

Nancy hugged her but didn’t say a word, unusual for her. She had to be hiding something.

“What aren’t you telling me?” Blake demanded.

Nancy put her finger to her lips. “It’s a long story for another day, but you’re not alone in seeing spirits. It’s part of your family’s past, and mine for that matter. Just trust me, it’ll be okay.”

Blake threw her hands into the air. “But…”

Nancy shook her head. “Shh, honey. Not right now. Please calm down. It’s late. Get some rest. We’ll take care of Parker all in good time.” 

Emotional and physical exhaustion had taken its toll on Blake. She returned to her bed but did not sleep for the rest of the night. Every time she drifted off, Parker’s dead eyes stared at her, boring a hole into her soul.

What Makes This Book Special?

Many romantic stories involving a paranormal being focus on their relationship with a human. However, The Haunting on Palm Court tells the story of Blake, a young woman being stalked by the spirit of her late fiancé, Parker. In other words, this is an old school ghost story, where the spirit is the villain, not the lover.

In life, Parker was abusive and controlling. I’ve known many women, and a few men, who’ve been through this type of relationship. It was important to me for Blake to leave Parker. Unfortunately, he refuses to leave her alone even after his death. With everything he put her through while he was alive, it only makes sense that his malevolent spirit would torture her. As expected, he discredits her strength and abilities.

The haunting intensifies when Blake reconnects with Clint, an old flame. But that doesn’t prevent Clint and Blake’s relationship from blossoming. They fall in love as she recovers from her painful past and fights through the tumultuous haunting.

Clint’s support isn’t the only help she finds along the way. The strong kinship ties of her family members, both dead and alive, make all the difference. She also discovers a family gift and regains the self-confidence that Parker stripped away during their relationship.

The story unfolds in the South Carolina Lowcountry, which is a much-loved setting for ghost stories. This book takes readers on a journey across the Southeast and makes use of many of the eerie but beautiful locales available. Plan on reading about old oak trees dripping with Spanish moss and strange occurrences taking place oceanside and at historic inns.  Plus, with the book set in the South, it’s a good excuse to include lots of comfort food. 

About the Author:

Stephanie Edwards has been writing professionally since she landed her first newspaper column at the age of 13. Her love for the Lowcountry, the Atlantic Ocean and a good ghost story inspired her to write her first book. She lives in Tennessee with her husband, Ron, and their adorable dog, Shadow.

Website: www.stephedwardswrites.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/steph_a_edwards

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/StephEdwardsWrites/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephedwardswrites/

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Six on Sunday - A FUREVER HOME, a Sweet Christian Romance

Six paragraphs from A FUREVER HOME, a sweet Christian romance by Linda Mooney writing as Lynn Gayle.


1. Knox watched the man walk away in the direction of the parking lot. Go home, have a stiff drink, and go to bed. The suggestion sounded like a good one. “Except it’s backwards. First I’ll have the stiff drink, then I’ll head for home and bed.” If there was anything positive to say about being placed on probationary status, he was being given a few days of paid leave to get his head together, until he was called in to find out what the final decision would be.

2. “I, uhh. I thought you might have had to work late.” He remembered to smile. “Glad you were able to make it.” He doled out her potatoes and passed the tray over to Chad, who finished filling the tray before handing it to her. It wasn’t until she left the serving line that he noticed the piece of rope—no, it was a jump rope—tied to her belt. The other end… He leaned over the counter. The scrawny little black and white-spotted mutt obediently remained right on her heels, unmindful of the other end of the jump rope tied to his collar.

 

3. She was intelligent and funny, as well as an animal lover. He studied her face as she continued. He wasn’t an expert, but he would swear she wasn’t involved in drugs. Other than being a bit on the skinny side, she looked healthy, which made her story that much more interesting.

4. The smile dimmed but didn’t vanish. “When my mom died a couple of years ago, that left just me and my older brother. She and Dad divorced when we were little, and we’ve never heard from him since then. I don’t even know if he’s still alive. Anyway, Bradley and I both had full-time jobs, but it wasn’t enough to pay the rent and utilities, plus put food on the table. So he entered the military, hoping to be able to send back enough money to help me get by.” She slowly shook her head, and it was as if a dark cloud descended over her. “Bradley collapsed during a training session. The doctors said he died of an aneurysm. They promised me he didn’t suffer. It was that sudden and unexpected.” She watched a dollop of ice cream slide down toward her hand before she took another long lick to pick it up. “Mom had a life insurance policy that paid for her funeral, but Bradley didn’t. The Army wouldn’t because he hadn’t been with them long enough to qualify. So I sold off what I could to pay for his casket and all, and to buy a plot next to hers where he could be buried.”

5. He checked his phone. He’d been sitting in this interrogation room most of the day. After the detective had quizzed him on his actions the night of the fire, the man had left him alone. Other than remarking on the charge Knox would be facing if the autopsy results came back to incriminate him, and that one time an officer brought him the coffee and a bag of chips, no one had come in to check on him. At least, not in person. He glanced up at the tiny camera visible in the corner of the ceiling. He knew they were watching him. Monitoring him. Maybe recording him. 

6.  Jenise lay there, eyes closed, and listened as he switched the laundry. She heard the dryer door close, followed by the click of the dial and the steady hum as he turned on the machine. She waited until Knox closed the bedroom door, then sat up. Corky whimpered, and she shushed him with a calming hand. “It’s going to be okay, little man. He’s going to be okay, too. I just feel it in my gut. Right, God?” Casting her eyes at the ceiling, she lifted the amulet on her necklace to her lips and kissed it. A sense of calm answered her, and she lay back down, cuddling the dog against her as she fell back to sleep.

Buy Links

Keep Your Secrets Behind Closed Doors With These Handmade Journals

See More Here

Illustrator Creates Heartwarming Animal Comics to Spread Positivity Every Day

See More Here

Cars That Make You Look Twice

Now Available as an Audiobook! WHEN THE HEART WHISPERS, a Sweet Contemporary Romance

Now Available as an Audiobook!

WHEN THE HEART WHISPERS
Sweet Contemporary Romance
Word Count: 20.2K
$2.99 e / $6.99 p / $6.95 a

 Narrated by

Linda Mooney

Length: 2 hrs, 1 min

Hear a Sample

After losing her husband a couple years prior, Lily’s children decide it’s time for her to stop grieving and move on with her life. She’s always wanted to travel, and a few days later she finds herself in New York City. Touring the Big Apple alone on her own schedule is perfectly fine with Lily, but a guided tour from a local proves to be even better.

After repeated run-ins with the redheaded tourist from Tennessee, it seems fate is determined to bring Lily into George’s life. So he decides to take a chance for the first time in over twenty years.

Both have had heartache in their pasts. Both have loved and lost. Can they open up their hearts and risk the hurt again? Will they listen when the heart whispers?

Excerpt and Buy Links

Gorgeous Raw Gemstones

More Wit and Wisdom From El Arroyo

New! A FUREVER HOME, a Sweet Christian Romance by Linda Mooney Writing as Lynn Gayle

A FUREVER HOME
Sweet Christian Romance

by Linda Mooney Writing as Lynn Gayle
Word Count: 22K
$2.99 e

After getting a call to the warehouse district, firefighter Knox Norville was ready to write it off to arson. The abandoned buildings are home to many vagrants and drug addicts, but he arrives ready to do his job regardless. He wasn’t expecting the effect this call would have on his life...or the one decision he made that could possibly ruin him forever.

By saving one young woman, and going back to look for her dog, he thought he was doing the right thing, not neglecting his duties. But what he soon learns hits hard, and his conscience eats at him. One horrible thing after another on the worst day of his life lands him a hefty fine, community service, and possible jail time, but is it all divine intervention?

Jenise Danziger had nothing physically, but through her faith, she had everything she needed, except maybe a permanent home for herself and Corky, her faithful companion. But she trusted that in time God would provide, and put her exactly where she's supposed to be. And just maybe that was in the arms of her rescuer.

Excerpt and Buy Links

Three Superhero Ebooks Are My 99c Specials During August!

August is Superhero Month!

During the month of August, these three ebooks are just 99c each!

JONES & JONES
Sci-Fi/Urban Fantasy/Romantic Suspense
Word Count: 37.2K
$0.99 e / $9.99 p / $14.95 a

Bounty hunters by day. Superheroes by night.

Slone and Embrie have known each other since birth, and after crash landing on Earth, they know they are the last of their kind. Intergalactic refugees, and extremely young, they are discovered and taken in by an older couple who teach them how to survive and fit in.

With powers no human possesses, the two decide they should share their strengths with the world, and Falcon and Hawk are born. Saving lives is their calling and the right thing to do, but unfortunately it doesn’t pay the bills, so bounty hunting by day it is. Unfortunately, living a double life takes a toll on a person, superhuman or not, both physically and emotionally. And with exhaustion comes mistakes.

So when Embrie is injured, leaving her weak and vulnerable, Slone must make the decision to expose who they are to save her life or lose his love forever.

Until a job from the past resurfaces, threatening to make that decision for him, as well as destroy everything they've sacrificed and worked for. 

Warning! Contains a dozen red roses, a desire for Italian food, emergency surgery, a hostage crisis, a debt paid, a Level Four contagion, burning a candle at both ends, sonic booms, and two childhood friends who survive to become eternal lovers

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

SECRET IDENTITY
Book 1 of the Identity Trilogy
Urban Fantasy Romance
Word Count: 54K
$0.99 e / $9.99 p

Brenda McKay has no man in her life, and she really doesn’t have time for one. That’s not a problem, since Brenda’s new job responsibilities keep her too busy for any sort of social life. But the day she is saved by a strange man who calls himself The Defender is the day her heart will never be the same.

Lorne Palmer has loved Brenda since they were in grade school. Shy, introverted, and the middle brother of two over-achievers, he has never really approached her for anything other than to help her with her homework. And to be there for her when her other boyfriends deserted her.

It wasn’t until he finally acquired his super powers and became The Defender that Lorne finally decided enough was enough. If he couldn’t work up the courage to claim her as himself, perhaps The Defender could.

Warning! Contains sabotage, weird chemical names, smiley boxes, floating root beer, corporation hanky-panky, isolated safe houses, chocolate-covered strawberries, and things that go BOOM! in the night.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

YOUR HEART, MY HOME
Urban Fantasy Romance
Word Count: 53.9K
$0.99 e / $9.99 p / $19.95 a

They were deadly enemies, until a greater threat made them unwilling allies...and lovers.

Sherandar is the most cunning adversary Quazar has ever faced. He never knows when or where his worst nightmare will strike, but when she does, it's with the single-minded purpose to taunt him. Ridicule him. And to make his life a living hell. Regular cuffs and jail cells can't hold her, yet somehow, someway, Quazar has to bring her reign to a screeching halt.

But when a new enemy makes himself known, and tries to kill both Quazar and Sherandar, the two combatants realize the only way to defeat this deadly threat is to call a temporary truce and join forces.

It isn't until she lies broken, bloodied, and dying in his arms that Quazar realizes she has become more to him than his temporary ally. He has fallen in love with her.

Warning! Contains deadly necklaces, delectable desserts, a skintight costume, an antique stove, dining table sex, and a bored megalomaniac who has no qualms about killing because he just wants to watch the world burn. 

Excerpts and Buy Links