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December 4, 2023
Blog Tour: THE SUNLIT RUINS by Andrea Septién
Adaand Miry didn’t mean to start a city-wide catastrophe.
Really,they didn’t.
TheSunlit Ruins
TheArchives of the Forgotten Book 1
byAndrea Septién
Genre:YA Contemporary Fantasy & Mythology
Adaand Miry didn’t mean to start a city-wide catastrophe.Really,they didn’t.Butwhen a family trip goes awry, the two Mexican-American cousins fromopposite sides of the border accidentally unleash an evil spirit fromcenturies past. The incident unlocks latent magical powers within thegirls, who now have to figure out what’s going on.
Easiersaid than done.
Theonly things Ada and Miry know are that the spirit is tied to thepyramids of Teotihuacán, an ancient and abandoned civilization, andthat there is only one organization that can help them. TheArchivists of Teotihuacán.
Withonly a scant trail of clues to guide them, Ada and Miry must journeyacross Mexico City, uncover the origin of their powers, and try toreseal the spirit they’ve awoken.
Butthe hardest challenge of all?
Gettingalong with family.
FollowAda and Miry on their adventure through Mexico and a hidden,fantastical world of magic based on the philosophy of the city ofTeotihuacán.
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Maskson the Water
Prequelto The Sunlit Ruins
Thecreature appeared underwater.
That’sall they knew.
LorenzoZavala, a disciple of Chalchitlicue, the deity of the lakes, was senton a simple mission: Go to Lake Huetzalin in the south of MexicoCity, analyze an unknown creature, and report back to the archivists.
Byhis side was Daniel Merino, his best friend and a disciple of Tláloc,the deity of the rain. But when the two of them reach the lake,Lorenzo discovers the the true danger is much closer than herealized.
Usingthe power of the deity of the lakes, Lorenzo must use all of hisskills to save his best friend. Can Lorenzo triumph against this newthreat? Or will he lose the person closest to his heart?
Findout in this prequel short story to The Sunlit Ruins, a young adultfantasy based on the philosophy of the city of Teotihuacán.
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Two Mexican teens—one from theU.S. and one from Mexico—on a wild and strange adventure.
It all started on a family trip toMexico City, where polar opposite cousins, Ada and Miry, encounter strangesightings like puma-eagles.
The first scene seemed to be anattack of the puma-eagles and the girls realized that they had specialabilities. Of course, there’s undoubtedly confusion about all this here.
“Your magic has awoken, but youhave cracked the seal. And now you must repair it.”
The narrative was witty andenjoyable. I liked the Mexican culture and the Spanish language infusedthroughout the whole story. The girls were literally worlds apart as far asbehavior, customs, culture, and language went, which made it more difficult towork together in this mysterious magical quest. They would constantly bebutting heads on everything. American Ada was too naïve about thievery andslimy men in Mexico. Good thing she had her tough-as-nails cousin.
The characters and the storyreally grab you. It was a fast-paced and crazy adventure through the streets ofMexico, especially when it came to the action scenes. However, the descriptionswere a little long at times and the details can get confusing. It was a longjourney and I would’ve preferred a quicker pace that would’ve went along with ashorter read. That’s pretty much what brought this down from a 4 to 3.5 for me.
The best parts for me were theculture clash between the cousins and the magical action. It’s definitely aworthy fantasy read with other worldly creatures, magic, and history. Recommended,for sure.
AndreaSeptién is a writer, editor, and certified cat lady. Born and raisedin Mexico City, she is a Mexican-American author who lives inMelbourne, Australia with her husband. She receives weekly picturesof her cats back in Mexico.
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Blog Tour: PARKER'S CHOICE by Mike Nemeth
Parker's Choice
by Mike Nemeth
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GENRE: Romantic Mystery
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Framedby cops and chased by crooks, a white ex-con and a rebellious black womanbecome fugitives. They didn’t plan to fall in love.
After serving time for a crime he didn’t commit, Parker and his wife, Paula,hide from an old enemy in an Atlanta suburb. Their fresh start is disruptedwhen his new boss demands his involvement in a fraudulent scheme that willreplace thousands of white collar American workers with artificial intelligenceand offshore labor. Parker unfortunately suspects his secret and elusive birthfather is mixed up in the fraud. Then a body is pulled from the ChattahoocheeRiver and Parker believes Paula has murdered his enemy, but the police thinkParker did it. He and his brilliant colleague, Sabrina, a woman who can traceher roots to Virginia slaves, steal the “smoking gun” that will expose thefraud and go on the run, pursued by cops and crooks. After a violent showdownin a frightening New Orleans cemetery, they connect the dots between a murder,fraud, and a man from his mother’s past. Parker’s loyalties are torn, but hemust choose.
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Excerpt One:
The terror Parker felt was what an antelope feels when it isabout to be eaten alive by a pride of hungry lions. He took shallow breathsthrough his nose to mask the sound of his breathing as he listened to the bloodcoursing through his carotid artery—whoosh, whoosh. Where the hell is mybackup?
In the crepuscular light, Parker saw her then. She emergedfrom her hiding place in the boathouse and assumed the shooter’s stance she’dbeen taught at the gun range. She gave the hunter no warning, just fired hercompact Beretta once, and the man crumpled onto the Cool Crete surface with athud and a rush of expelled air. That hadn’t been the plan. She was onlysupposed to balance the threat Parker suspected Meredith had posed. She wasn’tsupposed to shoot anyone. It’s so easy to get these things wrong.
A scan of the house’s back windows revealed no sign ofMeredith. Parker put a finger to his lips—don’t talk—and motioned for the womanto hurry into the shadows. The wounded man moaned softly, and Parker’s quickcheck confirmed that he was semi-conscious and neither moving nor watching.Parker took the woman’s pistol and shoved her toward the neighbor’s property.The snowbirds who owned the place were away enjoying the mild Canadian summerduring the Florida off-season.
“Run,” he whispered.
She loped into the darkness. He counted to twenty—oneMississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi—then he dialed 9-1-1.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
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MikeNemeth, a Vietnam veteran and former high-tech executive, writes love storiestucked inside murder mysteries highlighting America’s social issues. THEUNDISCOVERED COUNTRY won the Beverly Hills Book Award for Southern Fiction andthe Frank Yerby Prize at the Augusta Literary Festival. The novel inspiredsinger/songwriter Mark Currey to compose the song Who I am. PARKER’SCHOICE won a Firebird Award for thrillers and American Fiction Awards forDiverse and Multicultural Mystery/Suspense, and for Romantic Mystery/Suspense. Other creditsinclude The New York Times, Georgia Magazine, Augusta Magazine,Southern Writers’ Magazine, and Deep South Magazine. In 2018, Iwas named Atlanta’s Best Local Author by Creative Loafing magazine. Mikelives in Villa Rica with his wife, Angie, and their rescue dog, Scout.
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December 2, 2023
Excerpt: ASCENSION OF THE PHOENIX by Jessica Piro
Even though this murderer hadbutchered two families, he wasn’t the sadistic Bryan Foster.
Metal trashcans crashed to the ground, scattering their contents as the suspect barreledthrough. Leila Wells smirked at the obstacle—his fourth attempt at slowing herand David Neal, Jr., her partner, down. The two detectives vaulted over thegarbage cans and continued their pursuit.
Since hebolted at the sight of them at his apartment, the chase had spanned two blocks,snaking through alleyways—alleyways she knew like the back of her hand. David,behind her, enjoyed the chase like a hound after a scared rabbit.
Hisadrenaline, Leila thought.
Up ahead,the alleyway branched into two separate paths. Leila ran over the map in her head—eventually,both pathways crossed again. Knowing David would likely guess at her plan, sheturned down the right one.
“Move!” sheordered the two men standing in the middle of the alley. They flattened againstthe walls of the lane. She charged through and kept running.
She kepttrack of her location relative to the others’. On the map in her head, two reddots traveled down paths, and both lights raced toward the crossroads. Sincethe suspect and David would be close to reaching it, Leila pumped her armsharder.
Near theintersection of their alleys, pounding footfalls and panting grew louder. Bythe sounds of his running, the suspect neared her exit. She lunged.
Withinseconds, Leila collided with the running man—knocking him off his feet—and sentthem both to the ground.
Onlystunned for a second, the criminal scrambled back to his feet. It was enough.Leila quickly jumped up and kicked the man across his face, sending himcartwheeling.
Leilalanded into the Tiger stance of her Five-Animals Kung Fu, ready for his nextattempt to evade capture. Cradling his nose, the man rolled in pain, moaning.Not many could take a kick to the face and keep going, so maybe she should’vedealt a lesser blow.
Davidslowed to a jog as he met them. “I had him,” he said, breathless.
Shestraightened and walked over to the downed man. “Sure you did.” She threwhandcuffs on the man’s wrists as she Mirandized him.
“And nowyou won’t let me arrest him?”
Leilasmiled. “I got him; he’s my collar.” She led him back the way they came totheir unmarked car. David sighed behind her but followed.
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Review: DECK THE HALLS by Mary and Carol Higgins Clark
It begins with a kidnapping rightbefore the holidays. PI Regan Reilly’s father has been kidnapped and theywanted a million dollars from her family. What luck that Regan happened to runinto lucky lottery winner Alvirah Meehan at the dentist.
Can Regan and Alvirah figure thisone out in time for Christmas?
The whole thing takes place in thethree days before Christmas and it’s basically a search for the kidnappedvictims. Of course, they get some misleading leads, but it was interesting tosee how the girls figured this out. Of course, it takes a couple of bumblingkidnappers to lose a million-dollar ransom. Idiots!
A good holiday kidnapping story!
Rating:4 stars
Review: THREE DROPS OF BLOOD by Gretchen McNeil
Real-life treachery and drama wereexploding from a teen drama series following the social media scandal posted byone of the stars. A lead on the same show, Kate Williams was not going to letthe show’s cancellation stop her from becoming a serious, full-time actress,even if it wrecked her parents’ college plans for her. But because of thestar’s scandal and her audition prospects being put on hold for 4 – 6 months,her 5-year acting plan was over before it even started. The only damage controlKate had was in the form of a fixer that would cost her $15K. Where would sheget that kind of money?
With her options minimal, Katesoon gets a job at an entertainment law firm. This is where the narrative seemsto drag on with nothing really to show for it. Seriously, halfway into the bookand not much was happening. I mean, a teen actress’ attempt at “adulting” wasfairly interesting, but I needed MUCH more than that.
About 60% in is when we get a shotat a double murder and Kate was a witness to it. Finally, a dead body! You’dthink I’d be more riveted at this point, but all Kate does is try to prove thatwhat she saw really happened. It’s a very long and mild read. Eh, just okay. Thiswill be the last book that I read from this author.
Rating:3 stars
Review: JUST TAKE MY HEART by Mary Higgins Clark
**2ND TIME REVIEW **
A dead actress. An estrangedhusband on trial for her murder. And the trial begins with Assistant ProsecutorEmily Wallace on the case.
The murder trial certainly drawsyou in. And not only was Emily so focused on the trial, a creepy neighbor—onewho’s killed 5 people at once—has his eyes on her. I would NOT let him watch mydog.
I don’t know why I didn’t finishthe book the first time around, but, in the second time, I was really gettinginto the story, which was always the case for me with an MHC book.Surprisingly, the trial really reels you in. I know the husband on trail didn’tdo it. But if he didn’t, then who did?
I’m glad I gave this book a secondread as it turned out to be quite exciting. Even though I kind of already had astrong hunch of who the bad guys were, this was still a great read.
Rating:4 stars
December 1, 2023
Blog Tour: METHOD TO MADNESS by Thomas Grant Bruso
Method to Madness
by Thomas Grant Bruso
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GENRE: Mystery, LGBT
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BLURB:
Five years ago, Jack Ballinger was a policeofficer.
He has since moved from the small upstate New Yorktown of Black Falls for greener pastures and a peaceful life alone in the GreenMountain State. Time has changed Jack -- he is no longer the man he used to be.A significant challenge for him has been the heartbreaking loss of hisboyfriend, companion, and one true love, Steve.
Now alone, Jack has yet to deal rationally with theimmediate changes of his new life. After losing his partner, Jack drank heavilyto numb the pain and forget his life-changing loss. Now, he must find a way tomove forward without Steve and the life he built for himself. Joining anAlcoholics Anonymous group helps quiet the voices that still keep him awake atnight. But something much darker has followed him to his life in the quietcorners of Vermont.
When Jack thinks he has buried the scars of hispast, a new nightmare emerges. How far will Jack go to end the imminent evil inhis life and kill it for good?
Trigger warning: this story addresses suicide andsuicidal ideation.
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Excerpt One:
My work boots clipped across the newly polished floor,squeaking with each determined step toward the security guard’s office in theback of the mall. I didn’t usually get frightened, but after the week’s eventsof Jacob Adler’s murder and my recurring hallucinations, I was on guardtwenty-four-seven. The wall I’d built after Steve died sent me into a tailspin.I lost my self-confidence to “live on -- move on,” as Steve had put it. Gettingout of bed was the most challenging part of the day, getting started. But notas difficult as being a suspect in somebody else’s murder.
I locked up in the office, hung my jacket on the wall pegalong with my badge, fastened my uniform hat on top of my coat, and secured thebuilding. I walked around the side of the shopping center to get to my truck,which was parked near the auto shop garage in the adjacent lot. My keys clangedagainst the side of my uniform work belt.
There was a crispness to the air as it gusted across myface.
When I reached my truck, I stopped and glanced at theimposing three-floor structure of the Rushford Shopping Mall. It had been agame-changer, I told myself. When my life was at its lowest, the job as mallsecurity had saved me. Moving from upstate New York to Vermont and being hiredat a stone’s throw distance from where everything had bottomed out of my life,life could not be better. I had to keep reminding myself that I was lucky. Thiswas meant to be.
I was living. No – I was surviving the best way I knew how.The sharp gust of wind filled my eyes with a deep sadness.
I slipped my key into the driver’s side door. I jumpedinside, cranking the station to a country song I knew Steve would roll his eyesat, but his enthusiastic expression brightened my mood. I sat in the quietinterior of my truck, my head falling against the headrest, my eyes closing tothe welcoming solitude. I drummed my hands on the bottom of the steering wheel.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Thomas Grant Bruso knew he wanted to be a writer at an earlyage. He has been a voracious reader of genre fiction since childhood. Hisliterary inspirations are Ray Bradbury, Dean Koontz, Stephen King, JimGrimsley, Karin Fossum, and Joyce Carol Oates. Bruso loves animals, readingbooks, and writing fiction, and prefers Sudoku to crossword puzzles. Inanother life, he was a freelance writer and wrote for magazines and newspapers.In college, he won the Hermon H. Doh Sonnet Competition. Now, he writes andpublishes fiction and reviews books for his hometown newspaper, ThePress-Republican. He lives in upstate New York.
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Blog Tour: LEGACY OF EVIL by James Peyton
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A banished detective. A body drained of blood. Mexico’s vampires are all too human.
After graduating from Harvard, Artemas Salcido is determined to transform Mexico’s justice system and joins the federal police. He begins solving crimes committed by the rich and powerful and is banished to the village of Bustamante.
On a college field trip to Bustamante’s nearby caverns, the daughter of a US senator is brutally murdered. The FBI, the international media, and a Mexican hit squad tasked with making the problem go away descend on the village. When Mexico’s attorney general tells Artemas his career depends on his cooperation, Artemas realizes his life is at stake.
As other grisly murders occur, Artemas’s investigation uncovers an ancient blood cult connected to a powerful financial cabal that stretches from mediaeval Europe to Mexico's most influential politicians and businessmen. When he disputes his violent colleagues’ bogus solution to the crime, Artemas is marked for death.
Can Artemas’s determination to bring fairness to Mexico’s justice system prevail against the overwhelming power of his government—or will it prove fatal …?
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The National Security Council meeting was breaking up when a White House aide approached the president and handed him a note. He scanned it, read it again, and his jaw muscles began to clench and twitch.
Those remaining in the room noticed the telltale signs of fury and quit their banter and paper shuffling. The president's eyes left the slip of paper and focused on Jonathan Sharp, Director of the FBI. "I'm glad you're still here Jonathan. I just learned that Senator Conners’ daughter has been murdered in Mexico—someplace called Bustamante—and quite gruesomely. It seems all the blood was drained from her body." He handed over the note.
"See what you can find out, then get some agents down there. Ask the attorney general to coordinate with the Mexicans. Tell him I said not to take ‘No’ for an answer.” He focused his gaze on the Secretary of State who instantly decided this was neither the time nor the place to voice his objections.
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Award-winning author James Peyton’s intriguing settings and memorable characters in his thrillers come from his years of international work and travel. The first two editions of his four-part thriller Artemas Salcido series are now available on Amazon; Legacy of Evil and Terror Crossing, to be followed by La Buchona and Not For Sale. Peyton’s stand-alone adventure thriller, The Royal Fifth, was released in 2022. James has had five acclaimed books published on Mexican cooking, history, and culture. Peyton's writing reflects a depth of understanding and a unique perspective that sets his work apart.https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/216986.James_W_Peyton
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November 30, 2023
Blog Tour: THE BROWN & MCNEIL MURDER MYSTERIES by Frank Lazarus
PhiladelphiaDetective Vernon Brown and his buddy James McNeil solve high stakesmurder mysteries
TheMurder Gambit
ABrown & McNeil Murder Mystery Book 1
byFrank Lazarus
Genre:Murder Mystery, Crime Thriller
Anunexplained death in a nursing home. A man falls from a balcony. Ahit and run in the middle of a city street. An execution in a home. Awoman collapses dead after a date.
Five murders. Five methods.Five police jurisdictions.
What's theconnection?
Philadelphia-area detectives are under pressure tosolve the murders, while dealing with their own issues.
Speedinglike the lead car at Talladega towards a shocking conclusion, is TheMurder Gambit a Shakespearean tragedy or a sinister reality?
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ABrown & McNeil Murder Mystery Book 2
Evenbefore he has played his first game in high school, it would seemnothing can stop Bo Campbell's meteoric rise to stardom in thebasketball world. In Philadelphia, people are already comparing himto his Overbrook High School predecessor, Wilt Chamberlain.
Buthis dreams are suddenly shattered when he is arrested for the murderof his best friend, Sherman Claxton.
Detective Vernon Brown,and James McNeil, his friend and Bo's grandfather, search for thetruth, but James goes rogue, and soon finds himself in the dangerousunderbelly of the Philadelphia drug sub-culture, where the stakes arehigh and it's hard to tell who's friend and who's foe.
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The Murder Gambit: A death at a nursing home. A bodythat fell from the balcony. A hit-and-run. A man shot execution-style. Were allthese random deaths connected?
This seemed interesting with allthese deaths. At first, we get the different stories on each case. The pace andstamina were mild, but the read was quick and informative. That naggingcuriosity to how these cases tie together just kept gnawing at me and kept mereading. All these deaths were odd and suspicious and it was fascinating to seewhat turned up in each investigation. It seemed they were all murdered. Werethese random killings? Or were they somehow connected? The cases were a littlehard to follow, especially with all the various names thrown in there. Youoften forget who was who and what was what. It’s only after you read a littlebit in each chapter that you think, “Oh, yeah, it’s that particular deadperson.” And, although the chapters were short and quick, there were just toomany of them at 90 chapters total.
A faster pace and fewer deathswould’ve made this more focused and more exciting. The various deaths seemedinteresting at first, but the long investigations became too daunting. I wishwe could’ve gotten down to the real clues much sooner. But the read wasgenerally pretty good and I liked the details in the cases. Good for those thatliked to get really involved in multiple cases.
A fairly nice mystery.
Rating:3 stars
FrankLazarus was born and raised in West Philadelphia and attendedOverbrook High School, as you may have guessed from his writings.
Aftergraduating high school, Frank spent two years in the U.S. Army duringthe VietNam War. After his service, he completed his
Bachelor’sDegree in Business Administration at St. Joseph’s University, inPhiladelphia.
Hewas in the Financial Services and Life Insurance industry forfifty-three years before he retired at the end of 2021.
Frankhas three adult children and five grandchildren.
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Blog Tour: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW by Monique Britten
The Day Before Tomorrow
by Monique Britten
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GENRE: Literary Fiction (Historical)
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Juliette and George Morgan know all about Living the Good Life. Asthe town’s newest ‘it’ couple, they succeed in transforming the otherwisesleepy farming community of Rickshaw into a hotbed for musical talent andsocial enterprise. A poignant and beautifully layered tale, the Day BeforeTomorrow is a portrayal of an era once removed, yet not forgotten – from theearly to late seventies - with much of the story taking place within the Morganfamily’s domestic locus and the community in which they live. Relationshipsbecome so intricately woven, adult and adolescent lines become blurred and anillicit connection between teacher and student builds into hidden, oftendisturbing scenes of love, secrets and human experience. When the Morgan’sfuture essentially falls down in mid-flight, the family is forced to cope withnot only trauma, but coming of age and ultimately moving away from their safehaven of Rickshaw. An indictment of survival, shattered innocence, death, loveand optimism, this tale is one that will transport your mind, speak to yourheart and stay in both long after you have closed the cover.
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Excerpt One:
Prologue
Sitting before her coffee, she dips her toast into hersoft-boiled egg and opens the paper. Her pulse guns as she scans two – no wait,three – pages of obituaries. She opens her day-planner. A long, slow sip ofcoffee and she begins to write:
Monday, May 17, 10:30 am: McQuade and Bitter Funeral Homes,46-year old male, Everett Churchill, survived by wife and four boys
Tuesday, May 18, 2:00 pm: Guthrey and White Funeral Home.37-year-old female, Elizabeth Florence Merchand, cancer victim, survived byhusband and four children
Wednesday, May 19, 3:30 pm: Park Memorial, 92-year-oldcouple, Mr. and Mrs. Edward and Bernice Piccallo, five kids, 25 grandkids.
Thursday, May 20, 2:30 pm: Tracy and Bros. Funeral Home,46-year-old male, Richard Lougheed, tragic and unexpected death, survived bytwo children.
Thursday, May 20, 3:00 pm: Guthrey and White Funeral Home,Abigail Finley, 13-year-old female, tragic and unexpected death.
Rats, she thinks, two at the same time. She crosses out theLougheed funeral.
Saturday, May 22, 6:40 am: Whitehorse, AC876. She scoops outthe rest of the yoke, closes the paper. A front-page sideline catches her eye.
Fetus Alive in Brain-Dead Mother
A thirty-six year old woman traveling westbound on hwy 622was hit head-on when the driver of a semi carrying timber logs fell asleep atthe wheel. The woman, currently on life support at the Northampton GeneralHospital, is eight months pregnant. The mother will remain on life supportuntil the baby can be safely removed from the womb. Health professionals say itappears the baby remains unharmed. read more page D7.
Outside the kitchen window, the breeze of new spring brushesup against the empty swing set, its cold metal hinges complaining shrilly ofthe wait.
The hospital hums with quiet industry. Across the hall, twonurses are discussing the best way to make lentil curry. “Excuse me. Sorry tobother you, Miss,” the woman says to the nurse at reception whose nametag saysAmy. “I’m looking for a woman who was recently in a car crash?” Amy flips opena chart. “Annabel Grace.”
“Yes, I know the one. She’s pregnant.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
About theAuthor: Monique Britten is an emerging author known for her ability to craftcompelling stories that resonate deeply with readers. With a passion forcapturing the essence of different eras and the complexities of humanrelationships, Britten's writing leaves a lasting impact on those who delveinto her novels. "The Day Before Tomorrow" offers a poignantexploration of love, loss, and the enduring strength of the human spirit.
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