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SALE SALE SALE "Love TORN Asunder" By: Elizabeth Funderbirk
SALE SALE SALE!!! "Love TORN Asunder" is on SALE for the entire month of SEPTEMBER! In celebration of my up coming wedding in 9 days!!! I have discounted the price of "Love TORN Asunder" on my website to $12.00 with NO shipping included on your purchase. Kindle, Nook, & E-Readers.... The price has also been cut down to ONLY $5.99. Please go to http://LiteraryLiz.com and read the Synopsis, Reviews and make your Purchase TODAY!!! :-)
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month... This is part of my contribution to the Cause to end the Violence!
The entire month of October I will be acknowledging Domestic Violence Awareness. A portion of the sales from the Literary Liz Writes website will be donated to Saving Lives Through Lit; Domestic Violence Awareness & Outreach program.
The Saving Lives One Book At A Time series will be publishing it's first book "Voices Behind The Tears" mid Oct. This novel will be touching, emotional, raw, and inspirational. Take a stand and spread the message of Non-Violence.
For more information please visit the Saving Lives Through Lit website www.SavingLivesThroughLit.Org & the support page on Face Book clicking this link -----------> http://www.facebook.com/SavingLivesTh...
If you are interested in becoming a part of this project or volunteering your skills/talent send an email to savinglivesthroughlit@ymail.com .
To read the Synopsis, the Reviews, and to make a purchase of "Love TORN Asunder" please visit "Literary Liz Writes" http://LiteraryLiz.com.
Lots of Love LiteraryLiz....<3
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The Saving Lives One Book At A Time series will be publishing it's first book "Voices Behind The Tears" mid Oct. This novel will be touching, emotional, raw, and inspirational. Take a stand and spread the message of Non-Violence.
For more information please visit the Saving Lives Through Lit website www.SavingLivesThroughLit.Org & the support page on Face Book clicking this link -----------> http://www.facebook.com/SavingLivesTh...
If you are interested in becoming a part of this project or volunteering your skills/talent send an email to savinglivesthroughlit@ymail.com .
To read the Synopsis, the Reviews, and to make a purchase of "Love TORN Asunder" please visit "Literary Liz Writes" http://LiteraryLiz.com.
Lots of Love LiteraryLiz....<3
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Where is Your Review??? Get some feed back on Relationship Drama "Love TORN Asunder" By: Elizabeth Funderbirk
Introducing Author Elizabeth Fundebirk
Elizabeth is Mother, Wife, Writer, Blogger, Business Woman, Sister, Friend, Daughter, and Survivor.
Originally, from New York, NY, Liz, moved to Buffalo, NY at a young age. Although she has lived in several states over her 31 years of life she now she calls Myrtle Beach, SC home.
She began her writing career as a Blogger of a Literary Journal “Trials Tribulations, and Torn” in 2009. This is a Journal of her Journey to become a Published author. This follows the trials she faces in her personal life as well as trying to navigate her way through a industry she knew little to nothing about.
Since then her Blog has grown leaps and bounds and she is always working to keep it up to date. Several of her Articles/Post ranks 1-6 on the Google Search. “Publishing a Body of Work” & “What happens after you have finished writing your manuscript.”
Elizabeth Funderbirk’s debut Novel “Love TORN Asunder” is a Relationship Drama that is Available on line through all major book retailers also on Kindle, Nook, and all E-readers. The second book of this 3 part 4 book series will be out Fall/Winter 2011.
She has contributed Articles to other Blogs and Web Magazines. Her poetry and Official Debut book review can be found in Mattie’s Periodicals. A quarterly literary publication.
She is the Owner of a start up Web Design firm, which specializes in Affordable Web Sites built with templates. EyeDesign4u Solutions motto is “Allow us”. Where setting a website can be time consuming, frustrating and costly.... EyeDesign4u will do all the work for just "pennies for quality".
Elizabeth is passionate about giving back and charity work. Her efforts have led her to becoming the founder of “Saving Lives Through Lit” a non-profit project that raises funds for Domestic Violence Awareness & Outreach programs nationwide, through promoting literacy, where she serves as the President.
Literary Liz Writes: http://LiteraryLiz.com
Trials, Tribulations, & Torn: http://writingtorn.blogspot.com
EyeDesign4u Solutions: http://www.wix.com/literaryliz/eyedesign
Saving Lives Through Literature: http://SavingLivesThroughLit.Org
Read some of the Reviews for "Love TORN Asunder" yourself.......
Official Review provided By:
Rhea Alexis Banks with Mattie’s Periodicals & Chair Woman for Chi-Town Reading Circle
Wow...this is an intricately woven and emotionally engaging drama that keeps you totally engrossed!! Elizabeth Funderbirk has constructed a story that is action driven and chucked full of emotional tidal waves.
For me, it was also educational, tested my beliefs, convictions, and confirmed the need for boundaries. "Love TORN Asunder" is comprised of a host of characters but each is essential in their roles as this author fluidly moves from one course to another. Leslie is the main character and the center of this thoroughly told story of her life, choices, deeds, deception, and the effects of such on her and those that love her. Leslie is a steady and secure woman until an extended separation from the one she loves sends her traveling down a road lined with deception and manipulation cloaked in caring and friendship. With her feelings of loneliness, her allowing people to get in her ear thus head, she ventures down a road that up heaves her life in ways that could be detrimental to her, to all that she has built and those that she loves.
"Love TORN Asunder" is a tale of choice that is a great conversational piece as it taps on so many actions and situations that we face in our everyday lives. I must commend this author on the way she penned this story in the voices of each character as they took the forefront at their given times. Ms. Funderbirk did an excellent job in developing these characters and with their own voices. In doing so, it lead to an interesting read that kept me totally engrossed and anxious to "hear" what happened next....YES, I said hear as this book reads as if the characters are each telling their own stories. TORN is an on-point depiction of this book and what can become of its effects, as it is thought provoking, trying, full of personal growth and acceptance. Chi-Town Reading Circle and I have fully anticipated this book and it was well worth the wait. By the way "Love TORN Asunder" ended, I know there has to be more and I am fully anticipating it as well.... it took everything in me not to contact this author and ask just a few questions.
For her first time out the gate, she did an exceptional job and I can assure you that she will be around for a long time to come producing this kind of work. Kudos to Elizabeth Funderbirk for a story well told!! I give this premier novel 5 stars easily.
By: Rhea Alexis M. Banks
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Official Review Provided By: Rahiem Brooks, CEO & Publisher of Prodigy Publishing Group. Author of Award winning Novels "Laugh Now" & "Con-Test".
Thunderous applause for Elizabeth and her debut novel, LOVE TORN ASUNDER. Typically, I do not like stories that are heavily character-driven, but this novel was a very excellent read. Elizabeth wrote in five voices (Kendrick, Leslie, Devine, Lincoln, and Her) and each of them was distinguishable and unique. What Elizabeth did best was effectively convey the points of view of each character with respect to to the plot thoroughly and expertly.
LOVE TORN ASUNDER is the story of Leslie who is happily involved in an intimate relationship with a traveling businessman, Lincoln that is missing any intimacy. In the beginning of the novel, she is convinced to move in with her best friend Devine, a stripper, at the Red Rooster, Buffalo, New York's premiere strip club. That move is seemingly the worse move of her life. Leslie is reconnected with a childhood friend (and Devine's cousin) Kendrick, who is able to sweep her off her feet and into her bed for a night of passion, which leads to a three month sordid affair. An affair that exposes Kendrick's wife and Leslie's husband to a considerable amount of pain, and Devine to a jealous rage. A rage that assists Kendrick's wife in telling the ultimate lie to break-up her husband's happiness when not at home. And a lie that brings Leslie's engagement to a complete halt. In the end, LOVE TORN ASUNDER ended powerfully with a twisted cliffhanger that was done so smoothly, there doesn't even need to be a part two. But, rest assured I am waiting for part two.
I tip my hat to the story development. I also would like to be in Buffalo a little more and perhaps have a sub-plot, which could release the grip that Leslie's drama had on me, which was not bad. (wink wink)
I would definitely recommend everyone dealing with relationship and cheating issues read this. Elizabeth has concisely given it psychology-style and knows her way around the minds of all the characters involved in a love triangle. It was scary at times to see how well she has developed these characters. The plot is a casebook example of The triangular theory, which is a theory of love developed by psychologist Robert Sternberg, and is a must read.
By: Rahiem Brooks
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Official Review Provided By: Danielle Taylor Editor and Chief of "SoFyn Magazine” Also CEO of SoFyh Entertainment & Management. From Photography to Music.
Now if you thought ZANE'S Books are hot! Then you really need to read Elizabeth's novel "Love Torn Asunder" This well written novel is just that. These characters in this book will have you absolutely on edge of your seat, from all the drama in their lives.
They are seeking to find satisfaction, intimacy from the ones that they have come to love deeply.
Some of them even stumble while forfeiting their own feelings to make others happy. Somewhere on this journey in seeking a bit of harmony, the character Leslie feels something that is not familiar at all.
Kendrick is not whom he should be as a man, but will he get it together right before its much too late? Oh and that Devine- DIVA with a mind to make it do what it do, to pay her way, can or will she find her way out of the drama she has created along the way. I wish I could say more, but you will have to get your own copy to see how it turns out!
I say Fiery and Very Combustible!!!!
By Danielle Taylor
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Customer Review Provided By: Jessica Tillison posted on Amazon Reviews for "Love TORN Asunder"
Aaahhh!! I'm SO frustrated. I was on the edge of my seat trying my best to get to the ending of this book. I HAD to know what happened to everyone. Got to the end. Big Bummer. Now I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for Part TWO!!!
I REALLY enjoyed reading Love Torn Asunder. This isn’t like one of those books where I had to MAKE myself read it. I never once got bored or lost concentration! It kept my attention the entire time. All of the twists and turns kept me wanting more and more. It was as if I was there and could imagine every single detail. From the hairstyles to the inside of "Her" house. Amazing.
I had NO clue who Elizabeth was until I "met" her on Facebook. I never imagined that I could be THIS proud of a "stranger". After chatting back and forth with Elizabeth, I realized that this "stranger" is so humble and down to earth. She is very grateful and counts her blessings for sure! I'm so proud of her and she certainly is much more than a stranger now.
Very well written book!! Looking forward to Part 2! Awesome job!!!
Oh and did I mention that this is her FIRST published book? If her first book is this entertaining, then I can’t wait to see what her second book has to offer!!
By: Jessica Tillison (Amazon Customer Review)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To read the Synopsis, More Reviews, and make a purchase please visit.... "Literary Liz writes" http://LiteraryLiz.com
"The Bitter sweet Conclusion" will be released at the end of this Month and believe me, if you liked "Love TORN Asunder" the next installment is when it ALL hits the fan. Be ready for more surprises in the twisting relationship drama!
I need YOUR review next!!!! Special gift to those that have ordered "Love TORN Asunder" from my website and will be purchasing "The Bitter Sweet Conclusion". ((While supplies Last))
ALL purchase made this month will have a portion of the profits donated to Saving Lives Through Literature; Domestic Violence & Outreach, non-profit project.
Thank You all so much for the support and love!
Lots of Love LiteraryLiz.....
www.LiteraryLiz.com
Elizabeth is Mother, Wife, Writer, Blogger, Business Woman, Sister, Friend, Daughter, and Survivor.
Originally, from New York, NY, Liz, moved to Buffalo, NY at a young age. Although she has lived in several states over her 31 years of life she now she calls Myrtle Beach, SC home.
She began her writing career as a Blogger of a Literary Journal “Trials Tribulations, and Torn” in 2009. This is a Journal of her Journey to become a Published author. This follows the trials she faces in her personal life as well as trying to navigate her way through a industry she knew little to nothing about.
Since then her Blog has grown leaps and bounds and she is always working to keep it up to date. Several of her Articles/Post ranks 1-6 on the Google Search. “Publishing a Body of Work” & “What happens after you have finished writing your manuscript.”
Elizabeth Funderbirk’s debut Novel “Love TORN Asunder” is a Relationship Drama that is Available on line through all major book retailers also on Kindle, Nook, and all E-readers. The second book of this 3 part 4 book series will be out Fall/Winter 2011.
She has contributed Articles to other Blogs and Web Magazines. Her poetry and Official Debut book review can be found in Mattie’s Periodicals. A quarterly literary publication.
She is the Owner of a start up Web Design firm, which specializes in Affordable Web Sites built with templates. EyeDesign4u Solutions motto is “Allow us”. Where setting a website can be time consuming, frustrating and costly.... EyeDesign4u will do all the work for just "pennies for quality".
Elizabeth is passionate about giving back and charity work. Her efforts have led her to becoming the founder of “Saving Lives Through Lit” a non-profit project that raises funds for Domestic Violence Awareness & Outreach programs nationwide, through promoting literacy, where she serves as the President.
Literary Liz Writes: http://LiteraryLiz.com
Trials, Tribulations, & Torn: http://writingtorn.blogspot.com
EyeDesign4u Solutions: http://www.wix.com/literaryliz/eyedesign
Saving Lives Through Literature: http://SavingLivesThroughLit.Org
Read some of the Reviews for "Love TORN Asunder" yourself.......
Official Review provided By:
Rhea Alexis Banks with Mattie’s Periodicals & Chair Woman for Chi-Town Reading Circle
Wow...this is an intricately woven and emotionally engaging drama that keeps you totally engrossed!! Elizabeth Funderbirk has constructed a story that is action driven and chucked full of emotional tidal waves.
For me, it was also educational, tested my beliefs, convictions, and confirmed the need for boundaries. "Love TORN Asunder" is comprised of a host of characters but each is essential in their roles as this author fluidly moves from one course to another. Leslie is the main character and the center of this thoroughly told story of her life, choices, deeds, deception, and the effects of such on her and those that love her. Leslie is a steady and secure woman until an extended separation from the one she loves sends her traveling down a road lined with deception and manipulation cloaked in caring and friendship. With her feelings of loneliness, her allowing people to get in her ear thus head, she ventures down a road that up heaves her life in ways that could be detrimental to her, to all that she has built and those that she loves.
"Love TORN Asunder" is a tale of choice that is a great conversational piece as it taps on so many actions and situations that we face in our everyday lives. I must commend this author on the way she penned this story in the voices of each character as they took the forefront at their given times. Ms. Funderbirk did an excellent job in developing these characters and with their own voices. In doing so, it lead to an interesting read that kept me totally engrossed and anxious to "hear" what happened next....YES, I said hear as this book reads as if the characters are each telling their own stories. TORN is an on-point depiction of this book and what can become of its effects, as it is thought provoking, trying, full of personal growth and acceptance. Chi-Town Reading Circle and I have fully anticipated this book and it was well worth the wait. By the way "Love TORN Asunder" ended, I know there has to be more and I am fully anticipating it as well.... it took everything in me not to contact this author and ask just a few questions.
For her first time out the gate, she did an exceptional job and I can assure you that she will be around for a long time to come producing this kind of work. Kudos to Elizabeth Funderbirk for a story well told!! I give this premier novel 5 stars easily.
By: Rhea Alexis M. Banks
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Official Review Provided By: Rahiem Brooks, CEO & Publisher of Prodigy Publishing Group. Author of Award winning Novels "Laugh Now" & "Con-Test".
Thunderous applause for Elizabeth and her debut novel, LOVE TORN ASUNDER. Typically, I do not like stories that are heavily character-driven, but this novel was a very excellent read. Elizabeth wrote in five voices (Kendrick, Leslie, Devine, Lincoln, and Her) and each of them was distinguishable and unique. What Elizabeth did best was effectively convey the points of view of each character with respect to to the plot thoroughly and expertly.
LOVE TORN ASUNDER is the story of Leslie who is happily involved in an intimate relationship with a traveling businessman, Lincoln that is missing any intimacy. In the beginning of the novel, she is convinced to move in with her best friend Devine, a stripper, at the Red Rooster, Buffalo, New York's premiere strip club. That move is seemingly the worse move of her life. Leslie is reconnected with a childhood friend (and Devine's cousin) Kendrick, who is able to sweep her off her feet and into her bed for a night of passion, which leads to a three month sordid affair. An affair that exposes Kendrick's wife and Leslie's husband to a considerable amount of pain, and Devine to a jealous rage. A rage that assists Kendrick's wife in telling the ultimate lie to break-up her husband's happiness when not at home. And a lie that brings Leslie's engagement to a complete halt. In the end, LOVE TORN ASUNDER ended powerfully with a twisted cliffhanger that was done so smoothly, there doesn't even need to be a part two. But, rest assured I am waiting for part two.
I tip my hat to the story development. I also would like to be in Buffalo a little more and perhaps have a sub-plot, which could release the grip that Leslie's drama had on me, which was not bad. (wink wink)
I would definitely recommend everyone dealing with relationship and cheating issues read this. Elizabeth has concisely given it psychology-style and knows her way around the minds of all the characters involved in a love triangle. It was scary at times to see how well she has developed these characters. The plot is a casebook example of The triangular theory, which is a theory of love developed by psychologist Robert Sternberg, and is a must read.
By: Rahiem Brooks
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Official Review Provided By: Danielle Taylor Editor and Chief of "SoFyn Magazine” Also CEO of SoFyh Entertainment & Management. From Photography to Music.
Now if you thought ZANE'S Books are hot! Then you really need to read Elizabeth's novel "Love Torn Asunder" This well written novel is just that. These characters in this book will have you absolutely on edge of your seat, from all the drama in their lives.
They are seeking to find satisfaction, intimacy from the ones that they have come to love deeply.
Some of them even stumble while forfeiting their own feelings to make others happy. Somewhere on this journey in seeking a bit of harmony, the character Leslie feels something that is not familiar at all.
Kendrick is not whom he should be as a man, but will he get it together right before its much too late? Oh and that Devine- DIVA with a mind to make it do what it do, to pay her way, can or will she find her way out of the drama she has created along the way. I wish I could say more, but you will have to get your own copy to see how it turns out!
I say Fiery and Very Combustible!!!!
By Danielle Taylor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Customer Review Provided By: Jessica Tillison posted on Amazon Reviews for "Love TORN Asunder"
Aaahhh!! I'm SO frustrated. I was on the edge of my seat trying my best to get to the ending of this book. I HAD to know what happened to everyone. Got to the end. Big Bummer. Now I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for Part TWO!!!
I REALLY enjoyed reading Love Torn Asunder. This isn’t like one of those books where I had to MAKE myself read it. I never once got bored or lost concentration! It kept my attention the entire time. All of the twists and turns kept me wanting more and more. It was as if I was there and could imagine every single detail. From the hairstyles to the inside of "Her" house. Amazing.
I had NO clue who Elizabeth was until I "met" her on Facebook. I never imagined that I could be THIS proud of a "stranger". After chatting back and forth with Elizabeth, I realized that this "stranger" is so humble and down to earth. She is very grateful and counts her blessings for sure! I'm so proud of her and she certainly is much more than a stranger now.
Very well written book!! Looking forward to Part 2! Awesome job!!!
Oh and did I mention that this is her FIRST published book? If her first book is this entertaining, then I can’t wait to see what her second book has to offer!!
By: Jessica Tillison (Amazon Customer Review)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To read the Synopsis, More Reviews, and make a purchase please visit.... "Literary Liz writes" http://LiteraryLiz.com
"The Bitter sweet Conclusion" will be released at the end of this Month and believe me, if you liked "Love TORN Asunder" the next installment is when it ALL hits the fan. Be ready for more surprises in the twisting relationship drama!
I need YOUR review next!!!! Special gift to those that have ordered "Love TORN Asunder" from my website and will be purchasing "The Bitter Sweet Conclusion". ((While supplies Last))
ALL purchase made this month will have a portion of the profits donated to Saving Lives Through Literature; Domestic Violence & Outreach, non-profit project.
Thank You all so much for the support and love!
Lots of Love LiteraryLiz.....
www.LiteraryLiz.com
Bitter Sweet Conclusion... Special snippet inside!
Bitter Sweet Conclusion... Special snippet inside!
In preparation to release my second novel in the 'TORN" series, "Bitter Sweet Conclusion" I have slashed the price of "Love TORN Asunder" to ONLY $10.00 with no additional shipping added to your purchase.
Making a purchase of "Love TORN Asunder" from this website will automatically make you eligible to purchase "Bitter Sweet Conclusion" at a discounted rate upon it's release.
In "Love TORN Asunder" you met five very real characters all telling their side of events that has them all tangled in a web a deceit. In the follow up Novel "The Bitter Sweet Conclusion", you will be immersed in the muddy waters that follow the storm!
LESLIE: Will have to come clean about all her sins one-way or the other, while laid in a hospital bed the gritty truth becomes known.
LINCOLN: Gets the whole picture of exactly what’s been going while away at work. The phase while the Cats away the mice will play is mild compare to the information that was just dropped on him.
KENDRICK: Male gigolo at your service experience his scathing antics and doggish ways catching up to him and getting him in a situation that may end his life for good.
DEVINE: Entangled in an affair that she had no idea she was participating in finds out how a woman of her means decides to settle the score. ????
HER: On the verge of losing it all, she will not only make those that have done her wrong pay but she will also become so enraged inside her own anger that she may not be able to see her way out.
Raw, Real, Romance, all in one Novel... "The Bitter Sweet Conclusion" is the explosive sequel to "Love TORN Asunder" By: Elizabeth Funderbirk
Where "Love TORN Asunder" lit the flame, "Bitter Sweet Conclusion" spreads the fire!
Special snippet Below:
DEVINE-
What she fails to realize is that all men cheat. All men are dogs. They all get restless. They will eventually succumb to those needs and it will be to another woman. Most men get caught and the one’s that think they got away without the little lady finding out, well they are delusional. The woman always knows. We always find out. The one’s that don’t speak up don’t want to play the fool. They know damn well that they are not leaving this man regardless of his indiscretions. They turn a blind eye. Some confront their other half only to be met by apologies and promises that it will never happen again. This may last for a few weeks if they’re lucky then it may last a few months but it won’t last forever. It never does. You have the woman that will confront their man and then dedicate all their free time to making sure their husband never does this again. These are the woman that become inspector gadget. They will never be happy again because they will never be at ease about what has become of their lives, of their marriage. Who could? When your life has turned into a never ending mission to stay one step ahead of the adulterous husband. Checking cell phones, text messages, emails, pants pockets…The list is never ending and neither will be their quest to keep their man’s penis inside his pants. Good luck with that. Whatever the situation is, it all boils down to, men ain’t shit.
Lots of Love Literary Liz....
http://LiteraryLiz.com
In preparation to release my second novel in the 'TORN" series, "Bitter Sweet Conclusion" I have slashed the price of "Love TORN Asunder" to ONLY $10.00 with no additional shipping added to your purchase.
Making a purchase of "Love TORN Asunder" from this website will automatically make you eligible to purchase "Bitter Sweet Conclusion" at a discounted rate upon it's release.
In "Love TORN Asunder" you met five very real characters all telling their side of events that has them all tangled in a web a deceit. In the follow up Novel "The Bitter Sweet Conclusion", you will be immersed in the muddy waters that follow the storm!
LESLIE: Will have to come clean about all her sins one-way or the other, while laid in a hospital bed the gritty truth becomes known.
LINCOLN: Gets the whole picture of exactly what’s been going while away at work. The phase while the Cats away the mice will play is mild compare to the information that was just dropped on him.
KENDRICK: Male gigolo at your service experience his scathing antics and doggish ways catching up to him and getting him in a situation that may end his life for good.
DEVINE: Entangled in an affair that she had no idea she was participating in finds out how a woman of her means decides to settle the score. ????
HER: On the verge of losing it all, she will not only make those that have done her wrong pay but she will also become so enraged inside her own anger that she may not be able to see her way out.
Raw, Real, Romance, all in one Novel... "The Bitter Sweet Conclusion" is the explosive sequel to "Love TORN Asunder" By: Elizabeth Funderbirk
Where "Love TORN Asunder" lit the flame, "Bitter Sweet Conclusion" spreads the fire!
Special snippet Below:
DEVINE-
What she fails to realize is that all men cheat. All men are dogs. They all get restless. They will eventually succumb to those needs and it will be to another woman. Most men get caught and the one’s that think they got away without the little lady finding out, well they are delusional. The woman always knows. We always find out. The one’s that don’t speak up don’t want to play the fool. They know damn well that they are not leaving this man regardless of his indiscretions. They turn a blind eye. Some confront their other half only to be met by apologies and promises that it will never happen again. This may last for a few weeks if they’re lucky then it may last a few months but it won’t last forever. It never does. You have the woman that will confront their man and then dedicate all their free time to making sure their husband never does this again. These are the woman that become inspector gadget. They will never be happy again because they will never be at ease about what has become of their lives, of their marriage. Who could? When your life has turned into a never ending mission to stay one step ahead of the adulterous husband. Checking cell phones, text messages, emails, pants pockets…The list is never ending and neither will be their quest to keep their man’s penis inside his pants. Good luck with that. Whatever the situation is, it all boils down to, men ain’t shit.
Lots of Love Literary Liz....
http://LiteraryLiz.com
"Fresh Faces in Black Books." Feature on Author/Writer/Blogger- Elizabeth Funderbirk
Author: Elizabeth Funderbirk
Book title: Love TORN Asunder
Publisher: Emerald Star Press
African-American History Examiner (AAHE): What is your book about?
Elizabeth Funderbirk (EF): Love TORN Asunder, is a twisting drama centered around an adulterous affair. Trusts are broken, friendships are tested, and loyalty is questioned in this tangled web of deceit.
Leslie is a successful, beautiful woman with a dedicated man by her side. However, when an extended absence on her dream mans behave, makes her insecurities rise, her lustful choice to see if the grass is greener causes a domino effect in the lives of the five main characters.
Leslie will have to confess her sins and deal with the revelation that not everyone who claims to be your friend has your best interest at heart.
A scorned wife, a betrayed lover, a two timing Casanova, a bitter vamp, and flawed temptress…. will they find redemption at the end?
AAHE: How did you pick the topic for Love TORN Asunder?
EF: I wanted to write a novel that dealt with the dynamics of relationships. Not just the relationship between lovers but also, those we encounter in our everyday life. To really dive into the delicate balance it takes to navigate these bonds. The topic of an affair being the catalysis of this Novel was a perfect way for me to dissect all the people who are really affected by such an act. This in most cases extends further than the two parties involved. I believe that most of my novels will deal with Relationships
AAHE: How is Love TORN Asunder different from other books that cover the same or similar information?
EF: The topic of an affair is not new to the written word. This story is however unique because of the way I allow each charters the forefront to explain their side of the story. Each character is written in a definable voice that is their own. Although this story line is nothing new my delivery has its own presence. This story is fictional but written from a very real place, which is what makes it one of a kind.
AAHE: What do you like most about being an author?
EF: The freedom to express myself on my terms. To create a book that was not only relatable but also entertaining for the reader. I have wanted to be an author for some time. One thing or another stopped my progression. Now that I released the doubt from others and my own mind, I feel free in pursuing my dream. I had no idea what it meant to get a book published when I started this journey. Now that I am slowly tip toeing my way through the door, I know this is what I was meant to do. At the end of the day, I am proud of the small feats I have won along the way. Such as just completing my debut novel, then to have it actually available is a blessing that I cannot even describe. What I like most, is that I had a dream, I worked hard, made some wise choices, some not so much, but I can show my children that this is the reward for hard work. Accomplishment!
An excerpt of Love TORN Asunder:
CHAPTER 15
HER
Kendrick has been spending a lot of time at home. He even spent Thanksgiving with me and the kids although he usually celebrated it with his family, and I went with mine. It was nice us spending it together, but he is getting antsy. I have been trying to do my best to accommodate him by allowing Bernard over without a lot of fuss. I know that this isn’t going to last long. Ever since we went to that blues lounge, The Indigo, he has been even more on edge than usual. I thought it was strange for him to invite me out without me having to push him. The last time he was so accommodating was the last time I caught him cheating on me. We had taken a cruise to the Bahamas with a group of friends. I’d paid for the trip because I just wanted to spend time with Kendrick without his friends around. I’d wanted to let him know that I would do anything for him and this marriage. Kendrick and I just couldn’t get it right . My oldest son, Robert, had moved out about a year a half ago and I became severely depressed after that. No one understood. My family said that I had chosen Kendrick over my own son. Kendrick is my husband and Robert, my first-born. Robert is an adult though and the things that he was accusing Kendrick of couldn’t have been possible. He wouldn’t have disrespected me like that in our house. I knew Kendrick did things that a husband shouldn’t do in a marriage, but he would not bring those things to my home. A year and a half ago was when I started detaching myself from Kendrick’s indiscretions.
Robert and I came home from the grocery store on a Tuesday afternoon. Robert started unloading the groceries from the trunk of my car and taking them in the house while I gathered my daughter, Rayne. I was walking through the garage to the back door when I heard the commotion. I picked up my pace and when I entered the kitchen I could tell that it was coming from upstairs. I s ecured Rayne in her high chair in the kitchen and raced to the hallway. I stood at the bottom of the staircase and watched Robert and Kendrick attack one another. I didn’t know what to do. I was planted in that spot and couldn’t find my voice. Robert’s girlfriend Emma was shouting at them to stop, that they were acting like fools. I agreed but I couldn’t talk. She looked at me asked if I was going to do anything? Was I going to get Robert off Kendrick? I couldn’t move. My baby began crying in the kitchen and I still couldn’t move. Out of nowhere, Reggie came bounding through the front door and up the stairs. He pried them apart after a few tries. Robert was staring down at me, breathing hard, nostrils flared. The glare on his face made tears spring to my eyes and burn a trail down my cheeks. He turned his anger to ward my husband, demanded that he leave and told Emma to do the same. Robert was pushing her down the stairs, one step at a time. The tears impaired my vision, which made everything blurry.
“Mom! What are you going to do about this?” I heard him but I couldn’t answer. What could I say?
“Are you going to let him stay here after this shit? He has always been a cheater, but I know you’re not going to let him get away with this!” Robert yelled, demanding answers. My lungs were burning from holding my breath. “He was fucking Emma in my room, Mom. He’s sleeping with my girlfriend under your roof!” His voice boomed throughout the house, the sound echoing inside my head. “Mom?”
I could hear Kendrick telling him to calm down and to stop raising his voice in his house. “So you’re really not going to say anything, are you? You’re just going to look the other way again? Even though this time he didn’t just fuck you over he fucked me too!” My son said those words to me, and that was the last time we stayed under the same roof.
After some time, I made sure that Robert was settled into an apartment. It too k a lot of doing since he didn’t want to speak with me and I couldn’t blame him. When things sort of fell in order, I planned the cruise. It was a five-day, four-night event. By night three, he was antsy. He couldn’t even keep it together on a boat in the middle of the ocean. One evening while I was in the shower, he left the room. I knew that he was up to something. He kept trying to get me involved in an activity to keep me busy so he could get away, but I wasn’t fall for that. I stayed stuck to his side, until I went to take a shower that is. I got out of the shower and wrapped the new robe that he purchased for this trip around my body. I then called everyone that we came with on the cruise to see if had hooked up with any of them. No one had seen or talked to him since we left after dinner. I had an idea of where he might be, but I just didn’t want to believe that he would embarrass me like this with all these people to witness it. I went straight to Barbara s room. She was the sister of one of my friends that came along. She was exactly what Kendrick liked. She had light skin and big breasts. She was very cute, so the sight of him being friendly with her made my insecurities rise. She and Kendrick had been a little too friendly for the first couple of days. My stomach was in knots and I had a bad feeling about the whole thing as I got closer to her suite. When I made it to the door, I just listened at first. I could hear him inside laughing with her. Why would he do this shit here? Why now? I knocked. They became quiet, so I knocked again, louder. Then Louder. Nothing.
“I heard y’all in there and I am not leaving until you send my husband out here, Barbara.” I heard movement. Then there was nothing. I stood there for ten damn minutes then knocked on the door to the next cabin. A woman tentatively opened the door. I asked her if I could borrow a chair. She kindly brought one out to me without question. I’m sure she coul d hear what was going on through the thin walls. At that point, I didn’t care anymore. He’d already made me look like a fool for pulling this so why should I give a fuck? I sat there, arms folded, in the middle of the hallway on the cruise that I paid for to bring us closer together. He waited another fifteen minutes before he showed his face. He came out and all he could say was a pathetic “I’m sorry”. He took me by the arm lifted me from the chair and escorted me back to our room. He didn’t say anything about what happened and foolishly, neither did I. He made love to me as soon as we got back to our suite, while I cried.
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Book title: Love TORN Asunder
Publisher: Emerald Star Press
African-American History Examiner (AAHE): What is your book about?
Elizabeth Funderbirk (EF): Love TORN Asunder, is a twisting drama centered around an adulterous affair. Trusts are broken, friendships are tested, and loyalty is questioned in this tangled web of deceit.
Leslie is a successful, beautiful woman with a dedicated man by her side. However, when an extended absence on her dream mans behave, makes her insecurities rise, her lustful choice to see if the grass is greener causes a domino effect in the lives of the five main characters.
Leslie will have to confess her sins and deal with the revelation that not everyone who claims to be your friend has your best interest at heart.
A scorned wife, a betrayed lover, a two timing Casanova, a bitter vamp, and flawed temptress…. will they find redemption at the end?
AAHE: How did you pick the topic for Love TORN Asunder?
EF: I wanted to write a novel that dealt with the dynamics of relationships. Not just the relationship between lovers but also, those we encounter in our everyday life. To really dive into the delicate balance it takes to navigate these bonds. The topic of an affair being the catalysis of this Novel was a perfect way for me to dissect all the people who are really affected by such an act. This in most cases extends further than the two parties involved. I believe that most of my novels will deal with Relationships
AAHE: How is Love TORN Asunder different from other books that cover the same or similar information?
EF: The topic of an affair is not new to the written word. This story is however unique because of the way I allow each charters the forefront to explain their side of the story. Each character is written in a definable voice that is their own. Although this story line is nothing new my delivery has its own presence. This story is fictional but written from a very real place, which is what makes it one of a kind.
AAHE: What do you like most about being an author?
EF: The freedom to express myself on my terms. To create a book that was not only relatable but also entertaining for the reader. I have wanted to be an author for some time. One thing or another stopped my progression. Now that I released the doubt from others and my own mind, I feel free in pursuing my dream. I had no idea what it meant to get a book published when I started this journey. Now that I am slowly tip toeing my way through the door, I know this is what I was meant to do. At the end of the day, I am proud of the small feats I have won along the way. Such as just completing my debut novel, then to have it actually available is a blessing that I cannot even describe. What I like most, is that I had a dream, I worked hard, made some wise choices, some not so much, but I can show my children that this is the reward for hard work. Accomplishment!
An excerpt of Love TORN Asunder:
CHAPTER 15
HER
Kendrick has been spending a lot of time at home. He even spent Thanksgiving with me and the kids although he usually celebrated it with his family, and I went with mine. It was nice us spending it together, but he is getting antsy. I have been trying to do my best to accommodate him by allowing Bernard over without a lot of fuss. I know that this isn’t going to last long. Ever since we went to that blues lounge, The Indigo, he has been even more on edge than usual. I thought it was strange for him to invite me out without me having to push him. The last time he was so accommodating was the last time I caught him cheating on me. We had taken a cruise to the Bahamas with a group of friends. I’d paid for the trip because I just wanted to spend time with Kendrick without his friends around. I’d wanted to let him know that I would do anything for him and this marriage. Kendrick and I just couldn’t get it right . My oldest son, Robert, had moved out about a year a half ago and I became severely depressed after that. No one understood. My family said that I had chosen Kendrick over my own son. Kendrick is my husband and Robert, my first-born. Robert is an adult though and the things that he was accusing Kendrick of couldn’t have been possible. He wouldn’t have disrespected me like that in our house. I knew Kendrick did things that a husband shouldn’t do in a marriage, but he would not bring those things to my home. A year and a half ago was when I started detaching myself from Kendrick’s indiscretions.
Robert and I came home from the grocery store on a Tuesday afternoon. Robert started unloading the groceries from the trunk of my car and taking them in the house while I gathered my daughter, Rayne. I was walking through the garage to the back door when I heard the commotion. I picked up my pace and when I entered the kitchen I could tell that it was coming from upstairs. I s ecured Rayne in her high chair in the kitchen and raced to the hallway. I stood at the bottom of the staircase and watched Robert and Kendrick attack one another. I didn’t know what to do. I was planted in that spot and couldn’t find my voice. Robert’s girlfriend Emma was shouting at them to stop, that they were acting like fools. I agreed but I couldn’t talk. She looked at me asked if I was going to do anything? Was I going to get Robert off Kendrick? I couldn’t move. My baby began crying in the kitchen and I still couldn’t move. Out of nowhere, Reggie came bounding through the front door and up the stairs. He pried them apart after a few tries. Robert was staring down at me, breathing hard, nostrils flared. The glare on his face made tears spring to my eyes and burn a trail down my cheeks. He turned his anger to ward my husband, demanded that he leave and told Emma to do the same. Robert was pushing her down the stairs, one step at a time. The tears impaired my vision, which made everything blurry.
“Mom! What are you going to do about this?” I heard him but I couldn’t answer. What could I say?
“Are you going to let him stay here after this shit? He has always been a cheater, but I know you’re not going to let him get away with this!” Robert yelled, demanding answers. My lungs were burning from holding my breath. “He was fucking Emma in my room, Mom. He’s sleeping with my girlfriend under your roof!” His voice boomed throughout the house, the sound echoing inside my head. “Mom?”
I could hear Kendrick telling him to calm down and to stop raising his voice in his house. “So you’re really not going to say anything, are you? You’re just going to look the other way again? Even though this time he didn’t just fuck you over he fucked me too!” My son said those words to me, and that was the last time we stayed under the same roof.
After some time, I made sure that Robert was settled into an apartment. It too k a lot of doing since he didn’t want to speak with me and I couldn’t blame him. When things sort of fell in order, I planned the cruise. It was a five-day, four-night event. By night three, he was antsy. He couldn’t even keep it together on a boat in the middle of the ocean. One evening while I was in the shower, he left the room. I knew that he was up to something. He kept trying to get me involved in an activity to keep me busy so he could get away, but I wasn’t fall for that. I stayed stuck to his side, until I went to take a shower that is. I got out of the shower and wrapped the new robe that he purchased for this trip around my body. I then called everyone that we came with on the cruise to see if had hooked up with any of them. No one had seen or talked to him since we left after dinner. I had an idea of where he might be, but I just didn’t want to believe that he would embarrass me like this with all these people to witness it. I went straight to Barbara s room. She was the sister of one of my friends that came along. She was exactly what Kendrick liked. She had light skin and big breasts. She was very cute, so the sight of him being friendly with her made my insecurities rise. She and Kendrick had been a little too friendly for the first couple of days. My stomach was in knots and I had a bad feeling about the whole thing as I got closer to her suite. When I made it to the door, I just listened at first. I could hear him inside laughing with her. Why would he do this shit here? Why now? I knocked. They became quiet, so I knocked again, louder. Then Louder. Nothing.
“I heard y’all in there and I am not leaving until you send my husband out here, Barbara.” I heard movement. Then there was nothing. I stood there for ten damn minutes then knocked on the door to the next cabin. A woman tentatively opened the door. I asked her if I could borrow a chair. She kindly brought one out to me without question. I’m sure she coul d hear what was going on through the thin walls. At that point, I didn’t care anymore. He’d already made me look like a fool for pulling this so why should I give a fuck? I sat there, arms folded, in the middle of the hallway on the cruise that I paid for to bring us closer together. He waited another fifteen minutes before he showed his face. He came out and all he could say was a pathetic “I’m sorry”. He took me by the arm lifted me from the chair and escorted me back to our room. He didn’t say anything about what happened and foolishly, neither did I. He made love to me as soon as we got back to our suite, while I cried.
Copyright© Elizabeth Funderbirk
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The Bitter Sweet Conclusion!!! The explosive sequel to "Love TORN Asunder"
In "Love TORN Asunder" you met five very real characters all telling their side of events that has them all tangled in a web a deceit. In the follow up Novel "The Bitter Sweet Conclusion", you will be immersed in the muddy waters that follow the storm!
LESLIE: Will have to come clean about all her sins one-way or the other, while laid in a hospital bed the gritty truth becomes known.
LINCOLN: Gets the whole picture of exactly what’s been going on while he's away at work. The phrase while the Cats away the mice will play is a mild compared to the information that was just dropped on him.
KENDRICK: Male gigolo at your service, his scathing antics, and doggish ways catch up to him and gets him in a situation that may end his life for good.
DEVINE: Entangled in an affair that she had no idea she was participating in, find out how a woman of her means decides to settle the score.
HER: On the verge of losing it all, she will not only make those that have done her wrong pay, she will become so enraged inside her own anger, she may not be able to see her way out.
A scorned wife, a betrayed lover, a two timing Casanova, a bitter vamp, and a flawed temptress.... will they find redemption at the end? "The Bitter Sweet Conclusion" is the explosive sequel to "Love TORN Asunder" By: Elizabeth Funderbirk
AVAILABLE NOW ON KINDLE & NOOK.... Pre-Orders for paperback taking place NOW on Literary Liz Writes (http://LiteraryLiz.com) Thanks to all that have supported me :-)
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LESLIE: Will have to come clean about all her sins one-way or the other, while laid in a hospital bed the gritty truth becomes known.
LINCOLN: Gets the whole picture of exactly what’s been going on while he's away at work. The phrase while the Cats away the mice will play is a mild compared to the information that was just dropped on him.
KENDRICK: Male gigolo at your service, his scathing antics, and doggish ways catch up to him and gets him in a situation that may end his life for good.
DEVINE: Entangled in an affair that she had no idea she was participating in, find out how a woman of her means decides to settle the score.
HER: On the verge of losing it all, she will not only make those that have done her wrong pay, she will become so enraged inside her own anger, she may not be able to see her way out.
A scorned wife, a betrayed lover, a two timing Casanova, a bitter vamp, and a flawed temptress.... will they find redemption at the end? "The Bitter Sweet Conclusion" is the explosive sequel to "Love TORN Asunder" By: Elizabeth Funderbirk
AVAILABLE NOW ON KINDLE & NOOK.... Pre-Orders for paperback taking place NOW on Literary Liz Writes (http://LiteraryLiz.com) Thanks to all that have supported me :-)
Lots of Love Literary Liz......♥
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