New Release ~ The Storm

Good morning. Today, we’re getting the first glimpse into a new novella for teens. Elizabeth Berg faces a storm of epic proportions in Galveston Texas on September 8, 1900. More than a century later, one of her ancestors, Calle Jenkins returns to Key West, only to find her home destroyed and her friends gone.


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Blurb
Following a series of devastating hurricanes in 2004, Calle Jenkins and her family return home to Key West. Finding nothing left but wreckage, her parents decide to start over.  For fourteen year old Calle, starting over means finding friends who evacuated or rode out the storms, starting a new kind of school, and realizing that, for a while at least, life is going to be very different from what she expected. To help her cope, her mother gives her a journal written by a teenaged relative over a century ago.
Elizabeth Berg lives on Galveston Island in 1900, and despite there being some family troubles, doesn’t want to live anywhere else. To her, Galveston is heaven on earth. Until Mr. Isaac Cline warns them that serious changes are at their heels, and with them, the apocalypse. By then, there is no way or nowhere to run. All lines of communication and transportation have been destroyed.
Buildings were shredded and thousands perished as the winds howled and the sea rose.
For Elizabeth and Calle, life moved on.
“The Storm” of September 8, 1900 remains the deadliest hurricane in US history.



Excerpt
Home. My friends. Our house. I can’t wait any longer!
As Daddy’s fishing boat cut through the gentle waves, I leaned against the railing and trained my eyes on the horizon. Storm debris floated past the prow: dead fish, shattered planks, and limp, shredded palm leaves. Six long weeks ago my parents and I evacuated, and now were returning home. Four massive hurricanes, each more devastating than the last, had torn our state apart. Florida had never suffered anything so bad as Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne. Or so I thought at the time. Now, as we returned to our home in the Florida Keys, my heart sank. I’d just seen our property.




About K.C. Sprayberry
Living a dream she’s had since she first discovered the magic of books. K.C. Sprayberry traveled the U.S. and Europe before finally settling in the mountains of Northwest Georgia. She’s been married to her soulmate for nearly a quarter of a century and they enjoy spoiling their grandchildren along with many other activities.
A multi-genre author, K.C. Sprayberry is always on the hunt for new stories. Inspiration strikes at the weirdest times and drives her to grab notebook and pen to jot down her ideas. Those close to her swear nothing or no one is safe if she’s smiling gently in a corner and watching those in the same room interact. Her observations have often given her ideas for her next story, set not only in the South but wherever the characters demand they settle.

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