47 Days Until Release and a Short Teaser

Only 47 days until my novel, The Edge of Nowhere, is finally released. I feel like I've been dreaming of this day since I was a little girl. And dreaming is what I've always done, because I never truly thought the day would arrive when I might find my own words bound in a book that others might read for the simple joy of reading.

To say I'm excited is an understatement. I'm ecstatic. But with that excitement comes no small amount of fear. Will people like it? Will my family like it? Will people even read it? To these questions, I can only remind myself that I wrote the book that I wanted to read. I wrote with the pacing and the elements that pull me in as a reader, and the end result is all that I'd hoped it would be. I truly hope y'all like it.

In celebration of this novel's upcoming release, I thought I'd offer you a little teaser. Below you will find a short passage from one of my favorite chapters. It's not enough to tell you what's gonna happen...just enough to hopefully may you want to read more.

To set up the scene, I will tell you that the main character, Victoria, has recently been left widowed with nine children, four of whom are mostly grown. The remaining children aren't much more than babies. The main child referenced in this short passage is Sara--the youngest of Victoria's children at only two. I hope you enjoy!

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I loved April. The cold of winter was over, yet the summer season hadn’t quite set in. On a warm afternoon, just as I’d finished milking the cow, I heard the children screaming, and the dogs going crazy. I couldn’t imagine what those children were up to now. Tired and sweaty, I wasn’t at all in the mood to settle another dispute.

I stepped out of the barn, prepared to scold them for their incessant squabbling, when I was stopped dead in my tracks by the sight before me. Racing toward me with Sara cradled tightly in his arms was a man I’d never seen before. He was tall and broad- shouldered, with dark black hair. Catherine met his strides and, close on her heels were Grace, Jack, and Ethan— all screaming as though Satan was chasing them.

I met their distance and took Sara from the man’s arms, then raced back toward the house to set her down.

“What happened?” I called over my shoulder.

“Cottonmouths! A nest of ‘em down by the creek!” the man replied.

- Excerpt from The Edge of Nowhere coming January 19th by Penner Publishing.

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Until next time...Cathie