Hi folks,
this will be my final post before Christmas. It’s time to introduce you to
another great new author. This is one hard working great storytelling lady; her
name is Shah Wharton.
Shah met many authors and bookworms
galore when she began blogging in 2010, after she moved to Dubai with her
husband. She’s since learned a lot about blogging and writing, mostly from the
awesome advice of her online peer-group.
She uses her imagination to write
short horror stories as well as poetry, but stumbled into writing her first
novel after falling in love with Luna, a character in a short story she wrote
back in 2010. That story grew into Finding Esta, the beginning of Luna’s
journey to self-discovery.
Finding Esta is her début novel and
the first of The Supes Series.
Her passions include blogging,
writing, reading, movies, photography, music, theatre, travel, and fine dining.
Her qualifications include BSc (Hons)
psychology, counselling, and mentoring and she's worked in retail, counselling,
and social care. Her favourite genres include anything dark with fangs
and/or that will make her squirm or jump or scream out an expletive. She is an
avid Kindle abuser and adores the indie writing community and being part of the
e-publishing revolution.
She also has one short story
published 'The Dead Party' & two poems published in anthologies.
After three years of writing, re-writing, beta readers, editors, cover designing, book trailers, yet
more edits and many agonizing hours of formatting, the first installment of The
Supes Series if ready and finally up on Amazon. There are five e-copies (your
choice of file: ePub/Mobi or PDF) up for grabs, so please have a go and get
Finding Esta FREE for Christmas. It's $2.99 on Amazon, and will be for sale
on Smashwords and Kobo in by February.
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BRIEF Blurb: A young
journalist sets off to find Esta, but is unprepared for all she finds, and soon
realises it's a journey from which she may never return. This is a new adult,
urban fantasy about one woman's struggle to retain her identity while
everything she knows crumbles around her. Finding Esta is the first
book of The Supes Series.
Please enjoy the
book trailer
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BLURB
An unusual young woman and fledgling
journalist, Luna has various restrictive oddities, all of which
prevent any kind of physical intimacy. Abusive parents take pleasure in Luna’s
misery and isolation, yet Luna strives to make them proud, to finally earn
their elusive love – something she craves almost as much as the painless touch
of a lover.
When she learns of a tragic story
involving the kidnap of baby Esta, she jumps at the chance to investigate,
dragging her Shadows along for the ride within the murky depths of her mind.
Meanwhile, a dark stranger visits
Luna’s dreams and stalks her reality. In lieu of the real thing, their intimate
moments excite rather than terrify. Nestled within his presence, she begins to
sense an urgent message of danger - a message she struggles to interpret, until
they finally meet....
Her investigations lead Luna to a vibrant
seaside town, hiding copycat aliens and an underworld of Supernaturals. Here,
she comes face-to-face with her own, terrifying identity. Confronted with
life-changing decisions and the harshest of truths, Luna questions her sanity,
searching for logic, feeling deceived by both.
Is Luna trapped in a newfound
supernatural world, or within her own delusions? And will anyone care enough to
save her?
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Acknowledgements.
Praise to Derek Murphy at Creative IndieCovers who developed
the incredible book cover
& AubrieAnne at Who's Your Editor? who
did a wonderful job of the final edit.
And huge thanks to all the beta readers, patient and enduring online friendships,
and to the mass of wonderful writer resources, all of which took me from
thinking,
"Could I do that?" to "Hell yeah!"
Happy Christmas to everyone and good luck on the giveaway!
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It's great to be with you today Prudence, and to be the last post of the year. Heres wishing you a wonderful Christmas and blessed 2013. X
ReplyDeleteWhat a great review Prudence, I am sure Shar's book will do well. If she wants a free review send her over to me. I am afraid january's reviews are all taken now but if Shar wishes so I can put her in febuary's. My e mail is athenabrady1@gmail.com and my blog is athenabrady.co.uk
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