Today I have the absolute pleasure of hosting Carol E. Wyer, fabulous humorous
Novelist/Blogger and fellow author at Safkhet Publishing! I’m revealing her!!
Her cover, that is. Without further ado, I give you:
Just Add Spice
Dawn Ellis needs to escape from her painfully dull existence. Her
unemployed husband spends all day complaining about life, moping around, or
fixing lawnmowers on her kitchen table.
The local writing class proves to be an adequate distraction with
its eccentric collection of wannabe authors and, of course, the enigmatic
Jason, who soon shows a romantic interest in her.
Dawn pours her inner frustrations into her first novel about the
extraordinary exploits of Cinnamon Knight, an avenging angel -- a woman who
doesn’t believe in following the rules. Cinnamon is ruthless and wanton,
inflicting suffering on any man who warrants it.
Little does Dawn realise that soon the line between reality and
fiction will blur. Her own life will be transformed, and those close to her
will pay the price.
Extract
Cinnamon Knight ground the stub of her Benson and Hedges’ cigarette
into the pavement with the heel of her Prada leather motorcycle boot, where it
now joined a small pile of tab ends. Strategically placed in a shop doorway,
she watched the top left window of a block of flats opposite. She had been
there almost two hours. Rain beat steadily on the pavement, drumming against
the gutter with constant thuds, but this did not deter her. Her patience was
rewarded as the light blazing from the window was finally extinguished. She
sauntered across the road to the BMW parked in front of the block of flats
along the kerbside, sandwiched between a Peugeot 205 and a C Class Mercedes.
Dressed completely in black, face partially obscured by her North
Face hooded jacket; she was almost invisible next to the dark car. It took only
a minute to fiddle with the lock, open the door, and slide into the car. She
lowered herself down in the driver’s seat, casting a cursory glance out of the
window. The streets were empty. The weather was on her side and no one was
braving the downpour, not even the old man at the end of the road who rarely
missed taking his dog out for an evening stroll.
She leant forward and pulled off the cover below the steering wheel
with one deft movement. Extracting the screwdriver from a neat case, she
stabbed it into the ignition lock. A quick fiddle, one sharp twist, and the car
burst into life; the persistent thudding of the rain against the pavement hid
the initial coughing of the engine. She pulled away from the kerb swiftly and
headed up the road at speed.
Pushing the hood away from her head, she checked her face in the
rear-view mirror. That’ll teach him to mess about with women, she thought. No
one, but no one, messes about with Cinnamon—the rat!
For info, I am reading this book right now (well, not as I type, obviously)
and totally LOVING it! Review to follow.
Publication Date: 25th July 2013. Follow the Launch Blitz!
Carol’s Links:
Tutorials and Tools for Prospering in a Digital Age (Contributing
Author)
Indies Unlimited 2012 Flash Fiction Anthology (Contributing
Author)
4 comments:
Thank you so much, Sheryl. It's going to be cracking Summer with some very fine reads coming out and some fantastic parties to attend. Bring it on!
Wow - can't wait for the review and to read this myself! This new one from Carol E Wyer promises to be fun!
Love it!
So looking forward to reading this book!!!
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