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ABOUT THE BOOK:
Trea Jones has always known the bitterness of bigotry and
abject poverty. Her half-Cherokee daddy disappeared thirteen years ago on the
pretense of getting milk. Mama has done nothing but mourn his loss, and she
blames Trea for that. Now that she's starting her senior year of high school,
Trea hopes for something better, but she doesn't hold out much hope.
Until …
She loosens up on some of her rules. Her guy, Dave, proves to
her that she is worthy of everything the others have. The last day of classes
prior to the winter break, she's ready to share some stupendous news with Dave,
but tragedy intervenes when her daddy texts while driving a bus. Trea is left
wondering if she can ever be free of a curse that heaps a lot of bad luck on
her whenever good things happen to her.
EXCERPT:
Where U @
The text is from my guy, Dave Woods. It's a code,
a way for him to help me feel better about everything. Mostly, it's his way of
showing me that he cares.
Kitchen. I roll my eyes. Cleaning.
Want to come do mine?
His return text sends me into a fit of giggles.
That's something only he can accomplish.
RFS?
More code, and this one sends fear shivers up and
down my spine. I am in no way ready for school, but I'll have to go tomorrow, no
matter what.
I text him back, slide my phone into a pocket, and
open the door to a floor to ceiling pantry. To put away the last of the dishes,
I have to step into a room that is narrower than a shoebox.
The same reaction overtakes me that I experience every
single night, as soon as my foot moves through the doorway. Cold sweat rolls
down my back. I can't catch my breath, and the walls feel like they're
squeezing the life out of me.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
KC Sprayberry started writing
young, first as a diarist, and later through an
interest in English and creative writing.
Her first experience with publication came when she placed third in The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge contest while
in the Air Force, but her dedication to writing came after she had her
youngest child, now in his senior year of high school.
Her family lives in Northwest
Georgia where she spends her days creating stories about life in the south, and
far beyond. More than a dozen of her short stories have appeared in several
magazines. Five anthologies feature other short stories. She has four books
that are Amazon best sellers: Softly Say
Goodbye, Who Am I?, Mama's Advice, and Canoples Investigations Tackles Space
Pirates. Her other novels available are: Take Chances, The Ghost Catcher, Family Curse … Times Two, Secret From
The Flames, and Canoples
Investigations Versus Spacers Rule.
FUN LINKS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kcsowriter
Website: www.kcsprayberry.com
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/kcsprayberry/boards/
Authorgraph: http://www.authorgraph.com/authors/kcsowriter
Like all teens, Trea has her favorite songs. Here are just a
few she uses to get through the day!
Playlist:
1 comment:
Looks fabulous! Thanks, April.
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