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ON SALE NOW! WATCH ME, the third book in my new Last Stand series on sale Now! Get your copy at your local bookstore or at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble.com. And remember to save that receipt to join my fan club (information and details on the side bar). WATCH ME... Sheridan Kohl was just a teenager parked at the lake in Whiterock, Tennessee with a boy named Jason when a stranger wearing a ski mask shot them both. Sheridan lived but Jason died--and the stranger was never caught. Twelve years later, by working at The Last Stand, Sheridan has learned a thing or two about investigating crime. She returns to Whiterock, intent on achieving answers at last. But someone doesn’t want the truth to come out. Someone unexpected. Someone who is willing to resort to murder. Again. GET A SNEAK PEAK.... (EXCERPT) Was he gone? Sheridan Kohl lay in a heap on the ground, her clothes, her cheek, the entire left side of her body, wet from the moist earth. The taste of her own blood sat bitter on her tongue, but the fecund smell of the thick vegetation growing all around her reminded her of her childhood. She’d grown up in eastern Tennessee, in the small town of Whiterock. Not that this was the type of homecoming she’d expected. The scrape of a shovel let her know the man who’d attacked her was still close. So close she dared not move or even whimper. After a few turns of his spade, his breathing grew labored, and she heard him grunt every so often. Scrape...plop. Scrape...plop. The digging wasn’t easy, but it was rhythmic enough to tell her it was progressing. Although he wasn’t particularly tall, he was strong; she knew that already. Even after she managed to get free of the rope that had bound her wrists, she hadn’t been able to fend him off. Her determination to fight had only made him angrier, more violent. She was sure he would’ve killed her if she hadn’t ultimately gone limp. She explored her top lip with her tongue. It was busted, but that was probably the least of her injuries. Unless she angled her head just right, blood rolled down her throat, choking her. She could barely open one eye. And his fierce blows to her head had left her dazed, unable to think coherently. On some level, she knew she needed to get up and run now that he’d turned his attention elsewhere. But she couldn’t stand, let alone make a dash for freedom. It was painful just to breathe. The promise of complete darkness and total silence hovered at the edge of consciousness. She longed to embrace it, to drift away and leave her broken body behind. But her best friend seemed to be standing at her shoulder, shouting: Get up, damn you! Don’t allow this, Sher. Gain the upper hand no matter what you have to do. Fight for your life! For a moment, Sheridan even wondered she was sitting in one of Skye’s self-defense classes back at the victim’s charity they’d started five years ago. But then she felt the rain, light sprinkles hitting her parted lips, forehead, eyelashes. She was in the forest in the middle of the night, alone with a man wearing a ski mask. And he was digging her grave.
Don't forget these books in the Last Stand series:
TRUST ME (Book 1)
STOP ME (Book 2)
The Last Stand Prequel Meet Skye Kellerman, Jasmine Stratford and Sheridan Kohl before the Last Stand Series starts... You'll find this FREE short story now at my website: www.brendanovak.com.
New Website! After a few stops and starts, I'm thrilled to announce my new website! Be sure to take the virtual tour of The Last Stand offices. Visit the new site: www.brendanovak.com Until next time, Brenda Novak |
Last chance for a while to join my fan club! How? Simply buy WATCH ME this week (July 29th to August 8th) anywhere books are sold and send me the receipt: Brenda Novak What You'll Receive:
- A Brenda Novak Tote
Are you a member of Brenda's fan club? We're pleased to announce the new Members Only Fan Club section. Go to the "Fan Club" section of Brenda's website and click "Fan Club Members Only" to access it. You'll need a password. Please contact Brenda's webmaster, Jeannie for the user name and password. Brenda invites her fan club members to check out a new feature on her web site: CrimeBeat, a series of interviews with professionals in the criminal justice world. The first interview is with criminologist and true crime wrier (The Sex Slave Murders) R. Barri Flowers. FAN CLUB CONTEST Once in the Exclusive Fan Club section, enter to win this beautiful handblown perfume decanter
signed by the artist and purchased by Brenda when she was visiting Eze Village in the South of France. Winner will be drawn August 31st. This contest is only available to Visit the
Do you have a friend who goes above the call of friendship to help you and anyone else? Someone whose friendship has meant the world to you? There is still time to enter the "That's What Friends Are For" contest. The contest runs through August 31st. A semi finalist (or two) is chosen each week and posted on brendanovak.com. Our current semi finalists are: Wanda Weston Make sure to pick your favorite because you get to choose the Grand Prize winner! Voting will begin August 15th on Brenda's website.
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