Category: Novel abstracts

‘The Esperanza Fire’ by John Maclean (Book Excerpt)

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John Maclean was a writer, editor, and reporter for the Chicago Tribune for 30 years before he resigned his job there in 1995 to write Fire on the Mountain. Maclean was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1943, the second of two children. An avid fly-fisherman,…

‘JACK THE CASTAWAY’ by Lisa Doan (Book Excerpt)

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Lisa Doan is the author of The Berenson Schemes. The first book of the series – Jack the Castaway was released on April 1, 2014. She received a master’s degree in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Below you can…

‘Dead Letter’ by Marc Kuhn (Book Excerpt)

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About the author: Marc Kun is the author of best-selling books, Dead Letter and the Pope’s Stone. He has also written About A Farm. He is a retired radio executive. Read his interview here. Here you can read the excerpt from his book,…

‘Shadow Sister’ by Carole Wilkinson (Book Excerpt)

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About the author- Carole Wilkinson is the author of the bestselling, award-winning Dragonkeeper and Ramose series. Here you can read the book excerpt from Shadow Sister which is book five in the Dragonkeeper series. Courtesy- Carole Wilkinson.   Chapter One Bellyache The dragon groaned.…

‘Shirley’ by Susan Scarf Merrell (Book Excerpt)

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Shirley, the latest book by writer Susan Scarf Merrell is the story of a fictional young couple who spend a year at Bennington in 1964 with novelist Shirley Jackson and her husband in this captivating psychological thriller. Read the excerpt below.…