New Book Cover

I'm working on a new book and wanted to share the cover. Opinions would be appreciated.

On Gabriella's sixteenth birthday, her mom drove to the local bakery to pick up a cake and never came home.

Not knowing who her father is, Gabriella is sent to live with an aunt she never knew existed. She suspects the woman is a fraud. But before she can prove it, they are chased through a portal and the bizarre adventure begins. It is no accident Gabriella ends up in a strange land full of danger, mystery, shape-shifters, and a budding romance.

Author’s Note

Savior is a 25,000 word novella and was my first attempt at writing a fantasy for teens and adults. I plan to continue with Savior, provided you the reader wants to read more about the characters I created. I want to know what happens next. Do you?

http://www.debralee.net

A dead son

A tortured soul

A murder to solve

Out of his mind with grief from the tragic death of his young son, Dick Jones is determined to permanently end his misery. He's a second away from putting a bullet in his head when fate or the devil herself intervenes.

 

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HCFXB4I 

 

Thank You Readers

For all those who took advantage of the Friday 13th event, thank you. I hope you enjoy your free books. It would also be great if you could leave a review on Amazon for each of the books you read. Until next time, Debra

Mark Your Calendars

FRIDAY the 13th FREE Kindle Event - 13 FREE Books From 13 Mystery Authors. Date: April 13, 2012 Event: Add some good luck to your Friday the 13th (April 13, 2012) with this special Kindle Select promotion from a group of mystery authors. Taken by Debra Lee - Welcome to the fictitious little town of Watery, Pennsylvania where the district attorney’s personal secretary, Mary Murray never planned to become a single mom or a suspect in her infant’s disappearance, but she plans to find Jena before she suffers the same fate Mary’s younger brother had when he was taken twelve years earlier. Sink or Swim by Stacy Juba- After starring on a hit game show set aboard a Tall Ship, personal trainer Cassidy Novak discovers that she has attracted a stalker. Can she trust Zach Gallagher, the gorgeous newspaper photographer assigned to follow her for a local series? As things heat up with the stalker and with Zach, soon Cassidy will need to call SOS for real. "Easy read and extremely well written." Stephenie LaGrossa, Survivor; "I could not put this book down." Book Club Queen Darker By Degree by Keri Knutson - A missing girl. A mysterious break-in. A brutal murder. Actress Maddie Pryce is looking for her big break, but finds herself at the center of a series of seemingly unrelated crimes. Soon she’s tangled up with a persistent detective, a driven director, a playboy producer, and an unstable ingenue. Can Maddie unravel the clues before her next role is as a serial killer’s victim? Diary of Murder by Jean Henry Mead - Dana Logan's wealthy sister, Georgi, dies and Georgi's husband claims it was suicide. Dana knows her sister would never take her own life and sets out to prove it was murder, with her friend, Sarah Cafferty. During their investigation, they stumble over more bodies and place their own lives in jeopardy when they encounter a vicious drug ring. Ghost Island by Bonnie Hearn Hill - Is Aaron a dream, or is he something much more deadly? Livia Hinson has just begun a Seminar at Sea when a storm hits their boat. Now, she is stranded with the other students on an island off the coast of California. Far away from her foster home and her heartbreak, Livia finds Aaron, the perfect love. But the only way they can be together is in her dreams. One Small Victory by Maryann Miller -the story of one woman's courage. Suspense novel by Maryann Miller, based on a true story of a woman who infiltrated a drug ring and helped bring down a major distributor in her small Texas town. Don't discount what a mother can do to protect her children. First published in hardback, now available as an e-book and as a trade paperback. Rock & Roll Homicide by RJ McDonnell - The 1st novel in the Rock & Roll Mystery Series finds PI Jason Duffy helping the widow of a slain rock star after she climbs to #1 in the police suspect charts. Duffy, an inexperienced former club musician, sorts through suspects ranging from band members to the Russian Mafia in this rocking whodunit. 4.67 Star Average. Southeast Asian Quartet by William S. Shephard - Suspense and murder in Southeast Asia in the style of Somerset Maugham, these four tales evoke Singapore, Borneo, Malaya and Indochina. Perhaps you'll solve the disappearance of Jim Thompson, the Thai Silk King, missing for 35 years. Draw up a chair at the Raffles Bar and join us! The Four Last Things by Timothy Hallinan - Hired to follow a young woman, private eye Simeon Grist becomes mired in murder and a million-dollar religious scam in The Four Last Things, the first in a series of highly-praised LA private-eye novels written in the 1990s by 2011 Edgar nominee Timothy Hallinan. The Drood Review called it “One of the 10 best books of the year.” Publisher's Weekly: “Very satisfying;” Booklist: “a sure winner.” When a Man Loves a Woman: Enhanced Multimedia Edition by Alina Adams - Can a man and woman ever truly be just friends? What about if one of them is married? What if one of them suddenly isn't anymore? Originally published as a paperback by Dell in 2000, the 2011 e-book re-release multimedia edition now features all the text of the original, plus a bonus musical soundtrack to compliment the story! A romance from mystery author Alina Adams. Willowtree: A Bruce DelReno Mystery by Mike Bove - Bruce DelReno, retired postman, golf and food nut, finds a body near the golf course. He believes the murder is connected to others and involves his Apache friend. Together, they stay a step ahead of the police in trying to solve the cases. They uncover dark secrets of a close knit group of friends in the town of Willowtree, Arizona. This is a fun read with some interesting characters. Kiki Lowenstein and the Purple Passion: A Kiki Lowenstein Short Story by Joanna Campbell Slan - When a customer’s daughter is falsely accused, Kiki Lowenstein foils a nasty plan to ruin the girl’s reputation. Mystery, crafts, recipes, humor, romance/short story. Whispering by Gerrie Ferris Finger - Will Cleo Snow admit to making love with charming World War I fly-boy Graham Henry to clear him in the disappearance of an island woman who claims he plans to marry her? Will Graham compromise Cleo to clear himself? With her spirit firmed by deceit, Cleo vows to uncover the truth and keep her secret. Please mark your calendar for Give Your Child a Free Kindle Book Day on April 19 - in which numerous books for children, pre-teens, and young adults will be free.

Taken-99 cent ebook

You can pick up the ebook at Amazon The trade paperback is also available at Amazon Now if you can hold off buying your copy, wait for my next post. Very soon the ebook will be available for free for one day only. See you soon. Debra

The Fay Cunningham Mysteries

Two full novels in one book. A Dangerous Woman and Deadly Arrows are available for purchase in one download. Purchase for the Nook Purchase for the Kindle Purchase at Smashwords Enjoy, Debra

A Dangerous Woman-FREE

That's right. Amazon has A Dangerous Woman listed as FREE for the kindle. Click here to get your free copy.

REDEMPTION-New Cover

You can look inside the book and read sample chapters over at Amazon.

Deadly Arrows (A Fay Cunningham Mystery-Book 2)

A large number of readers recently purchased my first Fay Cunningham Mystery, A Dangerous Woman, making a very nice bump in Amazon's sales rank. Actually, the book made a few bestseller ranks. So, as a thank you to readers, the second book in the series, Deadly Arrows went on sale for 99 cents. This sale won't last long. Now is the time to get your copy. Purchase for Kindle

Dangerous Bedfellows-FREE

For a limited time you can download a FREE copy of my novel, Dangerous Bedfellows over at Smashwords.

Just give a Click Here to get your FREE copy.

YA Book I'm writing-excerpt

Here's the deal. I'm working on a YA book and need reader input. I'm going to post a rough draft from the opening. Does this intrigue you? Would you like to read more?  Should I set the book aside and write something else? I'd appreciate feedback. So here goes.

On my sixteenth birthday Mom drove to the local bakery to pick up a cake and never came home. The minister from church told me she died instantly when the train slammed into her stalled car and exploded on the railroad tracks.

I never knew my dad. Around my sixth birthday Mom mentioned she didn’t know him either. She woke one day on a deserted beach and had no idea how she had gotten there or who she was. She couldn’t remember anything about her life prior to that moment. Come to find out she was two months pregnant with me, too.

After Mom’s funeral I was ordered to live with a woman who’d sent documentation to the local authorities claiming to be Mom’s sister and my only living relative.

I spent days and nights on buses traveling from the town I grew up in on the west coast to another hick town in the mountains of Pennsylvania. Ironically, the Greyhound bumped over railroad tracks and stopped in front of a rundown wooden building so the only two remaining passengers could get off. I stepped into the night mist ahead of the scruffy looking old guy.

“Gabriella.”

The woman reminded me of a bag lady I’d seen in a movie once as she stood from the bench she was sitting on in front of the dimly lit two-story.

“Gabriella Raines,” she said, adding my last name this time.

I nodded. “Ella. I go by Ella. Are you my aunt Betty?”

“The girl travels light like her mother,” came from the guy who’d followed me off the bus.

In the short time the woman and I exchanged words, the bus driver had pulled my suitcase from the outside storage compartment and put it down on the broken sidewalk and was already back on the bus driving away.

The old guy clearly had spoken to the bag lady, not to me. Eighty degrees on this humid summer night and an icy chill crawled up my spine. I stood tall in an attempt to stop shivering. “Who are you people?”

“Why this here’s your aunt Betty.”

Instead of another chill, a surge of heat shot through my veins when his beady dark eyes steadied on mine. “Suppose you’re my uncle.”

“Get her suitcase, Clarence. The car’s ‘round back.”

“I’m not going anywhere with you two.”

Bag lady whirled around and glared straight into my eyes. “If you don’t want to end up like your mother, you’ll do as I say. Now let’s go.”

My mouth opened to protest, then closed. Bag lady lowered her piercing gaze and swung away from me.

I followed her to the rear of the building.

Clarence tossed my suitcase into the back of a shiny black Escalade and climbed in behind the wheel. Aunt Betty opened the rear door and motioned for me to get in. I only hesitated long enough for her eyes to fix on mine.

I ducked inside and glanced back at her. “My mom was a hottie. You don’t look anything like her.”

Good I have super fast reflexes. Otherwise the toe of my sneaker would’ve gotten smashed when she slammed the door shut.

She hopped onto the front passenger seat and pulled on her seatbelt. I barely had mine fastened when the vehicle shot into the quiet street, door locks automatically snapping down.

The luxury vehicle glided over the railroad tracks and sped out of town into the night. “Either of you want to tell me where you’re taking me?”

Clarence glanced over the seat. His creepy smile brought back the shivers. “It’s a surprise.”

A set of headlights suddenly lit up his face and he shifted around in his seat. “We got company.”

He barely had the words out and I was thrown back against the seat when he floored the gas pedal.

I looked over my shoulder, squinting against the glare of headlights closing in on us. “Who’s after us?”

Neither gave me an answer as the sleek automobile picked up speed rounding a sharp curve in the country road. Another glance over my shoulder into the bright headlights before shifting back around to see we were headed straight for the side of a mountain. I screamed and closed my eyes the instant before impact. No impact. I opened my eyes and we were traveling at the same high speed. Only we were inside the mountain, going downhill fast.

Blinding red lights shot at us from the road up ahead. My eyes wide open this time when I screamed on impact.

(c) Debra Lee

Deadly Arrows-50% off at Smashwords

Smashwords is having a sale and Deadly Arrows is 50% off the regular price of $2.99. Time to go shopping before the sale ends.



Here's a little description of the book. The second in my Fay Cunningham Series.

Fay Cunningham, publisher of a small-town Pennsylvania newspaper, is in big trouble again. She's thrown into the investigation of an archery murder and must convince a young whippersnapper police officer, the arrow that smacked into a tree next to her didn't come from a hunter who mistook her for a deer. Fay must prove it with lightning speed before the next arrow lands her six feet under. 

Purchase at Smashwords

Dangerous Bedfellow-Limited Price Reduction

For a limited time Dangerous Bedfellows is on sale for 99 cents at Amazon for the Kindle here. At Barnes & Noble for the Nook here.

Time to go shopping before the sale ends.

Dangerous Bedfellows-New Cover

I have a new cover for Dangerous Bedfellows. Care to comment? I grew to dislike the previous cover. Another big advantage for self-publishing. Get tired of one cover and an easy upload gets you a new one.

Available for download to your kindle right here.

For the nook click here Although, the last I checked the new cover still wasn't showing up.

Until Next Time...Debra

Holiday Weekend

I'm wishing everyone a safe and relaxing holiday weekend. If you need a good book to read over the weekend you might want to give one of mine a try. You can download one to your Kindle by clicking here.

Or, you can pick up a copy for your Nook by clicking Here.

Have a great weekend.

Until Next Time...Debra

Humorous Mysteries

Are you looking for a humorous mystery to read? Well look no further. I found a few you might want to check out that are reasonably priced as well.

Just give a click here to check them out.

Until Next Time...Debra

Heartbeat-99 cents

Heartbeat is now available and ready for your e-reader at the introductory price of 99 cents.

Purchase for Kindle

Purchase for Nook

Purchase at Smashwords

Until Next Time...Debra

Giovanni's- 5 Star Review

Giovanni gave A Dangerous Woman a five star review. You can read the full review at Gelati's Scoop.

I also did a guest post for him on Tuesday. If you'd like to read the post and learn more about my writing journey, click here.

Until Next Time...Debra

HEARTBEAT-Coming Soon

Heartbeat is the story of two young lovers compelled by fate to live apart, yet destined to love each other forever. Moving from Pennsylvania to California and finally war-torn Lebanon, this is a genuine love story.

Anyone can enjoy this love story, especially young adults. But be warned, you will not find fairies, trolls, vampires, zombies or werewolves in this romance. They aren’t necessary to embrace this love story. You also won’t find the happily ever after fairytale ending as you turn to the last page of Heartbeat. Read the book and you will see the ending fits the story that was told.

From The Author

Heartbeat was written over twenty years ago after the tragic October 23, 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. My heart went out to all family members and friends to those servicemen who had lost their lives. In turn, the writer in me began thinking of the young widows left behind. They had barely begun their lives with their husbands when in an instant it was over. Each woman had a story to tell of how she had met and fallen in love with her husband, making it impossible for me not to want to write about one of those love stories I had imagined.

This young adult novel will be available for the Kindle and Nook early April. So mark your calendar.

Until Next Time...Debra