THE
EXTRAORDINARY DAYS SERIES
by
Polly Becks
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GENRE:
Romance/Mystery/Thriller
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BLURB:
In
the late spring of 1991, a flood and fire of historic proportions
tore through the pretty resort town of Obergrande, New York, in the
central region of the Adirondack mountains.
The
twin disasters destroyed a large part of the east side of the town
that bordered the Hudson River and Lake Obergrande.
In
the aftermath, a new dam was built, and that damaged part of the town
“drowned,” covered by the new, larger lake.
During
that terrible flood, five kindergarten girls were trapped in their
drowning school, huddled together as the water rose higher, rescued
just in the nick of time. The nightmare bonded them, and three others
like them, to each other for life.
These
are their stories.
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All
excerpts are from the 3rd
book in the series: Tuesday's Child: Full of Grace
Excerpt
In the
blue light and wisp-thin clouds of this late June morning, Donovan
Farrell, a wide-shouldered man in a leather motorcycle jacket and
jeans tucked into heavy boots, came out of his motel room, his helmet
in one gloved hand, directions in the other, a string-banded rollpack
across his back.
He
stopped, absently admiring the color of the sunlight on the clouds at
the horizon, and took a deep drink of the morning air.
His
hair, hanging long in dark brown waves that matched his heavy,
somewhat unkempt beard, caught the wind and danced around his head
for a moment.
Donovan,
known as Van to the few people who knew him, set his helmet down on
the bike that was parked outside his room, a Yamaha FZ6 in the same
gleaming black as the full-face helmet, and stuck the paper on which
he had jotted down the directions inside it for the moment to keep it
from flying away in the breeze.
He drew
his hair back in a hair tie so that it was out of his face, retrieved
the paper, then pulled the helmet on.
Scanning
the directions again, Van made a mental note of the route he planned
to take, as he did each time he got on the bike.
He was
avoiding the New York State Thruway, partly because of the expense,
partly because the eastward drive by way of Route 20 was more scenic
and offered more opportunities to stop, stretch, and eat over the
course of the day.
And
partly because, unlike the Thruway, Route 20 was quiet and mostly
empty.
It added
a couple of hours to his trip, but Van was not in a hurry.
He had
nothing but time now.
He
looked at the destination, which he had underlined several times upon
writing it down.
Obergrande,
New York.
And
exhaled.
Then he
got on the motorcycle, started it up, and headed east.
AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Polly
Becks has been making her living writing for more than twenty years,
as well as working as an editor, curriculum developer, and teaching
secondary-school Spanish. She has more than 350 books to her credit,
mostly educational materials, as well as professionally published
fiction in both the adult and YA market in a variety of genres, plus
more than 30 Children’s books. She is excited about exploring the
digital literature frontier and is honored to be the launch series
for GMLTJoseph, LLC. - See more at:
http://www.pollybecks.com/author/#sthash.pEZ6f3xO.dpuf
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Buy
Polly’s books:
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GIVEAWAY
Polly
is awarding one randomly chosen winner via Rafflecopter one 3-foot
long stem rose in a glass vase from TheUltimateRose.com or similar
florist; US only
Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteTerrific name for a blog! Thanks for hosting the tour. Looking forward to hanging with you and your readers. All the best, Polly Becks
ReplyDeleteI really like the premise of this series.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Nancy! The first book is free on Amazon--I hope you will like it.
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend to all--hope you are reading! Polly
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