Twenty-three authors (myself included) have come together to share excerpts from our books. We hope you'll join us on this exciting #TeaserTrain trip into the pages of romance, YA, horror, fantasy, and science fiction novels. 

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Special thanks and a huge #SO to the fearless duo who have done all the work to put #TeaserTrain together: Kellianne Sweeney and Carrie Green.

#TeaserTrain authors are listed alphabetically by first name.



   
Twitter:      @arsilverberry   
Website:    www.arsilverberry.com/blog   

  
'Wyndano's Cloak' Book Description:

Jen has settled into a peaceful life when a terrifying event awakens old fears of being homeless and alone, of a danger horrible enough to destroy her family and shatter her world forever. She is certain that Naryfel, a shadowy figure from her past, has returned and is concentrating the full force of her hate on Jen's family. But how will she strike? A knife in the dark? An attack from her legions? Or with the dark arts and twisted creatures she commands with sinister cunning? Wyndano's Cloak may be Jen's only hope. If she can only trust that she has what it takes to use it , , ,





Twitter:      @vanplank   
Website:    alexlaybourne.com/whatsonmymin/   

  
'Highway to Hell' Book Description:

'Highway to Hell' is the first in a trilogy of Horror novels which are set exclusively in Hell.

Marcus, Becky, Richard, Helen, Sammy and Graham. All complete strangers, different ages, backgrounds and even countries, but they all have one major thing in common…

They all must DIE.

They are sentenced to offer their penance in the many chambers of Hell, until, one by one they are rescued and thrown together. Waking in a dying world, they are introduced to their rescuers who do anything but conform to their angelic stereotype.

Heaven and Hell, Angels and Demons, these things were once considered opposites, but now you will see that they are neighbors, allies…. friends.





Twitter:      @AlleWells
Website:     allewells.com


'Lame Excuses' Book Description:

Forty-year-old Emily Halley sits in a wheelchair in an abandoned lot of a silent, forlorn southern town. She reflects on her life that began in a short-order café that sat on this corner lot in the early 1960’s. She remembers and shares her love for the café that provided everything she needed and demanded nothing from her. As a teenager, Emily’s life at the café ends abruptly with her father’s untimely death.

Emily is forced to find a new life and enrolls in a culinary arts school in a rural farming community. She thrives as a culinary artist and finds a mentor, a lover and a new life in the Sand Fort community. Emily’s life is sprinkled with pleasant surprises, southern humor, disappointments and drama. Her passion for food remains constant and comforts her through the good times and the bad. Emily’s lifestyle begins to take its toll on her at an early age. A medical condition misdiagnosed by a country doctor and ignored by Emily leads her to a tragic and unsatisfied end as she tries to piece her life back together.





Twitter:      @AmyManemann   
Website:    amymanemann.webs.com/apps/blog/  


'Deadly Reunion' Book Description:

Forty-year-old Emily Halley sits in a wheelchair in an abandoned lot of a silent, forlorn southern town. She reflects on her life that began in a short-order café that sat on this corner lot in the early 1960’s. She remembers and shares her love for the café that provided everything she needed and demanded nothing from her. As a teenager, Emily’s life at the café ends abruptly with her father’s untimely death.

Emily is forced to find a new life and enrolls in a culinary arts school in a rural farming community. She thrives as a culinary artist and finds a mentor, a lover and a new life in the Sand Fort community. Emily’s life is sprinkled with pleasant surprises, southern humor, disappointments and drama. Her passion for food remains constant and comforts her through the good times and the bad. Emily’s lifestyle begins to take its toll on her at an early age. A medical condition misdiagnosed by a country doctor and ignored by Emily leads her to a tragic and unsatisfied end as she tries to piece her life back together.

Smart mouthed Taci Andrews is an investigative reporter for the Riverdale Times with a lot on her plate. Between receiving a dreaded invitation to her fifteen year high school reunion, her best friend's divorce drama and her own solitary dating status her fun meter is pretty much pegged.
When Taci’s partner goes missing while covering a missing child feature she is suddenly thrown into the story of her career, which oddly enough delves into a past she would rather forget. She soon finds herself squaring off against a malicious class Barbie Doll, the High School Quarterback and a steamy Fireman from her past whose deep blue eyes are still enough to curl her toes.

Concerned about the disappearance of his friend's daughter, Firefighter Tony Parsons returns to his hometown of Riverdale to see what is being done with the case. Having a few connections with the police force he decides to pull in a few favors, running into former classmate Taci Andrews in the process. His last memory of Taci was back in high school when she'd given him a black eye for feeling up her shirt. He had to admit the grown up version of Taci was even better than the adolescent version and when he learns she's covering the story for the Times he decides to tag along.

Despite babysitting three hyped up children, having a disastrous date night, receiving an ominous warning and nearly getting blown up, the sparks that quickly ignite between Tony and Taci are hard to ignore, despite their best efforts. As they delve deeper to uncover the deadly truths surrounding the sleepy town of Riverdale, the old feud that rested between them for ages begins to give way to an unexpected passion.

But new feelings for one another or not they both have a job to do and a missing child to find. Can they put their feelings aside to solve the case or will they be next on the missing person’s list?



 

Twitter:      @AndyHolloman   
Website:    novelistandyholloman.wordpress.com/   


'Shades of Gray' Book Description:

How far would you go to save your child's life?  Could you break the law?
  
What if your travel business was suddenly in danger of going under because of 9/11 ?  

A single father decides to partner up with woman from the opposite side of the tracks.

Can their partnership deliver the cash they BOTH desperately need? Could they fall in love?

And will they survive to see the Summer of 2002?  

(Start with "Breaking Bad", add dash of "Cops", and stir in a darker version of the "Love Boat" and  you get all the right flavors for "Shades of Gray".)





Twitter:      @angelakulig   
Website:    www.angelakulig.com/   


'Skeleton Lake' Book Description:

Unsure if she's drowning or being saved, all Marlow wants to do is run away. Ensnared in a haunting love triangle, she realizes both boys have holes in their hearts; gaping spaces she can never hope to fill. Scars from loving the same girl, a girl who managed to stay dead. Now she is being hunted, for what she has become and what she never asked to be. Even as a Skeleton Marlow isn't the worst thing in the night-she isn't even close.





Twitter:      @dcpriya   
Website:    blog.thepriyas.com   


       COMING SOON!





Twitter:      @Bethelisaharris   
Website:    bethelisaharris.blogspot.com/   


'Vision' Book Description:

Are you a Clear?

"My name is Layla Stone. I lived in isolation because of my gift until I moved to Cambridge, England. Now, everyone seems to know me here...more than I know myself...even the evil ones."

Nighttime haunts Layla and dark secrets beckon to a mysterious island where a strange woman holds the answers.

Layla is a Clear wanted by Bane for a deadly game. Ancestors before her didn’t survive, and the only way for her to survive, is to open her heart and choose love…before death closes in.

Layla arrives in Cambridge, England, a sixteen year-old high school student from Portland, Oregon, to attend Sixth College. Everything in her life is going according to plan. But she soon discovers no one in her life are who they seem, not even her family. Her Clear abilities that allow to read thoughts are stifled, and she becomes suspicious of those around her.

But there are reasons why Layla’s abilities are blocked, and only after a dangerous encounter does she begin to uncover the truth about the new people in her life, her past and family secrets, while Bane plot to use her as a pawn for world destruction.

And so it begins.





Twitter:      @carriegreenbook   
Website:    www.carriegreenbooks.com/blog.html 


'Violets Are Blue' Book Description:

Newly-wed Sarah was delighted to move in with her mother-in-law, Martha, a widower who had raised her son, by herself, on an isolated Midwest farm.

A kid from a broken home who had been raised in a group house in Chicago, Sarah had struggled to put herself through college on scholarships.  She considered herself to be self-reliant and willing to work hard for her dreams.  She wanted only one thing, a real family.  Todd was the love of her life, so that she was sure that she'd love Martha, too.

It never occurred to Sarah that Martha would see her as competition, to be eliminated.





Twitter:      @E_B_ChristineC   
Website:    mungoisischristine.blogspot.com   


'First Snow' Book Description:

What's the point Christmas without a family of your own? This question haunts Nell as she struggles to get into the holiday spirit. Her walking partner, Hasan seems to be the answer to her prayers until he mentions he doesn't want children. Will Christmas be a disappointment this year too?





Twitter:      @writermom2011   
Website:    gejohnson.blogspot.com/   


'Love & Wrath: The Beginning' Book Description:

This first novella of a three part series pulls back the curtain on the lives of three best friends to reveal love, friendship, and budding romance. Their stories are woven together against the backdrop of the mid-western art world, but pretty pictures are the last thing that photographer Lily and her business partner Sheila are worried about after their mutual friend reveals an explosive secret that ends up threatening all of their lives. Readers will hang out with these divas and enjoy the joy & laughter of their posh lives. Beware though... before you know it you will be pulled into a roller coaster ride of suspense, intrigue, and a shocking finale as the friends execute justice their way!





Twitter:      @yingko2   
Website:    howardhopkins.blogspot.com/   


'The Dark Riders' Book Description:

From the darkest reaches of the Wild West comes a terrifying band of desperados bent on a course of destruction and revenge. Led by a vicious outlaw with half a face, they are called Dark Riders, neither alive nor dead, trapped in a world of eternal night. They descend upon the 7HL ranch in a fury of flashing fangs and ruthless bloodlust, leaving the compound littered with bloodless bodies. When Chris Durrin, a man stalked by death and nightmares, returns to find his uncle and all cowhands murdered, he soon realizes the devil has come to claim his due-a devil named Milus Clint. A devil he killed six years previous. Before the night is over he finds himself locked in a desperate struggle between the world of the living and the realm of the undead. Can he overcome the menace before he too becomes another in a long line of victims of The Dark Riders?






Twitter:      @drmweave2501   
Website:    www.aboutkeithweaver.com/dream-weave-blog.html   


'The Nefarious: Prince of Shadow' Book Description:

What happens when a 300 year old secret, an unknown entity and isolation attack the very souls of unsuspecting people? Find out in The Nefarious. A film crew rents a castle hotel, with the intentions of shooting a movie in the caverns below. It doesn't take long for the crew to unlock long forgotten secrets of the castle, unleashing an evil on everyone around, even the castle owners.
Several plot twists unfold over the course of the book, with a shocking conclusion that will make you question your own sanity. Suspense and horror fans, read The Nefarious: Prince of Shadow today.





Twitter:      @KellianneSweene   
Website:    blogkelliannesweeneydeardiary.wordpress.com/   


'The One That Got Away' Book Description:

Everyone wonders about life after death. Most people tend to choose to believe in God, reincarnation, or the ghostly spirit world. Some choose something completely different. Others don’t choose to believe that there is anything at all. It is, however, a powerful question and one that ordinary people and scholars alike have struggled to define and explain now and throughout history. The wondering and hoping are timeless. I believe that ultimately, we just won’t know until we get there. This is a story. A story about how these beliefs could perhaps be connected. A story about a regular person given the opportunity to play with the big puzzle."





Twitter:      @souzawrites   
Website:    www.marksouza.com/blog/   


'Cupid's Maze' Book Description:

A short story - Sean has popped the question and dreads the drive across the bleak Kansas landscape on Valentine's Day to announce his intentions to his fiancee Janet's parents. When he sees a sign for a corn maze, he pulls in for a momentary reprieve. Little does he know what a mistake he's made.





Twitter:      @michelledkeyes   
Website:    michelledkeyes.com/category/blog/   


'Drastic Measures' Book Description:

An anthology of stories about people pushed to their limits, forced to reach deep within to find resources they never dreamed they possessed. The collection is a diverse grouping of stories, featuring everything from daily life to the supernatural. Seeking Redemption, written by Michelle D. Keyes, is about a sister who pays for the drastic measures of her past. Also featuring work by George Clayton Johnson (Ocean’s Eleven), Melissa Snow, Cathy Douglas, and a foreword by David Mack (The 4400).





Twitter:      @rsguthrie   
Website:    robonwriting.com/   


'Black Beast' Book Description:

DECORATED DENVER DETECTIVE BOBBY MACAULAY has faced down a truckload of tragedy over recent years. The death of his partner; the loss of his own leg in the line of duty; the companionship of his beloved wife to cancer; the relationship with his son to a chasm of disenchantment a disappointment; his faith in God to his inner demons. And just when he is questioning the very career that has been his salvation—his port in a cataclysmic storm—he will discover a heroic history about his own family heritage: Generations of sentinels and conscripts of faith; protectors and servants of humanity. The story of the holy mission of the Clan of MacAulay. A family at the very roots of a millenniums-long war against unimaginable evil. The unearthing of his lineage will provide answers to questions that have always haunted his periphery, and some that he’s never known to ask. Much will be asked of him in return. Detective Bobby Mac will be charged to find it in himself to believe—to accept that such evil, such ageless horror, still threatens the world’s tenuous grasp on innocence, righteousness, and normalcy. Even in 21st century America.





Twitter:      @smreine   
Website:    www.smreine.com/   


'Death's Hand' Book Description:

Policing relations between Heaven, Hell, and Earth is messy and violent, but Elise Kavanagh and James Faulkner excelled at it— until coming across a job so brutal that even they couldn't stand to see one more dead body. Now they've been pretending to be normal for five years, leaving their horrific history a dark secret. Elise works in an office. James owns a business. None of their friends realize they used to be one of the world's best killing teams. After years of hiding, something stirs. Bodies are vanishing. Demons scurry in the shadows of the night. A child has been possessed. Some enemies aren't willing to let the secrets of the past stay dead...