Check out the next book by January Bain in her new Suspense/Thriller series today with No Good Deed and make sure to enter the tour wide giveaway as January Bain will award a randomly drawn winner a $25 Amazon/BN gift card. The tour is sponsored by Goddess Fish Promotions and you can find all the tour stops HERE.
NO GOOD DEED
A
gripping tale where good deeds intertwine with hidden crimes and a quest for
truth…
Katie
Kelly finally has the career and house of her dreams, but it’s a life built on
a shaky foundation. Everything she holds dear could be stripped away in a
split-second if the truth were to become known and her secrets exposed. Her
best friend, Sadie, is also involved in hiding the past. The pair have managed
to move on since that day of reckoning that occurred when they were just
teenagers, by helping others to escape bad situations.
When
a young woman runs to Katie and begs for her help, Katie is compelled to come
to her aid and hides her in a safe room, locked away from her abusive
boyfriend.
But
then the past rises up and threatens to derail her best efforts to help the
young girl, exposing her and her best friend to the vulgarities of fate as the
girl is discovered to have an unexpected agenda, harboring secrets of her own.
Katie is left with few choices. With her entire life crashing down around her
ears, she must act to save not only herself, but her dear friend as well. Can
Katie stop the past from destroying all hopes for a future?
Discover
the chilling consequences of one woman's altruism in the face of hidden crimes.
Join Katie Kelly as she navigates the shadows of her past, compelled to make a
choice that could change lives forever. Grab your copy now.
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Excerpt One:
I’m doing it
all over again. A shocking thing that should never be done once in a lifetime,
let alone twice. I’m making a body vanish in the dark. And I’m praying like mad
my actions will never see the light of day.
As I dig the
hole, struggling with the spade to cut into the cement-like soil we call
prairie gumbo, I keep asking myself why did it happen again? Why? I’d tried so
hard to live my life aboveboard since that terrible time nine years ago.
The droning
chorus of insects hidden in the trees provide no answer to my mental query. My
mind drifts back into the past, reliving a nightmare that never goes away.
It was just
before I graduated from high school, finally free to leave my hometown behind,
when everything had come tumbling down around me like the famed walls of
Jericho. Now I’m all too aware of how guilt eats at you, leeches all the color
out of your day. Your life. I’ve tried to be a good friend, a good wife, helped
my family whenever I could, and yet here I am, in a worse situation than the
first time it happened.
My thoughts are
scattered now, like the disturbed soil laying all around the freshly dug grave.
The body is wrapped up, laying still nearby, a testament to my doing what I had
to do to survive. My body’s tired, dead tired, breaking down, bleeding from the
gunshot wound. But I have to persevere, protect those I love until my last
dying breath. I swipe at the sweat beads breaking out on my forehead, blinking
against the sting of salt dripping in my eyes.
Who should I
blame? A young woman thinking she can change a man for the better? The foster
system throwing innocents to the wolves long before they’re ready because they
aged out? Or the whole of society for allowing abuse behind closed doors and
not appearing to give a damn?
No, I blame me.
My spade hits
another rock left over from the last ice age, jarring my entire body. I can
only hope my wound doesn’t open up again. I have to ignore the burning pain in
my side which is growing more insistent with each movement, each memory,
echoing the one lodged in my heart.
False dawn is
about to arrive in the east and I know I must hurry this along. But my mind
stays focused on memories of another night, so eerily similar to this one it
defied the odds. I can still smell the stench of bodily fluids, see the dark
waters of the fast-flowing Red River, and hear the sounds of the body splashing
into the cold depths before disappearing forever below the oily surface.
What’s the most
important thing to have in life? I’ve asked myself the question many times
since that fateful day that forever changed my world. When I was with my
husband, it was security, to be kept hidden safe and sound, removed from the
world. And look how that turned out. It was a fantasy, an unrealistic life that
collapsed around us all too soon, with my secrets pushing him away and into the
arms of another woman. Or at least that’s how he tells it.
When I’m with
my best friend, it’s to support each other, to have a place to weather the
inevitable storms of life, have a mutual understanding. Respect.
And when I’m
alone, without anyone to focus on, my greatest need is for courage. The courage
to forgive myself.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Bain has had the pleasure of select novels being turned into
games, and her work is also available in different languages.
January and her husband live in rural Canada on peaceful acreage
where a variety of wildlife comes to visit regularly and expect to be fed and
paid attention to.
Blog Address - http://januarybainjourney.blogspot.ca/
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6 comments:
Thank you for featuring NO GOOD DEED today.
Thanks, Dawn, for hosting my book on your Blog today! If anyone has a question, I'll check back later!
Hugs, January Bain
Sounds intriguing.
What's your favorite way to recharge and relax?
Great excerpt! Definitely makes me want more! Added to my TBR!
Sounds like a book I would really enjoy.
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