Friday, 19 July 2013
Brook Cottage Books is absolutely thrilled to reveal the cover for Carol E Wyer's new book Just Add Spice!!!
I think you will agree that the cover is amazing!!! The book is due for release on 25th July and you can read my review on that day. But, just what is the book all about? Let's find out!
Dawn Ellis
needs to escape from her painfully dull existence. Her unemployed husband
spends all day complaining about life, moping around, or fixing lawnmowers on
her kitchen table.
The local
writing class proves to be an adequate distraction with its eccentric
collection of wannabe authors and, of course, the enigmatic Jason, who soon
shows a romantic interest in her.
Dawn pours
her inner frustrations into her first novel about the extraordinary exploits of
Cinnamon Knight, an avenging angel -- a woman who doesn’t believe in following
the rules. Cinnamon is ruthless and wanton, inflicting suffering on any man who
warrants it.
Little does
Dawn realise that soon the line between reality and fiction will blur. Her own
life will be transformed, and those close to her will pay the price.
Extract
(Short)
Cinnamon
Knight ground the stub of her Benson and Hedges’ cigarette into the pavement
with the heel of her Prada leather motorcycle boot, where it now joined a small
pile of tab ends. Strategically placed in a shop doorway, she watched the top
left window of a block of flats opposite. She had been there almost two hours.
Rain beat steadily on the pavement, drumming against the gutter with constant
thuds, but this did not deter her. Her patience was rewarded as the light
blazing from the window was finally extinguished. She sauntered across the road
to the BMW parked in front of the block of flats along the kerbside, sandwiched
between a Peugeot 205 and a C Class Mercedes.
Dressed
completely in black, face partially obscured by her North Face hooded jacket; she
was almost invisible next to the dark car. It took only a minute to fiddle with
the lock, open the door, and slide into the car. She lowered herself down in
the driver’s seat, casting a cursory glance out of the window. The streets were
empty. The weather was on her side and no one was braving the downpour, not
even the old man at the end of the road who rarely missed taking his dog out
for an evening stroll.
She leant
forward and pulled off the cover below the steering wheel with one deft
movement. Extracting the screwdriver from a neat case, she stabbed it into the
ignition lock. A quick fiddle, one sharp twist, and the car burst into life;
the persistent thudding of the rain against the pavement hid the initial
coughing of the engine. She pulled away from the kerb swiftly and headed up the
road at speed.
Pushing the
hood away from her head, she checked her face in the rear-view mirror. That’ll
teach him to mess about with women, she thought. No one, but no one, messes
about with Cinnamon—the rat!
Author links.
Tutorials and Tools for Prospering in a Digital Age (Contributing Author)
Indies Unlimited 2012 Flash Fiction Anthology (Contributing Author)
Thank you, dear JB for sharing my cover. There is a story behind it which I'll reveal next week. It involves Mr Grumpy and some swearing. Looking forward to reading your review and hope you are feeling hot and spicy now!
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CoooOOOOl! Love it! Thanks for sharing, JB! :)xx