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Passing the Torch
By L.L. Sanders
Publisher: LLS Books
Release
Date: February 14, 2015
Genre: Mystery/Suspense
Length: 67 Pages
ISIN:
9781506196527
ASIN: B00TNTLTZY
About the
book:
Deep in the Arizona desert rests a house
of secrets … a house of utter horror … a house that must burn to the ground.
Mesa
has secrets. Twelve, twenty, fifty secrets. Over the years she’s learned to
bury them, a collection of rotten seeds stowed away in the hidden parts of her,
rooting deep down in that place where deception and sorrow are stored. Waiting,
for that single ray of light to set them free.
And
now those secrets are surfacing, as Mesa begins to question the life she’s so
carefully cultivated. How far would you go for someone you love? How much pain
would you endure to keep your family together? And what if the person you love
was the source of your pain?
EXCERPT
Good girls do anything for their fathers, including rob, cheat, and kill, and I always considered myself a good girl. The time I first came to that conclusion will stay with me forever. Years later, here I am, still fulfilling my daughterly duty.After wiping the sweat from my palm onto my jeans, I press the bulbous tip of the match against the strike strip on the side of the small carton. My hands shake worse than Grandma's had when trying to slice her ninety-first birthday cake just a few hours ago, but I manage to run the match across it anyway. The flame comes alive at my fingertips, dancing merrily at the prospect of latching on to something and disintegrating it into smoldering embers. Although the light breeze causes the flame to flicker at the end of the matchstick, I'm aware of the control I have over it. I watch the glow change shape through a veil of tears and with that the decision was absolute.The flame will get to perform its destructive duty.I flick the match toward the pile of wooden planks that used to be the porch. Instantly the fire catches the fumes of the pooled liquid and expands so quickly a wall of gasoline-scented hot air rushes me before the blaze travels deeper into the house. I back away to a safe distance as the straw-like grass crunches beneath my feet. Nearing the homemade fence, which is nothing more than a double row of chicken wire, I hear the screams from the distance, cries of agony that meld with my memory like two spreading pools of melted wax. I can't stop the waterworks. I don't even make an attempt.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
The
L.L. stands for Leslie Lee. I write erotic romance and
post-apocalyptic/dystopian fiction under Leslie Lee Sanders.
But
horror and thriller fiction is what I grew up on, what inspires me, and what
began my pursuit to authorship. I’ve written many short scary stories since the
6th grade. Now they’re much more mature in general, thanks to the wide range of
emotion and experience I’ve encountered over the years.
I’m
a huge fan of horror and psychological thrillers in every fashion, including
movies, books, art, campfire tales, etc. Some of my favorite stories are those
that twist at the end or are ambiguous with deep societal or morality themes.
This includes dystopias like Hugh Howey’s Wool, psychological thrillers like
Shutter Island, and popular and classic horror/romances like V.C. Andrews’s
Flowers in the Attic, my favorite.
All
my ideas start with a twist, which is exactly how most of my stories end.
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/lls4sanders
TWITTER:
https://twitter.com/LeslieLSanders
WEBSITE:
http://llsanders.com/
Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting me today! I'll be checking in all day to answer any questions and respond to comments. Thanks for your interest in Passing the Torch!
ReplyDeleteLet's discuss ... Do you require warnings with your thriller fiction?
I enjoy fiction set in the Southwest. Scary stuff happens in the desert. So I look forward to checking your book out.
ReplyDeleteYou are a new-to-me author and I'm pleased to meet you and learn a little about your book. It sounds like an exciting story.
ReplyDeletesounds like a great read!!
ReplyDeleteI know I will enjoy it!!!
thank you for the giveaway!!!
congrats to L.L.!!!
Great excerpt.
ReplyDeleteWow! That sounds really good! Thanks for the giveaway.
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