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her virtual book tour, Sarah will be awarding a $10 Amazon or Barnes and Noble
(winner’s choice) gift card to a lucky randomly drawn winner. To be entered for
a chance to win, use the form below.
To increase your chances of winning, feel free to visit
her other tour stops and enter there, too!
A little
bit about the author:
Sarah J Clemens is the
author of the debut novel, The
Empty Room. She began writing The Empty Room in 2008 and formed her own publishing company in
2016 called Off the Page Publishing.
Sarah was born in
California and now lives and works in Boise, Idaho. In addition to writing
fiction, she is a legal assistant with an Associate of Arts and a Bachelor of
Science in Criminal Justice.
A little
bit about the novel:
The small town of Eastbrook, Maine seemed like the
close-knit community where newlyweds Dean and Elizabeth Montgomery could begin
their lives together, and the 1901 Victorian seemed like the house they’d
always dreamed of owning. The only condition for purchasing the property was
that it was sold in “as-is” condition.
When the couple arrives in Eastbrook, they receive
anything but a warm welcome from the local residents. And when they realize
that as-is condition meant that the previous owner of the house had left every
worldly possession behind, the dream of the small town life starts to take a
mysterious turn.
Day after day, Dean and Elizabeth uncover more truths
than they could have ever imagined, or ever wanted to know about the secrets
that were hidden in the small town of Eastbrook. And as neighbors become
growingly hostile with every encounter, this young couple searches furiously to
uncover what the residents are trying to hide.
As their journey unfolds, Elizabeth goes missing and
Dean must turn to the very neighbors he fears may have known what would happen
to her from the moment the couple arrived for help. Because in this town, some
secrets are better off hidden.
Excerpt from The Empty Room:
The car grumbled to a stop at the
end of the gravel driveway. The three-day car trip was finally over. The gas
station food and bathrooms stops were all behind them. They were home. The
house might have been filled with someone else’s belongings, but they owned it
now.
The house
looked like a postcard from the outside. Small shrubs lined each side of the
driveway as it suspiciously winded its way to the front porch. The grass was
wet with dew after the recent rain.
As though
looking at a piece of abstract art, Dean and Elizabeth both leaned forward in
their seats toward the dash and squinted from inside the window of the car.
Their eyes moved from left to right, making sure to taste every detail that
first met their view.
“It’s gorgeous.” Elizabeth peered out from beneath the
windshield.
With her
eyes squinted and her mouth opened slightly, she studied every feature of
architecture as though the house would greet her with an exam before allowing
her to enter. She broke her concentration from the house and pressed her hand
to the passenger side window, looking up and down to visually imprint every
detail that awaited.
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ReplyDeleteThank you so much for featuring The Empty Room on your page Lisa!
ReplyDeleteWho are some of your favorite authors; what strikes you about their work?
ReplyDeletePeggy,
DeleteOne of my favorite authors is Nora Roberts. Her writing, in my opinion, personifies how you take the words off the page and create a world. And it doesn't have to be a fantasy. She doesn't write fantasy stories. But her descriptions are so vivid, her words are so lyrical and her characters are so relatable that readers can't help but be transported into another time, even if that's a few hours from now a few states over. She has taught me that fiction and love stories and mystery can be just as submersible as a far away world. It's a beautiful art.
Congrats on the tour and I enjoyed the excerpt.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteThanks for sharing the excerpt!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the excerpt.
ReplyDeleteDo you read much and if so, who are your favorite authors?
ReplyDeleteBecky, to be honest, I was not a huge bookworm as a kid. I really wasn't. But I always, always loved writing. I started writing poetry before I even really knew what it was and before I was old enough to understand what I was talking about. It wasn't until I reached college and wasn't "required" to read a book a week that I found a love for reading as a hobby. I had some time off work for a medical issue and had nothing to do with my time and I suddenly found myself going through a book a day. That was when I discovered the love that I have now for authors like Nora Roberts and James Patterson. In my love for reading I truly honed my skills for writing.
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