Once again please join me in welcoming Stacy Juba to our spotlight.....
Stacy Juba loves to write stories about Characters
at a Crossroads: individuals who are finding themselves and getting on
the right life path after overcoming obstacles. Her goals are to entertain
readers of all ages as well as inspire them. She has made numerous bestseller
lists including GalleyCat’s Barnes & Noble Bestsellers and GalleyCat’s Mystery
and Thriller Bestsellers. Stacy has written about reality TV contestants
targeted by a killer, an obit writer investigating a cold case, teen psychics
who control minds, twin high school hockey stars battling on the ice, and teddy
bears learning to raise the U.S.
flag. Browse her website for more information on her mystery, romance, and
contemporary fiction books for adults, teens, and children, guest author
features and resources on how to build your own “character,” and for her
book/product reviews and advocacy relating to Type 1 Diabetes. Find out more about Stacy by visiting her Website, and connecting with her Facebook, Twitter @StacyJuba, Goodreads and Pinterest!
Excerpt: Dawn Christian curled under the covers, shivering in her nightshirt. Goosebumps popped up on her bare arms. She breathed in and out, trying to calm herself. Even the safety of darkness couldn't hide it.
Something was wrong.
She knew it the same way she had
known it would rain despite the weather report. Now gray clouds blistered
outside the window.
I can't go, I can't go, I can't go,
something bad's going to happen. Dawn rubbed between her eyebrows, the message
flying around inside her brain like a loose pinball.
The red numbers of her alarm clock
flickered to 6:29 . Dawn
rolled onto her other side and faced the wall. In an hour, she'd be starting
her junior year at a lame new high school. She missed Boston and taking the T, the city’s subway
system, wherever she wanted to go. Dawn used to hang out at museums, watch the
college kids in Harvard Square
and read books at the Common. Sometimes, she and her mother caught Saturday
matinees in the theater district.
Not anymore. Ever since the wedding
in July, Dawn had been stuck in Covington ,
Maine , a beach town overflowing
with rinky dink carnival rides, cheesy souvenir stores and bad vibrations.
"Dawn?" She turned to
find her mother framed in the dimly lit doorway, fully dressed. "Are you
coming down for breakfast?"
"I'm not hungry."
"Nervous about school?"
Gulping, Dawn huddled under the
blankets. No way could she discuss her feeling with her mom. Her mother wanted
a normal daughter who was on the basketball team or school newspaper, had
friends and didn’t live in fear. "Kind of."
Her mother lowered herself onto the
bed and squeezed Dawn’s hand. Her manicured pink nails shone against Dawn’s
pale skin. Since meeting Jeff eight months ago, Dawn's mother had been letting
her curly hair hang loose and wearing makeup.
She smoothed back a tangle of
Dawn’s chestnut waves. "You don’t look like yourself. Do you feel all
right?"
"I’m fine." Dawn shoved
her stuffed monkey, Buddy, further under the blankets. Her father gave her
Buddy shortly before he died, and holding it was like hugging a piece of her
dad. Still, sleeping with a toy monkey was kiddish and Dawn didn’t do it often.
Her mother would get suspicious if she noticed.
Darn it. Her mother drew out Buddy
by his slender tail and patted his furry brown head. "Calling in the
reinforcements, huh? What’s on your mind, honey? Maybe I can help."
Dawn sat up and clasped her knees.
Her mother never understood about Dawn’s hunches. "I don’t think you
really want to know, Mom."
"Of course I do."
Yeah, right. But Dawn didn’t have
the stamina for lying today. "I’m getting one of my premonitions.
Something’s wrong. I think it has to do with school."
She waited and sure enough, her
mother got the frightened look she’d worn too many times before. Dawn
remembered the look that terrible night with Mrs. Frazier ... but she didn’t
want to think about that.
Dark Before Dawn, a Young Adult Paranormal Thriller can be found at Amazon, B&N, iBookstore, Kobo, and Audible!
Hope you enjoyed our spotlight! Check back next week for more Tuesday Treasure, Thursday Thoughts and of course another Saturday Spotlight!!
Until later....take care, God Bless and remember....Live fully~laugh often~love deeply~forgive freely & you will create
magic wherever you go...
Something to think about!
"Inspirational with an Edge! ™
"Inspirational with an Edge! ™
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Thanks so much for hosting me, Pam!
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