I pray your New Year has started off blessed.
Today's guest has shared treasures and thoughts with us, now Gail gives us a sneak peek into her newest release, Hair Calamities and Hot Cash!
Welcome Gail...take it away....
“A comedic romp from small town to big city in search of
missing money, hair catastrophes, and love. A truly fun read”—Cynthia Hickey,
author of the Shady Acres Mystery series.
What happens when a New York stockbroker crashes his car
into Eve Castleberry’s North Carolina beauty shop...on the same day the young
widow’s defective hair products are causing wild hairdos? Soon Eve finds
herself helping the handsome stranger hunt the thieves who stole his client’s
cash...and hot on the trail of two of the F.B.I.’s most-wanted criminals!
Romance blossoms amid danger, suspense and Eve’s hair-brained plan to get back
the money.
Excerpt
The bright May sun beaming through the window of my beauty
shop created a stripe across the black shampoo bowl. Every day the ache in my
heart reminded me that Eve’s Clips was my life now. I leaned Joyce
Westmoreland’s head back and scrubbed her blonde locks. Then I reached for the
conditioner on the metal shelf behind the shampoo bowl. The bottle was empty,
and it was the last one I had. That ne’er-do-well Durbin Brown hadn’t delivered
my products.
A breeze hit me in the face as the door swung open, the pink
flowered curtain flapping. “Hello, where have you been? You were supposed to come
on Monday.” I held out the container. “I’m out.” My insides boiled at such bad
service, not to mention that my creepy new salesman reminded me of Ichabod
Crane.
He plopped down several cardboard boxes, ripped the top off
one and handed me Strawberry Fields Conditioner.
“Thank you.”
Durbin pulled a small pad out of his pants pocket, flipped
it open, and tapped his foot. “I’m writing a bill for you.”
The building shook. Metal crunched. Bricks fell amid loud
scraping.
My nerves vibrated. Durbin’s mouth twitched. Joyce bounded
out of her chair, her blue eyes wide.
“Quick, under the vanity,” I yelled out.
Joyce shot to it like a bullet, but Durbin froze. I grabbed
his spindly arm and pulled him behind me, the heels on his black boots scraping
across the gray laminate floor. “Get under here.” I couldn’t help but use a
harsh tone. He hunkered down, and I scooted beside Joyce. He nuzzled into my
shoulder and shivered like a wet puppy. My head spun as the walls shook, shards
of glass fell, and sheetrock dust trickled into the air.
Hair Calamities and Hot Cash can be purchased at Amazon (Kindle), B&N (nook), Kobo and Pelican/Prism Book Group
Award-winning author Gail Pallotta’s a wife, mom, swimmer and bargain shopper who loves God, beach sunsets and getting together with friends and family. A former Grace Awards Finalist and a Reader’s Favorite 2017 Book Award winner, she’s published five books, poems, short stories and two-hundred articles. Some of her articles appear in anthologies while two are in museums. She loves to connect with readers.
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Wow, Gail, sounds like a great book! Certainly wish you the best of luck and God's blessings with it.
Hope you enjoyed today's spotlight friends and that you'll check back regularly for Tuesday Treasures, Thursday Thoughts and of course more Saturday Spotlights.
Until next time take care and God Bless.
PamT
6 comments:
Really fun series. Happy New Year!
Hi Lisa,
Thanks so much! Happy New Year to you as well!
I just starting reading this fun book!
This book sounds like it was a lot of fun to write. The excerpt was great! Congratulations, Gail Pallotta. Thank you for hosting her, Pamela S. Thibodeaus.
This story sounds like a fun read!
Sounds like a fun read! Thanks for sharing, Gail. Can't wait to read it.
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