On sale: The Seadog: a love story (Paines Creek Beach series)

Hi, folks!

This is just a quick heads up about a sale I have going on right now for The Seadog: a Paines Creek Beach love story.

This book can be read as a standalone and also is book #3 in the Paines Creek Beach series. Normally $2.99, it's discounted through 6-30-17 for only 99 cents!

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Scout Vanderhorn lost her mother, home, and all hope of security. In a desperate bid to escape, she travels to a seaside mansion to find her father. Set on beautiful Cape Cod, The Seadog is a story of redemption, mysteries, and revelations—and above all, the incredible power of love.

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Here are a few reviews to give you a feel for the story:

"Wow! I think this may be my favorite in the series and I've loved all three. The characters are beautifully portrayed in all their flawed glory. I think I fell in love with most of them at least a little bit. The story is suspenseful, intriguing and wonderfully romantic. Paines Creek Beach sounds like heaven on earth and Lazar has painted it so vividly with his words that I feel as though I've been staying with the McGraws in their lovely mansion by the sea. I hope there will be more books in this series."  - Jane Firebaugh

"Occasionally you read a book that just grabs you. The Seadog was this book. A woman arrives at the Seacrest to find her long-lost father. She discovers he is dead but finds her sister. One day on a walk she finds a man on the beach badly beaten laying beside his kayak. She takes him back to her cottage on the Seacrest property and nursed him back to health and falls in love with him at the same time. Can you say heart stopping romance? I definitely can! The author has created Scout and Jack as the main characters. There is a secret to be revealed and Scout’s nemesis Monty to be dealt with as well as Jack’s case of post traumatic stress disorder. All these factors make for wonderful storytelling and I give kudos to the author along with 5 stars for a poignant story."-  Karen Vaughan

Thanks for your loyal support!

Aaron Paul Lazar

www.lazarbooks.com

I want to share something really beautiful with you...

Hi, folks!

I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Father's Day last Sunday. One of my three daughters, Allison, made me a scrumptious lunch of home made gyros. Yum...

My eldest daughter, Jenn, stopped by with granddaughter Bella (almost 9) who presented me with a special grandfather's card from her and her two sweet brothers. It really made my day.

Now, I didn't have very good luck, per se, this weekend, because my rototiller and lawn mower both died, but I'm wishing you all lots of luck in the eBook giveaway that's going on this week. See below for the link and details.

Most of you have downloaded or read mysteries, suspense, or love stories from me. But today I wanted to share something new with you that a friend has just released. It's a gorgeous collection of poetry by acclaimed writer Magdalena Ball, owner of the Compulsive Reader website. I have to admit, I don't read poetry often enough. You'll usually catch me reading or listening to a mystery. But this book, Unmaking Atoms, has grabbed me by the heartstrings, and I can't stop reading it. 

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Maggie's poems are deep and poignant, and they really make you think. I sensed great loss as I was savoring every piece, so skillfully did Maggie relay her emotions through her lovely tapestry of words. Here are just a few snippets to give you a feel for the collection.

From "Luminous Air"

The rain was full of ghosts

that night

the air luminous

with immortality

From "The Last Report of the Day"

I was a little girl then
all my unspoken need
pulsing like a lighthouse
your untranslatable language
transmitted through my pores
a scent you recognised.

You didn’t need to say anything
the battery of signals
that battered you
like we’ve all been battered
I felt those signals in my shoulders
hunched against a rising wind.

Atomic Mess(reprinted with permission)

When your last

fractured breath came

condensation of

a lifetime, I wasn’t ready

but you were

pulled in constricting circles

battened the hatches

bolted the door

I felt the cut at thirty thousand feet

watched the cord slacken

lost the sonic heartbeat

before I arrived

after that

there was more silence

than I knew existed

fearless, you slid

into the atomic mess

safe from a life that assaulted

you at every turn

in all this quiet
how will I hear that song
your breath exhaled into cold air
gypsy lullaby
on my lips

does inheritance
provide solace
now you’re no longer

here reminding me

to be brave?

 

 

Unmaking Atoms on Amazon

 

Last of all, I probably should tell you a little bit about my own books. I'm in the process of re-releasing and recovering my favorite of all my 26 books: Don't Let the Wind Catch You, a Gus LeGarde Mystery set in 1965. Here is a sneak preview of the new cover. Since this book takes place on horseback in the woods - sunny woods, foggy woods, stormy woods, ghostly woods, I thought the following cover art would be very appropriate! Isn't that an inviting trail? You can still check out the older version here on Amazon for a little while. ;o)

Next time I'll share my current plight of not knowing what to write next. It's a strange place for me to be in, but maybe you folks can help me with some ideas, eh?

 

Happy reading, and don't forget to take pleasure in the little things.

Aaron Paul Lazar

www.lazarbooks.com

Catching up with Kim Smith

Good day, Murderers...

Sorry, I have sort of been missing. As some of you know, my hubby has been sick and my time has not been my own. But he is home from the hospital and now I find I can do more of my old schedule. I am actually writing again! How did that happen? LOL

So, it's late spring and the weather has turned "mid-south" nasty as my character Dwayne Brown would say. It's been rainy and hot, and we even had a storm blow through last weekend that took a lot of trees and power lines with it. A lot of Memphians have been without power for days now. I think a power outage (of short duration!) is a perfect time to read. It's even fun to read under the covers, with a flashlight, like back in the day of my youth.

SO, what are you reading, folks?

I am working on yet another Karen White novel entitled The Beach Trees. It is a lovely summer read and I am enjoying it a lot. I started reading a Daniel Silva book but stopped because I realized I had read it before! That's a bad thing when you have read so many books that you actually forget the ones that you read.



Well, I don't mean a bad thing, but more like a wonderment. Amazing, isn't it?

That's about all I have to get you all caught up this week, fans. If you want to know more about what's going on with me and mine, look me up on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kimsmithauthor or at my blog over on KimSmithAuthor.com - and I will do my best to get in here and bring you more writing tips and tricks soon.