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Blurb
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
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.
Author bio and links
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.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for featuring The Empty Room on your blog, Nickie!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, Sarah!
DeleteSounds like a great read.
ReplyDeleteHow did the cover come about?
ReplyDeleteI'd always had an idea for the cover, very early on in the writing process. It was something that just popped in my head and stuck with me, but I didn't have the technical know-how to create it so I held a contest for graphic designers and got hundreds of entries. I described exactly what I wanted, what I had envisioned and I got them, hundreds of versions, but none of them were "right." And then on the second to last day this design, the one that ultimately was chosen as the cover, was submitted and it absolutely sent chills down my spine. This designer, without really knowing the story had captured the essence of Elizabeth and Dean and the cover could not be more well done in my opinion.
DeleteSounds like an awesome book - thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI'm absolutely in love with the cover! It really plays with the mind and makes you NEED to read this book! Can't wait to pick up my copy and get to reading, I'm so antsy lol!
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