The Charly Stevens Series by Two Sharpe - Book Tour + Giveaway
Awakening
The Charly Stevens Series Book 1
by Two Sharpe
Genre:
Cozy Mystery
Cozy Mystery
What do you do when tragedy comes into your life and takes everything
away? Charly Stevens’ life was turned upside down when a drunk
driver took her beloved husband Kevin from her, making her a widow at
24. Charly has two choices, stay in the dark pit of despair that has
become her life for almost a year, or take a chance and enter the
world of the living and move forward again. Lucky for Charly, she has
some excellent friends who support her, but she will also have to
face the next step in her life when a man from her past reappears and
shows definite interest. Charly gets caught up in a murder
investigation with some unusual help from her rescue dog, Lola. After
Kevin was taken, he finds a way to help Charly realize her place in
the world again with Lola’s help.
away? Charly Stevens’ life was turned upside down when a drunk
driver took her beloved husband Kevin from her, making her a widow at
24. Charly has two choices, stay in the dark pit of despair that has
become her life for almost a year, or take a chance and enter the
world of the living and move forward again. Lucky for Charly, she has
some excellent friends who support her, but she will also have to
face the next step in her life when a man from her past reappears and
shows definite interest. Charly gets caught up in a murder
investigation with some unusual help from her rescue dog, Lola. After
Kevin was taken, he finds a way to help Charly realize her place in
the world again with Lola’s help.
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Mrs. Paulson was just sitting
down at the table with a cup of coffee in front of her, and there was a second
cup sitting in front of the chair across from her, steam rising from the cup.
I smiled and slid into the chair across from her, all the while
trying to figure out how she knew I was coming, there is steam coming out of
the cup meant for me!
“Almost a year ago,”
stuttering at first. Just saying it out loud felt like someone just stuck an
ice pick in my chest. “How did you know?”
Mrs. Paulson, “EJ” as she told me to call her again, began “I was
married to a wonderful man, Harold, for 36 years. We were never blessed with
children, but Harold and I loved animals something fierce and we spent our love
on our animals. Harold was such a wonderful man, he would give you the shirt
off his back...actually, that’s how we met,” she said with a wicked little
smile.
I chuckled as EJ continued, a sparkle in her eyes, “Harold was
always helping people, he would deliver meals to people who were sick or
injured. We both volunteered at the local animal shelter to help them find
people to adopt the animals that came in. One night, Harold was on his way home
after delivering meals and a drunk driver came careening through a red light
and struck my Harold broadside, he died instantly according to the
police.”
I made an audible gasp and my hands started shaking while tears
fell down my cheeks. EJ smiled a half smile and put her hand over mine, “Harold
and I had 36 beautiful years together, I can’t complain.”
I grabbed a napkin from the holder and dried my face and blew my
nose. I was just about to say something when EJ continued.
“I took Harold’s death
hard, he was my everything. I didn’t handle it well at all, I kind of checked
out for a while. About a year after Harold’s death, I began having this vivid
dream with Harold and me. It was the same dream every night. Then one night the
dream changed. Harold said something in the dream that he never had before. I
didn’t think much about it at first and then I found that the things he was
saying to me in the dream, were real.”
“It took me some time, but
I eventually pieced together what he was telling me, and I ended up finding
Pookie. He was abused, emaciated, and in terrible shape, but I found him just
where my Harold told me to look in my dreams. That was 15 years ago.” EJ looked
over at me and smiled, then she patted my hand and said, “You can take a breath
now dear.”
I didn’t realize I was holding it as I let out my breath loudly
and took several more to steady myself. This was unbelievable, EJ had just
given voice to what I have been thinking for several days, I thought I was just
going mad!
Taking another breath, I said, “That is a lot to take in. I have
to say I have been having a similar experience, but I thought I was going
crazy.”
EJ started laughing and said, “Dear, do you think I thought I had
all my cookies in the jar after all that happened to me? It took me a long time
to let my mind accept what was happening.”
“Is that it, is that all
that happened? You found Pookie?” I asked after taking a few moments to
process.
“I figure that each of us
that have been given this gift are given the responsibility that goes along
with it. It was not only for my benefit that this happened. Over the years
Pookie and I have helped rescue over 100 animals that were lost or being
abused. And over those same years I have asked myself all the time why this
ability, this gift? All I can think of is that Harold and I shared a love and
passion for animals. I think maybe when someone is taken suddenly, the way
Harold and your Kevin were, their love, or at least some of it, stays here with
us. Maybe that is how this connection or bond is formed.
“Harold came to me in my
dreams until I found Pookie and then believe it or not, Pookie was the one that
helped me find the others. I think Harold might be speaking to me through
Pookie. If you pay close enough attention, they are speaking to you in their
own way. I stopped asking questions a long time ago and just started
paying attention and trusting my instincts...and Pookie’s.” She smiled.
Acceptance
The Charly Stevens Series Book 2
Charly Stevens has come to accept that it is time to move forward with her
life, so she and Lola are plowing straight ahead… into even more
mystery and intrigue. With the help of her faithful friends Hadley
and EJ, the team takes on a case to find a missing dog and they
inadvertently cross paths with Charly’s new love interest, Riley
Jordan. Riley and his partner, Tank, are investigating a string of
break ins in the surrounding area and find clues that link back to
the murder of Riley’s father, when Riley was young. Working
together to help solve the case is exhilarating for the new couple,
but it also places both of them in harms way. Come along on this next
adventure in the Charly Stevens series: Acceptance.
life, so she and Lola are plowing straight ahead… into even more
mystery and intrigue. With the help of her faithful friends Hadley
and EJ, the team takes on a case to find a missing dog and they
inadvertently cross paths with Charly’s new love interest, Riley
Jordan. Riley and his partner, Tank, are investigating a string of
break ins in the surrounding area and find clues that link back to
the murder of Riley’s father, when Riley was young. Working
together to help solve the case is exhilarating for the new couple,
but it also places both of them in harms way. Come along on this next
adventure in the Charly Stevens series: Acceptance.
Two Sharpe Publishing was created as a company to publish some books that
my daughter and I wrote together. This was not something Amanda
nor I had ever even dreamed of, but then life has a way of sending
you down the path that it wants… regardless of where you were planning on going.
my daughter and I wrote together. This was not something Amanda
nor I had ever even dreamed of, but then life has a way of sending
you down the path that it wants… regardless of where you were planning on going.
On September 16, 2015, Amanda’s husband Kevin was on his way home from
work late one night and was waiting for traffic to clear in the left
turn lane about a mile from their home. A drunk driver coming
from behind Kevin, at what was estimated 75 mph in a 45 mph zone,
veered out of the travel lanes and struck Kevin in the rear of his
Dodge Neon with a full-size SUV. Kevin was killed instantly in the crash.
work late one night and was waiting for traffic to clear in the left
turn lane about a mile from their home. A drunk driver coming
from behind Kevin, at what was estimated 75 mph in a 45 mph zone,
veered out of the travel lanes and struck Kevin in the rear of his
Dodge Neon with a full-size SUV. Kevin was killed instantly in the crash.
Several months after Kevin’s death, Amanda wrote an autobiography of her
life with Kevin called Stolen and she asked me if I would help edit the book.
Once we put the finishing touches on Stolen, we decided we would cowrite a fictional
series called The Charly Stevens series.
life with Kevin called Stolen and she asked me if I would help edit the book.
Once we put the finishing touches on Stolen, we decided we would cowrite a fictional
series called The Charly Stevens series.
People deal with the loss of a loved one in many different ways. After
starting the Charly Stevens Series, we came up with another fictional
series called Road Rage The Blog. It is a real time blog written by
Simon, a man who has a great deal of rage, especially when he gets in a car.
starting the Charly Stevens Series, we came up with another fictional
series called Road Rage The Blog. It is a real time blog written by
Simon, a man who has a great deal of rage, especially when he gets in a car.
Once we had an idea for the above projects, we needed a Social Engineer to
handle publishing, website development, cover art, and social media
for our company. We were lucky enough to convince Kris Spoon to
join our team. Kris has a wide range of experience in the world
of publishing and social media and has used those unique skills to
create a platform for not only the works we have created to date, but
for those to come. We hope in the future to be able to help
other authors bring their works to life through our company.
handle publishing, website development, cover art, and social media
for our company. We were lucky enough to convince Kris Spoon to
join our team. Kris has a wide range of experience in the world
of publishing and social media and has used those unique skills to
create a platform for not only the works we have created to date, but
for those to come. We hope in the future to be able to help
other authors bring their works to life through our company.
Thank you for reading about Two Sharpe Publishing!
-Amanda, Kris, & Scott-
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