Sugar Lane Vol. 1 by Harlow Hayes - Book Tour + Giveaway
Women’s fiction/Suspense
Date Published: November 19, 2018
Publisher: Harlow Hayes Books
The night of Christmas Eve changes everything for Rhema Clark, a 36-year-old housewife living on quiet Sugar Lane. One day she is hosting a birthday party for her 9-year-old son, Julian, the next she is watching her neighborhood become the backdrop for the perfect murder.
To gain power, Rhema inserts herself into the lives of the residents of Sugar Lane. She knows they have secrets, but none of them run deeper than her own. On the outside she is a kind and caring neighbor, but on the inside, something sinister lurks beneath. The media storm surrounding this murder could destroy her secret life and expose her for what she is.
But will her lust for power override her desire to keep her secrets?
Excerpt
It’s not the dress. The thought kept repeating over and over like a broken
record. Whatever it was, she couldn’t pinpoint it, but she couldn’t escape the
feeling that she was about to sell her soul to the Devil.
She fidgeted
with the dress. The emotion was disappointment. She didn’t look like the other
brides. The ones she saw all over magazines or even the girls she went to high
school with on Facebook. They looked perfect. Perfectly slim, dress perfectly
fitted, hair perfectly coiffed, and groom perfectly in love. It was expected
for the husband to look upon his bride with loving eyes, but Elsea knew that
Peter had never looked at her that way. The wedding was tomorrow, and all she
could do was question Peter’s love.
The thought
didn’t linger when she realized that she was about to be moving out of her
parents’ house, getting away from them once and for all. Her heart felt like it
skipped a beat in its excitement. The abuse was wearing her thin, and she tired
of hearing the same thing over and over about how she never did things the
right way. How she could have been anything in life but settled on being a
checkout girl. She enjoyed her work there, but everyone else wanted to shame
her for it.
A husband.
It was the best Christmas present she could have gotten. It was a way out of
that house. She looked forward to her honeymoon, but unfortunately for her and
Peter, they wouldn’t be able to leave for it until after Hannah’s graduation
party. That was the last request that she was going to grant her parents. She
dreaded the whispers.
You know that could have been you. That should have been you. Those were the words that her
parents had whispered in her ear almost a week ago at the graduation ceremony
while she watched her perfect little sister Hannah walked across the stage to
receive her B.A., with her law school boyfriend cheering her on like she was a
rock star. Oh, Hannah is so mature, they would say. Hannah is so beautiful.
Hannah is so smart. Hannah, Hannah, Hannah. She was her little sister, but she
outshined her in everything from smarts to beauty. She was confident with her
perfect teeth, pouty lips, and natural blonde hair. All Elsea had was a
tarnished smile with teeth that didn’t look like they fit in her mouth, adult
acne, and mousy brown hair. She was plain. A nothing in everyone else’s eyes
except Peter’s, and tomorrow would be her day, and no one could take that from
her. She had found a man, and she wanted her due credit for accomplishing such
a task. But as she thought about it, the doubt returned.
About the Author
Harlow Hayes was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana and is the author of fiction and non-fiction books. She has always had a passion for writing and storytelling in its many forms. When she’s not immersed in her writing, she enjoys reading both fiction and non-fiction, watching classic movies, and listening to jazz with her dad. She is the author of 27 Revelations and You Got to Believe: A Guide to Managing Negative Influences and Expectations As You Prepare to Self-publish Your Book.
She currently lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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