Genre: Paranormal / Thriller / Suspense Publisher: Clear Creek Publishing Date of Publication: May 13, 2017
Number of Pages: 316Scroll down for giveaway!
Reporter Gera Stapleton has a difficult choice to make: write the story of a lifetime or save the legacy of a town—and a man—she has come to love. Assigned to a piece in Jerome, Arizona about a once-friendly ghost gone on a crime spree, Gera stumbles upon an amazing tale of greed, deception, and family honor—and murder. When the killer targets her as the next victim, an unlikely savior comes to her rescue. Smart dialogue, plenty of action, and a touch of the supernatural make this a must-read novel. “Becki Willis blends bits of history with bits of fancy and weaves a tantalizing tale you won’t soon forget.”
To the delight of readers around the world, Becki Willis writes memorable characters in believable situations. Best known for Forgotten Boxes and The Sisters, Texas Mystery Series, Becki has won numerous awards, but says her biggest achievement is her family and her loyal reader base.
Genre: Historical Fiction / WWII / Spies Publisher: Fish Tales, LLC Date of Publication: June 16, 2018
Number of Pages: 330Scroll down for giveaway!
In 1943, Lane Mercer and Emmie Tesco had nothing in common. Well, nothing stronger than a town neither of them chose and careers they couldn’t advertise as agents within the Office of Strategic Services. During the days of Longview, Texas’s Friendly Trek Homecoming Parade, Lane was gearing up for the grand opening of a bookshop that also disguised an espionage safe house, and Emmie was chasing a criminal with evil intent through the US Army’s new medical facility, Harmon General Hospital, treating diseased and amputated soldiers. Emmie ropes Lane into international threats at Harmon General, making it increasingly hard for the two spies to navigate the Junior Service League, church life, or anything else that might be considered normal for a town sizzling with oil boom wealth. A friend from Lane’s past arrives and pushes against the fiction she’s created to distance her spy history from the wedding bells ringing her future. Emmie flirts with the idea of finding a life outside of the OSS but justifies the danger as a way to make amends for those she’s betrayed. Connecting the two women, to their surprise, is a rogue agent who targets them for crimes he believes they created. For better, or worse, they have to put aside their differences to share responsibility for stopping “The Grasshopper” before he blows apart the Big Inch Pipeline project and Harmon General Hospital. The hope of malaria treatments for US soldiers depends on it, and justice of the heart demands it.
PRAISE FOR HARMON GENERAL:
“The war that changed the world brought the world to East Texas through Harmon General, a significant US Army hospital that treated thousands of wounded soldiers in Longview. In Harmon General, we meet again Lane Mercer, a World War II heroine, and we enjoy again how the drama of her secret service to the nation and her complicated personal relationships pull us into the vast impact of the world war.” — Dale Lunsford, Ph.D., President, LeTourneau University “Harmon General is a brilliant story for historical fiction readers! Set in World War II, the female spies, Army hospital setting, and drama amongst the Longview townsfolk kept me riveted and engaged until the very end.” – Jody T. Morse
It’s been a while since I read book one, The Big Inch, but I’m glad to see that my wish to read more about Sergeant Tesco (Emmie) has been granted. I’m glad to see that Lane is still as strong and independent as ever, but it looks like she hasn’t improved on reading people yet.
From the beginning of book two, you know that Emmie and Lane are secret agents; but what you don’t know is why their relationship seems tense. You later learn that the two ladies stayed at the same boardinghouse at one time, and obviously they have the same occupation. It makes you think that they would be more friendly with each other, especially since they’re on the same side (you assume, since they have the same boss). It got me thinking that maybe Fish was making a comment on how women tend to get in each other’s way rather than help each other excel. At any rate, she introduces a small collection of men from both the civilian and spy sects who further muddle the relationship.
Understandably, it takes a while to unravel a story when you have so many interesting characters, but I was antsy for the action to begin. Heck, it took about halfway through the book for Lane to have the very serious conversation with her fiancé that we are expecting from the moment we find out the widow is already engaged to another man. But once we hit that halfway point, strap in folks. There is definitely more than meets the eye when it comes to these characters. I guess that’s why they are spies, right?
If this series gets picked up for the big screen, do not turn your HD on. The Texas heat is a character of its own that makes the spies miss Europe. I felt their pain every time Fish detailed the way perspiration ran rampant on everybody. Fish’s attention to detail goes far beyond climate, but these were details that really stood out to me and made me smile because I’m living in the same hell every time I walk out the door.
So, go get The Big Inch and read it, pick up Harmon General and read it, and then eagerly anticipate book three. You’re welcome.
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A WORD FROM THE AUTHOR:
Kimberly Fish started writing professionally with the birth of her second child and the purchase of a home computer. Having found this dubious outlet, she then entered and won The Writer’s League of Texas manuscript contest which fed her on-going fascination with story crafting.
She has since published in magazines, newspapers, and online formats and in January 2017, released the first novel in the Misfits and Millionaires series set during the World War II years in Longview, Texas—The Big Inch. Her second book, Comfort Plans, was published later that same year.
Reporter Gera Stapleton has a difficult choice to make: write the story of a lifetime or save the legacy of a town—and a man—she has come to love. Assigned to a piece in Jerome, Arizona about a once-friendly ghost gone on a crime spree, Gera stumbles upon an amazing tale of greed, deception, and family honor—and murder. When the killer targets her as the next victim, an unlikely savior comes to her rescue. Smart dialogue, plenty of action, and a touch of the supernatural make this a must-read novel.
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