Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Blurb Blitz & #Giveaway ~ If She Dies by Erik Therme ~ @ErikTherme @GoddessFish ~ Psychological Thriller


If She Dies
by Erik Therme
 
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Genre: Psychological Thriller

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About the Book:

Nine months ago, Tess’s five-year-old daughter was killed in a car accident. The driver, Brady Becker, was sentenced to two years in prison. It didn't make Tess’s pain go away.

Brady also has a daughter: A twelve-year-old named Eve who walks to Chandler Middle School every day. Tess knows this because she's been watching Eve for the last three weeks. It isn’t fair that Brady’s daughter gets to live, while Tess’s daughter does not.

When Eve goes missing, all eyes turn to Tess, who doesn’t have an alibi. But Tess isn’t guilty.

Or so she believes.

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Read an Excerpt:

I slouch further into the driver’s seat as Eve exits her apartment complex across the street. Today, she’s wearing jean shorts, sandals, and a blue tank top; blonde hair pulled into a crooked ponytail, her electric-pink backpack secured firmly over both shoulders. Eve turned twelve a few weeks ago, and since that day, she walks the six blocks to and from Chandler Middle School alone. She’s a few minutes later today than yesterday, but last Friday she was so early I almost missed her leaving. That won’t happen again.

Eve stops just outside the complex doors and tilts her head upward. Her mother, Meg, is raining down an angry stream of words from the screen-less window one story above. I can’t make out what’s being said, but I do manage to catch a single word riding the mild May breeze: ungrateful. There was clearly an argument this morning, maybe about laundry that wasn’t folded, or unfinished homework, or a dishwasher that wasn’t unloaded, or one of a thousand other things a mother raising a twelve-year-old daughter alone can stress over.

But Eve is a trooper.

She patiently listens to every word with her head raised, not talking back, not crossing her arms, not reflecting her mother’s anger. I think to myself: what if today’s the day? What if something unthinkable happens to Eve this very morning and she’s never seen again? What would Meg do with that guilt? How would she live with herself, knowing her final words to her daughter were angry and bitter over something trivial and inconsequential?

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Meet the Author:


Erik Therme has thrashed in garage bands, inadvertently harbored runaways, and met Darth Vader. When he’s not at his computer, he can be found cheering on his youngest daughter’s volleyball team, or watching horror movies with his oldest. He currently resides in Iowa City, Iowa—one of only twenty-eight places in the world that UNESCO has certified as a City of Literature.

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7 comments:

  1. Goddess Fish PromotionsMay 19, 2021 at 5:31 AM

    Thanks for hosting!

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  2. Erik ThermeMay 19, 2021 at 8:41 AM

    Thank you for participating! :)

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  3. KimMay 19, 2021 at 10:58 AM

    What do you think the hardest part of this book to write for you was?

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    1. Erik ThermeMay 19, 2021 at 11:33 AM

      Hi Kim, the hardest part for me is always trying to write the "emotion" of the characters. In this story, the main character Tess often gets upset, or angry, or sad, and it's always a challenge to put yourself into that characters headspace.

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  4. Rita WrayMay 19, 2021 at 11:50 AM

    Sounds like a good book.

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  5. SherryMay 19, 2021 at 2:38 PM

    Sounds like a very good book.

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  6. Victoria AlexanderMay 20, 2021 at 12:21 AM

    Great excerpt, thanks for sharing!

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