The Eves A Story of Storytellers

 The Eves

By Grace Sammon

Jessica Barnet is in the midst of renovating her Washington DC row house, and her shattered life is also in need of rejuvenation. It appears she's hit bottom, devastated by family loss, stalled in her drive and ambition, and seeking solace in glasses of vodka. Wallowing in her misery, Jes tells herself and those around her truths that she wants to believe. Thanks to her dear friend Sonia, Jes is introduced to the ladies of The Eves who each have real life stories that a writer like Jes can absorb, and tell the world. What lessons may she even learn for herself?

These older women are committed to living their final years in community at The Eves, a sustainable farm on the cliffs of Chesapeake Bay. These colorful women can reach back in time over 100 years even as they wrestle with the very real question of what story they will leave to the future. These women are not done living, not at all. There is still more to their stories yet to come. They have much to give, including joy. As Jes researches their stories-in-progress, she begins her own transition. In that journey, she is influenced by an intergenerational group of women and men who give her maps she can use to guide her way out of hiding to a new future.

Clues surface regarding the honest truth of Jes' life. Digging into the depths, surprises that are buried are found. Transitioning within her life, Jes must find a way to reconcile the life she dreamed of, and her life in reality. That is an amazing story, exciting in the telling.

Author Grace Sammon presents a beautiful novel of a group of people thrown together by circumstance, and giving to each other the gift of understanding and compassion, and more. The Eves is truly Jes' story from despair, yet it is also the stories from others that pave a way toward hope, if Jes will listen.

Grace Sammon is an author, entrepreneur, educator, and speaker. She has started and managed two for-profit and two not-for-profit companies, and she has travelled to thirty-five states and eight foreign countries. Grace is utilizing skills built up over decades as she re-invents herself with this award-winning fourth book and debut novel The Eves and with a return to one of her early loves, radio with her new show, The Storytellers. Find out more about the author at gracesammon.net.

A Fatal First Act Brings Reader Bravos

 

A Fatal First Night

By Kathleen Marple Kalb

It's opening night at the New York City Opera in 1899 and breathless anticipation overflows into the aisles among the chattering audience waiting for the curtain to go up. Backstage all are taking their positions, readying themselves for a memorable performance. When the final curtain falls, so does one of their own as the actors find a murder victim in his dressing room. It looks like the killer has been caught in the act, but opera star Ella Shane is not so certain. She will search for the real killer, determined to solve this mystery despite the danger. Will she go too far and take her final bow?

Ella Shane is herself an intriguing character with a rocky and difficult past. No opera diva, Ella is in the business for the music, the stories, the work, and the theater. Loving a challenge, she plays all parts of interest regardless of society's expectations. Fencing is one of her many talents, and skills. She's also en garde as she romantically parries with a certain English aristocratic man. Their interests grow, but there is a concerning question of trust that has them alternating their lunges, and putting them occasionally en garde. Can they work out their differences? In the meantime Ella pursues her own investigation of the stage mystery. More lives are at stake, possibly her own.

The clues revealed are an exciting trail to an ominous group of suspects. As Ella delves into the mystery, she has a delightful array of friends who support and aid her. In her final acts, she must stop the guilty killer. Despite her drive to solve the murder, and work out her romantic entanglements, still the show must go on for this dynamic protagonist.

Historic New York of 1899 teems with life, the sights and scenes and society of a rollicking city on the verge of a new century. The author's talented writing puts you at this time and place, in the midst of an exciting plot. Her skill at creating characters that are engaging, who you'd like to know and be friends with, creates a captivating story, and series.

Author Katherine Marple Kalb has created a fun, historical mystery series. This book is the first, and the newest in the series is A Fatal Overture. Find out more on the website katherinemarplekalb.com, and hear more from the author herself on YouTube's A Novel Talk with Katherine Marple Kalb.