Maski Broken But Not Dead Mystery Thriller Joylene Nowell Butler
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To the Breaking Point…
When Brendell Meshango resigns from her university professor position and retreats to her isolated cabin to repair her psyche, she is confronted by a masked intruder. His racial comments lead her to believe she is the solitary victim of a hate crime.
However, is all as it appears? After two bizarre days, the intruder mysteriously disappears but continues to play mind games with her. Taught by her mother to distrust the mainstream-based power structures, and with her stalker possibly linked to a high level of government, Brendell conceals the incident from the police. But will her silence keep her safe?
Then her beloved daughter, Zoë, is threatened and Brendell takes matters into her own hands. To save Zoë, Brendell searches for the stalker and confronts not just a depraved madman but her own fears and prejudices.
Excerpt
Chapter 2
I opened my eyes to a black void and the familiar smell of wood burning. Heavy blankets weighed down my torso and legs; rough wool scratched my chin. I couldn’t move. My back and jaw hurt. As my eyes tried to focus, my mind filled with memories: someone ploughing into me, pushing me to the floor, the blow that followed.
Clear-headedness brought only terror, and in retaliation, my lungs fought for air. I smelled sweat. My sweat.
What happened?
The floor creaked as a shadow slipped past the head of my bed. How was that possible when my bed rested against the wall? Another flow of movement on my right. I squinted into the darkness. Though the room smelled like my cabin, this wasn’t my bedroom. These weren’t my sheets or my blankets.
I lifted my head and squinted. My eyes finally adjusted to the semi-darkness. Was that the woodstove next to me? I squinted harder. It was less than five feet away. How—? On my right, the chesterfield and chair, so close I could have reached out to touch them. A chink of moonlight outlined the veranda doors less than six feet from the foot of my bed. I sucked in air. Not possible. I slumped back. I was in my bed in the middle of the living room, lying where my coffee table should be.
Award-winning author Joylene Nowell Butler is showcasing not one, but two of her intriguing
books in two different formats and you could win a copy of one of them.
But Not Dead. Once only available in print, the book has received a fresh new cover and title for readers to enjoy and is now available in eBook
format.
the prequel to Joylene’s 2016 release, Mâtowak:
Woman Who Cries, which is now available in audio format.
◊ By Joylene Nowell Butler
◊ Psychological Thriller
government, Brendell conceals the incident from the police. But will her
silence keep her safe?
fears and prejudices.
◊ Mâtowak: Woman Who Cries
◊ By Joylene Nowell Butler
◊ Psychological Thriller
A murder enveloped in pain andmystery…
National Defense, Leland Warner, is murdered in his home, the case is handed to Corporal Danny Killian, an aboriginal man tortured by his wife’s unsolved murder. The suspect, 60-year-old Sally Warner, still grieves for the loss of her two sons, dead in a suicide/murder eighteen months earlier. Confused and damaged, she sees in Corporal Killian a friend sympathetic to her grief and suffering and wants more than anything to trust him.
Joylene, Métis, is the author of Dead Witness, Broken But Not Dead, and Break Time.She and her husband and their two cats reside in Canada for the summers and
Nayarit, Mexico, for the winters. They believe life should be an adventure.
they are standalones and can be read that way?
Interesting! Thanks for sharing the information about these books.
That sounds really good. Thanks for sharing, Juneta.
Yes it does. I was thrill to be a part of her writing journey again. Thanks for letting me be a part of you group with MC tours and keeping me notified.
Thank you so much, Juneta. You are a dear blogging friend.
I love having you, you are very welcome. Thanks for letting be be part of your journey. You inspire me and make my journey better for knowing you. Thank you.
Big congratulations to Joylene!
An excerpt grabs your attention and you want to know what lead to that scene. Juneta, thanks for sharing Joylene’s stories and for being a part of her tour.
Mason
MC Book Tours
Yes it does. I was thrill to be a part of her writing journey again. Thanks for letting me be a part of you group with MC tours and keeping me notified.
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