A Storm of Doubts Epic Book Launch

About the Book

Book Title: A Storm of Doubts

Author Name: JPC Allen

Genre: YA Cozy Mystery

Release Date: March 1, 2024

Her dad said nothing could hurt their relationship. But what if he isn’t her dad?

Summer gets off to a rocky start for twenty-year-old Rae Riley when the ex-wife of family friend Jason Carlisle claims their youngest child isn’t his and Rae’s con man uncle Troy returns to Marlin County, Ohio. Rae is already at odds with her father, Sheriff Walter “Mal” Malinowski, over her desire to help people in trouble. When she extends that help to Troy and Jason’s ex-wife, Ashley, she and Mal clash even more.

Then Ashley disappears, and Jason and his brother Rick are the main suspects. As Rae and her aunt Carrie, a private investigator hired to protect Jason’s kids, work to discover what really happened to Ashley, Rae wrestles with Troy’s insinuations that she may be calling the wrong Malinowski “Dad.”

Book Excerpt

  ”You promised to help her?” Dad’s question was sharp. And loud.

    Even in the poor light of the lamp, I could see red flooding into his face.

    Steeling myself, I met his glare. “Yes. I did. Then she wanted me to—”

           “Rae, what’s the matter with you?”

           Although I expected the roar, it still made me jump.

           “This is a domestic problem, one of the most dangerous calls a cop—”

           “There’s wasn’t any danger, Dad. I thought—”

           “I already warned you when you were going to interfere in that fight in the woods. Now you—”

           “I thought it all over before I—”

           “Are you trying to get yourself killed?”

           Tears surging in me, I ran into the house, through the living-dining room, and slammed the door to my bedroom. I pressed back against the door, a tightness latching onto my chest, a tightness that grew hotter and hotter.

           He had no reason to discipline me. I wasn’t a stupid teenager who broke curfew. I’d held a job for years, paid my own way until I moved to the farm.

           Anger evaporated the tears.

           “Rae?” Dad was very quiet on the other side of the door.

           Too bad he hadn’t thought of starting that way.

           I flung the door open.

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Excerpt One: http://kid-lit.library-lady.blog/epic-book-launch-and-excerpt-a-storm-of-doubts-young-adult/

Excerpt Two: https://blossomsandblessings.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-storm-of-doubts-by-jpc-allen-epic.html

Excerpt Three: https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2024/02/epic-book-launch-storm-of-doubts-by-jpc.html

Excerpt Four: https://carolkeen.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-storm-of-doubts-epic-book-launch.html

Excerpt Five: https://storiesbygina.com/2024/02/12/a-storm-of-doubts-epic-book-launch-with-celebrate-lit-publicity/

Excerpt Six: https://www.artistwriterandstudentohmy.com/posts/a-storm-of-doubts-epic-book-launch/

Excerpt Seven: https://coverloverbookreview.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-storm-of-doubts.html

About the Author

JPC Allen started her writing career in second grade with an homage to Scooby Doo. She’s been tracking down mysteries ever since. Her Christmas mystery “A Rose from the Ashes” was the first Rae Riley mystery and a Selah-finalist at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference in 2020. Her first Rae Riley novel, A Shadow on the Snow, released in 2021. Online, she offer tips and prompts to ignite the creative spark in every kind of writer. She also leads workshops for tweens, teens and adults, encouraging them to discover the adventure of writing. Coming from a long line of Mountaineers, she’s a life-long Buckeye.