What I did on my summer vacation

Remember when we went back to grade school each fall and our first assignment was to write an essay titled "What I Did on My Summer Vacation?" Today is the first day of fall, and although our vacation doesn't happen until winter, I’ve finally got time to catch my breath and share what I did over the summer: For folks who don’t have a Kindle or prefer to hold a “real” book, I’m excited to announce that all of my novels are now available in print form.


(Aren’t they pretty!)

Click (actually, Ctrl+click) on any of the titles below to read more about each book, or to read a sample of it on Amazon.

BLOOD EXPOSURE Psychological suspense
Where blood ties run deep and often intertwine, some secrets are too destructive to reveal.
When Merris Alcott begins pulling the family skeletons from the closet, she finds her search for the truth has become the catalyst that threatens to destroy her entire family.
Order now: BLOOD EXPOSURE

NET STALKER  Psychological suspense
When recently-orphaned Geordan Taylor turns to the Internet to decipher the truth behind her mother’s murky past, she finds more than she bargained for: a cyber-stalker who believes he can avenge a decades-old injustice only with Geordan’s death.
Order now: NET STALKER

CHOICE  Contemporary fiction
Jody Maclain’s daughter has never known she was the product of one humiliating sexual experience that drove her father out of the closet and her mother into a lifetime of self-recrimination. When Jody’s former love Keith dies unexpectedly, Jody is forced to reevaluate the choices she made from Kendall’s conception to whether to renege on her promise to tell her daughter of her true parentage. When the latter choice is made for her, the consequences threaten to destroy all that she loves.
Order now: CHOICE

You can order from your favorite indie bookseller, or from Amazon by clicking on the links above. Or ask me when next you visit -- I have copies here at A Butler’s Manor.

And once you’ve read them, won’t you please consider adding a review to Amazon’s site? Reviews make all the difference in perpetuating sales!

Many thanks, and I look forward to your comments!

Comments

  1. HartSeptember 22, 2014 at 8:16 PM

    Looking at all the covers together, I can't help but admire how well they "match." They definitely say, "Here's the Kimberly Burton Allen brand." Don't you love picking them up and feeling them? I don't think anyone but another author can appreciate that feeling. Congratulations!

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    1. Kimberly Burton AllenSeptember 23, 2014 at 8:51 AM

      Thanks, Hart! Yes, I've tried for (and Todd has designed) continuity, even though the books are not a series. You're so right, branding is important! And I LOVE holding them. I pet them like you pet a kitten!!! :)

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