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Breakdown Series
by Debra Webb, Vicki Hinze,
Peggy Webb and Regan Black
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GENRE: Suspense
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BOOK SERIES BLURB:
BREAKDOWN is a unique and
groundbreaking four-book suspense series that will keep you turning pages until
the killer is finally exposed.
In
this explosive new miniseries, the idyllic community of Shutter Lake, nestled
in the peaceful Sierra Nevada Mountains, is rocked by a shocking murder. Four
women, friends who moved to the area to find healing and solace, must now dig
deep and overcome the scars of past troubles to find a ruthless killer.
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BOOK BLURB:
So Many Secrets, BREAKDOWN Book 2 by Vicki Hinze
THE BREAKDOWN DEEPENS... Seven years ago, Dr. Dana
Perkins came to idyllic Shutter Lake seeking safety from a traumatic experience
in Phoenix. She became the principal at Shutter Lake School--and found her
refuge… until Sylvia Cole was killed and one of Dana's best and brightest
students, Vinn Bradshaw, confessed to the murder. A murder Dana is certain he
didn't commit. But who is he protecting? Why? Seeking the truth shatters Dana's
safety. Yet who could have predicted proving Vinn innocent would jeopardize her
friends and neighbors… and expose so many secrets?
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EXCERPT TWO:
From “So Many Secrets” by Vicki Hinze – Book Two of Breakdown Book
Series
Laney
straightened and stopped rubbing her thigh.
“You know exactly what it’s like.”
“Unfortunately,
I do,” Dana admitted. “Before I came to
Shutter Lake, for peace and tranquility, I taught at an elementary school in
Phoenix. There was a mass shooting. Long story short, I lost four students. When the shooting started, we weren’t in our
classroom, we were in a hallway, and there was nowhere to go. Finally, we ran back to a janitor’s closet
and piled into it. I sat closest to the
door. It was hot and locked and the kids
were so scared. I told them we had to be
quiet and maybe the shooter wouldn’t know we were there. He’d turned his back and started firing in
another direction.”
“So
you saved the kids.”
Dana
let her agony show in her eyes. “Four
died.” She recited their names. “Cara, Misty, Sara and Joshua.” She tugged at her earlobe and swallowed a
lump of fresh tears from her throat.
“Part of me died, too.”
“Yes.” Laney sparked recognition. “Exactly.”
She sipped from her coffee. “So
you have nightmares, too.”
“I
did for more than five years. But this
with Sylvia...it’s brought them back.”
“So
they never end.”
“Regret
is merciless, Laney. That’s the simple
truth. But we get better at coping with
it. And that, my friend, is also the
truth.”
“Merciless,
I’ve got down pat. It’s something…else,
something that eases this stuff, I’m still searching for.”
“Yes,
I know.” Dana tapped her folded
forefingers. “We search because we feel
guilty that we couldn’t prevent the incident.
Because we couldn’t do more.
Guilt tells us we’re there to protect and defend, and when we fail, for
whatever reason we fail, we might be given forgiveness from everyone else in
the world, but we struggle—oh, how we struggle—to forgive ourselves.”
Laney
stilled and stared at Dana for a long time.
“It’s not regret, it’s guilt that rises up again and torments us.”
“It
does, but guilt can’t ease things in us any more than regret could, because it
isn’t what’s really tormenting us,” Dana said.
“Then
what is?” Laney winced. “I’m missing a step here.”
Dana
had, too. For a very long time. “Forgiveness
is tricky. We think we forgive others so
they can move forward, and so we do. But
we don’t accept that we must forgive ourselves so that we can move forward,
too.” Dana let that sink in. “It’s really hard for us to admit, especially
to ourselves, that we were helpless. Or
that we tried and just plain failed. So
we forgive everyone else, no problem.
But we don’t forgive ourselves because way down deep in places we don’t
talk about or even acknowledge exist, we have this spark of doubt. We hang onto it with all we’ve got, and we
continue to believe there is something else we could have done. Some way we could have changed the outcome.”
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BOOK SERIES TRAILER:
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Vicki, Debra, Peggy, and Regan will be awarding a $25 Amazon or B/N GC to
a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
AUTHOR BIO:
Raised
in New Orleans, Vicki Hinze began
writing before Kindergarten but her journey to writing books included a lot of
corporate pit-stops. Eventually, she settled in and her first novel landed an
array of awards and on the bestseller list. With nearly 40 books published,
she's been back many times with awards in multiple genres and appearances on
multiple bestseller lists, including USA TODAY. Vicki is recognized by Who's
Who in the World as an author and an educator and is best known for chilling
suspense, trailblazing, and creating series that genre-blend. Her works include
suspense, mystery and romance. Since 1994, this former VP of International
Thriller Writers has written heavily about military and military families and
in nearly all genres except horror. Hinze is a Floridian married to a former
Hurricane Hunter/Special Operations Officer. She constantly pushes the
boundaries on existing genres, opening the door for new novel blends.
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