A year after the assassination of Senator Maybelle, President Castillo makes a declaration that shakes the United States of America to its core: the presidential election is to be postponed for a period of three years to investigate the deaths of prominent senators and representatives across the nation.
In the wake of the speech, Janette is invited to meet with Senator Thaddens regarding a donation for the New York Public Library. Aware the senator may be one of the last men fighting for freedom in a corrupt system, she agrees to meet with him in his Michigan home.
What she learns could breathe life back into American democracy. But can Janette and her ragtag group of friends outsmart a government determined to herald in an age of warfare and stratocracy?
As a side note, my blog software apparently does fancy kindle embedding now, and I’m playing with the feature rather than doing all of the bazillion things I need to do today.
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Faith Hunter (Author of Skinwalker) and I are buddies, and at the rate we keep flinging blitz story challenges at each other, the sky might fall. Or something. Because I have serious issues with tacos… I made her write a story about tacos.
Sorry not sorry, Faith!
You can read her response to my challenge here.
I foresee her clapping back shortly… for some reason.
Please enjoy this tease from Booked for Theft.
Upon returning to work on a rather dreary Monday morning, I dealt with a flood of donation requests from a myriad of senators, representatives, and other politicians determined to improve their reputation with the public. The New York Public Library benefited from my fame, but I worried about the consequences my growing popularity among the people would create.
I had no political aspirations. Everyone understood my heart danced between the library, my fluffy goddess, and the man I would one day marry. From newspaper reports to broadcasts speculating about me, I’d been painted as a selfless servitor of the people.
Somehow, I’d become the personification of ‘for the people, by the people,’ and I didn’t appreciate it.
It would only be a matter of time before somebody came up with the idea that I might better represent ‘We the People,’ which would do more than just put me in the line of fire again.
Heaven forbid if anyone dared suggest I might ever utter ‘My Fellow Americans’ in any context.
That way led to madness and probable death. Worse, I couldn’t tell who would die. I likely topped the list, and anyone who had ever associated with me would follow in my wake.
But the seeds Dr. Castor had planted grew.
Senator Thaddens of Michigan had submitted an email requesting that I pay him a visit in his Maryland home to discuss a donation to the library with him. To make it clear he was serious, he’d given me his entire schedule for the next nine months, indicating where he would be, why he was scheduled to go there, and when he could make time for a meeting.
Among the last records included the confirmation of the next President of the United States and the inauguration.
He had given me a gold mine of information, all done under an innocent enough guise. Every meeting with President Castillo had a note indicating he, regretfully, would be unavailable. Other highlights indicated meetings with Senator Westonhaus and a few politicians I hadn’t heard of but would make a point of learning about.
One meeting, also highlighted, mentioned a date with his fellow altruists at a summit taking place in Boston in a month and a half. According to the internet, the summit brought in world leaders and other politicians to expand trade and discuss policy.
President Castillo would be in attendance, along with Senator Westonhaus and many others known to be in the pocket of our corrupted government. Several other highlights worried me. After the summit, there would be votes on key issues.
Where there should have been highlights for the campaign trail, I stared upon a void of nothingness.
Senator Westonhaus appeared in highlighted notations.
Instead of campaigning and convincing the people he should be the one addressing the nation with ‘My Fellow Americans,’ he was instead voting against them.
That much Senator Thaddens managed to convey through the use of public records.
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I hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday!
😁Got mine on pre-order delivered overnight, but I’m re-reading the other two first.
The tacos were cursed. 😂😂 When you two do a writing challenge, we all win!
Thanks to you and Faith Hunter for fabulous reading. I am a Patreon person for you because I wish to support you and want to help dispel the sometimes awful readers that “demand” you write to only their specifications. May you write Long and Prosper. Hugs.
I’m coming up on the half way mark for Booked for Theft.and I love it. I have tried to slow down my reading as that way it will last longer. Huge sigh of satisfaction that I still have more to read.
Got mine and just started. I’m excited to get started 🤗
Love this series, when will the book be available in paperback?
Depends on the cover designer. I would expect a few weeks at the earliest.
Just so you know, I’ve laughed myself 🤣🤣🤣 on the Booked series. I enjoyed them as much as Shelley Lauretson’s Honey Badger series. Please keep up the fantastic writing and characters.