Story summary of BLUE MOON:
Awakening The Gift--
Mary Corbett's calm, orderly existence is
shattered the moment she sets foot on an old, run-down Louisiana plantation.
Even though she's never been there before, she recalls details about the
house that only someone who actually lived in it would know. If that
weren't bad enough, she finds that her attraction to the other curator,
Jack Windom, hasn't lessened since they last worked together. In
fact, as they spend time together on the estate, she realizes she's falling
in love with him. Unfortunately for her, he's already spoken for.
When she and Jack attend a Blue Moon Voodoo
ceremony, she has a clear-sighted vision" about the former owners, both
of whom mysteriously disappeared over a hundred years ago. Even though
she's never been "psychic", she continues to "see" bits and pieces
of their lives. Shortly thereafter, the ghostly apparition of the former
mistress, Magdalene Laroussard, appears to her and begs for help.
When Magdalene continues to ask for help, Mary realizes what she has tried
all along to deny -- that she is somehow tied to this house and to Jack.
She makes up her mind to not only buy the run-down plantation and turn
it into a bed and breakfast, but to also solve the mystery of what happened
to Jean-Pierre and Magdalene Laroussard.
Her determination to find the key to their
disappearance is fraught with danger. When she learns that members
of a local Voodoo cult have vowed to protect her from harm, she can't help
but wonder who's going to protect her from them.
How to get a copy:
THERE'S A "BLUE MOON" RISING ON THE PUBLISHING HORIZON
Appleton, Wisconsin - Now that Stephen King
has graced the literary world with his first electronic book, people take
greater notice of ebooks, and the big publishers don't look quite so condescendingly
on this medium.
But what about all the small presses, the
epublishers, who have been in the trenches---heck, built the trenches---over
these past years? Does it really take a King to make epublishing a successful
venture?
Case in point: "Blue Moon" by C. D. Ledbetter.
The romantic suspense novel, "Blue Moon",
was released just a few short weeks ago by DLSIJ Press. The book's
author, C. D. Ledbetter, was just as thrilled by her first release as if
it had been a hardcover or a paperback. She brought with her the belief
that "Most writers aren't in the business for the money. They are writers
because they have this unyielding urge to create stories and share them
with others. However, if you can't bring your stories to the readers,
you've already lost the war."
Ah, but would it sell? Would "Blue Moon"
win this author's war? Would it bring her what every author craves---a
readership that ends up writing a nice royalty check?
"Blue Moon" was simultaneously released
as a RocketEdition? for use on the rocket eBook. By the second week, the
ebook had worked itself into 19th position on the Barnes & Noble eBook
Bestseller List under Horror and Suspense. By the third week, it had assertively
nudged its way up to the 9th position, where it stared respectfully at
the King in the front of the line.
Sales of "Blue Moon" on the publisher's
site have also continued to climb. The publisher states that reader response
has been overwhelmingly positive, "other than the pardonable complaints
that C. D. Ledbetter is 'addictive' and that the sequel has no release
date."
C. D. Ledbetter may not be the King, and
may never enjoy that comfortable throne at the front of the line, but her
readers have made her, in just these few short weeks, a noble contender.
All hail the reader! It is the reader who
determines success and failure, the reader who makes this "Blue Moon" rise.
"Blue Moon" is available for immediate
download in PDF, RocketEdition?, and a Braille printer-friendly format.
Book and order information can be
found at:
the link to publisher is:
barnes&Noble already has it up:
It can be found in bookstore or on e-books
Search on that site brings up both links.
url for that site is: http://www.barnesandnoble.com
(It is easy to do a book search for BLUE MOON and click
on the BLUE MOON title by CD Ledbetter - that brings up both electronic
and paperback offer -- my book is #3 or #4 on the resulting list)
ISBN: 1-928973-34-5
DLSIJ Press Appleton, WI 54915 http://dlsijpress.com
PUBLISHER CONTACT: Ms. Sidney Jameson, sidney@dlsijpress.com
AUTHOR CONTACT: C. D. Ledbetter, Carlaled@gte.net