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I noticed that this thread is for Author Promotions and Excerpts, so I made a note in my diary for today to find an excerpt from one of my books and copy it to here. Yesterday I discovered that Hide in Time became a finalist in the 2021 Readers' Favorite International Book Award Contest which basically means it came fifth in the Fiction: Time travel genre. I've checked it several times just to make sure I saw correctly!

Here's an excerpt from my first published book - Xandra has just found herself in the middle of nowhere and no longer in 2009. Join her as she tries to work out what's going on.

"Whoa, there,” barked the man with the whip which had been flailing perilously close to the scarlet-liveried man standing guard at the back. “Whoo, whoo.” He brought the horses to a halt and bellowed, “Get out of the way, woman. Are you weak in the mind!”

“Great flumpleducks, girl; what are you doing here?” A woman, wearing a long, grey skirt, brown shawl tied around her shoulders and a white mobcap, stepped down from the coach onto the track.

Instinctively, Xandra put her hand to her head and felt her own cap with the lacy scarf still tied around it. If she could have answered, she would have, but she wasn’t at all sure what she was doing here.

The horses restlessly pawed the ground and tossed their heads. “Get her out of the way. We’re already late,” called the driver.

“You mind your manners. You’re charging a king’s ransom to take us to Canterbury tonight, so you just…”

“What is it, Martha? What causes the delay?” A man in clerical garb alighted from the coach. To say he was amply proportioned would do his physique insufficient justice. He approached Xandra. “Are you in distress?”

Xandra looked down at her wet, sandy shoes and the hem of her dress which hung damp, heavy and close around her ankles.

“Flollops! Of course she’s in distress. Can’t you see she’s all wet and wobbly?”

Parson Emmanuel Raffles looked both annoyed and abashed. “Martha, you are to be my kitchen maid, not my mouthpiece.” He sighed and muttered, “God forbid.”
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If you decide to buy it, I hope you enjoy many hours of fun reading it.

It's FREE on Kindle Unlimited.

Congratulations!

Thank you, Kathleen! It was such a nice surprise.

★A love that never died – Readers’ Favourite 5* Finalist★

Hide in Time is on a Kindle Countdown Deal so if you live in the UK or US, it is just 0.99 until 2nd February. It’s also FREE on Kindle Unlimited.