Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Book Spotlight: Lights Out by Melissa Groeling

Picture this... A group of fun women, a hot waiter, and... a gravy boat!  LOL  Get your minds out of the gutter.  Every time I think of my trip to New York last April, I can't help but smile.  And today I'm welcoming one of the ladies I met on in person on that unforgettable trip!  Melissa Groeling has released her second novel, LIGHTS OUT!!! 

 
 


Even when the lights are out, he can still see you…

          Paul Holten’s profession doesn’t leave much room for doubt or conscience but he’s reaching his breaking point. The nightmares are getting worse, the jobs are getting harder to finish and the volatile relationship with his boss, Aaron, is falling apart. Now faced with the possibility of an impending death sentence, Paul makes the fatal decision to run. Drawn into one hellish situation after another, he’s forced to confront his dark past---and wonder if perhaps dying isn’t the better option.

 

 Excerpt

They had to get out of there—and fast—but he couldn’t see a thing…

Jesus, it was dark.

It was disorienting in its completeness, in its total lack of light. In his lifetime, Paul had had his sight temporarily taken from him many times. Mostly by people who didn’t want to be looked at or identified if—God forbid—something went wrong. But there had always been some degree of light leaking through the blindfold or a shift in someone’s hand that was clamped tightly over his eyes, or the loose weaves in a rut-sack that was tied around his head. He’d always been able to see something.

This, however, was like the deepest part of the ocean. This was like having his eyes glued shut. This was what it meant to be blind.

The air grew colder and with that came the struggle to breathe. He didn’t know if it was claustrophobia but it came pretty damn close. His chest hurt and his throat felt like someone was cramming cotton into his mouth. He tried to breathe more slowly, to at least calm the thundering in his rib cage, but the darkness around him fed the panic that was skating through his bones. The stones beneath his fingers were wet in some places and icy in others and, under his feet, things crunched and squeaked like he was stepping through snow and ice.

He hoped it was snow and ice.

Echoes came from all sides of him. It was impossible to decipher one sound from the next. He wondered if people who heard voices were anything like this. Just one gigantic ball of murmuring sounds and words that didn’t make any sense.

There was a scraping sound behind him.
 
 
PURCHASE LIGHTS OUT at:  Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, ARe
 
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About Melissa 

Melissa Groeling graduated from Bloomsburg University with a degree in English. She lives, reads and writes in the Philadelphia region and wherever else life happens to send her. She is a hardcore New York Giants fan and loves chocolate. Lights Out is her second novel to date.  

 

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Twitter: @stringbean10

 
Congrats Melissa!  To celebrate, Melissa is giving away an e copy of her novel, LIGHTS OUT, along with some awesome swag for the commenter that shares a scary moment from their past!!!!  Good luck! 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 comments:

  1. Sharing Melissa Groeling's post on Facebook:

    Yeah! So Leslie's got me chained her basement....er, I mean, I'm visiting, yeah, that's right. Just visiting...that's all...however, the door appears to be locked....and the lights are out....this is not good. But surely YOU have a scarier moment than this! Share it on Leslie Wright's blog and win a FREE COPY of my thriller, LIGHTS OUT! Scariest moment wins!

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  2. Lights Out sounds wonderful, Melissa. Creepy.

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