Eden Winters asked me to share her book The Telling with anyone who would like to read it. The book is free to you. You don’t have to win it – everyone is a winner.
As a new writer, Eden came up with a little promo, (what her Cajun friends call lagniappe) for her writing. It’s a full length novel of 165 pages and she wrote it to honour those Americans in the Armed Forces who live under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Here’s the blurb for the book –
Time spent in Iraq cost Michael Ritter more than just the hearing in one ear. It cost him a friend, one whose death he feels responsible for. When he eagerly left Alabama for what he believed would be a grand adventure, he thought to escape his small hometown and the life that awaited him there. A lot can happen in four years, and now Michael’s back, bringing a duffle full of personal demons with him.
Four years ago Jay Ortiz left home for the first time to attend college, in a place where his both his heritage and his orientation aren’t widely accepted. While adjusting to his new surroundings, he found a picture of a young soldier. During dark and lonely times he confided in the image of the stoic young man, until one day he discovered that he’d given his heart away to someone he’d never met. Now that man was coming home…
In a world of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, there comes a time when you have to decide who and what you are.
You can download The Telling here
If you would like to thank Eden or tell her what you think of the book after reading it, you can either leave a comment or email her. Here’s her email address edenwinters@gmail.com
Wow, what a generous thing to do! Thank you, Eden, for sharing your book! It sounds terrific and I can’t wait to read it 😀
Thank you, Eden, for the book. It sounds very interesting. Can’t wait ’til I have time to read it.
Wow, what a great book. Thank you thank you thank you sooo much, Eden, for sharing 🙂 I liked it very much. It’s great to read a book when the characters are my own age, makes it easier for me to relate to their feelings and insecurities.
Now I’m just hoping for a sequel to this staring Terry and Ryan – I’d love to see them get togheter 😉
Thank You Eden. This was very generous. I will read it today on my lunch hour.
That’s really generous of Eden. The blurb sounds interesting and I’ll be happy to read it since I like to read books written by new authors. Thank you both. ^^
Hey, thank you! I’ll be sure to read the story and drop Eden a line.
Wave gave me a copy a couple of days ago, since I like military stories so much. The Telling starts slowly, but builds and builds. The characters are very well developed and if you find yourself crying at times with the heroes, grab your box of tissues. I cried during one of Michael’s therapy sessions.
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Eden places the scenes in a small Alabama town that is racist and homophobic. So Michael is fearful of what his hidden desires could mean to his relationships to his sister, mom, and grandparents.
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I read the last half of the book quite rapidly, but I don’t remember any purple prose or unnecessary descriptions of body parts.
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I recommend The Telling highly! At least 4.5 to 5 out of 5. Maybe even a DIK.
Thanks so much, Eden! How cool!
Jase
Thanks Eden!
Thank you so much, Eden, that sounds really really good. Can’t wait til I have the time to read it – especially after John’s short review. Thanks John, too!
Thanks, Eden! Can’t wait to read it.
It sounds really good! I know what I’ll be doing tonight! 🙂
Thanks, Eden. It’s a very kind thing you’ve done, offering this book!
~Tis
count me in please
Midia
You don’t have to win the book – you can just download it.
Wow, thanks so much, Eden!
That’s so nice of her to share it with us. I actually just finished a research paper involving the military, DADT and class repercussions. I’ll definitely be downloading this, and emailing her my thoughts after I get a chance to read it! ^^
THANK YOU!!!
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-kkm
Ya’ll are quite welcome, and I do hope you enjoy the story.
Thank you Eden!
Thank you so much for this, Eden! I’m looking very forward to reading it.
I don’t know if I’ll get a chance to read it before the weekend, but I’ll definitely drop a line once I have.
Thank you so much, Eden. That’s beyond generous! I love being introduced to new authors, or at least new to me, and I look forward to reading your work. With the end of DADT in sight, it’s especially poignant.
i would love to read it as well. Thanks.
Eden, just got the link this morning and wanted to thank you for your most generous contribution. It is appreciated. I am looking forward to reading your book tonight. Thank you so very much.
TC
Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed Michael and Jay’s (‘scuse me…Javier’s) happy ever after. Actually, I’ve already begun a sequel with Ryan and Terry, but have four more projects to complete first.
Thank you, Eden! That’s really generous. I downloaded it just now an I’m looking forward to reading it.
Hi, Eden!
I’ve read your book and enjoyed it very much. I sympathized with Michael and I’m really happy to hear that you are writing a sequel – I was hoping for Terry’s story and now that I know it’s Ryan’s too, I am really, really looking forward to reading it as well as you other books (I have The Wish on my TBB list). Good luck!
Thank you so much!
Usually I’d be skeptical of something like this (free self-pub’d book), but the premise sounded strong and up my alley, so I downloaded it.
I’m 100 pages in and while it could use a BIT of polishing, it’s great! 😀 I’m really digging the story and characters; plus, there’s a good mix of humour and seriousness–just right for me.
Thanks, Eden! And thanks, Wave, for posting this. I’ll check out her new book (which sounds fun).
Thanks for the freebie, I’ve read a few pages and really like it so far will be checking out your other books 🙂
Thanks to everyone for their kind words. As a new writer I was uncertain how my work would be received. You’ve all made me feel so much better. I didn’t want to be preachy, but wanted to increase awareness of what those in the military, like Michael, have to deal with. Not just the “don’t ask, don’t tell”, but the post-traumatic stress, and sorrow of losing friends. And I loved creating and giving him Jay to help him get through it all.
Wow! Thank you Eden for sharing what sounds like an amazing book. I just read John’s review, and couldn’t pass up the chance to read it. Thank you for sharing with us readers, and I hope to be able to read it this week.
ElaineG
You are quite welcome and I hope you enjoy! John did a wonderful job, didn’t he? There were far more imperfections he could have dwelled on, but it tickles me to death that he liked the book. I hope you will, too.
Thank you for sharing. For me, living in Italy, it’s great when I can have access to books or films on the net that otherwise would be lost to me. When it’s free it’s even better! So thanks again for the opportunity to read.
You’re quite welcome. I’m amazed at the sheer number of visits this posting has received, and hope you and all the other readers enjoy the book. Thanks once again to Jessewave for posting it on this site, and to John for the lovely review.