Welcome to The Wormhole and my day on the tour.
It is my pleasure to feature:
Connie Corcoran Wilson and Red is for Rage.
This virtual book tour is presented by Teddy Rose @ Virtual Author Book Tours.
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Publisher: Quad
City Press (March, 2013)
Category: YA, Psychological Thriller
Tour Dates: Mid-March-Mid April, 2013
Available in: eBook, 240 pages
RED IS FOR RAGE is the second book in
the award-winning THE COLOR OF EVIL series by Connie (Corcoran) Wilson . THE COLOR OF
EVILwon the E-Lit Gold Medal for Horror (Jenkins Group) and the Silver Feather
(IWPA).
In Book Two, we learn more about the exact
nature of Tad's paranormal power, Tetrachromatic Super Vision. Can this keen
sight help Tad find Stevie Scranton? Will Tad suffer another breakdown from
reliving the crimes of serial killer Michael Clay (aka, Pogo, the Killer
Clown), as he did when only eight years old? Can Tad learn to harness his special
sight to help his loved ones?
When Stevie Scranton goes missing, best
friend Tad vows to do everything he can to find him. Even if Stevie is dead,
Sally and Earl Scranton, (his parents), and Shannon, (Stevie's older sister),
crave closure. Tad enlists the help of retired policeman Charlie Chandler and a
team of volunteers, including Charlie's old partner, Evelyn Hoeflinger. This
rag-tag team of detectives continues searching for Stevie Scranton, the runty
misfit of Cedar Falls '
Sky High. In their search, they discover a monster every bit as dangerous as
Pogo and must confront him in order to save Stevie.
Tad sees auras around others that tell him
whether they are good or evil. The truly evil are surrounded by a khaki aura
(THE COLOR OF EVIL). At night, Tad suffers vivid nightmares that depict the
crimes of the evil-doers. Michael Clay (the serial killer Pogo) escapes
custody. On the loose again, Pogo's actions restart the vicious cycle of
violent nightmares. Pogo poses a threat to the entire town of Cedar Falls , but he is especially a
threat to Tad McGreevy.
Pogo has one main goal: kill Tad McGreevy
so that Tad cannot disclose Clay's location. Pogo doesn't realize that, up
until now, Tad has been unable to harness the paranormal ability he possesses.
Now, Tad McGreevy must try to learn to use his unique gift. Stevie
Scranton's fate hangs in the balance. Tad's power, if precognitive, could save
everyone he loves.
Jenny SanGiovanni returns from her
father's home in Boulder , Colorado , to finish her senior year with her
old classmates. She brings home a new set of problems. Jeremy Gustaffsson, the
fifth-year senior boyfriend in Jenny's junior year, graduated. But Jeremy is
still in town, still obsessed with Jenny, still dangerous. When Jenny broke
up with Jeremy, it made Jeremy mad. Bad things happen to good people when
Jeremy Gustaffsson gets angry and descends into a red rage.
All Jenny's cheerleader friends from her
junior year are back. Many, like Janice Kramer, Heather Crompton and Melody Harris,
have problems of their own. Jenny deals with adolescent issues such as
self-esteem and self-worth, problems that tax her soul. But Jenny is not
alone. Another Sky High student is driven to the brink. Will that individual
plunge into the abyss of despair?
And what of the adults? What has the
stress of Stevie's nine-month ordeal done to Earl and Sally Scranton's
marriage? What problems confront the other adults in Cedar Falls as three evil-doers rise up to
create chaos and do them harm?
RED IS FOR RAGE and rage runs rampant
in this small Iowa
town in the year of our Lord 2005.
About Connie Corcoran Wilson:
Connie (Corcoran) Wilson (MS + 30) graduated from the
University of Iowa and Western Illinois University, with additional study at
Northern Illinois, the University of California at Berkeley and the University
of Chicago. She taught writing at six Iowa/Illinois colleges and has written
for five newspapers and seven blogs, including Associated Content (now owned by
Yahoo) which named her its 2008 Content Producer of the Year . She is an
active, voting member of HWA (Horror Writers Association) and also a member of
ITW (International Thriller Writers) which awarded her its Silver Feather Award
in 2012, MWA (Midwest Writers Association), AWP (American Writing Program) and
MWC (Midwest Writing Center ),
which named her its Writer of the Year in 2010. She has won numerous E-Lit
awards, a NABE Pinnacle award, an ALMA (American Literary Merit Award),and an
IWPA Silver Feather.
Her stories and interviews with writers like David Morrell,
Joe Hill, Kurt Vonnegut, Frederik Pohl, William F. Nolan, Anne Perry, r.
Barri Flowers and Jon Land have appeared online and in numerous journals.
Her work has won prizes from "Whim's Place Flash Fiction,"
"Writer's Digest" (Screenplay) and she will have 12 books out by the
end of the year. Connie reviewed film and books for the Quad City
Times (Davenport , Iowa )
for 12 years and wrote humor columns and conducted interviews for the (Moline , Illinois )
Daily Dispatch. Connie was a presenter at the Spellbinders Conference in Honolulu , Hawaii
over Labor Day. She now blogs for 7 blogs, is a Featured Contributor
to Yahoo, and comments on movies, television, politics, writing and anything
else that interests her both on Yahoo and on her own
blog, www.WeeklyWilson.com.
Connie lives in East Moline ,
Illinois with husband Craig and cat Lucy, and
in Chicago , Illinois , where her son, Scott and
daughter-in-law Jessica and their three-year-old twins Elise and Ava reside.
Her daughter, Stacey, recently graduated from Belmont
University in Nashville ,
Tennessee , as a Music Business graduate and is
currently living and working in Australia .
Giveaway:
The giveaway is open worldwide. The prize is winner's choice:
The Color of Evil or Red is for Rage
Both books are available in mobi, epub or PDF.
You must be 18+ and a follower of The Wormhole to enter.
The giveaway is open worldwide. The prize is winner's choice:
The Color of Evil or Red is for Rage
Both books are available in mobi, epub or PDF.
You must be 18+ and a follower of The Wormhole to enter.
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