I wrote a book!
This is the blurb:
Dr. Patrick Morana has an unusual gift. He can sense how and when a person died. Choosing to use his talents as a medical examiner for St. Louis County was easy. What wasn’t so easy was dealing with an ancient demon wreaking havoc on the city streets.
When Nataliya is chosen for a forensic pathology fellowship under him, Patrick finds himself interested in something he’s never allowed himself to want before. It isn’t long before Nataliya discovers secrets about Patrick that he’s been hiding his entire life. Secrets as to how he can sense the manner of death, how he knows what’s stalking the streets of their city, and how he knew she was pregnant before she did. With the help of a disillusioned FBI agent and a soon-to-be-divorced police detective, Patrick knows he has to get rid of the demon before it’s too late. Because it’s not like the St. Louis Police Department has a demon hunting squad.
I originally came up with this idea in 2020, deep in the midst of Covid lockdowns. I started writing it for NaNoWriMo. I’ve participated in NaNo every year since I was 17, and won more than I lost. It’s a bit sad, now that NaNo is defunct due to the horrendous activities of a certain mod and the interim director’s adoption of AI, but I won’t get into that. I just want to say so many of my books were written with NaNo, and this one is the same.
Now, five years later, this book went through a few edits, one professional, and had a professional illustrator make the cover (the amazing Jovanna Plata ). It was released on November 1st. Then I remembered this site existed. I planned on picking up my bread blogging again, and I figured I could also use it as my writing blog as well. And maybe I can be more intentional about blogging about my travels (I went to Peru and Greece since my last post!). but that requires WOOOORK. Ha!
Anyway, My book is available both in paperback and ebook.
https://books2read.com/u/3L6nL0
This is where you can find my book through library apps and Non-Amazon vendors.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/speak-for-the-dead-catherine-kruta/1148549868?ean=2940181072848
This is where you can buy it through Barnes and Noble.
https://a.co/d/gRPyM6d
And of course the Amazon link.
I’ll talk more about the process of this book in the future, but I’ll leave it at that. I hope to have a baking post soon as well. I’m heading into the holiday season, so I’ll probably be busy at the bakery and my caroling job, but I’m excited! If you do decide to pick up my book, thank you so much!
The Solo Geographer 