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More than 1,200 new readers of The Broken Hallelujah over Memorial Day
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Thanks to all of you, we have distributed 9,689 copies of The Broken Hallelujah since it was released in October 2022. I hope you continue to enjoy Martin and Robin's story. It remains available in e-book, paperback, hard cover, and Auddible, and is still free on Kindle Unlimited.
Working Through Grace's Double Mystery
About 2/3 Through the First Draft
Empress Catrina is overseeing my slow progress on Murder...From Time to Time. She is rather annoyed that I let a mere broken small leg bone bench me for so long. All is well with my ankle now, and I am back at work on Grace and Hannah's two stories.
Hannah's been killed in 1928 and Grace is working to solve the very cold case of her great-great-grandmother. Not a great surprise that there are threads still connected to Houston's movers and shakers. Could a murder committed in 1928 still resonate nearly 100 years later? With oil barons, pro-fascists, and a possible Black Widow in the mix, it is all too possible.
Plus we have the added fun of meeting her lovable conman father and her baby daddy who both seem strangely involved in Hannah's history as well. And don't forget, we still have a baby to birth! Never a dull moment for the Brentwood women.
Cozy Series with Rambunctious Furry Friends
Brentwood Women Mystery Series #1 and #2
Queen Shasta insisted that she oversee the pitch for her book as well as her BFF (best furry friend)Minuit's starring role. Join them for Deliver Us from Evil . . . and the Six O'Clock News and Deadly . . . as a Walk in the Park.
Now Available
Brentwood Women Mysteries #1 & 2
Brentwood Mysteries #1 & 2 are now available on Amazon to great reviews!
In Deliver Us from Evil...and the Six O'Clock News Hildy proves her friend was not guilty of murder-suicide.
Victoria takes the lead in Deadly...as a Walk in the Park and links her friend's hit and run to her husband's death 20 years earlier.
Brentwood Women Mystery #3
Murder...from Time to Time
Take one bored and pregnant investigative reporter confined to her bed. Add her wildly creative mother and grandmother. The result is a cold case from 100 years ago. Grace sets out to solve the murder of her great-great-grandmother, a pioneer reporter in 1928 Houston, unaware it will bring a killer to her doorstep.
Best Audiobook Award
My amazing audio team at BJS Voiceover created a compelling and chilling audiobook. Not surprising it was picked at the Gold Medal winner from BookFest. Thanks to Brent Schraff and Heather Setzler for their extraordinary work.
2024 BookFest First Place Audiobook
BookFest
Our Story
The BookFest Awards honors authors who create outstanding works of fiction and nonfiction. Books are judged in categories based on genre, theme, and aesthetics. Entries will be vetted by an initial team, then the final places will be determined by an elite team of experts in the literary and entertainment world.
Our Story
Our Story
The Broken Hallelujah tells the story of Martin Carter lost in Vietnam in 1969 and his granddaughter Robin determined to bring him home while her grandmother can still honor him.
Multiple Award Winner
Multiple Award Winner
The Broken Hallelujah was again honored with a national award. The 2024 Book Fest Contest just recognized the audiobook as the best in the nation for overall production and quality.
Thanks to Brent Schraff and Heather Setzler, the audio version is a tour de force audio play.
I hope you all take the opportunity to download it from Audible. It is available on Amazon at
2023 IPPY Bronze Medal Winner
The Broken Hallelujah has been awarded a Bronze Medal for Military/Wartime Fiction in the 2023 Independent Publishers Book Awards.
The awards were created to recognize the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers, and bring them to the attention of book lovers around the world.
2023 Page Turner Finalist
The international Page Turner Awards has one goal – to change the lives of as many writers as possible. Page Turner Awards gives unpublished writers and published authors the chance to get their fiction story or non-fiction book recognized by successful authors snd high-calibre industry professionals.
Finalist International Book Award
Now in its 20th year, The Best Book Awards are one of the largest mainstream book award competitions in the United States.
Fiction: Cross-Genre
Winner
The Last Professional by Ed Davis
Artemesia Publishing, LLC
Finalist
The Broken Hallelujah by Wendy Adair
Bungalow Books Publishing
Bridging 50 Years
THE BROKEN HALLELUJAH is a story of truth and lies over five decades. A granddaughter's quest to find her grandfather lost in Vietnam will bring peace and hope to herself and her family.
The Broken Hallelujah is a heart-wrenching tale of family, the lasting impact of lies and the human consequences of truth.