Promo Post and Giveaway: Spilling Blood by L. Penn
Release date: Deceber 21, 2014
Subgenre: Crime thriller, Revenge
About Spilling Blood:
When schoolgirl Toni Simms is horrifically betrayed by her boyfriend David Hilton, she enters a world of bloody revenge.
As her best friend Rebecca Hayes comes under attack, they decide to take the law in to their own hands with events leaving a trail of untold plight.
Left physically and mentally broken, each girl discovers emotions and thoughts they would not have believed possible, rearing unbridled acts of attrition as secrets are revealed surrounding family and school life.
Toni and Rebecca cross boundaries no teenagers should cross, and walk a path only they understand, even accepting their lives, will never be the same again.
As her best friend Rebecca Hayes comes under attack, they decide to take the law in to their own hands with events leaving a trail of untold plight.
Left physically and mentally broken, each girl discovers emotions and thoughts they would not have believed possible, rearing unbridled acts of attrition as secrets are revealed surrounding family and school life.
Toni and Rebecca cross boundaries no teenagers should cross, and walk a path only they understand, even accepting their lives, will never be the same again.
Excerpt:
There chafed an
unwelcome sound.
Rebecca, sage, closed the front door and
stopped breathing.
The silence complete she was able to hear
the beat of her heart. Whirling round, she placed a finger to her mouth
instructing Toniās quiesce then started to breathe again.
The sound,
It was familiar.
That sound,
It was crying.
In
unison each girl dropped their satchels as they made way toward the weeping
fearing what they would find. Rebeccaās Mother cut and bloodied, slumped and
naked, the room a mess; thankfully no. Canny, the younger girl pushed open the
living-room door and to her relief saw a tidy space with her Mother
fully-clothed laying on the settee sobbing pitifully. Rebecca feared the worse.
Rushing to tend, the youngster made a
cautious lift of her elderās head before releasing a succour breath. Pleased to
find the only injury her Mother displayed was a contorted expression submerged
in tears, there was immediate concern from Toni standing warily by the door.
āIs he still here?ā
Karen shook her head no but the younger
child was beside herself, āMum, what did he do to you?ā
āBecky,ā Toni fraught, āshould I get
something?ā
āWhat?ā not really hearing.
āShould I get anything, make some tea or
something?ā
Glancing back Rebecca nodded yes then
reconnected her Motherās crying eyes as she heard Toni flit about the kitchen.
Karen slowly sat up uncurling her legs. The young Hayes gripped by a rush of
empathy placed an emboldened hand in her Parentās lap.
āMum, please tell me youāre alright?ā
Slight, Karen shook her head yes, she was
alright.
āAre you hurt anywhere?ā
After high-played sufferings, Rebeccaās
experience knew to ask this question and Karen responded with a barely audible,
No. The child knew then her Mother
hurt something terrible. It did not have to be physical for the youngster to
see scarring as the mental grinding of her Motherās personality told itself in
Karenās fatigued moral.
āMum, what is it?ā
Earthen whimpering flowed as the teenager
reached for a box of tissues on the coffee-table to hand over.
āMum, talk to me, please?ā
Karen sucked in air and blew her nose. Teary
eyes looked upward, and downward, then a voice, final; āI canātā¦ā despaired, āI
canāt take this anymoreā¦ā weak, āI canāt handle itā¦ā fading.
Rebecca shipped to say but the Mother
stopped her with a diluted lean forward and pulled her jumper off her shoulder
to expose trauma the daughter long presumed existed. The tale covered Karenās
shoulder: Cuts, bruises, and welts, and what appeared to be bite marks. With a
tremble, the Mother re-sheathed herself.
A suited gasp; āWhat has he been doing to you?ā
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Giveaway:
L. Penn offers mobi copies of Spilling Blood to the first 12 people who e-mail her.
About L. Penn:
Under the author
name L. Penn, Cass Ben writes fiction and non-fiction books. Born in
Leicestershire, UK, during the 60ās, her works have raised eyebrows of literary
peers. With a diverse background witnessing many social ills from her era, L.
put pen to paper to memorialise certain events hence the, āraw and gritā of her
stories, says author, Amy Shannon.
A
London Film Festival claimed Spilling Blood would be banned if made in
to a film and Studio Canal said it is a āpowerful and moving storyā. At a time
when Eamonn Walker (star of TVās Chicago Fire) found this authorās style
compelling, L. disappeared from sight to resurface years later.
With
her fourth book under way tackling love, crime, race and hate, L. continues to
let her non-conforming characters tell their stories.
After
awarded writing commendations at Secondary School to having a proposed ban
slapped on Spilling Blood, L. regularly contributes her True Crime book reviews
at Goodreads whilst penning her own boundary pushing dramas as she discovered
with takers of her second novel, Missing Him.
As
someone who doesnāt tread lightly though on occasion swings the odd
sledge-hammer, her trade backgroundās in construction & tutoring, so as one
brick is laid on top the other, her characters build, piece by piece.
Working
with your hands helps you move around to complete a structure; and with that
one in the bag, you apply yourself to the next.
L.
currently resides in London and concentrates on health and well-being.
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