Tuesday Ebook Spotlight: Charlaine Harris's ‘All Together Dead,’ Lauren Tisdale's 'Circle of Secrets'

If you’re missing “True Blood,” that sexy vampire series on HBO that took place in the fictional town of Bon Temps, Louisiana, go to the source. The story originates with Charlaine Harris and her long-running supernatural mystery series featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. The books were New York Times bestsellers and “All Together Dead” — available right now at the discounted price of $1.99 — has more than 63,800 five-star Goodreads ratings.

Here’s the book description:

Sookie Stackhouse has her hands full with shapeshifter Quinn—a possible new man in her life—and the upcoming central U.S. Vampire Summit on the shores of Lake Michigan. Sookie's job at the summit is to support Vampire Queen Sophie-Anne, whose power base was weakened by hurricane damage to New Orleans. But Sookie is about to discover just how dangerous that job can be, as she is drawn further and further into the vampire world...

This past week I was honored to speak at the Bayou Teche Writers Group in New Iberia, Louisiana, headed by Vicky Branton, author of the children’s book, “Donkey Otie’s Forever Birthday Story.” We reviewed Vicky's book in a previous column. 

Among the participants were several authors, including Lauren Tisdale, author of the ebook “Circle of Secrets.”

Here’s the book description:

Meet Helen-an older woman, who enjoys her part-time work at the local hospital where her husband is a doctor. Ghosts of her past haunt her and when a secret is revealed, she must push past the pain to forgive and piece together a puzzle in order to find what she’s looking for.

Meet Marissa-a woman in her thirties, single parent to Sophia. She loves to teach but is haunted by the clock slowly ticking away due to her failing health. When a secret is revealed, she must figure out what it means before her time runs out.

Helen and Marissa are total strangers but one thing connects them—family secrets. Their mysterious pasts intertwine and they don’t know it until a family secret reveals that everything they’d once known was a lie. Now, they must fight their own battles to figure out the truth, before it’s too late for one of them.

Louisiana Book News is written by award-winning author Chere Dastugue Coen, who writes Louisiana romances and mysteries under the pen name of Cherie Claire. Her first book in each series is FREE to download as an ebook, including "Emilie," book one of The Cajun Series, "Ticket to Paradise," book one of The Cajun Embassy series and "A Ghost of a Chance," the first Viola Valentine mystery.