Sara, a Canadian Saga

Sara, a Canadian Saga is my first novel.   I hope you will enjoy the story.  

The time is 1916. Sara is a 10 year old girl in rural Prince Edward Island. Roy is a 10 year old boy in mining town, Nova Scotia. Through their eyes we see, feel and experience their childhood challenges. We follow them through adolescence and their turbulent teen years. We celebrate their courtship and suffer their lost innocence in the wedding ritual. They take us through the Great Depression and share with us the frustrations, dreams and challenges they face in adulthood. As parents they introduce us to their children. This story appeals to all ages because Sara and Roy hold up a mirror and ask the reader to recognize truth about the human condition for many Canadian families through difficult economic times. We witness love that does not come neatly wrapped and experience the quiet, sometimes desperate, drama of lives unfolding.

Sara, a Canadian Saga is free today in the Kindle Store.

Check out my author's page at http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

Sara, a Canadian Saga is also available in paperback on all Amazon sites as well as from Createspace where the link is https://www.createspace.com/4461846

Dinner At Seven - free in the Kindle Store Saturday, May 30

The story begins in 1985 at The Carrington Club in Toronto. Marsha feels in the doldrums until David arrives on the scene. Love and romance flourish until deception and betrayal raise their ugly heads. To escape Marsha flies to Bermuda where the power of love cannot be under-estimated.

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Review

A review of Dinner At Seven by Victoria Street

I have started to read a really good book - Dinner at Seven - written by Audrey Austin. Thank you, Audrey. It is really enjoyable probably because the story-line is located in Toronto!
I would like to see more people enjoy this love story - couldn't put it down and finally went to bed at 4am!

 Once again Audrey has formulated a wonderful suspense of life and love. The young lady thinks as most women that to be comfortable in a relationship is really love. When she find that she is embroiled in a passionate and all encompassing relationship, she starts to question her life and her ability to trust. A very good read.

From the Author

Dinner at Seven is my first romance novel.   The time is in the eighties; the location is Toronto & Bermuda.     She is in a comfortable relationship but it lacks excitement.  When she meets a new man at the Carrington Club, passion enters her life, and she is left with choices to make.   Who will win and keep her heart?  

 

Dinner At Seven is free in the Kindle Store on Saturday, May 30th.

 

Thanks for visiting my author's page at http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

A Bedtime Story - a conversation

This conversation at bedtime is a reminder that there are always more than two sides to a story.

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From the Author:

Grandfather doesn't need a book in order to tell his grandson a bedtime story.   Several years ago I enjoyed sharing stories with my grandsons in this way.   I wrote this short story as a conversation - a play.  I hope you enjoy it.

 

A Bedtime Story - a conversation  is a short story that is free for your reading pleasure in the Kindle Store today.

 

Thanks for checking out my author's page at http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

When God Gives Us Spring - free in the Kindle Store

Michael Custis Washington is a young black slave living on a cotton plantation in the Province of Virginia. He was born in 1802. Left an orphan at the age of five he is taken into the big house by his master, Alfred Gordon, to be trained as a house servant. While in this house he suffers severe emotional and sexual abuse. When he finally runs away with his wife Lucinda he is helped by the Quakers. Through the Underground Railway they reach the Elgin Settlement in Ontario, Canada. Freedom is his at last. But when the American Civil War breaks out in 1861 Michael chooses to join the Union Army. He works his way back to Virginia. Is he seeking justice or vengeance?






When God Gives Us Spring,  a novella, is free in the Kindle Store Sunday, May 24th for your reading pleasure.

Thanks for checking out my author's page at  http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

A short review by Norma St. Denis:  I read the book"When God gives us Spring" and it was fantastic. Starting to read "Dying to be Popular". Great Writer you are!!!

Thank you, Norma :-)





Another review of When God Gives Us Spring: 

5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating! March 9, 2014

By Dawn

 

This book was well written. It gave knowledge of the events leading up to the Civil War and the struggles black people had to face to gain their freedom.

 

 

   

IN CONTROL - a short story free in the Kindle Store

They say that Mary Lynn McAfterson is a control freak. It is true that since the death of her parents her work is her life. The day Marcel Leblanc enters the café the hope and light of romance flickers. Mary's life is transformed. If you enjoy "In Control" you will want to read the short story anthology titled The Silent Star plus a Dozen in which this short story is included.

IN CONTROL is a short story free today (Thursday, May 21st) in the Kindle Store on all Amazon sites.

If you enjoy this story you will want to check out The Silent Star plus a Dozen; a short story anthology available in both Kindle and Paperback formats on all Amazon sites for your reading pleasure.

Thanks for checking out my author's page at http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

Ellen and The Hummingtree - free today in the Kindle Store

Ellen is a woman I came to know well during the writing of my third novel Ellen and The Hummingtree.    She often puzzled me yet she also had the ability to make me laugh and cry.  I grew to love her.  And the more I came to know her I began to realize that she truly is a composite of the many caring spiritual women I have known throughout my life.  Alzheimer is a dreadful disease and Ellen's victimization is a heartbreak.  My writing of Ellen and The Hummingtree comes straight from the heart.  I hope you will love her as I do.        

Ellen and The Hummingtree  is free in the Kindle Store today (Monday, May 18th) for your reading enjoyment.

This book is available in both Kindle and Paperback formats on all Amazon sites.

Check out my author's page  http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin       

Reawakening -- free in the Kindle Store Friday May 15th

To celebrate Brian's homecoming, tomorrow in the Kindle Store, Reawakening is free for your reading enjoyment. This is a story of eternal love ... hope you will enjoy it. http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

Another Mother's Day -- free today in the Kindle Store

Not everyone is fortunate to have a loving & caring mother as I did and as I certainly hope you did.

Another Mother's Day is the story of three who were not so blessed.

Paulette, Molinda and Anthony are a tough trio. Even in childhood they stuck together and did their best to provide protection to one another from their abusive mother. Grown up now, it's another Mother's Day. Together they plot their revenge.

Another Mother's Day is free today in the Kindle Store.

Check out my author's page  http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

Happy Mother's Day! 

Bedtime Story -- free today in the Kindle Store

This conversation at bedtime reminds us that there are always at least two sides to every story.

 

Thanks for checking out my author's page at http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

Quest For Cammirand -- a short story free in the Kindle Store today

Peter Lowenza is an insurance investigator in search of a woman, Cammirand Gauthier, whose husband Jessie Gauthier has died. Cammirand is beneficiary of his estate and stands to inherit millions of dollars. She had been abandoned by her parents at an early age, abused and deceived by her husband, Jessie Gauthier who was known to be a ruthless businessman. Rumour has it he was an abusive husband. Is this why Cammirand has disappeared? It is the insurance investigator's job to find her. What happened to Cammirand Gauthier? Peter sets out on a quest.

Check out my author's page at http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

InThe Forest - a narrative poem - free today in the Kindle Store

IN THE FOREST is a narrative poem about the impact of spousal abuse on a couple's marriage. Who can explain why she pardoned his actions and continued to live with him? But the day arrived when she could no longer take one more moment of his violence. Now Chester weeps; an angry weeping.

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From the Author

It is a challenge to write a lengthy narrative poem particularly one that examines spousal abuse in a young couple's marriage.  IN THE FOREST won first place in a WynLit 24 writing competition and has been previously published by Wynterblue Publishing Canada in an anthology titled Confab 2.

 

Award winning narrative poem titled IN THE FOREST is free today in the Kindle Store for your reading enjoyment.

#3 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Canadian

 

Check out my author's page at http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

Maggie's Trip To Toronto -- free today in the Kindle Store

Maggie lives her very ordinary life in a very small northern town in Ontario, Canada. She lives in her parents' home and she works at the local variety store. It is not until her father dies that Maggie needs to travel to Toronto on an insurance matter. Upon her arrival in the Toronto office Maggie gets more than she bargained for.

Short story, Maggie's Trip To Toronto, is free today in the Kindle Store on all Amazon sites.

Thanks for checking out my author's page at http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

Elliot Lake Trade Show

It was a wonderful weekend spent with my books at the Elliot Lake Trade Show.

Special thanks to all who purchased one of my books.  Your continued encouragement & support is greatly appreciated.  Thank you, Elliot Lake Readers :-)

 

All my books are available in both Kindle and Paperback formats

on all Amazon sites.

 

Thanks for checking out my author's page at

http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

 

More pics taken this weekend can be found on my Facebook Page at

http://www.facebook.com/audreyaustinca

 

Weaving Alice is free today in the Kindle Store

WEAVING ALICE is a short story about a meeting on earth between personified good and evil. The mystical ending will bring a smile to your face.

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From the Author

Imagine if you will a mystical, magical gift of tapestry creation powerful enough to eradicate the evil in our world.   This is the gift that Alice possesses.   Good versus evil told in an attention-holding manner.  I had a lot of pleasure writing this suspenseful story and I hope you will enjoy it; especially the surprise ending.

 

Weaving Alice  is one of my short stories that dares to stand alone in the Kindle Store.  It is also available in paperback format as one of the twelve stories in short story anthology titled Social Studies, Book Three - Weaving Alice.

 

Weaving Alice & Social Studies, Book Three - Weaving Alice  are available in both Kindle and Paperback formats on all Amazon Sites.   Check out my author's page at http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

 

Paperback is also available directly from Createspace.com  The link is   https://www.createspace.com/4713425

 

Cover Design by Susan Ruby K.

of http://yuneekpix.com

 

The Hole In The Wall -- a short story free today in the Kindle Store

One of my short stories titled The Hole In The Wall  is free today in the Kindle Store on all Amazon sites.

Lucille is worried. The mortgage is due and she doesn't have the money. What leads her into the basement? And is the hole in the wall really an answer to prayer?

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From the Author

To buy a home on your own when you are a single woman in your senior years takes a lot of courage, faith in self and downright determination.   I know this from some personal experience.  And I was able to draw upon personal memories when writing the short story, A Hole In The Wall.   I hope you enjoy the story.

 

Just like Daniel, The Hole In The Wall dares to stand alone in the Kindle Store.  However, this short story is also available in both Kindle & Paperback format as one of the twelve short stories in anthology titled Social Studies, Book One - Dying To Be Popular.

 

Check out my author's page at http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

 

Cover design by Susan Ruby K.

http://yuneekpix.com