Please help me welcome Jordyn Meryl, who is sharing her latest release…
I am one of those old aspiring authors who started late in life on a lifelong dream. The Son of a Gambling Man is my tenth published book. I decided to indie publish because I wanted to get in the game. Being a genre jumper, I just believe there is always a love story. I do write with a bit of spice. Check out my author page on Amazon- http://amzn.to/1KVNXrM Give me a try and leave an honest review. I really would like to know what you, the readers think.
1800 New Orleans was a time of change for the city on the Mississippi River. August Decoudreau and Isabella Greenwood grew up in the shadow of the very prestige and legal prostitute establishment of The House of the Crescent Moon.
Isabelle’s mother, Stella, was one of the girls of the house. The Madame of the House treated her girls well and protected them. But it only took one despicable customer and a bad judgement call to turn the lives of everyone in a different direction.
Isabelle is sent off to an all girl’s school and August joins his father, a gambler, to travel on the riverboats of the Mississippi River.
Will the two lovers find a way back to each other or be forever separated?
1927-New Orleans
“Earth and Water, Fire and Air,
Carry us, carry us, carry us there.”
In a small opening in the middle of the dense forest, a woman with shadowy black eyes, her arms lifted to the star-filled sky, danced under the full moon. Her body jerked in rhythm to the ceremonial music in her head. As she chanted words in a foreign tongue, a small fire in the rock pit fought for its life. Suddenly it busted into a blazing inferno, its flame licked at the sky.
Lucinda, as the people called her, smiled as the heat hit her face. She had come because a friend of hers had just given birth to a son.
August was his given name, August Reynaud Decoudreau, such a big name for such a small being.
The Voodoo queen was known the city over as the one to safeguard a child’s destiny. For August, the son of a gambler, was cursed already from the abandonment of his father and the battles for survival of his mother.
The mother had shown up at Lucinda’s door three months ago, sick and already heavy with child.
Suddenly the midnight sky turned dark from the rapidly rolling clouds, flashes of lightning lit up the night. Lucinda understood. This child would face many struggles and complications. Being a child born under the sign of Leo, the lion, who was ruled by the Sun and fed by the element of fire, he would overcome them, fight to right them and carry on.
To help him she bestowed upon his inner self a boldness to always walk strong and confident. A fearlessness to believe that good overcomes evil and sensitivity to love completely and honestly.
“Hear me night sky. This child is blessed among men to follow the path of righteousness. Do not forsake him as he was sent by the gods and will live in the realm of light and good.”
The thunder rolled over the valley. Lucinda went to her knees, letting the soft, gentle rain cleanse the core of her existent. She believed in this child.
August was sent here for a reason and she would see that he was protected.
Thanking the spirits of the night, she rose and went back to the city.
The city of sin and ruin.
New Orleans.
And the House of the Crescent Moon.
I am extending the sale of $0.99 until Sunday October 9th for the ebook in all formats. http://amzn.to/2clZlZH
JORDYN MERYL
Once living under the guise of a passive, quiet, school librarian, books and kids were the passions which kept her mind fresh. One day she decided to spread her wings and live the dream of her heart. As she sits in front of her computer, her fingers bring to life the voices in her head. But it is when the night muses visit Jordyn, her spirit rises up to wrap around the stories that float in her dreams. Land locked in the mid-west she envisions days on a white sandy beach with a laptop to write all her tales. Crossing many genres she spins chronicles of love in Romance, Contemporary, Paranormal, Sci-Fi, Futuristic, Historical and Fantasy, for they are stories worth telling, even at the risk of revealing true feelings.
Author Alicia Dean 
oooh…love the cover! Sounds like a great book.
Good luck and God’s blessings
PamT
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Good for you…leaving your tried and true profession to gamble yourself on a new persona–the writer! Best wishes for continued success!
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I grew up in New Orleans and you have captured the magic and mystique of the Voodoo queen. Best of luck with Son of a Gambling Man!
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I live a few miles from the Chesapeake Bay and I also dream of sitting on a beach with my laptop, writing. 🙂 Wishing you much success with your new book!
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