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Kindle Nation Bargain Book Alert: Angela Hoke’s A WHISPER OF SMOKE – Rated ‘Excellent’ By Bookreview.com – Just 99 Cents

“Hoke skillfully handles some very sensitive issues and wraps them in a story filled with tender emotion, painful secrets and events so relatable you are drawn into the characters as though you were there… [It] held me captive right from the beginning through to the surprising finish.” – Kathleen Kidder, Author

“”A Whisper of Smoke” by Angela Hoke is … an A. If you’ve already read far too many dysfunctional family [novels], do yourself a favor and read just one more… Hoke is a terrific writer.” – BookReview.com

A Whisper of Smoke

by Angela Hoke

4.5 stars – 13 Reviews
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Here’s the set-up:

In 1960’s Kentucky, Mama births adventures like golden eggs, but she’s not exactly maternal. So, when it comes to the younger Braden children, teenage Susanna does her best to fill in where Mama leaves off – until Susanna unearths shameful secrets about Mama’s past and, worse, discovers that Mama has completely failed to warn, or protect, her own children. Furious and filled with righteous indignation, Susanna’s through doing Mama’s work for her, and all she wants is to somehow escape the drama.

Susanna finds comfort in the farm next-door and the boy who’s always been her best friend. He’s there for her like he always is, steady and appealingly normal and, before long, she’s falling for him. For a little while, nothing seems as important as winning Calvin’s love. But Calvin is involved with someone else, and when he deploys to Vietnam, it may not be Susanna’s love he carries in his heart.

Things look bleak, until it becomes clear that Calvin needs her friendship, if not her love, now more than ever. He’s the most honorable person Susanna’s ever known, and even he is being changed by his experiences. Suddenly Susanna’s sense of honor, and fault, are being challenged, just as she has to face what’s happening at home – that her withdrawal does not come without a cost, and her beloved brother is paying the price. Now she finds herself at a crossroads – repeat her mother’s mistakes or face the awful truth. And it all boils down to a choice between fear and hope.

This coming-of-age love story is about uncovering family secrets, and how one teenage girl’s life experiences shape how she deals with them.

About the Author

Angela has worked for nearly twenty years in accounting, writing in her spare time. Her short story, The Ceremony (inspired by a scene in this book), was a finalist in the 2009 New Millennium writing contest, and she studied craft at the Algonkian Writers’ Conference where she met fabulous writers that continue to serve as an inspiration to her. She lives in Nashville, TN with her son, one tiny dog and a bob-tailed cat.

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