Virtual Book Tour and Giveaway: On the Eighteenth of May by Jordan R. Samuel

Welcome to my stop on the book tour for On the Eighteenth of May by Jordan R. Samuel. This book tour was organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. On my stop, I have an excerpt for you as well as a guest post. There's also a tour wide giveaway for a chance to win a $30 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card. Be sure to visit the other stops on the tour for more content. Enjoy!

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Title: On the Eighteenth of May
Author: Jordan R. Samuel
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Publication Date: March 13th 2020
Print Length: 364 pages
Genre: Women's Fiction

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On the evening of the eighteenth of May, a young woman named Cass walks alone into a small village with the intent to stay for exactly one year. Cass soon meets two precocious children, a caring and generous business owner, and the Chief of Police from the neighboring town. Family and loss are parts of many of their stories, and while these people, as well as others, attempt to know and help her, the history and troubled memories of what led Cass to this place begin to gradually unfold. As the potential for love and the pathway for healing become clearer, the date of departure approaches. Cass and those around her will be forced to decide how forcefully they are willing to hold on: to the past, to the pain, and to the person.

On the Eighteenth of May is the story of the people and events that are interwoven throughout Cass’s journey and her life. It is a story that examines the true test of strength in the deepest depths of sorrow, as felt by the human heart. It is a story that explores the perceived helplessness of those within the support structure, and the extent to which those we love can hinder or accelerate the healing process. Finally, it is a story that reminds us of the overwhelming power of comforting influences in all of our lives, as our human souls struggle, against all odds, to survive.

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EXCERPT:

Taking his keys from his pocket and unlocking the back porch door, Lucas returned to the present. He was well aware that this was his mother’s favored napping time, a time she lovingly referred to as her “pre-supper beauty sleep”, so he was careful to open the back door quietly. After entering, he softly stepped through the kitchen and headed straight for his old bedroom.

The bedroom door was closed, which seemed odd. He quickly shrugged it off and proceeded to walk towards it, intending to find the croquet set and leave the home so quietly his mother would never even know he had been there.

As he turned the doorknob, the bedroom door slid slowly open, offering him a small and then ever-increasing slice of vision. As the opening grew wider, Lucas suddenly saw. There was a stranger in his bedroom.

The stranger was looking out his window. Her face was fully turned away. However, he did not need to see her face to realize the stranger was the drifter. The very same drifter he had seen earlier in the day. The same clothes, the same sweat, the same hair.

He thought back to the questions he had considered earlier in regards to her age. Whatever her age, she was old enough. Old enough to know how to break into an older woman’s home and steal her blind.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Jordan R. Samuel is a former public school teacher and administrator who enjoys her current work as an Assistant Professor of Education. She spends her days with her husband and her three children as she teaches, studies and writes. She immensely enjoys travelling, and penned many parts of this particular story while relaxing in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina.

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GUEST POST:

- What is your most memorable vacation? Why?

While I have been blessed with so many amazing family vacations, both as a child growing up and as a parent with my own children, I must be honest and say that my most memorable vacation was not a family vacation at all. Or, at least, not one with the whole family!

In December of 2019, I flew across the Atlantic Ocean (for the first time in my life) to see my oldest daughter graduate from the University of Leeds. Landing in London at 8:00 in the morning, I began a nine-day vacation that would prove to be the most memorable of my life. Being in England and seeing all of the history and architecture was mind-blowing, and then traveling by car through the English countryside, passing fences made of stone and beautiful, rolling hills of green, was mesmerizing! But, then…

My daughter and I travelled to Venice, Italy, and all thoughts of my sweet little house back in North Carolina were forgotten. Walking among the ancient buildings and crossing over canals on centuries-old bridges brought such a sense of wonder to my heart. Of course, having homemade pizza and wine for every meal, starting with breakfast, while sitting at outdoor tables overlooking the canals, was not bad either.

At night, the city would darken and I would push open the windows of my room, and the bells of churches all over the city would ring, and the lovely sounds would float across all of Venice. I would look down on the canals and see the water taxis and the boats pulling in from their days out at sea. I knew in those days and in those moments that these were images and sounds and smells that could not be replicated. Not in movies, or videos, or virtual tours.

I knew that standing there was the only way to experience it, and so I savored every moment of it.

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GIVEAWAY:

Jordan R. Samuel will be awarding a $30 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter after the tour. Good luck!

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