REAWAKENING - exclusively on Amazon - Paperback, Kindle, and Audiobook

About Reawakening:

Unlike many of their acquaintances they stayed in love and they stayed married for many years. Jim was now an old man, even by earth’s standards, when he suffered the fatal coronary. He left his young wife a childless widow. She mourned. She grieved. She never remarried. Jim was her only love. Linda grew old as her husband before her had grown old. She died a peaceful death.

And then it happened . . .

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Publisher's Review:

Every now and then a manuscript comes across my desk that completely captivates me. Austin has reached inside the human heart and removed all boundaries pertaining to everlasting love . . . and her ability to play with the English language successfully is astounding.

Austin’s Reawakening is a must-read. It will take you into a land not far from your heart and bring you back to earth again - believing that all things are possible with love and hope.

Maggie Kirton
Executive Director
Wynterblue Publishing

REAWAKENING is a novel that reveals itself in a place called Notsew. Here is a story that takes the reader on a journey, along with the story's characters, far from earth.

In this place called Notsew the powers that be have great curiosity. They want to learn more about why human beings do the things they do and mostly they want to learn about some strange phenomena best described as emotion.
The story's characters find themselves unwilling participants in an experiment.

I dedicated this story to my dear sister, Muriel, because she just loved it. Of all the things I had written this was her favourite. And though my sister is now also far from earth the love we shared continues to make me feel as close to her as ever.Although I didn't know it at the time I wrote Reawakening, I believe there were greater forces at work.

Why do I think this? Because the love my sister & I continue to share is the kind of love shared by the characters in this story. Nothing and no one - not even death - can lessen the power of love.

Beautiful cover design is by https://yuneekpix.com

REAWAKENING is available in paperback, kindle, and in audio book format. https://www.amazon.com/…/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p…

If you like science fiction and can't say no to a love story, you will love REAWAKENING.

My Amazon author's page is found at https://amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

No Mercy For Magdalena - a short story is free in the Kindle Store, Sunday, June 21st and Sunday, June 28th

Magdalena Macaire lives with her family in Greektown which is in the east end of Toronto, Canada. In her short life she has known nothing but violence. 

It's time for celebration. With her friend, Katie, she attends A Taste of The Danforth. There the girls meet local hoodlum, Andreas Christakos, and his buddies. 

Magdalena accepts a ride with these boys. Will she be driven to murder?


No Mercy For Magdalena - a short story - free for your reading pleasure this Sunday, June 21st, and again on Sunday, June 28th, in the Kindle Store.

You do not need a Kindle Reader to read Kindle books.  There is an app to easily download.

Check it out at https://www.amazon.ca/NO-MERCY-MAGDALENA-Short-Stories-ebook/dp/B00FZ338W4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=no+mercy+for+magdalena&qid=1592327118&s=books&sr=1-1

For more short stories, novellas, or novels, check out my author's page at https://amazon.com/author/audreyaustin 

The Strange New World In Which I Find Myself - 12

This is my twelfth blog post regarding my life in isolation due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  Today is June 7th, 2020, and it's a very cool  Sunday morning.  

I sometimes find it difficult to pinpoint exactly how I am feeling in these days of Covid-19.   I confess that, as time goes by, I believe I have named these blog posts well.  I truly do feel that I am living in a very strange new world.

As I continue to hunker down in my home, appreciating the age-friendly food delivery and shopping service; seeing no one but my best friend, Chuck; my over-the-back-fence good neighbour and friend, Michelle; and a couple of very short socially distanced visits with my daughter, Susan, I am forced to wonder if I am being sensible, or if I am being an extremist.

I watch the news on T.V.  I see the protest marches taking place throughout the world with the message to stop police brutality and that black lives matter.   I agree with all that the protesters have to say.   Thankfully we live in a world where peaceful protest is permitted.  Of course, black lives matter.   All lives matter.  

Confusion reigns in my heart though because, while so many of us are staying home to help prevent the spread of Covid-19, thousands of people are marching, gathering together by the thousands with no social distancing.   I support the important cause.  I am simply baffled by the timing of it all.   I pray we won't witness a large spike in the number of cases.  I pray my time of staying at home won't be lengthened because of a potential spike.

As of today, I understand there are globally 6,916,233 confirmed cases of Covid-19.  In Canada the number of confirmed cases is 95,057; in Ontario there are 30,202. As far as I know, there are still only three confirmed cases in our small town of Elliot Lake, Ontario.

On the home front, I am very happy that my back yard fence is being completed as I type.  The old fence had certainly seen better days.    Once the fencing is complete I can look forward to planting some lilac trees along the fence line.

My loving, best friend, Chuck arrived this morning, and his timing was perfect because somehow, and I have no idea how, the railing on my front porch steps was broken.  Not just a pretty face, Chuck is an amazingly talented man when it comes to fixing things.   I call him my personal fix-up man and I am grateful.  He was able to repair the railing; continued to make a repair on my front flower bed's border; and then dug out the undergrowth beneath the pretty ornamental tree on my front lawn.   What a treasure he is!

At the same time, I told him that I chose the wrong time to attempt to write a blog post.  He is expecting to see me mention the number of interruptions I experienced in my writing this morning.   I don't know about other writers, but as for me, I easily lose my writing focus.  Thank you for all you do, Chuck, but remind me to not try to write when you are around in future.   

I look forward to our visit together this afternoon and I hope the weather will warm up so we can enjoy the front porch.   Until the fencing is complete I am keeping Sam and Lila, my Chihuahua handfuls, out of the backyard.   I am grateful they are paper-trained but I know they are having a hard time trying to understand why I am not letting them out into the yard to play and to do their business.  

I am continuing with my Udemy on-line course titled Shamanic Life Coach; three sections yet to complete.    I continue to sing my way through this pandemic and now have recorded more than two hundred songs; mostly old hymns and the golden oldies.   

I was beginning to truly hate the Birch tree in my neighbour's yard because of the mess she continually was making on my back deck.   My hatred was not accomplishing anything except to make me feel upset.   So one morning just a few days ago, I made the decision to pray for the Birch tree.   

I haven't had any mess on my back deck since I began keeping this tree in prayer.  Believe it or not, this is the truth.   Thank you for praying for my neighbour's Birch tree.  I believe in the power of prayer, always have, and don't know why I allowed hatred to find a place in my heart.
   
The more I hated the tree, the more mess I had on my deck.   And it hurt me to hate the tree because I am a tree lover.   I don't know why I left prayer my last option when, in my heart, I know it can always be my first.

In these difficult days of unrest throughout the world, I do pray.  I pray for understanding, tolerance among all people in our world.  I pray for our leaders.   I pray for an end to the impact Covid-19 is having on us.    I pray for peace.  Black lives matter!  All lives matter!

Thanks for listening to my rambling again.

I love you all.

Audrey.  

I hope I will soon be able to safely resume working together with counseling clients.

Our Getting High On Life Workshop for Women, with the focus on Emotional Healing and on Being Authentic, is planned to take place in the meeting room of our local public library 

on the afternoon of Monday, September 21st.   

I hope to see you there.

Top international reviews

titch

5.0 out of 5 stars love it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 5, 2014

Verified Purchase

It wss a fab read nice short story and very intresting kept you hooked to the end would read more of audrey austin books .

 

Kindle Customer

5.0 out of 5 stars OMG!!!

Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2014

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Tragic love for sure. Grab the klenex you will need them. Such a beautiful story of pain triumph and loss.

https://www.amazon.ca/SHATTERED-BEATEN-Short-Stories-Social-ebook/dp/B00GLCEYBW/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Audrey+Austin+shattered+and+beaten&qid=1591195181&s=books&sr=1-1

Even before she is born she hears and feels the violence in the home. Being witness to her mother's abuse is more than she can bear. She finds comfort in emotional eating. Food is her best friend. When he turns from his wife to his daughter she experiences pain beyond endurance. Murder is the only escape from his incestuous destruction .

Shattered and Beaten - a short story is free for your reading pleasure Sunday, June 7th, in the Kindle Store.   Kindle books can be read on any device if you download the free kindle app.

Thanks for your positive review of my short stories, novellas, and novels, on both Amazon and on Goodreads. 

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