Incurable
by E.C. Moore
Publication Date: July 6, 2015
BookTrope Publishing
eBook; 360 Pages
Genre: Historical Suspense/Literary
Her menacing past was loose and in close pursuit. The fear of the thing lived in her eyes, and trepidation sounded with each step her heels made as she fled…
Los Angeles 1956—Marilyn Palmer is a beauty with a deep dark secret. After a threatening note from a blackmailer arrives she hires a private eye to help keep her unsavory past under wraps.
Incurable is a story wrought with impetuous and regrettable decisions made by a desperate young woman. Barely eighteen years old, and a gifted seamstress, she makes the ill-fated decision to run away from her Detroit home with a wily friend. Bound for Hollywood, and seeking stardom, the girls set out on an incredible journey.
This splendidly imagined debut explores the tumultuous life and times of a woman who suffered the ultimate betrayal as a child during the Great Depression. A story of survival set against the backdrop of early Hollywood, misery on Hotel Street in Honolulu before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and heartbreak in Los Angeles during WWII, Incurable delivers an emotional intensity rarely found.
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Read the Excerpt for Incurable by E.C. Moore
Her eyes were green and definitely her best feature. He had to admit those gorgeous emerald pools held a huge claim to fame, because they were in competition with flawless skin, a perfect nose, and full lips, all framed with long silky auburn hair begging to be touched. Never had he laid eyes on such a lovely head so up close and personal. Reg did his best not to let his hungry eyes travel south. He recognized what was happening. He felt like a breathing cliché, a private eye in a seedy office facing a beautiful dame in need of his know-how.
#2 She would be back. Marilyn Palmer’s menacing past was on the loose and in close pursuit. The fear of the thing lived in her eyes, and trepidation sounded with each step her heels made as she fled out the door, through the dark hallway, down the steps, and out the building. It seemed to Reg as if she thought that placing enough real estate between her shapely body and the Western Detective Agency would cause the reality of what was surfacing to elude her for a brief spell.
#3 When Marilyn pulled out of her driveway and into the cul-de-sac, she spotted a mysterious blue car parked across the street. The very same car had been parked up the way the day before, and she wondered if it meant anything. On her way to meet Lillian at Flynn’s Fish-n-Steak, Marilyn thought she spotted the blue car in her rearview mirror, but when she turned around she realized it was a different vehicle altogether. Her mind must be playing tricks; she had jumped to an absurd conclusion. So what if a strange car showed up two days in a row? Her normally reclusive neighbors must have company—that’s all.
PRAISE for Incurable by E.C. Moore
“Incurable will have you flipping through its word-painted images, and thinking about its characters long after you’ve read the last line.” – Anita Kovacevic
ABOUT E.C. Moore
When E.C. Moore’s not writing feverishly, you will find her out walking or sightseeing. She’s wild about coffee, books, cooking, good wine, cairn terriers, miniature ponies, historical houses, and witty people.
She resides in a fifties bungalow in Southern California, with her creative-director husband, a yappy blonde dog, and one feisty Chihuahua.
For more information visit E.C. Moore’s website. You can also find her on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Amazon, Google+, and Goodreads.
Giveaway of Incurable by E.C. Moore
This giveaway is for a ebook copy and is open internationally. This giveaway ends on September 3, 2015. Entries are accepted via Rafflecopter only.
BLOG TOUR SCHEDULE for Incurable by E.C. Moore
Monday, August 10
Review at Book Nerd
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Review at A Fold in the Spine
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Wednesday, August 12
Guest Post & Giveaway at Unshelfish
Thursday, August 13
Review at With Her Nose Stuck in a Book
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Review at History From a Woman’s Perspective
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Monday, August 17
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Thursday, August 20
Review at Bookramblings
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Friday, August 21
Tour Wrap-Up & Giveaway at Passages to the Past
This story of survival sounds very intriguing. The timeframe is also interesting. Thanks for the giveaway.
This sounds like a story that cannot help but deeply engage the reader’s feelings as well as uninterrupted interest with the number of particularly interesting plot and setting elements, not the least of which is the element of human suffering integral to the protagonist’s journey. It also strikes me as a particularly ambitious novel given the depth of the problems with which the book’s protagonist struggles; I always respect that. Thanks to you, Teddy, and HFVBT, for introducing me to another great new book I probably wouldn’t have learned of otherwise! Cheers, Kara S
Thank you Teddy Rose. I am so excited to gain new readers!
I think the running off to Hollywood in this time period piques my interest.
This sounds like an exciting mystery, a real page turner. I loved the excerpt.
Two more hours everyone!