Over the next several weeks, I have the pleasure and privilege of being the launch blog for a few talented authors on their latest blog tours. To kick things off, here is my friend from across the sea: Kate Tenbeth. Join her here: http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2013/03/blog-tour-kate-tenbeth.html

My friend, and author, Kate Tenbeth has an exciting new release! Here is the official story from her publisher: http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2012/10/kate-tenbeth-is-unlucky.html

Charley is a woman who is burdened with immense emotional pain. She has suffered for herself and for her daughter, Jenny, for many years. Doctors are able to keep Jenny alive after her heart stops, but to what end? Confined to her twisted, silent body, Jenny is, for all intents and purposes, gone.

Gone is a fantasy novel based on the true story of Julie Elizabeth Powell and her daughter Samantha. In the novel, Charley is thrust into a sometimes strange, sometimes comforting…