Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor

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In much the same way that bestselling Sulphur Springs author Colleen Hoover gained big numbers from her novels’ sales, Swearengin and Warner used the #booktok tag. Shawn is the author of young adult adventure stories, science fiction, fantasy, and good old-fashioned mysteries. Read more under Author.

We haven’t done any events yet, so this would be the first kind with a local author,” she said. “We’re hoping for the end of July.” Leigh is a 16 year old teenage girl who after her parents are murdered, is taken in by a wealthy distant uncle and his family to the Simmons-Pierce Manor. While she does her best to adjust to her new life and deal with her grief — shes unable to let go of not knowing what happened to her parents and embarks on discovering the truth no matter how difficult it is. Overall, this isn’t what I generally reach for but it was pretty enjoyable. It was a compelling (almost short) story that involved mystery, suspense, ghosts, tragedy and trauma as a result of organized crime and betrayal. It did have a slow start but thats the case with the majority of books. The writing was done so well and the author truly possesses such great descriptive prowess — as many have mentioned. I couldn’t believe this was his first novel! He deserves all the attention he’s getting now.When Shawn Warner published ‘Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor’ the book saw little success, until it went viral. One person did a a nice thing,” he said Wednesday. “Red came up to talk to me in the grocery store because I didn’t have anyone to talk to at the time. And that just inspired a tsunami of people to pour out their generosity.” From first glance the cover was a little misleading, I see a woman with curves leaning over a bike - that was one of the biggest issues for me while reading this book. the main MC was 16 years old - but her age got lost in the writing, a lot of times I kept thinking she was older than she was, I think the author did not hit the thinking/characteristics of a 16 year old girl. More research on that would’ve been appreciated since that was his leading character.

Warner has another book in the works. He said the book is in the final editing stages and should come out in a few months. He’s not sure what to expect. star - Very rare rating. Absolutely hated the book. Will never read again and I'll probably burn any copies I come across.There was only one part that rubbed be the wrong way, and that was where a silencer was used on a gun, yet it was implied no sound came from the gun at all. This is not how silencers work.