Ramblings of 2 Southern Girls: Before There Were Angels by Sarah Mathews Book Tour & Giveaway   

Monday, February 4, 2013

Before There Were Angels by Sarah Mathews Book Tour & Giveaway


Chapter 1

There was a time when everything was perfect, when there was pure love, and pure hope, and pure dreams – pure ecstasy.

We had it all.

But that was in the time before there were angels. Avenging angels.

And some angels will avenge anything.

When I saw her for the first time, that was it. Pure love even pure thoughts, for a second or two.

She was tall, lithe-limbed, with knowing eyes and Scandinavian white hair that invited me to dive my fingers into it to make her tense and preen.

Yes, those pure thoughts really did only last a few seconds.

Astonishingly, my immediate reaction to her was reciprocated. She wanted to rake her hands through my hair too (dark and tangled) and to run them down me as we kissed, as she told me afterwards many times when we reminisced about that first meeting.

We were a human taste explosion that neither of us had ever experienced with anyone else, and it wasn’t as if either of us was inexperienced.

Nothing had ever happened to us like this and nothing could again, or so we thought.

We were magic together from that first moment of that impossible soul fusion.

And already our best moments were behind us, and not for want of trying.

Before she became an avenging angel.


Before There Were Angels
Sarah Mathews


She was the ex-wife who wouldn't go away

When Luke leaves his wife, Rafaella, divorces her, moves to the US, meets Belle, falls in love with her, and then marries her and her two young sons, they all settle down to live happily ever after.

Until Belle spots an ad for a classic San Franciscan Victorian in which four murders have just taken place. It's ideal: it's a Victorian, it is probably haunted and it is unbelievably cheap to rent.

However, they could probably have done without the terror, torment and tragedy that pursued them in their new house.

Should they have stayed in their cozy mid-city apartment and spared themselves the anguish of what was to come? Possibly, but Rafaella was not the kind of woman who was ever going to leave them alone.



Sarah Mathews

Sarah Mathews lives in San Francisco and has written her first book set in an architectural symbol of the city - a 'Victorian'.

There is the slight  problem that while there are reputedly several ghosts who march around the city, there are very few murders that take place there, however Sarah seems to have corrected that.



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91 comments:

  1. sounds interesting. thankyou, ken pohl19@comcast.net

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  2. sounds like something I would read,interesting....

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  3. I think I would try this out...not my usual interest, but the first page makes it sound exciting!

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  4. Its good but reading the summary of the book makes me want to read it more than the Chapter 1 excerpt.

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  5. The writer really loves her some paragraph breaks.

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  6. Sounds like my kind of book! Hope I win this so I can read the rest of this book

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  7. sounds like something i would enjoy reading. neat find. ( :

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  8. It sounds interesting; something my cousin would really like since she's going through some difficult times

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  9. It makes me want to read the rest of the book!

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  10. Not my cup of tea.

    Thanks for the contest.
    slehan at juno dot com

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  11. What did you think about the Chapter 1 excerpt above?

    i know an ex=- wife who got away

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  12. Catchy makes you want to find out how it all unfold in the house

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  13. Great excerpt,can't wait to read.Thanks for the giveaway.


    dragonkeep62(at)gmail(dot)com

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  14. Not long enough. I want to read the rest of the book! :)

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  15. gets you interested in what events are to come, how the house is haunted and how the 2 families will merge together.

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  16. interesting to be sure
    sksweeps (at) earthlink (dot) net

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  17. I love haunted house books, I have a Kindle and am an avid reader. Good Job!

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  18. I am definitely intrigued! Thank you for sharing!

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  19. I think I will resd this book. What I have read above caught my attention! =)

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  20. I think that it's a great introduction to what will come next.

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  21. It definitely made me want to read the rest of the book!

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  22. It sure made me want to read more. Great start!

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  23. This is not my usual genre of reading but I would probably give it a try. I find it fun to try new things and get out of my comfort zone.

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  24. I don't usually read ghost stories but this one seems to intrigue me. I might just pick it up and see what happens.

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  25. intriguing, I would love to read it

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  26. Sounds very interesting and would love to read more!!

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  27. Honestly I Was a little confused by the exerpt - didn't seem to match up with the book description below it.

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  28. not really into ghost stories, but would read this one. Thanks for the review and giveaway.

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  29. In the beginning the Author really grabs your attention. We all know someone who has had an ex interfere with a new relationship. What havoc they can implode! I am anxious to find out how this one avenging angel seeks her revenge.

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  30. Sounds like something I might like to read.

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  31. It isn't my typical genere', but I might give it a go based off of what I just read.

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  32. I"m interested. Will put on my books to read list.

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  33. That little excerpt was just a taste that leaves you wanting more.

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  34. Very interesting!! I want to read more!

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  35. intrigued... looking forward to reading more

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  36. It pulled me in right away and made me want to keep reading

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  37. I was thinking about the devils when I read the excerpts

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  38. Looks like a book I would like to read. I enjoy haunting stories.

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  39. exciting and intriguing
    elysesw@aol.com

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  40. A very interesting book, indeed
    oceansky at comcast net

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  41. Sounds like it would be a great read

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  42. sounds like something i would read.

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  43. Intriqued by what I read so far and unfortunately I know quite a few women as well as men and step-children who interfere with new relationships.

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  44. I agree -- I want to read what happens next -- especially loved the "could probably have done without the terror, torment and tragedy that pursued them in their new house."

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  45. Interesting and now where is Chapter two...lol

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  46. good blurb leading to hopfully a great story

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  47. This is my type of book! Is it available on kindle?

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  48. Sounds interesting...can't wait to read the book!
    morales_y at yahoo dot com

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  49. Sorry !! it really didn't do it for me : (

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  50. Something I would enjoy reading :)

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  51. sexy and intense
    willdebbie97 atyahoo dot com

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  52. I like that it was written from a man's perspective. I would be interested in reading the entire book. Sounds very intriguing.

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  53. It definitely got my attention!

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  54. Got my attention and makes me want to read more!

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  55. It was great! Makes me want more!

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  56. I like her intro - really pulls a person into wanting to read more!

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  57. Very thrilling can't wait to read more.

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