BITS & BITES
MEET SUSAN CAIN
THREEFOLD
Tainted with suicide, murder, hauntings, romance and page by page suspense, Threefold will keep you on the edge of your seat from cover to cover.
Susan R. Cain
www.PublishAmerica.com
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Clark & Karen Cole Mr. & Mrs. Preston M. Collins, Jr.
Not only is Susan the most recently elected member of the Virginia Western Alumni Council, but she is also Virginia Western’s most recently published alumni author! Her new novel, Threefold, offers murder, mystery, ghost haunting, and romance, along with twists and turns and an ending you will S never guess. It is available through most major bookstores’ online stores. Susan plans to market her book throughout Virginia and surrounding states. Her first book, Pride and a Tear, was published four years ago, also by PublishAmerica. Be sure to go out and pick up your copy of Threefold and enjoy the latest from one of Virginia Western’s alumni authors! arah Carroll had just lost her mother to suicide, or so it seemed. She is determined to make certain people pay for not keeping their promises that led up to her mother’s death. But will they pay, or will she be the one to pay…Threefold?
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