Carmen DeSousa

The Library (Where Life Checks Out) When Mark Waters decided to be a detective, he didn't plan to investigate ghosts. But as he sifts through evidence of a supposed suicide by train, he learns a murder that took place eighty years ago may directly affect his case. Six months after the strange occurrences at The Depot, there’s another murder. This time, The Library holds secrets of several murders, and the dead won’t rest until the murderer checks out too. If you haven't read the short story prequel,  The Depot , you can download it  here  free. Below is an excerpt from The Library, you can skip this excerpt and read the first three chapters here . ~ Excerpt ~ She watched as the thief once again pawed through the books, ever searching. It’d been years, and she’d thought that the murderer would have forgotten all about her family, but evidently seeing Buck had reopened old wounds, trudged up old secrets. But Buck ha...

  A few keystrokes ... Okay, that sounds easier than it was. But it's how my dream started, how every dream starts, by putting one foot in front of the other. Or in my case, tapping one key after another and not stopping until I had 120k words. That's the first part of any goal: starting. But then what? Starting and finishing a novel didn't accomplish my goal of being an author. If my 120k words stayed in my computer instead of venturing into the world, then it would really have been a journal. In order to be an author, I needed readers. So the question for me was... How do I get my words in front of readers? And no surprise, every time I do an interview, I hear that and many of the same questions from readers and aspiring authors. I can't claim to be an authority in the subject, but I do love what I do and I'm always excited to answer questions, so here is my suggestion on that question and some of the other questions I get. If I don'...

It is from them we obtain our fairy tales—and our nightmares. They are the reason we believe in superheroes—and monsters. Because … they exist. After years of searching for the mysterious stranger who saved her life, twenty-two-year-old Kristina is alone and desperate. Seeing no future in her worthless existence, she attempts to force her protector out of the shadows the only way she knows—killing herself. ~ Excerpt from the first Chapter ~  Kris drove her car onto the curb and climbed out onto the upper deck of the Tobin Bridge, the highest bridge in Massachusetts. “Are you going to let me do this?” she yelled into the darkness that engulfed her, wishing the sun would just come up already. “I’ve looked everywhere for you, and you refuse to show yourself.” Bitter March winds whipped at her hair and body, turning her pale skin into a checkerboard of red and white. She scrubbed at her arms with her hands to warm them. How stupid. I...

Five sensual and gripping suspense novels set in the South filled with love, betrayal, and obsession that will have you falling in love and wondering if you can trust anyone right up to the last page. The Southern Suspense Series starts with my first romantic-suspense bestseller,   She Belongs to Me , absolutely FREE! From there, all the stories have a slight connection to each other, so you can continue the journey and meet different protagonists with different issues and tragedies to overcome. Every story has a mystery, there’s always a gentle message, and above all, there’s always romance and suspense. For best enjoyment, read in this order: She Belongs to Me  ~ FREE! Split Decisions   ~ $3.99 Land of the Noonday Sun   ~ $3.99 Entangled Dreams   ~ 3.99 When Noonday Ends   ~ $3.99 Book Six ~ Spring 2014 Book Seven ~ Summer 2014 Read on for more information, reviews, and excerpts. After secrets and a mysterious bac...