My friend asked me to help spread the word of her new free e-book offering:

Free E-book, and a Good One!!

An e-book of best-selling author Laurie Devine’s latest standalone novel  “Crescent,” a gripping family saga set in Lebanon, will be free to those who ask for it on Amazon beginning at 12:01 AM Friday, October 11 and ending at 11:59 PM on Saturday, Oct. 12. The link to get your copy is https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D99FX69X\   (After this 48 hours, the book is still available free to Kindle Unlimited  participants or for a very modest fee to everyone else.)

Laurie Devine is an award-winning author from Pennsylvania who writes family sagas featuring strong and memorable women of the developing world. Crescent, a sweeping multi-generational saga set in Lebanon, celebrates  indomitable women  from different sectors and classes.
The action of the book opens in 1958 and captures the pulsating sweep of war-torn
Beirut—the riveting loves, thrills, losses and triumphs that have kept Lebanon in the headlines for decades. Captured here are the endearing stories of four brave and lively young women friends–a Lebanese Christian,  a Lebanese Shia Muslim, a Palestinian Sunni Muslim and an American of Jewish heritage—who come of age and learn to transcend fate. Over the next 25 years of this novel, they struggle to survive in the chaos of war, bombings, and kidnappings. But “Crescent” is not just about war; it’s also about friendship, marriage, love and family. These women are resilient and they somehow manage to grow into brave survivors of their crumbling world.

Their tales show the hopes, fears, and dreams of strong women caught in the crux of  history. Their lives, riven by violence yet redeemed by enduring love, unlock the mysteries of one of the world’s most troubled and fascinating regions.

First launched in 1988 in London, this new Amazon Kindle edition is its first publication in the United States.  The three other Devine Sagas already launched in 2024 and available on Amazon Kindle are Nile, Saudi and Kronos. All were #1 Amazon bestsellers originally  written and published between 1979 and 1994––some by Simon & Schuster in New York and all by Andre Deutsch in London.

About the Author: Laurie Devine lived in Europe for nearly twenty years, where she indulged in her own thirst for adventure.  Her base was in London, but she also lived in Egypt, Switzerland and Greece and traveled extensively in Africa and Asia. She still has wanderlust and is now living in Mexico.