psychological thriller/suspense

Today is release day for my newest novel, NO SAFE PLACE! It may not be as dramatic as giving birth to a real-live baby, but it is pretty exciting for this author to see the characters I imagined and created slowly come to life in their own suspenseful, nail-biting story.

Sometimes a story nearly writes itself. This one certainly did not. It took long months, days, and hours of one step forward and two steps back. I always find it interesting once I’ve completed a novel, to go back and look at the notes and plans I had for my original story. NO SAFE PLACE was so much different then. Sort of like the struggle grapevines need to go through to produce the finest wine grapes, my story had to go through a drought where I barely managed to write a few sentences a day, my brain wouldn’t shut down at night thinking about my character’s journey, and when the words finally came thick and fast, the delete key played a wonderful part in thinning out the confusion. Finally, there was a story worth far more than if I’d just gone with the first scenario I’d come up with.

My dear friend Joy was a wonderful sounding board in the early days of creating No SAFE PLACE. We met for breakfast and shared our works-in-progress many times. She was always so encouraging, helpful, and supportive. I wish she was here to read the finished story. I know she would have enjoyed discussing it over a pot of coffee at Perkins. If there is coffee in heaven, I’m sure she’s raising a cup in celebration.

Download NO SAFE PLACE today and mark off a few hours of quiet time to immerse yourself in the story of a woman afraid to live life outside the walls of her house, but finds that inside is even more terrifying.

No Safe Place by Barbara Ellen Brink

When tragedy strikes acclaimed mystery writer L.E. Stanfield, she is left without ballast or sail, floundering in grief and a crisis of faith. Dealing with agoraphobia and fear of the outside world, she locks herself away in a computerized smart home. But when her secure system is taken over by an unknown perpetrator and details from her work-in-progress are used to terrify her, she finds her safe place no longer safe. ~

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Barbara

Bookblurb:

An acclaimed mystery writer finds her words brought frighteningly to life…

After her fiancé is violently murdered walking home from the gym one night, celebrated author L.E. Stanfield flees the crime-ridden city of Minneapolis to settle in the comparative safety of smalltown rural Wisconsin. Dealing with agoraphobia and a crisis of faith related to her grief, she lives in a gated, computerized, smart home where she feels safe from the outside world, locked inside by debilitating fear and anger at God, isolated and alone.

When her New York editor is killed in a traffic accident, the publisher quickly assigns a new editor to help meet the deadline on her novel. Carson Scott is handsome, smart, and easy to work with, and she quickly connects with him online, but is there more to his story than meets the eye?

Living under her real name and never leaving the house, no one in town could possibly connect Liya Sharapova to her non-de-plume. But someone has hacked her security system and is busy turning her safe place into a living nightmare by using scenes from her own work-in-progress.

Will Liya release her death grip on the need to control and protect her life and let God transform the ashes of her past into a future ripe with promise?

A psychological Christian thriller with page turning tension in every chapter right up to the surprising twist that you won’t see coming. ~~

As it has taken me so long to get this baby out of my head and into book form, some of you might die from sheer happiness at the thought that it is finally available for #preOrder and will soon be released for your actual reading pleasure. Others, may just die from shock that I actually finished the thing. Either way, NO SAFE PLACE (formerly known in my head as The Death of Nikita), is available now at all online bookstores for PreOrdering.

All you have to do is click the PreOrder link to purchase and on September 20th the book will be automatically downloaded onto your reading device or phone app or computer or whatever you read on. It’s as simple as that.

It’s been a couple of years since I released a book, so please help me out by clicking that PreOrder button. You won’t be charged until the day of release, but it starts the process of algorithms, ratings, and all that jazz to allow more people to see the page. And share this blog or the link to the book on Facebook and X with your followers and friends to get the word out. I would greatly appreciate it!

No Safe Place is a psychological Christian thriller that will have you rethinking those digital devices we are all so attached to. What’s not to love about an agoraphobic author who hasn’t left her smart home for over a year being stalked by a scary computer hacker who has full access to her home and life? But don’t worry, it’s not all dark and scary. I have added a touch of romance and a cute stray dog to bring a few lighter moments to the story.

The links above are for Amazon kindle, but here is a link that will take you to all of the other bookstores where it is available to purchase > No Safe Place

Thanks for stopping by! Leave a comment and let me know what you think about the cover or blurb or just to say hi! Don’t forget to go PreOrder today! And share, share, share!

Barbara