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Plum Springs Kindle Edition

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Winner, 2019 New Hampshire Writers' Project Readers' Choice Awards for Fiction

Part coming-of-age adventure, part explosive thriller with an unbelievable twist.

After a lifetime of abuse, nine-year-old Rusty Travis and his older brother Bo decide their father must be stopped when, in a drunken rage, he goes after their six-year-old sister.

After their vengeance is complete, they seek refuge in the tall oak forest in pursuit of happiness, love, and acceptance. But the forest is unforgiving. They stumble upon a mysterious runaway orphan, which leads to uncovering twisted family secrets that run deeper than Rusty could have ever imagined.

With Rusty questioning everything he thought he knew, he, Bo, and their new mysterious friend have one mission: rescue six-year-old Ruby while she still has her innocence. Together, they battle with the demons that shatter their world in the sleepy town of Plum Springs, Kentucky.

"Plum Springs is one of the most intense novels I've read in a long time ... Equal parts captivating and heart breaking, I found myself living each vivid moment right there with the likeable nine-year-old protagonist. Dan Lawton is a name to know!"--Chad Zunker, Amazon #1 bestselling author of The Tracker (The Sam Callahan Series).

"A poignantly told coming-of-age story of three young children who overcome abuse, finding love and happiness despite all odds. Heart-wrenching and uplifting."--Sibel Hodge, Award winning and #1 International bestselling author of Look Behind You, Untouchable, and Duplicity.

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May 3, 2018
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Winner of the 2019 New Hampshire Writers' Project Readers' Choice Awards for Fiction

"Plum Springs is one of the most intense novels I've read in a long time ... Equal parts captivating and heart breaking, I found myself living each vivid moment right there with the likeable nine-year-old protagonist. Dan Lawton is a name to know!"--Chad Zunker, Amazon #1 bestselling author of The Tracker (The Sam Callahan Series).

"A poignantly told coming-of-age story of three young children who overcome abuse, finding love and happiness despite all odds. Heart-wrenching and uplifting."--Sibel Hodge, Award winning and #1 International bestselling author of Look Behind You, Untouchable, and Duplicity.

About the Author

Dan Lawton is an award-winning literary suspense, mystery, and thriller author from New Hampshire. He is an active member of the International Thriller Writers (ITW) Organization. Awards include:

The Green House

Winner, Fiction, 2021 New Hampshire Writers' Project Literary Awards

Bronze Medalist, Adult Fiction E-Book, 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Awards)

Finalist for the 2021 Montaigne Medal (Eric Hoffer Awards) for most thought-provoking book

Finalist, Mystery, 2020 Book Excellence Awards

Finalist, Fiction, 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards

Finalist, Literary Fiction, 2020 American Fiction Awards

Plum Springs

Winner of the 2019 New Hampshire Writers' Project Readers' Choice Award for Fiction

Deception

Named one of the best thriller novels of 2017 by the Novel Writing Festival

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07CVL67L9
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Moonshine Cove Publishing, LLC (May 3, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 3, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1608 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 276 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #2,541,604 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,721 in Contemporary American Fiction
- #2,917 in Vigilante Justice
- #4,645 in Psychological Literary Fiction

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Dan Lawton is an award-winning literary suspense, mystery, and thriller author from New Hampshire. He is an active member of the International Thriller Writers (ITW) Organization.

His fifth novel, The Green House, won the 2021 New Hampshire Writers' Project Literary Award for Fiction, was a Bronze Medalist in Adult Fiction E-Book for the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Awards), a Finalist for the 2021 Montaigne Medal (Eric Hoffer Awards) for most thought-provoking book, a Finalist in Fiction for the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, a Finalist in Mystery for the 2020 Book Excellence Awards, and a Finalist in Literary Fiction for the 2020 American Fiction Awards.

His fourth novel, Plum Springs, won the 2019 New Hampshire Writers' Project Readers' Choice Award for Fiction. His first novel, Deception, was named one of the best thriller novels of 2017 by the Novel Writing Festival.

Website: danlawtonfiction.com

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Twitter/Instagram: @danlawtonauthor

Facebook: facebook.com/danlawtonfiction

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Maria

Could not put it down

Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2021

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The author is an excellently skilled storyteller and this book is a DO NOT MISS! Heavy drama, unexpected plot twists and turns and great writing make for an extraordinary psychological suspense thriller. Highly recommend.

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Kept me engaged throughout the book!

Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2021

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Plum Springs was well written, suspenseful, and engaging. The young author has talent and I look forward to reading his next book!

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Carol

Inspirational! Triumph over adversity and the will to survive! A gifted new author! 5 stars!

Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2018

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A great read by a gifted new author - triumph over adversity and the power of the will to survive- inspirational!

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2018

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Thanks for an amazing story. I'm so happy that these kids found their happiness. It's hard to fathom what heartaches kids have to go through.

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TD

The author did a good job of displaying the relationship of the siblings and ...

Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2018

Abuse is always a difficult subject especially in the eyes of children. The author did a good job of displaying the relationship of the siblings and how they view adult relationships. The introduction of the 4th child at the end seemed odd and felt like it was added for dramatic flair which fell flat.

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Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2022

This could have been ripped straight from the headlines. As a matter of fact we have seen stories like this in the news. We have the abuse of young children by their father. Bo and Rusty work long hours in the field. They have little food or water. They do everything they can to protect their youngest sister Ruby. Living next door are the family members who should do everything in their power to protect them but didn’t. I think as things got worse for the children and the mother and grandfather did nothing to help the children, I got angrier. No child should have to take matters into their own hands to protect themselves. I kept thinking the whole system had let them down. They were slipping through the cracks. This is not an easy book to read. The story of abuse will rip your heart out. What the children do to protect their sister will haunt you. The writing shows the strength of the characters and the love that bonds them together. Most importantly it shows that there is always hope. This is a wonderful book that I highly recommend.

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2020

So I received this book from the author/reader’s house to read and review. It took me a little longer to read because I’m also in college and had reading to do for that. Aside from that, I loved this book.

It had a fairly slow start for me, so that made it a little difficult to keep reading. Once I got into it, the vivid detail of what the elements and heavy labor Rusty and his brother were going through really tugged at my heart strings. Some of the details in there, based on things I’ve seen in real life, make me feel like bits and pieces of this are based on a real life family. Unfortunately, with the world we live in, this very well could be a book of real events. Between the child abuse, the drunk father, and the boys doing the work in the fields…

The incident with Ruby is what really got me. As someone who has witnessed that same thing, it really hits you and it makes you hurt for her, fictional character or not.

Dan Lawton has a wonderful writing style and he really knows how to keep a book going. I sat and read most of it in one day while I was substituting for some kids who were in detention. This story flows really well and has some vivid details that make you want to continue reading until the end.

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Kathy108

Who Will Protect the Children?

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2021

Plum Springs is an intense, gritty, fast-moving thriller focused mainly on the perspectives of three young siblings. The innocence and humanity of the children are stark contrasts to the cruel, uncaring actions of all the adults in the novel. Brothers Bo and Rusty, ages 11 and 9, toil in their father's tobacco field with little water and few rations allowed by Lenny, a father in name only.

It is a hard scrabble life on the outskirts of the small Kentucky town of Plum Springs, the only one that they know. Until a violent act toward their younger sister compels them to free themselves from a tyranny even more debilitating because their grandfather and mother, living in a nearby trailer, do nothing to change the children's circumstances. As many adults as children on the property, but none of their relations provides the young ones any compassion or protection, certainly not any love.

The first half of the novel presents the brothers and their relationship with their father. Moving between the thoughts of Bo and Rusty, the narrative is rendered in simple language, the vocabulary consistent with the boys' age and (lack of) education. Across the pages we take in the details of their lives and their love and regard for each other and for their little sister. The second half of the novel introduces a boy living in the nearby forest who befriends the brothers when they run away and helps them plan the rescue of six year old Ruby.

The most compelling aspect of the novel, for me, is the clarity of the personalities illuminated by the extensive detail of the children's thoughts, as well as the adults'. The lack of any adult support or kindness may be upsetting to some readers, but Plum Springs is an immersive dive into the minds of deplorable adults and young people who struggle to sustain their innocence.

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