Results of the Novel Openings Poll & Competition Winner

Much to my surprise, Guarding Morgan beat out The Christmas Throwaway to grab 42% of the vote. This is a very interesting result as normally TCT wins every poll I ever make.

So on the Novel Openings panel I will be using Guarding Morgan as my excerpt.

Thank you all for getting involved.

Winner

The winner of the random draw is:  biblio___@gmail.com. Congratulations! I will be emailing you for your choice of signed book soon. :)

I will let you know how the panel works out and what conclusions are reached.

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As a reminder, here is the opening passage of Guarding Morgan:

Guarding Morgan (147 words)

"Twenty, one sixty-six, Altamont, western, black cat, lemon pie…" The words were on repeat in Morgan Drake's head, over and over, in case he forgot. His FBI shadow had drummed the words into him until he could repeat them in his sleep.

"Just in case, Morgan, okay? If there's any problem, you take these keys and the car I showed you in the next door basement parking, and you take Highway Twenty West onto the 166, head for Altamont, Western Street, find a bookshop called Black Cat Books. Someone will locate you there, and he'll have a password, okay? Lemon Pie. He's a guy I trust with my life, and his name is Nik. I'm writing his cell number on this paper. You need to memorize it in case I can't contact him. Can you repeat… twenty, one sixty-six, Altamont, western, black cat, lemon pie. After me…"