Welcome to TRB Lounge. Today, I’d like to welcome author Lee Rozelle who’ll be sharing a couple of excerpts from their latest audiobook Ballad Of Jasmine Wills.
About the Book
Ballad Of Jasmine Wills
A zany twist on the Southern Gothic, Ballad of Jasmine Wills is a wild and heartfelt tale of abduction and revenge, body shaming and media fame. Lee Rozelle’s debut novel is the story of overweight banker Jasmine and her kidnapper, the enigmatic reality TV mastermind Preston Price. Trapped inside an egg-shaped studio in the secluded backwoods, Jasmine is tortured with haute cuisine, brainwashed with self-help videos, and badgered with cardio exercise routines for her growing mass of livestream fans. Filled with flashbacks of adolescent nuttiness and ennui in the 1980s, Ballad of Jasmine Wills goes bizarro to explore links between reality TV and the real, intervention and exploitation.
You can find Ballad Of Jasmine Wills here:
Author Website | Amazon | Goodreads
Audio Excerpt #1
“Jasmine and Suzie Work Out”
Overweight banker Jasmine Wills has been kidnapped, placed in an egg-shaped dome, and forced to watch self-help videos. Suddenly a monitor pops on and she hears techno…
Audio Excerpt #2
“The Ossobuco Catastrophe”
Reality TV chefs Annon Martiz and Morris make a special Mediterranean meal for kidnapped Jasmine.
Audio Excerpt #3
“Preston’s Deliverance”
Preston searches for Jasmine in the woods but finds a gang of suspicious-looking pig hunters instead.
About The Author
Lee Rozelle
Lee Rozelle is the author of the novel Ballad of Jasmine Wills and nonfiction books Zombiescapes & Phantom Zones and Ecosublime. He has published short stories in Cosmic Horror Monthly, HellBound Books’ Anthology of Bizarro, Shadowy Natures by Dark Ink Books, If I Die Before I Wake Volume 3, and the Scare You to Sleep podcast.
Learn more at leerozelle.com
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