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Welcome to the TRB Lounge. Today, we are featuring authors Stephanie Vaccaro & Louise Allen for their latest release, The Lucky Penny.

Book: The Lucky Penny
Author(s): Stephanie Vaccaro and Louise Allen
Publication Date:  April 3, 2024
Publisher: –
Page Count: 402
Genres: Science Fiction, Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic
Editions Available: Paperback and Ebook (Kindle)
For Readers Who Enjoyed Reading: Hunger Games and Divergent

About the Book

Penny never thought she’d have family. Penny lost family when Penny little. Penny scared when taken away from home. Penny stay quiet. Penny lost, Penny found. Now Penny have new family. Penny brave. Penny tell her story.

Julietta Milard’s life had been rather mundane up until a few years ago when she found herself in the small town of Waterwealt. Though she had intended to move on to bigger and better things, a beautiful museum preserved in time had her sprouting roots rather than traversing the Wastes further.

Having helped the sleepy town with its various mechanical-based problems, Julietta thought found herself in a smooth routine. That was until the universe decided to throw a curveball her way when about two cycles later a small girl shows up at her doorstep, sick, injured, and unable to speak with only a penny necklace as any identification.

Nearly a cycle and a half later, the young girl, whom Julietta named Penny, has recovered but remains mute despite her best efforts. On top of taking care of little Penny, restoring the museum, and trying to find a solution for the now increasingly weakening water pressure in town, Julietta is faced with another issue. A stranger has come to town, a ‘doctor’ named Charles Hawthorne, who seems to think the Arcane is real. Brushing him off, she finds herself questioning what the world is coming to. That is until the world as she knows it to come crashing down around her and vanishes in a cloud of dust.

You can find The Lucky Penny here:
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads

About The Author(s)

David Yarnton

It was the year 2018. Stephanie (USA) had joined a Minecraft server of an online friend. One Sunday morning she was working on her homework when she got a ping on Discord from another server member asking if anyone was around to play. Meanwhile on the other side of the pond, a woman named Louise (England) was bored and wanted to play some Minecraft, pinging the discord server of her friend asking if anyone was around. And thus the dynamic duo of Stephanie and Louise was born!
Having been friends ever since Stephanie and Louise have delved into many creative endeavors, usually combining Stephanie’s programming abilities and story telling with Louise’s writing prowess and digital artistry skills. Which is why it was not strange for them to decide to write a story together at the start of 2023. What was originally supposed to be a way for Stephanie to learn a thing or two from Louise about writing turned into a full blown story filled with what they describe as “Chaos, Shenanigans, and most importantly CCCs”.

You can find authors Stephanie and Louise here:
Stephanie | Louise

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