Tamara Lea Hoyt

Tamara Lea Hoyt was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania, but grew up in the former coal-mining community of Wilkes-Barre. She graduated from Grand Army of the Republic High School in June 1987, then received a bachelor's degree in English and minor degrees in creative writing and communications from King's College in 1991.

Following graduation, Ms. Hoyt pursued a career in screenwriting. In 1991, her first screenplay, Out of Time, was registered by The Writer's Guild of America for the now-defunct sci-fi series, Star Trek: The Next Generation. A second Star Trek screenplay, Sargon, was registered in 1992.

Ms. Hoyt's first novel, Whitecrest, the story of young woman torn between twin brothers during the gangster era of the 1940's, was published in 1995. Following its publication, she then became a contributing writer for the Christian magazine, Angels On Earth, distributed by its flagship magazine, Guideposts. In 2002, she became a semi-finalist in The International Library of Poetry contest with her poem, "The Meeting," and achieved the distinguished Editor's Choice Award. Her winning prose was also published in the organization's poetry anthologies, Time After Time and The Truth of Light.

In 2002, Ms. Hoyt's first ebook, City of Grateful Night, a "timesweep" concerning the Jack the Ripper murders, was published and released by LTDBooks. Recently, she signed an agreement for the motion picture/TV rights to this book with MFD Films, LLC.

At present, Ms. Hoyt is a full-time novelist. She has completed several short stories, a family cookbook, a series of childrens' poetry, and a trio of childrens' books entitled, The Christy Black Triology. Her works in progress include a mystery series entitled, The Ripley Hightower Mysteries.

    News! Tamara Lea Hoyt is pleased to announce an upcoming release.

           a time sweep novel.

    The Cracking of Deacon's Bench

    
    Available soon.

Intrigue has always surrounded the reclusive Dandridges, making them the most infamous family in Maine all down through the centuries. Their lofty residence of Deacon's Bench, a solemn mansion perched high on the pinnacle of Inland Waters, reminds passersby of the myriad of ghostly apparitions which still reside there in the 21st Century.

When Waverly moves into the vacant estate, those ghostly apparitions seem to be part and parcel of her purchase. From the moment she begins restoration of the estate, she encounters several oddities she can't readily explain away: voices only she can hear, scenes only she can see. She slips back and forth in time, when the mansion was at its glory, and interacts with members of the illustrious Dandridge family who built the estate in 1797.

But a horrific mystery surrounds Deacon's Bench, one Waverly must solve if she is ever to return to her own time.

    Read a novel excerpt

    "...a great story. I stayed up late to read it because I could not put it down."
L. W.

a timesweep novel from

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    LTD Books
    ISBN: 1-55316-048-7

A sudden bump on the head sends a young woman back to 19th Century London, where she becomes both prey and predator to the most infamous serial killer of all time...

When pretty Jermyn Browne steps into the bustling metropolis of Victorian London, she never imagines that she will fall in love...or become part of a crime spree terrifying the sweltering and derelict district of Whitechapel: the grotesque slayings of prostitutes committed by the infamous Jack the Ripper.

But then she loses her way in the unmentionable area of the great city onetormy night and confronts the Ripper himself. An individual on the brink of madness, he is torn between what is right and what is wrong in a mind riddled with corruption and tainted by hate. Taking Jermyn prisoner both mentally and physically, the Ripper makes her his lifeline to the outside world beyond the festering walls of Whitechapel, promising to release her only after she keeps their meeting a secret and agrees to return to him whenever he demands it. His generosity, however, comes with a price: should she say anything to anyone, he will hunt down the man who has stolen her heart...a fellow American named Noble Quinn.

But will a sudden twist of events destroy the Ripper's final chances for revenge...or leave him lost to history forever?

    Read an Excerpt from City of Grateful Night.

**** 4 Stars from Scribes World!
CITY OF GRATEFUL NIGHT is the thrilling ride of a modern day woman, Jermyn Browne, and her passage from present day into London, 1888 - during the terror of Jack the Ripper. Her fascination may be what carries her into the 19th century by the most bizarre of circumstances. While in 19th century London, Jermyn meets the man of her dreams and then has the unfortunate opportunity of encountering Jack the Ripper and living to tell about it. Her journey will have you on the edge of your seat wondering if she will become the next victim or not.

Ms. Hoyt has woven a tale of the history of Jack the Ripper with the fictional characters of Jermyn Browne, her best friend Lettie Crawford and the love of her life, Noble Quinn. She has to my knowledge provided quite an accurate accounting of the murders of Jack the Ripper and presented a very visual scenic background of London during 1888. I found myself transfixed to the dark and damp London, as it must have been during that time.

I really enjoyed reading this novel and while I wished there had been a little more romance to the story, it certainly wasn't lacking in ways to hold my interest. Ms. Hoyt has written a wonderful novel here and I look forward to future stories from her.
Reviewed by Melissa M. Curran, Scribes World Reviews

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