Rebecca Lyles' Cover Love and Coveted Excerpt

I love how understand-ed and clean cut this cover is!

Rebecca, congratulations on your DEBUT novel!

It's amazing how much blood, sweat and tears can go into a project like this, but isn't it totally worth it?!?

**Coveted Excerpt**

Kate Neilson peered into the slot on the collection box lid. Was that money she saw on the bottom or crumpled paper? Sometimes people put weird stuff in offering boxes.

The early morning sunshine hadn’t reached her side of the dark log chapel, but she didn’t dare turn on the interior lights and attract attention. Maybe she should grab the flashlight from her car. Though she’d opened the side door at the front of the sanctuary, she still couldn’t see inside the box.

She toyed with the padlock. All she needed was enough cash to get by until payday at her new job. If she left a note saying she’d pay it back right away, with interest, surely they’d understand. After all, she was down to her last ten—

The floor creaked.

Her heart stopped.

“That box is empty, sweetie.”

This excerpt totally makes me want to say "I have to stop reading now??"

Thanks for sharing Becky!

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