Happy 2017 - New Release!

I wish everyone a happy, joyful and blessed 2017.
I also want to thank all the readers who have enjoyed my fiction. I look forward to providing you with more worthwhile reading material in the upcoming year.

And I also want to take this opportunity to promote my latest Fine Form Press release: Chip: A Shadow the Black Lab Tale #4.

Chip: Shadow #4 by JT Therrien

Blurb:
It's the day before Halloween and Matt wants candy. If he can just keep his balance standing on the chair and if he can just reach a bit further, he'll get his hands on all the Halloween candy his mother hid. Before he can reach it, however, he falls off the chair and wakes up with a broken arm. This event will turn Matt's world upside down!

This is the fourth story in my Shadow the Black Lab middle grade series. With many other stories planned, I hope that Fine Form Press will release one or two more in 2017, between releasing two new Catholic-themed novels and (hopefully) installment #4 in my Dr. Farkas paranormal romance series.

As you can see, it's going to be another busy year, but the projects are all so exciting, I can't wait to return to work after taking some time off to celebrate Christmas.

Here are the other stories in the Shadow series. The first three are available as ebooks and in print formats. Chip will eventually be released in print, hopefully before the summer.

   

The series can be purchased from Amazon, Smashwords, B&N, itunes or your favorite e-book retailer.

Thank you for your continued support!

~JT~

New Release: Teresa's Garden

I am pleased to announce the Fine Form Press release of my new middle grade short story: Teresa's Garden!

Teresa's Garden

The inspiration of the story was a homily by our parish priest, Father Stanley, who discussed Mother Teresa and her analogy of the spiritual fruits of her garden.

Mother Teresa quote:
The fruit of silence is prayer, the fruit of prayer is faith, the fruit of faith is love, the fruit of love is service and the fruit of service is peace.

Teresa's Garden blurb:

A bomb suddenly detonates on a Kolkata street. Veronica and her friends scramble for safety, arriving unexpectedly at the Missionaries of Charity hospital. When Mother Teresa invites them into her garden the children are in for quite a mystical afternoon!

Besides featuring endearing Mother Teresa, this Catholic-themed story is loaded with allusions to many well-known Bible characters. I hope that readers will also find it edifying.

I hope parents will read Teresa's Garden to their young children, and that older children will also enjoy reading it.

As with all of my other middle grade fiction (Shadow the black Lab series) Teresa's Garden will also be available in print in the near future. Stay tuned for more details!

Teresa's Garden can be purchased from Amazon, Smashwords, B&N, itunes or your favorite e-book retailer and it is also available in print on CreateSpace.com.

~JT~

5 Authors Blog Hop - Day One!

5 Authors Blog Hop

Welcome to the first stop on the 5 AUTHORS BLOG HOP! We are five authors of children/young adult fiction banding together to spread the word about our work. 

In our group you'll discover an array of children's/young adult stories for the whole family to enjoy.

I hope you'll follow this week-long blog hop and that you'll enter daily for a chance to win an e-copy of each day's featured author. 

The authors' links will be listed at the bottom of each post.

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My entry for the 5 Authors Blog hop features my latest release written for 6-12 year-olds:

SHADOW THE GHOST DOG

Blurb:

Matt's mother is working late again. With supper over, the boy takes a bath while his father scrubs the burned food off the pans. To pass the time Matt asks his dad to tell him a scary story. Although he doesn't know any scary stories, he tells Matt the true tale of Shadow the ghost dog, and of the beloved pet's heroic exploits.

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Who is Shadow?

Shadow is a loveable black Labrador Retriever who, like children's imaginations, takes on many forms. She's always loveable, always a scamp, and she's tireless in her efforts to please her master, young Matt - who desperately loves his pet and best friend in the whole world. Unfortunately, Shadow's unbounded desire to please often lands Matt into trouble, as readers will see in the next installment: SHADOW THE CYBER DOG.

I hope that readers, parents and grandparents will enjoy reading these sweet Shadow stories to young children, and that the stories will give young ones an incentive to read them for themselves again and again.

Shadow the Ghost Dog is available from Amazon.com, Smashwords.com, iBooks, B&N and all e-book retailers. As one reviewer graciously shared: "This is a great story for the old and young alike."

For a chance to win an e-book copy of SHADOW THE GHOST DOG, please leave a comment (and contact information) in the comments section below.

Make sure to check out the rest of our blog hop's authors for more chances to win a daily giveaway!

The blog hop continues tomorrow, Tuesday December 2, with a stop at

Molly Harrison's Facebook page! Stop by and say hi!

Blog Hop Schedule

Monday December 1, JT Therrien 

Tuesday December 2, Molly Harrison 

Wednesday December 3, Ben Woodard

Thursday December 4, Charity Kountz

Friday December 5, David Walker

Thank you for participating in the 5 AUTHORS BLOG HOP. Good luck winning a copy! 

~JT~

Shadow the Ghost Dog - New Release

I'm pleased to release the first in my new children's series of short stories from Fine Form Press: Shadow the Ghost Dog!

Blurb:

Matt's mother is working late again. With supper over, the boy takes a bath while his father scrubs the burned food off the pans. To pass the time Matt asks his dad to tell him a scary story. Although he doesn't know any scary stories, he tells Matt the true tale of Shadow the ghost dog, and of the beloved pet's heroic exploits.

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Who is Shadow?

Shadow is a loveable black Labrador Retriever who, like children's imaginations, takes on many forms. She's always loveable, always a scamp, and she's tireless in her efforts to please her master, young Matt - who desperately loves his pet and best friend in the whole world.

I hope that these stories will spur imaginations while fostering a love of family and the special relationship between children and their pets.

Shadow the Ghost Dog is available from Amazon.com, Smashwords.com, iBooks, B&N and all e-book retailers.

~ JT ~