Lighthouse
Fleeing an abusive husband, a mother hits the road with her son in search of a new life, only to drive straight into the midst of a zombie apocalypse.
When April Winters leaves home, she’s hoping to escape her bad marriage. But once on her own with her son, she discovers that monsters are everywhere. A virus is running rampant across America, turning innocent people into gruesome zombies. Now the monsters are lurking behind every door, every forsaken building, every street corner. They roam the sidewalks and hover under the lamplights. They invade homes, hospitals, and restaurants. Now April must draw on whatever strength she has left to survive, to protect herself and her son. Or suffer the consequences of becoming a monster herself.
April Maguire
April Maguire wanted to be a writer since she was a tiny, little girl with long auburn braids, riding her tricycle back and forth in front of their front door. She can't remember a time when she wanted to do anything else. Her dad patiently taught her how to form her letters, spell out words, and hold a pencil the correct way - all before she even went to school. April never went to preschool or kindergarten. She skipped them both and headed directly to first grade where she learned spelling, penmanship, and cursive writing. She was the youngest in her entire grade. She was also the shortest. Not much really has changed over the years. April graduated as one of the youngest and shortest in her senior class. Her lifetime dream stayed the same too; she wanted to be a writer. April attended the local college. majored in English and dreamed of becoming a very famous author. She continued to write, dabbling in poetry, tales of horror, and even children's stories. She had notebooks upon notebooks filled with ideas, images, and handwritten notes of half-finished fables, yet she never knew what to do with them. Growing older, the call to write never stopped, but it did slow down. Life outside the pages of a book slowly took over as she worked assorted jobs, got married, gave birth to her son, raised her child, home schooled him, and moved across country a couple of times. When the urgency crept up, she scribbled down a few poetic words and it seemed to satiate the craving. However, there was something missing. When April's son began to demonstrate his ability to write, she couldn't help but beam with pride that her child shared the same gift. Her urgency to write flourished again after her son, JayRex, challenged her to seek out the dreams and aspirations she had as a child. She had always inspired him to follow his calling without doubt, so therefore, he encouraged her to do the same. With a bit of coaxing from him, her creative juices were knocked into high gear. She was again addicted to writing. April began scribbling down notes and paragraphs to a new story. Her main character was a woman seeking to find herself in the midst of trials and tribulations. The premise of her new novel was a zombie apocalypse. Lighthouse, her first novel, is the story of self-determination and courage as a middle-aged woman ventures along the deviant path of life to discover who she is meant to be in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. And though she has written other books and continues to create poetry, this particular novel is the one she believes answers best her calling to be a writer.
