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UNSAVABLE
How UNSAVABLE do you become, when there is killing to be done?
She moved like a ghost, for she was becoming one…and that was all she wanted to be.
1999: Found guilty on false charges, Remiel Gibbon, 17, is sentenced to two years in an Idaho correctional facility.
While being transported to Boise, she becomes the sole survivor of a car crash when the police car hits a bull elk near Stanley, Idaho. Alone at the edge of the wreck, Remiel suffers a mental break, denouncing the cruelty and indignity she suffered at the hands of a broken society. She makes a choice—to live, and die ALONE––abandons the two dead officers, and walks away—up into the Frank Church Wilderness of No Return.
Time passes, Remiel struggles to stay alive, and months later, her life of bleak solitude is boldly interrupted by Walker—a twelve-year-old half-native boy who has trekked into the wilderness to kill himself.
The unlikely pair cycle through periods of loathing, anger, compassion, and eventually love as they slowly recognize the gift of their friendship. But their commitment is tested when a Forest Service officer, Andre, 30, discovers the two hiding out. An outcast himself, will he help them, or is he to be trusted?
Worried that their discovery has complicated their odds of survival, and when it seems things can get no worse, Remiel and Walker become unwittingly entrenched in the dark trail of death left by a rare serial-killer trio, bent on satisfying an appetite for horror.
Now Remiel, Walker, and Andre are running out of options as the FBI close in on the three misfits. Do their lives depend on their ability to learn how to truly love? And what are the three willing to sacrifice for each other?
Can someone who is UNSAVABLE change everything?
—draws the reader into a personal narrative, challenging them to witness the bitter reality of life for a young, albino woman, a half-native child, and a Forest-Service Officer shunned by his peers for his interracial relationship. It is a modern day, personally-dystopic thriller that draws raw attention to such explicit moral issues as racism, misogyny, police brutality, sexism, suicide, rape, murder, and bullying.
Intended Audience: Young Adult - New Adult - Adult
Language: English, 318 Pages, WGA Registration for Mini Series # 2016158
Copyright: 2021 (Not yet released. Not yet entered into competition).
Genre: Fiction/Thriller/Drama/Coming of Age
Status: Not yet published/Available
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What Beta Readers are saying…
Shannon Leupp
Oh Sharon,
I started your book last night, and I had to stop because I was so overcome with emotion. Without getting into too much detail, I have to tell you that I am right in the middle of trying to protect a bunch of children from an admitted pedophile in my former church. Adding on top of that the rise of the Neo-nazis in our midst, I felt like it spoke deep into my soul. You may not even be aware, but powers were at work to have me read what I did of your book at this exact time. And of course, it is no surprise that it is stunning. Already the smooth flow of the book catches me up and takes me along.
Thank you friend for letting me read it. Thank you for using your gifts that speak into the souls of people. Thank you for your heart .
Shannon
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Alicia Huxtable
My fellow readers and authors will understand this post...you now when you find an author you love and read everything they write? Well I have many but this particular author asked if I would BETA read her latest book. HELL YES! Here I am thinking that I have loved her work so far. Well, Sharon Cramer, I hate to say it but Ravan may be taking a backseat as my favorite of yours. It's such a different book to your others. Its awesome when an author can breach genres so well!
Alicia
The EXECUTION: Volume 1 of the Wintergrave Chronicles
What if you had one night to live…and you met someone worth dying for?
“…There had been a flurry of activity to raise the platform for the executions. It had been almost festive. Eat, drink…and watch.
Three men were to be beheaded. One was to be hanged. It was certain to be a lively, social affair. The vendors and gawkers would be out en-masse, profiting as always from the macabre curiosity of horrible things.
Curious how human nature draws more to a death than a birth. Let a child be born and a few significant loved ones will gather, but let a man die? Even his most remote acquaintance will attend.”
D’ata, the young priest, is a dark angel amid the death and despair of the medieval prison. As he enters the cell of the condemned man—the mercenary, the evil one—he is transfixed by the killer’s eyes, shocked that the face of this murderer is his own— a mirror image of himself
The twins, unknown to each other until tonight, reveal the life events that brought them to this fetid dungeon, creating an unbreakable bond sealed with their darkest secrets. But with only hours until the execution, D’ata questions which man should truly be condemned. Should it be Ravan, the ruthless killer—a boy from an orphanage who suffered the unimaginable? Or should it be himself—the man of God whose own tormented desires ended in tragedy and the inescapable darkness of his own soul? Morning approaches, and the brothers must face it…together.
In this first installment, author Cramer launches her gripping medieval saga, The Wintergrave Chronicles. This twisting journey begins with the birth of twin brothers and follows their harrowing lives, and beyond, as they fulfill opposite, undeniable destinies.
Intended Audience: Young Adult/New Adult/AdultIntended Audience: Young Adult/New Adult/Adult
Followed by books 2 and 3: Risen and Niveus
Published 2012
ISBN 978-0-98394372
STATUS: Active—Treatments available
THE EXECUTION screenplay feature film was chosen as a “finalist” in the following 2016 film festivals.
- Vancouver International Women in Film Festival
- Sacramento International Film Festival
The EXECUTION WON the category of “Best Screenplay Feature Film” in the DADA SAHEB PHALKE FILM FESTIVAL-2016
The FOLLOWING of THE EXECUTION:
- Readership ranges largely between 15—45 years old.
- Social media followers are between 13—24 years.
FAN BASE:
- WOMEN - 75%
- MEN - 25%
Our audience interprets THE EXECUTION as a dark, medieval, action, adventure, drama with strong romance and paranormal elements.
Series our readers enjoy include Game of Thrones, Elizabeth, Vikings, The Hunger Games.
THE EXECUTION (novel) has had over 450,000 downloads and maintains (on average) 4.4 out of 5.0 stars on sites such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Google books as an independently-released novel.
- Amazon ranks THE EXECUTION at 4.4 out of 5 stars with over 650 reviews
RISEN: Volume 2 of the Wintergrave Chronicles
What if you stepped from a nightmare into a dream...and then back again?
“Silence!” Yeorathe ordered as he swung from his horse and approached the two children. He was every bit the loathsome monster Moira described. “You,” he pointed at Risen. “Step away from the girl.
“I will not.” Risen’s hand tightened on Sylvie’s thin wrist. He wondered if he might hurt her, but she did not cry out.
“Then you will both die,” the man snorted and lifted his sword as though prepared to run them both through.
“Agreed,” Risen replied flatly and stood as tall as his tender age would allow.…”
Second gripping installment of The Wintergrave Chronicles
Ravan, has been given a chance at a new life. Unable to live without his beautiful Nicolette, his first task?…journey to save his lover from the tyrant who has taken her. Believing it will be a death mission, he discovers instead a world of happiness he had never imagined possible. But old enemies lurk in unforgiving shadows, turning his newfound joy into the most unspeakable terror ever.
His son Risen is taken, and the clock is ticking…
Now Ravan must learn to depend on those most loyal to him while embarking on a flight like no other. The Turkish empire is his final destination as he tries desperately to save his son. Little does he know Nicolette is fast on his heels to help in ways that only the sorceress can.
Worlds collide in the Ottoman Empire as a dark mercenary, an enchantress, their son, and the crippled girl he loves find the power to rise up and overcome for the noblest of all reasons—perfect love.
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Genre: Fiction/Drama/Thriller/Medieval/Paranormal
Intended Audience: Young Adult/New Adult/Adult
Published 2014—New copyright release 2016 , 320 Pages
ISBN 978-0990706106
STATUS: Active—Treatments available
Preceded by Book 1: The Execution and followed by Book 3: Niveus
NIVEUS: Volume 3 of the Wintergrave Chronicles
“…Niveus’ pale eyes snapped open. She lay on her back with her hands folded across her chest, staring straight overhead into the darkness. She did not stir, only…listened.
It was not the sounds of the night that awakened her. Nor was it the wind that moaned outside the windows of her castle bedroom, or the call of night creatures to each other. No; she listened to something entirely different, something that whispered to her first from between her ears, slipping next to her heart before perching deep within her soul as it beckoned.
It was a sound Niveus could not deny—the call of a human soul reaching desperately for her, speaking not with words but with groans of pain. And it belonged…to a child.”
Third towering installment of The Wintergrave Chronicles
Ravan and Nicolette’s only daughter wanders the realm, sharing gifts of life and healing. But Ravan’s mortal enemy, Malik, comes to the Wintergrave Dynasty with one intention—revenge—to destroy the mercenary’s daughter. But Malik’s scheme takes a twisted turn when he discovers the strange girl.
Now, believing he will be all-powerful if he can possess and control Niveus, Malik drags her on a harrowing trek to Prussia. Barely surviving at the hands of Malik’s cruelty, Niveus discovers strength when it reveals itself from an uncommon place—her love for a dying man—Malik’s nephew.
Meanwhile, Niveus' father, mother and brother (a mercenary, a sorceress, and a warrior) give chase to free her from an evil that seems destined to reign.
Venture with the Wintergrave family into 14th-century Prussia to discover if Malik will be undone or if Niveus, or someone she loves…is lost forever.
STATUS: Active: Treatments available upon request
Genre: Fiction/Drama/Thriller/Medieval/Paranormal
Intended Audience: Young Adult/New Adult/Adult
Preceded by Book 1: The Execution and Book 2: Risen
Published 2016, 362 pages, ISBN: 978-0-9839437-9-2
The Black Beyond: LIBERTY
They came because they had to. They’ll leave…if we let them.
Kansas, 2012
Liberty is no ordinary boy. The frail eleven- year-old foster child struggles with brittle diabetes and severe asthma. Even so, nothing can prepare him for what he discovers one hot afternoon in a tiny Kansas forest.
When three alien children take their parents’ ship—the Cerulean Star—out without their permission, no one knows. Swept into a Galactic Tsunami, they are lost with no way home! Two years later, the kids are still searching for a way home when they discover an unusual little planet—Earth. It seems the perfect place to harvest oxygen before they are on their way.
Liberty and his friends are not the only one who has seen the beautiful little starship. The U.S. Military have their own plans for the Cerulean Star after they capture it.
Now the alien children must depend on the brilliant boy, Liberty, and his friends as they struggle to regain their ship and try to escape, back to the stars.
A story of enduring courage. Set in the year 2012, it is fantasy/science-fiction with strong elements of adventure, humor, and intrigue.
The first of a 6-book series, LIBERTY sets the stage for the ongoing adventure as two species—one from this world, one not—come together in remarkable ways. Each installment is written from the POV of one of the six children—three alien, three human.
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Genre: Fiction/Science Fiction
Audience: Young Adult/Adult
STATUS: Active /Available for option
Softcover 363 pages. ISBN 978-0-983943778
Darius & the Dragon's Stone
There’s always hope…when you have a dragon.
Evil lurks, destructive and vengeful…waiting.
But will the determination of one boy be enough to defeat it? All appears lost until Darius meets…
…a dragon.
The precious book of Brandor is stolen, and with no wizard to protect it, the town is being unwritten, vanishing from existence one house at a time—one person at a time. Now the fate, not just of the town but of a destined hero, looms in the balance.
Outcast and alone, a boy named Darius is Brandor's only hope. He soon finds that as he fights to save Brandor, he also struggles to piece together a past riddled with heartache, death, and the discovery of who—or what—he is.
With the unexpected help of an extraordinary dragon, Darius sets out on an adventure that ultimately leads him to the final battle. Can he defeat the evil that stole the book and killed his father?
shines in the make-believe realm of Brandor. Destiny looms in the balance as a boy is pitted against true evil.
Genre: Fiction/Fantasy/Coming of Age
Audience: Middle Grade/Adolescent/Young Adult
Published 2016, 331 pages, ISBN-13 978-0991291021
Status: Active/Available for option
