Ciao, amici! Today, I’m delighted to host for the first (but hopefully not the last) time, Jacqui Murray. If you read the comments on my site, you’ll recognize her name. And if you keep track of talented writers, you probably already follow her blog. If you don’t, you need to. But not yet!

First, let me share with you her latest release, Against All Odds, book three of her Crossroads series (prehistoric fiction genre). She’s even graciously agreed to share chapter one!

Please help me give her a warm welcome.

Xhosa’s extraordinary prehistoric saga concludes, filled with hardship, courage, survival, and family.

A million years of evolution made Xhosa tough but was it enough? She and her People finally reach their destination—a glorious land of tall grasses, few predators, and an abundance that seems limitless, but an enemy greater than any they have met so far threatens to…