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The Piper
Hayley Hoffmann’s life is about to change. She has no idea what awaits her when she discovers an old book in the basement of the house she inherited from her estranged father. The story contained in the book whisks her away to medieval Germany in an ancient tale of intrigue, while she tries to navigate the intrigue in her own life.
Hayley is torn between two men. The handsome German history professor and the exciting American student both want her. But can either of them be trusted? Hayley’s life may depend on her decision.
Hayley is torn between two men. The handsome German history professor and the exciting American student both want her. But can either of them be trusted? Hayley’s life may depend on her decision.
179 pages, Paperback
Published September 18, 2021
About the author
Kelly Cheek
24 books9 followersKelly Cheek has been closely following a creative muse for his entire life. He grew up in the big city of Sacramento, California and the small town of Parsons in southeast Kansas. As a devoted introvert, he never really fit in with most social circles, but was happiest when stuck away in his room with his creative pursuits – art, writing songs and playing them on his guitar, and writing stories.
Kelly was a natural. Born creative, many of the earliest photos of him, back before color was invented, show him with a pencil in his hand. He was drawing before he could read, but once he learned to read, he began writing.
He started writing actual short stories in his teens, and though he had naïve dreams of becoming a celebrated author, none of those stories were ever published. One, however, lasted for decades. Kelly wrote and rewrote it several times over the years as he learned more about writing. In time, though he enjoyed the process of writing it, he came to realize that the story was not really viable as a commercial novel. But he liked some of the characters and their accounts enough that he has since lifted them from their original story and placed them in other projects where they could live out their natural lives outside the confines of the perpetually unfinished original.
Now, having spent years honing his craft, he’s a lover of history, a writer of both novels and nonfiction, and enjoys writing stories set against real historical backgrounds. He is particularly fascinated with how the past interacts with and influences the present, and the scenes in his stories often alternate between past and present.
Kelly Cheek now lives in Denver, Colorado, where he can often be found hunched over his computer, pouring his lifeblood into his next opus.
Kelly was a natural. Born creative, many of the earliest photos of him, back before color was invented, show him with a pencil in his hand. He was drawing before he could read, but once he learned to read, he began writing.
He started writing actual short stories in his teens, and though he had naïve dreams of becoming a celebrated author, none of those stories were ever published. One, however, lasted for decades. Kelly wrote and rewrote it several times over the years as he learned more about writing. In time, though he enjoyed the process of writing it, he came to realize that the story was not really viable as a commercial novel. But he liked some of the characters and their accounts enough that he has since lifted them from their original story and placed them in other projects where they could live out their natural lives outside the confines of the perpetually unfinished original.
Now, having spent years honing his craft, he’s a lover of history, a writer of both novels and nonfiction, and enjoys writing stories set against real historical backgrounds. He is particularly fascinated with how the past interacts with and influences the present, and the scenes in his stories often alternate between past and present.
Kelly Cheek now lives in Denver, Colorado, where he can often be found hunched over his computer, pouring his lifeblood into his next opus.
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February 10, 2022
“The Piper” is a charming story about Haley, a young American woman, finding an ancient book in the basement of the house of her estranged father after his death in Germany. In due time, we find that the book is the faery tale about the Pied Piper of Hamelin – quite possibly the very first edition - and from here the tale branches out into two different stories – one is of the present and Haley’s relationship with the two men translating the book for her, and the other is the contents of the book itself, which is the author’s version of the tale. In one there is romance and intrigue, as well as a good description of modern Germany. In the other there is magic and murder, the struggle of the common man against the odds, and a decent description of what is now Germany in medieval times.
I quite liked this story - it kept calling me back to my kindle, like all good books should, and I felt a genuine regret when I was finished.
Recommended.
I quite liked this story - it kept calling me back to my kindle, like all good books should, and I felt a genuine regret when I was finished.
Recommended.
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