👮🏼 Vera’s Story Beta Read is OPEN đźš“

by | Jan 20, 2026 | ScrollKeepers Community News

​

​

From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek

Faith-building Sci-fi Fantasy Stories

​

Hi Again Reader!

NOW: Me, Myself, and IT (Vera’s Story)

Book One of the RETURN TO ME Trilogy–is LIVE and đź‘€lookingđź‘€ for beta readers.

Live until February 20.

If you are interested in participating in the beta read,

please apply at the link below. Limited number of readers accepted.

​BETA READING APPLICATION HERE​

On the StoryOrigin beta-read hosting site–you read a chapter, comment, and then get the next chapter. It keeps you organized and helps move you through the story in a way that enables me to make the book perfect for you.

Vera’s story is about the sister of Reuben Morales, the main character in The Last Noel.

About the book–

The ghost won’t leave her alone and she’ll do anything to quiet it.
Almost anything.
​
Vera “Vega” Morales seems to have it all—a promising career with the police, a charming boyfriend, and a cozy life with her purring cat. But behind the perfect facade is a secret she can’t escape. A ghost is stalking her, whispering in her ear, disrupting her life with its dark and restless presence.
​
When her boyfriend brings home a Bible, the ghost’s reaction is terrifying—and its intentions become clear.
​
GHOST | SPECULATIVE | CHRISTIAN | CONTEMPORARY | PSYCHOLOGICAL

COMING IN SPRING

In case you missed the announcement last week: Another reason to join SCROLLKEEPERS COMMUNITY–

In the very near future, in our book club we’ll be doing another Choose-Your-Adventure Interactive Mystery Story (like we did with Tim Reynolds, Detective: The Death of Noah Black). It also will be hosted on the ScrollKeepers Book community.

Words to live by:

As I said in the community, the quote above plays a regular part in my daily prayer time as I spend time remembering important facts about life and faith. I hope it’s encouraging to you as well.

See you next week.

God bless you!

Darlene

​

BOOK

🚌 MOBILE! 🚌

Sharing clean & Christian stories

to entertain, educate, and excite.

Welcome to your mobile book delivery service… January 2026
​
BOOK SUGGESTIONS

​

Remember: when you click on a book or image, it lets me know you are interested in seeing more books like this. Please take a look.

⬇This is a book by a friend of mine, Kathy Brasby! ⬇

🚌 beep beep 🚌

See related content:

More from Darlene

📚 Herupu short story (Free) ✏️

📚 Herupu short story (Free) ✏️

From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Sci-fi Fantasy Stories Hello to March! And hello to you Reader! I have a special treat for you today–a short autobiographical story I wrote about a life-changing experience I had as a little girl in Japan. It’s a bit sensitive, showing parts of my character I sure can’t shake. But it was quite formative. If I hadn’t survived, you wouldn’t be getting this email today. Click for a free pdf download of HERUPU May you feel Gods’ grace and mercy…

📚 The End ✏️

📚 The End ✏️

From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Sci-fi Fantasy Stories Hi again Reader! I’m not sure why, but I have trouble using the word “The End” at the end of a story. First of all, it should be clear that the story is over, right? The last lines of a book should already reflect an ending without those two words. But when I write a story, the character and I form a bond. Maybe the reason I have trouble ending a book with “The End” is that for me neither they nor their story is truly…

🕊️ Hope and Hope Again 🕊️

🕊️ Hope and Hope Again 🕊️

From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Sci-fi Fantasy Stories Greetings Reader! We’ve been in the midst of a torrent of rain here in Izmir–great for the olive trees, apricot trees, and grapevines, but terrible for the dogs. This is the second greatest rainfall in 88 years of recorded measurement. I calculated the other day to learn that there has been a total of about 1.5 Olympic-sized swimming pools full of water dumped on our farm since the beginning of the year. Wet and rainy,…