About
April Tompkins* always made up stories, but as a kid the stories mostly resided inside her head. She spent her early life on a farm in Minnesota with no siblings close in age, so she hiked along country roads and “imagined”. At age eleven, her family moved to the prairies of North Dakota and she put her stories aside and turned to music. She now lives in Minnesota with her husband and her fat cat Sasha. She is the mother of two strong men.
April is an accomplished songwriter and singer, whose band’s independent music has garnered thousands of plays on Spotify and is featured in music libraries. She has been a music blogger since 2006.
April specializes in contemporary and women's fiction, both novels and novellas. To date, she has thirteen published works, the most popular being Running From Herself. Once she began writing fiction, she quickly determined that self-publishing simply felt right.
In her writing universe, April’s characters are not as uncomplicated as they seem. Everyone has a story, but it may take some coaxing to get them to tell it.
Visit April at www.apriltompkins.net
*April Tompkins is a pen name. All other details are true.
Featured Work
Running From Herself
She ran away to find herself—only to become someone she doesn't recognize.
Leah Branch is done. After years of chasing a fading dream, she welcomes her band's breakup as an exit ramp to a quiet life. She doesn't choose Chance, Wyoming; the tiny town seems to choose her. But even in a place this small, Leah can't outrun the rhythm of her own heart.
Working at the local saloon, Leah finds more than just a fresh start—she finds Jared. He's a fellow singer who understands her soul, but their shared passion becomes the very thing that tears them apart. When Jared walks away from the stage and the saloon's future hangs in the balance, Leah makes a choice that changes everything—she steps back into the spotlight.
Success arrives like a lightning bolt when a Nashville record label offers her the world. Leah leaps at the chance, seeing it as the ultimate escape from a shattered romance. But the Music City machine has its own plans. They change her look, they change her songs, they even change her name.
Now, Leah is standing on the edge of stardom, but she's also a stranger to herself. She has to decide: stay and lose her soul or risk everything to run one more time.
