What a delicious season. The cool weather and falling leaves make me want to curl up with a cup of tea and a good story. Also, candy! How about you?
Thank you to everyone who helped launch the release of Wedding Bells & Psychic Spells. Your support and reviews made my whole month! I can’t wait to get started on the next Ava caper, but in the meantime, I’m working hard on the new 2024 Candy Shop Witch series. I plan to have three books to release next year for you, and I hope to share snippets of them with you soon.
Ghosts and marriage…what a combo, right? How would you feel if a few ghosts showed up on your wedding day to shoot your intended?
I love writing the Confessions of a Closet Medium series, and Wedding Bells & Psychic Spells was no exception. Ava (the reluctant ghost-whisperer) and her friends have the craziest experiences, and I feel like I'm watching a movie play out when they take me along on each adventure.
For this story, I had to research Prohibition and gangsters, how to set up a moonshine still, and figure out a way for a dead witch to terrorize one of the secondary characters. The book releases at retailers on October 3rd. You can preorder it in my store and get it three weeks early (plus SAVE $1), or sign up for any of my tiers to get early access next month free.
Small-town murder mysteries, a reluctant ghost whisperer, a quirky guardian angel, a cantankerous cat, and more!
Ava Fantome sees ghosts, but lordy, she wishes she didn’t! Returning to her family home in Georgia after her Aunt Willa is murdered, she must take charge of her aunt’s business, live with a shape-shifting cat, cope with small town secrets, and deal with poltergeists, cursed objects, and malevolent spirits…and then there are the townsfolk who don’t want her messing in their affairs. It all adds up to magic, murder, laughter and love.
This boxed set includes THREE full-length humorous paranormal cozies in the Confessions of a Closet Medium series, featuring reluctant ghost-whisperer, Ava, and her talking cat, Tabby. This collection includes: Vows & Vengeance, Cupcakes & Corpsees, and Tea Leaves & Troubled Spirits.
Ava needs a break from ghosts! Too bad her honeymoon getaway is filled with them. What's a reluctant ghost-whisperer to do? Solve a mystery, cross the earthbound spirits over, and try not to die in the process!
I hope you're ready for the next Confessions of a Closet Medium story, Haunted Honeymoon. Spending a weekend on a tropical island sounds like the best honeymoon ever for her and Logan, but unfortunately, it's not the relaxing break they imagined.
Find out what happens to them and a psychic goat named Fred in this next installment in the best-selling series! Preorder now from my store and get it for ONLY $1.99! Plus you'll receive the story a full week EARLY!
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “From the moment I met Ava I just knew she was going to become one of my favorite heroines. “ ~ Reader review
Long walks on the beach, a couples massage, romantic dinners—it’s all I’ve been wishing for. A honeymoon gift from a friend sends us to an island retreat that promises the perfect weekend getaway for me and Logan.
Arriving at the secluded spot, however, we discover the staff members are ‘missing’, and ghosts inhabit the dilapidated historic mansion that once belonged to the island’s owner. The only living person seems to be a mysterious woman who insists her goat, Fred, talks to her and predicts the future.
Fred claims an ancient curse is at work and a phantom killer who wants the island to himself stalks the land. If Logan and I don’t leave, we’re next on his list.
But we’re trapped—our only means of escape lying at the bottom of the sea. Can I use my ghost-whispering skills to help the earthbound spirits cross over, as well as track down this killer? Or will the ancient evil that haunts this place make my honeymoon one to die for?
It's here! The next story in Ava and Logan's adventure, Haunted Honeymoon, takes place on a deserted island. This is a novella (a short story) that was originally intended to be in an anthology for this spring - thus the short nature of the story. We were limited to 15,000 words.
Unfortunately, that anthology was cancelled. Since the story was already drafted, I decided to go ahead and give it to you VIP readers anyway! I hope you'll enjoy this adventure with Ava, Logan, Tabby, Persephone, and a new character - a goat named Fred!
It releases in my store on February 7th (and you get $1 OFF). Release day at retailers is February 14th - Valentine's Day! Easy to remember, right?
Isn't the cover adorable?? My cover artist is amazing (www.fanderclai.com)
A tropical island getaway seems like the perfect honeymoon setting for newlyweds Ava and Logan, but a haunted mansion, a strange disappearance, and a goat named Fred, make them wish they’d stayed in Thornhollow.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “From the moment I met Ava I just knew she was going to become one of my favorite heroines. “ ~ Reader review
Long walks on the beach, a couples massage, romantic dinners—it’s all I’ve been wishing for. A honeymoon gift from a friend sends us to an island retreat that promises the perfect weekend getaway for me and Logan.
Arriving at the secluded spot, however, we discover the staff members are ‘missing’, and ghosts inhabit the dilapidated historic mansion that once belonged to the island’s owner. The only living person seems to be a mysterious woman who insists her goat, Fred, talks to her and predicts the future.
Fred claims an ancient curse is at work and a phantom killer who wants the island to himself stalks the land. If Logan and I don’t leave, we’re next on his list.
But we’re trapped—our only means of escape lying at the bottom of the sea. Can I use my ghost-whispering skills to help the earthbound spirits cross over, as well as track down this killer? Or will the ancient evil that haunts this place make my honeymoon one to die for?
Get cozy with a warm drink and dive into this special, limited edition set! Includes:
Of Potions & Portents, Sister Witches of Raven Falls, Book 1 - Welcome to Raven Falls, where four sisters—Spring, Summer, Autumn, & Winter—run their witchy shop, Conjure, and find themselves up to their magickal tea cups in murder, mystery, and romance!
Pumpkins & Poltergeists, Confessions of a Closet Medium, Book 1 – Avalon Fantome sees ghosts, but lordy, she wishes she didn’t! Returning to her family home in Georgia after her Aunt Willa is murdered, she must take charge of her aunt’s event planning business, live with a shape-shifting cat, cope with small town secrets, and deal with poltergeists, cursed objects, and malevolent spirits…and then there are the townsfolk who don’t want her messing in their affairs. It all adds up to magic, murder, laughter and love.
Cinder, Sister Witches of Story Cove, Book 1 –Once upon a time in a small town called Story Cove… Four magickal sisters, plus their family, find themselves in very real, living versions of their favorite fairytales. These stories come with princes, poison apples, and shape-shifting wolves, but also murder, mystery, and—let’s not forget—magick. Enchantment abounds as they fight evil, break curses, and navigate the modern dating world, all while searching for their personal happy endings.
The tea leaves don’t lie – Ava and her friends are in grave danger in this next adventure of the Confessions of a Closet Medium!
Trouble is brewing for my friends, and they need my help.
At the tea shop, Sage suspects she’s been cursed when a carnival fortune teller portends her death and the new psychic in town, Madam X, confirms it. Even the leaves in the bottom of Sage’s cup claim the reaper is at hand.
Meanwhile, a stranger winds up dead at the B&B next door, and Brax and Rhys are under suspicion. To clear their names, I dive in to investigate and discover Madam X isn’t all she’s cracked up to be.
But is she a killer?
Troubled spirits I can handle. Solving these real-life cases to save my friends, though, will require seances, palm reading, and help from my family—both the living and the dead.
And if I’m not careful, the reaper will show up in my tea leaves.
When I did an in-person workshop a few weeks ago, I met a woman who is dyslexic and also on a budget. She doesn't read much and asked about audiobooks, but confessed she can't buy those priced as high as most are.
The expense of creating audiobooks is prohibitive for me. Especially since I have long series. Good narrators cost thousands of dollars to read a story. My single experience with a partial series years ago was exhausting and took many, many hours I didn't feel I had listening to the chapters and requesting corrections/ changes. I spent SO much time and effort getting those books done and there's been little return on my investment.
I recently spoke to an author who is using AI generated books to reach certain readers, like my dyslexic friend, AND keep the price reasonable. They aren't perfect — you don't get a variety of voices for the characters, and there are mispronounced words on occasion. BUT, they are relatively easy to create and require little investment upfront. The time invested is minimal, as well, and this allows me to keep the price low.
So I'm working on my Confessions of a Closet Medium Series first. The narrator I chose is perfect – AI voices have come a long way – and since the books are in 1st person present tense, a single voice sounds normal.
If you love that series and want an inexpensive audiobook for a trip this summer or just to listen to for fun, I have Pumpkins & Poltergeists ready to go! I've priced it the same as the ebook version ($4.99 US) and the audio is ONLY available through my direct buy site. The rest of the series should be available by July 1st.
