Please
welcome my friend and a great author Jillian Chantal! She has a new release—Evil Wind Rising. She
calls it a horror romance, which sounds a bit horrific, so I’ll call it a
paranormal romance—with ghosts and voodoo. At any rate, she’s regaling us with
a blurb and excerpt, and a bit of background. Also a giveaway. Take it away, Jillian!
I’m
Jillian Chantal and am thrilled to be invited to my friend M. S. Spencer’s
blog. Thanks for having me. I’m here to talk about my latest release, Evil Wind Rising.
For many
years, I’ve had a plan to write a story with all the female characters having
names from Beatles songs, but never did it. When I decided to work on this
tale, I decided to take it a step further and have all the characters reference
either the band or their songs. The reason I finally decided to take on the
task is because this book is part of a conglomeration of writers of different romance
sub-genres, who formed a group to write stories with five common elements.
The
elements are: (1) a haunted or reputedly haunted house; (2) a stack of books; (3)
a lightning storm; (4) lost keys; and (5) a character named Max.
Since
I love the song Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
(such a sinister song), that was my motivation to expand the Beatles’ female
names to the whole Beatles universe. I did give Max a slightly different name
than he had in the song. I hope the readers enjoy the little Easter eggs
hidden—or not so hidden—in this tale.
This
is also a way to welcome in the scary season as it has a bit of horror, a bit
of romance, and some wit to lighten the atmosphere.
I’ll
give away a copy for a random commenter who leaves me a comment regarding
anything fun you know about any of the Beatles or what your favorite song is
and why.
89 p.
Released
Oct. 1, 2019
Rumor
has it the Rigby Mansion is haunted. The last owner was brutally murdered and
now the house is on the market. Dr. Max Edison, a surgeon who has no time for
such nonsense, wants to tour the manor as he wants a home outside the city. The
firm listing the property sends him out with their newest employee, Stella
McNamara, who is convinced the rumors are true. She has a sixth sense about
these things….
Excerpt:
Voodoo
"I showed the Rigby estate
to a buyer today and there's something evil there. I need to figure out what to
do since I think he's intent on returning."
"You stay away from over
there, missy. You got the gift like your grandma did. You don't wanna be attracting
no spirit to follow you home and make trouble in your life." Her mother
coughed. "You hearing me, Stella girl? No nonsense, ya hear?"
"Settle down, Mamma. I'm not
planning to go back. I was wondering how I could help the man who wants to buy
the place. He's a nonbeliever and I'm worried he's going to get himself
hurt."
"You need to steer clear.
Even setting up a ritual to pray for his protection could drag you down."
Stella sighed. She should've
known her mother would flip, but she had some of her grandmother's candles and
other items used in ritual that might be of use in assisting Stella in casting
a protective net around Max Edison. She'd learned the work from her grandmother
even though her mother feared it.
"If you're asking for
Grandmother's box, no. You can't have it. You need to forget that idea right
now."
When her mother got that tone of
voice, Stella knew the pope himself could ask her for the box and she'd say no.
Not that the pope believed in Voodoo. At least she didn't think he did.
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About
the Author
Jillian Chantal is multi-published in the romance genre.
She’s a lawyer by day and writer, amateur photographer and history buff by
night. Jillian lives on the beautiful gulf coast of Florida and loves her
little slice of paradise. But not too much to enjoy world-wide travel every
chance she gets. After all, a writer and photographer needs new and exciting
places to go and capture in order to stay fresh, right? And there’s nothing
quite like seeing historical places in person, is there?
Jillian loves to hear from readers. She can be found at
her sites:
Thanks
again to M. S. for allowing me to pop in for a visit.
