Till Life Do Us
Part
Publisher: Solstice Publishing
Genre:
Paranormal Romance
Mystery, Suspense, Reincarnation.
Release date: 9th June 2016
Blurb
Barbara
Heyer can hear voices of dead people. They whisper of their deaths, seek
comfort for those left behind, and occasionally even warn her about future
events. But when Barbara’s brother, Colin, is accused of murder, it will take
more than her gift to prove his innocence.
Becoming
smitten with the handsome investigator, Detective Patrick Fischer, is a serious
complication given his assignment to her brother’s case. Barbara senses there
is something far deeper—and perhaps much older—than the surface attraction
between them. Could that be why she’s visited by a mysterious woman named Emma
in her dreams? Could past life regression tie all the seemingly unconnected
events together?
Barbara
and Patrick must overcome heartache to find the truth to save Colin, and
perhaps themselves.
Excerpt
He watched the windows of the house for several days,
hidden by the mantle of the falling night. Taking advantage of the cover the
lime trees in the garden offered, he avidly followed her every movement across
the bedroom. He could have hidden in the attic as he had a few times, watching
her through the peephole he’d made, but from here, he could see her better.
He had a cautious nature, yet wasn’t afraid of being
spotted. There was little likelihood of his presence being announced to the
police as a stalker. After all, they’d been seen together quite often.
./././././.
The first drop of rain fell with a splash on the
windshield jolting Barbara back to reality. She opened her eyes and slipped her
small handbag into the glove box. The money she received would help her solve
many of the “not-for-now” things, like replacing the floorboard in the bedroom
and repairing the leaking pipe in the kitchen.
She looked through the windshield at the pelting rain
washing over her car. She reached for the key to start the engine when a faint
light flickered on top of the steering wheel.
Barbara, Barbara, a voice came, more like a whisper, in her mind. He
killed me. He just killed me...
Who are you, dear? Who killed you?
Kathleen… He killed me.
./././././././.
“Detective, please, don’t think I’m raving, but I have to ask. Do you know
someone called Mabel?”
The man riveted Barbara with his dark blue eyes for a
moment. Barbara cringed inside. He’ll rebuke me. The man passed a hand over his
face and nodding, he answered, “Yes, I know a Mabel. My... my wife.”
“How long ago did she pass away?”
In a voice that was more than a little surprised he
asked, “How on earth did you know she’s dead?”
“She’s here,” Barbara replied in a small voice.
His eyebrows shot up in disbelief. The steel in his
voice was hard to miss. “What? What are you talking about?” He spun round and
looked at the apparently empty space behind him.
Tell him I no longer suffer, Barbara
heard Mabel’s voice.
Detective Fisher was still staring blankly around him.
“She wants me to tell you she no longer suffers. She
hopes you’ve found in your heart the power to forgive her for committing
suicide... for jumping off the bridge.”
The detective looked straight into Barbara’s eyes. The
grief she saw in them was almost palpable.
Author Bio
Carmen Stefanescu resides in Romania, the native country of the infamous vampire Count Dracula, but where, for about 50 years of communist dictatorship, just speaking about God, faith, reincarnation or paranormal phenomena could have led someone to great trouble - the psychiatric hospital if not to prison.
Teacher of English and German in her native country and mother of two daughters, Carmen Stefanescu survived the grim years of communist oppression, by escaping in a parallel world, that of the books.
Her first novel, Shadows of the Past, was released in 2012 by Wild Child Publishing, USA.
Carmen joined the volunteer staff at Marketing For Romance Writers Author blog, and is the coordinator of #Thursday13 posts.
You can stalk the author here:
Here
are some romantic ideas to rekindle the spark :
Learn a romantic foreign
language.
Take an intro-class together for a
language that neither of you speak - French, Italian,
Spanish or Romanian simply sound
romantic - and practice whispering sweet
nothings into each other’s ears, in that new language!
Cuddle up together in a horse-drawn
carriage ride.
You’ll probably feel like you are in a
romantic comedy, and that’s a good thing.
Read each other’s Tarot
Cards.
Take turns reading each other’s fortunes
using Tarot Cards. Even if you don’t believe in astrology, it will make for one
fun evening spent together.
Go on a ghost tour
together.
Find the nearest ghost tour in your city
and head out on the adventure together. At least you’ll have someone’s hand to
hold onto should things start to get a little spooky.
Feed each other fondue at
home.
It really doesn’t get sexier than feeding
each other chocolate dipped strawberries.
Comments
Good luck with your release. I wish you many sales.
My brain is over stressed and I missed the post.
Thank you, Dariel, for hosting me!
I will definitely return