Tangled Tuesday - Benevolent Ghosts, Witches, and Mourning Dove Locket by Juli D. Revezzo @julidrevezzo #paranormal #fantasy

Benevolent Ghosts, Witches, and Mourning Dove Locket

by Juli D. Revezzo

My paranormal fantasy series, Antique Magic, deals with Caitlin Fulmer, a witch who finds herself pulled without her consent into a world filled with the supernatural, with gods, and magic. While that frightened her at first, by this point in her life, in the latest novel, Mourning Dove Locket, she’s getting used to it. Ghosts float around town and she’s no longer skittish about them. They simply are—almost as if she views them as other citizens of her Gulf Breeze home. There are times when they can get out of hand, however, for instance, whenever someone (corporeal or not) comes to her for assistance.

This spring, in Mourning Dove Locket, it was the teenaged Maria. Or more specifically, Maria’s grandma who, in effect, is the girl’s guardian spirit. The poor ghost seems to have an insistent problem related to an antique locket, and Maria doesn’t know what to do, even though Caitlin realizes the teen is a budding witch herself. Though a bit too young to invite into her coven’s helpful circle, there are ways Caitlin can instruct the girl: for instance she can pass along the charms she uses daily to strengthen her own shields; and there are spells and other witchy tools she can teach Maria to help her recognize the benevolent ghosts from the spiteful and what to do about them.

How? And will they truly be helpful especially when it turns out a ghost is a bit peskier than Caitlin expected? Well, you will have to read to find out!

If you’d like to know more about Mourning Dove Locket, here’s the synopsis:

For antique shop owners Caitlin and Trevor Fulmer, the intrusion of gods and ghosts is an unfortunate daily occurrence. After a young girl offers Caitlin a gold locket, however, she can’t help but notice it’s oozing with paranormal energy.

More significantly, the locket’s owner is surrounded by Otherworld spirits. Caitlin recognizes in the girl all the signs of a budding witch in the midst of a dangerous crisis.

Can she and her covenmates protect the girl and assist her in embracing her powers, before those beyond the veil extract their revenge?

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I hope you will enjoy Mourning Dove Locket! Thanks, Clarissa, for inviting me here today!

Author Bio

Juli D. Revezzo loves fantasy and Celtic legend, and writing stories with all kinds of fantastical elements. She is the author of The Antique Magic series and the Paranormal Romance Celtic Stewards Chronicles series, the steampunk historical romance Watchmaker’s Heart, and short stories published in ETERNAL HAUNTED SUMMER, LUNA STATION QUARTERLY, among others. She is also a member of the Independent Author Network and the Magic Appreciation Tour.


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Tangled Tuesday-Guest Author Carol Browne

An Elf’s Lament Upon Leaving & Other Tales

BLURB

This little anthology of short stories and poems was originally published as an experiment. I had not been able to find a publisher for my novel and thought self-publishing on Kindle might be the way forward. First of all, I needed to try out the procedure, so I collected a number of stories and poems I had written over the years and put them all in an eBook.

I write about the things that interest me – animals, nature, magic, history, astrology – so there is no set theme for this anthology, but I do like my short stories to have a twist in the ending.

The poem I decided to open with, An Elf’s Lament Upon Leaving, gave me the idea for the title. The cover photograph was one I had taken myself back in the 1980s. I had always liked it and even suspected it might one day be perfect for a book cover. I wasn’t able to correctly format the text, however, although I’ve been told it makes no difference to its readability.

As for my novel, The Exile of Elindel, it did get accepted by a publisher after all.

EXCERPT

Martin found just the spell he needed. It was in a very old book, wedged among countless other volumes at the rear of the occult bookshop.

     
He pulled the book from its hiding-place. ‘Eight Ways to Magic’, proclaimed the title. The book cracked in protest, as Martin pried it open. His eyes flicked hungrily down the list of contents and widened as they reached Chapter Six – Love Spells.

     
Martin glanced warily around the shop, as though fearful of discovery, but, apart from an elderly lady squinting at a book on Flower Magic, he was quite alone. And the proprietor, a raw-boned man whose fuzz of grey hair ringed the summit of his skull like a helm-cloud, was engrossed in a book catalogue at the counter, his long nose like a spike of bone wearing spectacles.

     
Martin’s fingers fumbled their way through age-thickened pages until they reached Chapter Six. And there it was: spell number eight. How to attract the lover of your choice.

     
He closed the book, hugged it to his chest and made for the counter, his heart quickening with excitement.

     
Now, Debbie Starsmore, he thought, you shall be mine.

AUTHOR BIO

Carol Browne first appeared on the planet in 1954. She regards Crewe, Cheshire, as her home town and graduated from Nottingham University in 1976 with an honours degree in English Language and Literature. Now living in the Cambridgeshire countryside with her dog, Harry, and cockatiel, Sparky, when she’s not writing fiction, Carol spends her time as a housekeeper, proofreader, and ghost writer in order to pay the bills. Pagan and vegan, Carol believes it is time for a paradigm shift in our attitude to Mother Nature and hopes the days of speciesism are numbered. Carol's first novel 'The Exile of Elindel' was published by Musa Publishing on 18th April 2014. This eBook is part one of her fantasy series - The Elwardain Chronicles.

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My Review of Carol Browne's book

I had the pleasure of reading An Elf's Lament Upon Leaving and Other Tales. Here's my review:

★ 5 Stars ★

Very atmospheric writing. The poetry is steeped in a love of nature, magic and mythology. The short stories hold interesting twists. No spoilers! The Boomerang Effect (dabbling with a love spell, Martin Nevis finds himself having second thoughts) A Force to Be Reckoned With (an outcast with thoughts of being "destined for something great" wants to join the police force) and Transformation (once bullied, Patricia attends a school reunion and emerges victorious) were my favorites.
Give this collection a read, you won't be disappointed.