Welcome, readers!
In less than one month, lovies, A Southern Enchantress will be at your fingertips. Welcome to my paranormal world, sprinkled with magical realism. As many of you know, this novel represents my debut in paranormal fiction.
Here’s a little backstory—when preparing to write, I visited a bookstore in St. Francisville, Louisiana, to search for the perfect paranormal novel. Good spot, right? Since the most haunted Myrtles Plantation is there. I needed ghosts, but not vampires. And white, not black magick. And conflicted love relationships, not sugary romances, because love-hate relationships are fascinating.
Guess what? I didn’t find what I wanted, so I wrote the book I’d most love reading.
And soon, you can read it, too. When you land on page one, you’ll meet the novel’s main character, Suzanne. She’s the only enchantress in a 100-year line of Lafountain hoodoo practitioners who still draws breath. Yet, she’s reluctant to embrace her legacy. After all, she prefers to communicate with stranded spirits and trapped ghosts. Then, there’s Max, Suzanne’s scoundrel of a lover, who is never far removed from his latest dastardly deed. Savvy readers will question their relationship. No worries—a profound explanation awaits.
The novel’s third voice is Adelaide (Addy, for short), and she’s a burst of energy from the 1940s. You’ll welcome her vibrant zest for life, naiveté, and enthusiasm for fulfilling a dream. Addy may steal your heart. That is, until . . .
A Southern Enchantress is set in the Deep South, a region known for its restless spirits and antebellum secrets. It dances with magical scenarios and propounds fantastical questions: What if our beloved ancestral ghosts walked with us daily? Without our knowledge or consent? This might be a chilling supposition. Or reassuring, depending upon your desire to stay in touch with the non-living.
If you’re unfamiliar with paranormal fiction, you may encounter new words and concepts: loose spirits, hoodoo folk magick, trickster ghosts, tarot readings, shadow persons, sage burnings, floating orbs, sealing a spell, cold spots, the ether, and more. Rest easy. These tropes are consistent with the genre and represent such joy for me to weave through the story.
If you’re dealing with a complicated relationship that encompasses hate masquerading as love, A Southern Enchantress is a perfect reading match, regardless of your beliefs in the paranormal. Or, perhaps, you struggle with expressing your true, unique self. Or you’re the square trying to morph into a desirable circle. At least one character will speak to you—at least one theme will resonate.
I’m thrilled that the book’s official launch is only weeks away (check amazon.com/books after Oct. 15th for an early release). And please stay in touch from this point forward. If you provide your e-mail address on this website, you will receive a free reading guide for your book club.
