Miles, a fluffy tuxedo cat, joined our family one November, around the same time as the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth almost 400 years earlier. We named him Miles in honor of Myles Standish who traveled with the Pilgrims on the Mayflower in 1620. Miles likes to explore our backyard and engages in what we call…
Do other people consider your Christmas traditions to be unusual? Weird? Strange?
I write horror stories. I’ve written book series about Count Dracula, the monster of Frankenstein, the ghouls Hugo and Edgar, and I have plans for quite a few more tales of the macabre. Many of the stories awaiting publication are ghost stories. As each of these series is based on one or more famous monster,…
How far will a man go, how much will he sacrifice, to save the brother he loves? Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison put a new twist on the legend of Dracula in The Sixth Day. Using this famous legend, the authors craft a modern tale of danger, a rare bloodline, a hard to cure condition,…
Dayna’s musician husband has left her for another woman, one who is pregnant with his child. While waiting for her divorce to be finalized, she returns home to the small town of Cedarwood, Kentucky, leaving behind the hustle and bustle of New York City. But will her life in Cedarwood be any less stressful? Her…
The winter wonderland created by snow is beautiful when it first falls and everything is covered in its cold whiteness. But then it is walked through and played in. When the sun comes out or when it rains, the snow begins to melt and the winter wonderland is transformed in mud and slush. Animals such…
When I opened and began to read Boston Metaphysical Society: A Storm of Secrets, I was transported into another life, another world, another place. Through the characters, I was able to experience things that I would otherwise never have had the pleasure—or displeasure—of experiencing. This book is a steampunk thriller, a subgenre of science fiction or fantasy…
Is there a Christmas pickle on your Christmas tree?
Little Darlings is a terrifying story that will haunt your thoughts long after you finish it. The original Grimm’s fairy tales are not sweet and innocent; they are bloody, violent, and scary. Folktales that have been told for hundreds of years can be the same. What if they were true? What if the horrible things…
November 27, 2018, marks the one year anniversary of The Boss’s Daughter, the first book in The Black Rose series! My debut novel. My dream come true. For those who have not read it yet (whaaa?), here’s the gist: Renee Parnell is raised in the world of organized crime. When she discovers her mob-boss father wants…
