Author: Beth Trissel
Series: N/A
Date Published: 2015
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Format: Kindle
Genre: Historical Fiction
Halifax, North Carolina, 1783.
Captain Stuart Monroe returns home from the Revolutionary War to find Thornton Hall threatened by a peacetime foe: debt. He knows the location of a treasure amassed to pay for the capture of Benedict Arnold that would restore his manor to its former glory. The catch, it's hidden in the graveyard, and coveted by old enemies.
Hettie Fairfax inherited the Sight from her Cherokee ancestors, and her otherworldly visitors warn her, and Stuart, away from the buried treasure. Half-dead from fever, she delivers a message: the treasure is cursed. But will he believe a girl half out of her mind with illness? Even when a very real enemy attempts to poison her? Stuart soon wants to marry Hettie, but she fears her "odd ways" will blemish his reputation. The spirits have their own agenda, however, and the battle against darkness tests everything the couple holds dear, including their love for each other.
~Try an Excerpt!~
Halifax, North Carolina, 1783.
Captain Stuart Monroe returns home from the Revolutionary
War to find Thornton Hall threatened by a peacetime foe: debt. He knows the
location of a treasure amassed to pay for the capture of Benedict Arnold that
would restore his manor to its former glory. The catch, it's hidden in the
graveyard, and coveted by old enemies.
Hettie Fairfax inherited the Sight from her Cherokee
ancestors, and her otherworldly visitors warn her, and Stuart, away from the
buried treasure. Half-dead from fever, she delivers a message: the treasure is
cursed. But will he believe a girl half out of her mind with illness? Even when
a very real enemy attempts to poison her? Stuart soon wants to marry Hettie,
but she fears her "odd ways" will blemish his reputation. The spirits
have their own agenda, however, and the bat“Turn back. A man watches you.”
Again, the warning carried from the unseen source.
What man, and how did she know Stuart was observed? He could
barely discern anything.
“Who are you? Show yourself.” Uneasiness lent indignation to
his demand.
Through the haze, he spotted the figure of a young female
dressed all in white. A death shroud?
Pray God, it wasn’t. His gut knotted, and he stood staring
at her.
Ethereal, ghostly, she seemed to float toward him, but must
have walked.
Must have.
A cold shiver stood the hair on the back of his neck on end.
Was she flesh and blood, or spirit? Had she crossed the divide between the two
worlds?
He scarcely dared to breathe.
Still, he stood rooted to the trail. And not only from
fright. Fascination. Despite fear of being haunted, an aura about her drew him.
He waited, every muscle taut, poised betwixt heaven and
earth, the scent of crumbling leaves in his nose. At least, that was real.
Whiteness swirling around her, she neared.
Then he spotted it, an ivory coverlet draped over her head
and around her slender shoulders pinched together in front with pale fingers.
No shroud.
The blanket reached to her ankles and trailed behind along
the ground. Mist muted the flowers stitched into the cloth. This accounted for
him not spotting her sooner. She’d blended in with the vapor.
~Meet Beth!~
Married to
her high school sweetheart, Beth Trissel lives on a farm in the Shenandoah
Valley of Virginia surrounded by her children, grandbabies, and assorted
animals. An avid gardener, her love of herbs and heirloom plants figures into
her work. The rich history of Virginia, the Native Americans, and the people
who journeyed here from far beyond her borders are at the heart of her
inspiration. She’s especially drawn to colonial America and the drama of the American
Revolution. In addition to historical romance, she also writes time travel,
paranormal romance, YA fantasy, and nonfiction.
You had me at cursed treasure.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mary!
DeleteWow, I'm impressed with how many genres the author writes. Which are your favorite genres to read ? I am very interested in read colonial historical books so this sounds like a book I'd love to read .
ReplyDeleteThanks Deanne. BTW, your last name Patterson is prominent among the Scots-Irish on my mother's side of the family, among the first settlers in the Shenandoah Valley. Family genealogy is what first grabbed my interest in the colonial American time period, and on from there. Backwards and forwards. :)
DeleteThanks for hosting me and my new release, Traitor's Curse, Andra.
ReplyDelete"Heirloom plants"??? Does that mean the plants have been in your family for ages? I've never heard of them called this....
ReplyDeleteSome have been, Laney, yes. Others are seed handed down and saved now for sale from seed sites that carry them. They will come back year after year true to seed.
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