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Finding Rhodes End by Barbara Edwards
Rhodes End is the village I created for my paranormal
romance series. A pretty place, it has dark edges and dangerous secrets. Rhodes
End is where I live most of the time. I’ve visited the town green, entered the Congregational and Catholic Churches bracketing the open
area and studied the steeples piercing
the blue New England sky.
How did Rhodes End
become so real for me? The beginning was a nightmare from my childhood of the
cemetery next to where I lived.
On the surface, nothing
distinguishes Rhodes End from a thousand other small towns. More than half the
population works at regular jobs, have normal families and lives. Farmers,
shopkeepers, teachers and other townspeople are unaware of the ‘different’ ones.
The dark undercurrents never touch them.
An ordinary tourist tooling up the
scenic road may tell friends of the charming village, but only the harmless or
the expected find it easily. The basic rules of space and time seem the same,
but magic can occur along with paranormal activity. In fact, those with
paranormal senses find them stronger, more reliable.
Rhodes End is located on a
confluence of magnetic ley lines that draws magic and paranormal activity. Rhodes End dog-legs the Northeastern corner of
Connecticut, the hip pressing against Massachusetts while the paw scratches
into Rhode Island.
Rhodes End rarely appears on maps
due to boundary and settlement disputes. Less than an hour from Hartford,
Boston or Providence,
major highways cut through the hills less than a mile away.
The ley lines are the same lines
that pass under Stonehenge, the Great Pyramid, Machu Pichu and Anasazi ruins in
Arizona
With this as my basis, I wrote
Ancient Blood and Ancient Awakening.
In Ancient Awakening, Police Officer
‘Mel’ Petersen investigates a death only she believes is murder. By disobeying
direct orders from the Rhodes End Chief, she risks her career to follow clues
that twist in circles to her backyard and lead the killer to her.
Her neighbor Stephen Zoriak is a
prime suspect. Steve worked for a major pharmaceutical company where he
discovered a weapon so dangerous he destroys the research. He is exposed to the
dangerous organism. He suspects he is the killer and agrees to help her find
the truth.
In the course of their investigation
Mel and Steve find the real killer and a love that defies death
In Ancient Blood, Lily
Alban escapes a murderous stalker, but his vicious attack leaves her with the
ability to see auras. She finds safety in the tiny hamlet of Rhodes End where a
stranger stands out like a red light. Try as she might to deny her growing
desire for Cole, she seeks his help but soon discovers the man she loves is not
a man at all.
Werewolf Cole Benedict
resists his attraction to Lily. A botanist researching the healing herbs to
find a cure for Lycanthropy, he’s determined to protect Lily from her stalker
as well as himself even in human form, but instinct takes over when he changes
to his inner beast.
Together they must use
their extraordinary gifts to catch Lily’s stalker before he attacks again, but
revealing their secrets to one another could destroy their growing love or save
them both.
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Welcome, Barbara!
ReplyDeleteNice setting for the series. Sounds like a good series.
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Thanks for hosting me, Brynna. Great blog.
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ReplyDeleteI love the premise for this series and definitely want to find out what is going on in Rhodes End. Thank you for sharing with us and for this awesome giveaway opportunity.
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Congrats, Denise! You're the winner.
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