If you celebrated Christmas yesterday, I hope you had a great one!
This is the last excerpt from Spirits of Christmas. It skips ahead several scenes. Joel has gone for a run, leaving Christa alone in the house.
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Excerpt:
A shout snapped her to attention. That had been a man’s voice.
“Joel?” She hurried out of the kitchen and toward the parlor. She was sure the voice had come from there.
In the parlor, electric candles flickered in the windows. Strange. Christa didn’t remember turning them on this morning, and she doubted Joel had done it. He understandably didn’t like Christmas decorations.
Was someone else in the house?
Spirits of Christmas
by Kate Hill
On Christmas Eve twenty-five years ago, a brutal murder was committed at the house where Christa Wild works as a live-in maid. When the other servants leave for the holiday this year she stays behind, hoping that any spirits dwelling there will help her regain the psychic power she lost. She’s surprised when the intriguing but disturbed owner of the house appears several days before Christmas.
Action star Joel Connor has kept a terrible secret for most of his life. Despite his success as an athlete and actor, he is plagued by flashbacks of a gruesome attack that destroyed his family. This Christmas, Joel returns to the house where it happened to face the ghosts of the past, but finds he is not alone.
Joel and Christa are instantly attracted, but will his psychological state prevent them from finding peace and love?
From Changeling Press.
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Spooky! Nice tease of suspense, Kate!
Uh-oh! Creepy situation!
How suspenseful! Is it someone else or someone else’s spirit? Great snippet! Tweeted.
Ooh spooky but makes me want to know what’s going to happen next for sure. Great snippet!
Oh, wow! Spooky. I love it.
Nice! Great job of reeling me in. 🙂
Merry Christmas!
Thank you, Teresa! Happy New Year!
Thank you, Elaine!
Thank you, Veronica!
Thank you, Jenna! There’s a lot going on in that house, for the living and the dead. 🙂
Thank you, Botanist!
Thank you, Nancy!