{"id":6436,"date":"2016-10-30T01:05:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T05:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/?p=6436"},"modified":"2016-09-18T19:02:11","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T23:02:11","slug":"halloween-guest-carmen-stefanescu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/?p=6436","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Guest: Carmen Stefanescu"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Author Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Carmen Stefanescu<\/p>\n

A Favorite Horror or Halloween-Themed Movie:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I love psychological thrillers so my choice is<\/span><\/p>\n

The Shining,\u00a0a screening of S. King\u2019s novel with the same title.<\/span><\/p>\n

A family heads to an isolated,\u00a0haunted hotel as caretakers for the winter. An evil and spiritual presence influences the father, a recovering alcoholic, into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

I like both the 1980 version having Jack Nicholson as the father, and the TV\u00a0three part series adaptation. It\u2019s one of the rare situations when a book is almost perfectly\u00a0\u00a0mirrored in the film versions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Author Bio:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carmen Stefanescu\u00a0resides in Romania, the native country of the infamous vampire Count Dracula, but where, for about 50 years of communist dictatorship, just speaking about God, faith, reincarnation or paranormal phenomena could have led someone to great trouble \u2013 the psychiatric hospital if not to prison.<\/p>\n

High school teacher of English and German in her native country, and mother of two daughters, Carmen Stefanescu survived the grim years of oppression, by escaping in a parallel world that of the books.<\/p>\n

Several of her poems were successfully published in a collection of Contemporary English Poems, Muse Whispers vol.1 and Muse Whispers vol.2 by Midnight Edition Publication, in 2001 and 2002.<\/p>\n

Her first novel, Shadows of the Past, was released in 2012 by Wild Child Publishing, USA.<\/p>\n

Carmen joined the volunteer staff at Marketing For Romance Writers Author blog and is the coordinator of #Thursday13 posts.<\/p>\n

Author Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/shadowspastmystery.blogspot.ro\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/Carmen_Books<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/carmens007\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Carmen-Stefanescu-Books\/499245716760283<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/6624397.Carmen_Stefanescu<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/plus.google.com\/117216040843648957646\/posts<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Carmen-Stefanescu\/e\/B00APVDGAA\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/30115839-till-life-do-us-part<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/16249401-shadows-of-the-past<\/a><\/p>\n

Book Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Till Life Do Us Part<\/p>\n

Blurb:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barbara Heyer can hear voices of dead people. They whisper of their deaths, seek comfort for those left behind, and occasionally even warn her about future events. But when Barbara\u2019s brother, Colin, is accused of murder, it will take more than her gift to prove his innocence.<\/p>\n

Becoming smitten with the handsome investigator, Detective Patrick Fischer, is a serious complication given his assignment to her brother\u2019s case. Barbara senses there is something far deeper\u2014and perhaps much older\u2014than the surface attraction between them. Could that be why she\u2019s visited by a mysterious woman named Emma in her dreams? Could past life regression tie all the seemingly unconnected events together?<\/p>\n

Barbara and Patrick must overcome heartache to find the truth to save Colin, and perhaps themselves.<\/p>\n

Book Purchase Link(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Till-Life-Do-Us-Part-ebook\/dp\/B01GGKSQEY\/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1464868076&sr=1-1&keywords=till+life+do+us+part<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/till-life-do-us-part-carmen-stefanescu\/1123896837?ean=9781625263858<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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