Chatting with author Michelle Godard-Richer

I'm delighted to share an excerpt from Michelle Godard-Richer's spooky novella Avenging Angel. It's one of 13 books in the series. But first, Michelle was kind enough to answer a round of This or That. Let me know in the comments if you have anything in common with her!

Good guys or bad guys? Bad guys

Good girls or bad girls? Good girls

Morning or night? Morning

Favorite food? Roasted Whole Chicken

Favorite beverage? Mojito

Coffee or tea? Coffee

Favorite season? Fall

Favorite holiday? Halloween

Paranormal or Historical:? Paranormal

Beach or mountains? Mountains

Thanks, Michelle, for being her with us!

About the book

Avenging Angel

Author: Michelle Godard-Richer

Genre: horror/thriller

She brings death wherever she goes.

Blurb:

A Friday the 13th Short Story: 13 authors ~ 13 suspenseful stories. Murder and mayhem on Friday the 13th...Find each story in the series on Amazon.

On Friday the 13th, sweet college student and barista, Maya Pendleton, leaves Rowena’s Coffee to walk home alone. The streets of Gideon’s Hollow are empty. The locals believe the spirits of the witches from nearby Salem roam on this cursed night, seeking revenge on the descendants of those who burnt them at the stake.

Maya’s lonely footsteps echo through the empty street in a steady rhythm until they’re interrupted by another pair. They belong to Rand Roosevelt¾an evil man with murder on his mind. But he picks the wrong night, the wrong victim, and he messes with the wrong witch.

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Peek between the pages...

The witch removed her athame from her satchel, sliced open the meaty part of her palm, and coated the blade with her blood. She held it to the sky as she moved to stand beside the girl in the center of the circle. “As above,” she buried the ritual knife into the Earth beside Maya’s waist, “so below.”

She lifted her arms to the clear sky where the orange harvest moon held reign over the night, letting the power of the elements fill her. The tendrils of darkness hung in the air nearby, waiting for her to harness their energy. “Dark God. An act most foul, the murder of an innocent, has been committed upon this sacred land. Lend us your strength to right the wrong.”

The black candles on either side of Maya’s head burst into flame, melting the wax into two small nubs.

“Yes, my lord. Yes.” The witch smiled. “Dark Lord, lend Maya Pendleton your power. Resurrect her from the land of the dead, so she may bring vengeance upon Rand Roosevelt, the one who wronged her, to restore balance to this sacred land.”

A bolt of lightning forked down from the sky into Maya’s chest. The wound on the girl’s hand closed, and her eyes popped open.

The witch outstretched her palms over the girl, who was no longer human, but rather an immortal slave bound to the witch. “Arise, my avenging angel.”

About the author:

Michelle Godard-Richer is an award-winning thriller and romance author living in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada. With her degree in Criminology, she writes edge-of-your-seat, suspenseful stories with strong protagonists and diabolical villains.

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Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Something Spooky This Way Comes: Books for Fall

Autumn is my favorite time of year. The weather is cooler, the leaves are changing colors, and Halloween is just around the corner. In honor of all things that go bump in the night, I have seven spooky reads for you. From time-traveling wizards to ghosts and werewolves. These are all on my TBR List. 

Title: Shadows Across Time

by Mariah Lynne
Genre: Paranormal Time Travel Romance

When a royal wizard casts a spell that sends Danielle deforest back to 1559, she learns she’s the crucial link for a royal spell. Her only hope is a fortune-telling mannequin. But if the wizard discovers their plans to escape, he’ll destroy them all.


Why Mariah loves this time of year: With no seasons in Florida, we love to overdecorate, have large Halloween parties, and wear costumes.

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Title: Divine Vintage

Series: First in a new series
by Sandra L. Young
Genre: Ghosts and psychic visions

Ghostly visions linked to an Edwardian bride’s trousseau drive Tess to investigate a century-old crime-of-passion. While he’s drawn to her, the handsome descendant of the accused husband isn’t thrilled at plunging into the mind-blowing images. Emotions from the past bring them together - and may drive them apart.

Why Sandra loves this time of year: Besides the beauty of fall and the tang of pumpkin spice, I love a little ghostly sizzle!

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Title: Scarlet at Crystal River

Series: Haunted Shores Mysteries
by Randy Overbook
Genre: Paranormal Mystery

Darrell and Erin thought they were heading to Florida for a carefree honeymoon, but the ghosts of two immigrants children haunt them, pleading for help.


Why Randy loves this time of year: There is no better time than when the crisp autumn air meets the foggy haunted nights of October.

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Title: Fatal Hunt

Series: The Fatal Series Book One
by Michelle Godard-Richer
Genre: Romantic Thriller

After surviving the wrath of a serial killer, Jessica believes her misfortunes are over. She's reunited with her first love, Jon, and they‚ are living happily ever after on their ranch in Montana. That is until secrets, lies, and a formidable foe from Jon's past emerge to shake the foundation of their relationship, forcing them to flee for their lives.


Why Michelle loves this time of year: Fall is my favourite time of year because the trees are colourful and it's horror book and movie season.

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Title: Haunted Serenade

Series: Haunted Harlem
by Anna M. Taylor
Genre: Contemporary Gothic Romance

What is a ghost except a longing that will not die or a love that has yet to be born? When an unseen force manifests itself during a family reunion Anora Madison must turn to the man whose heart she broke for help.


Why Anna loves this time of year: Indian summer. The unexpected warmth coupled with the colors of autumn always warms my heart.

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Title: Moonlight Becomes You

Series: The Eidola Project
by Robert Herold
Genre: Horror

The Eidola Project investigates murders in a Black community rumored to be caused by a werewolf. The KKK objects to the team's activities, and the group is falling apart. Can they defeat the evil that surrounds them? Winner of Best novel award from the Southeastern Writers Association. On sale! $0.99


Why Robert loves this time of year: I love the creative decorations and the Halloween spirit!

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Title: Spooky Tutti Frutti

by Margaret L. Carter

A midsummer sailboat race is coming to Annapolis, and Celia's 1950s-themed ice cream parlor will have a booth at the waterfront celebration. She receives unexpected help from a part-time worker who pops up out of nowhere. Suzie proves to have an almost magical gift for the craft of artisanal ice cream, yet she acts clueless about some ordinary details of everyday life. And why is she so determined to churn up the perfect batch of tutti frutti?


What Margaret loves about this time of year: Since I specialize in vampires, having written many vampire novels and stories as well as nonfiction books and articles about vampires in literature, naturally I'm a big fan of Halloween.

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Have you read any of these books? Do you have a favorite book featuring things that go bump in the night? Let me know in the comments

Book Tour: The Eidola Project Novels

 

Welcome to my stop on The Eidola Project Novels Virtual Book Tour. There are three books in this exciting series. Robert Herold will be awarding a $20 GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. Be sure to leave a comment! Enjoy!

The Eidola Project

An Eidola Project Novel Book 1

by Robert Herold

Genre: Horror 

A gothic version of the X-Files. The Eidola Project is a 19th century team of ghost hunters who become ensnared in a deadly investigation of a haunted house.

 They are a psychology professor, his assistant, an African-American physicist, a young sideshow medium, and a traumatized Civil War veteran, each possessing unique strengths and weaknesses. Will any of them survive?

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Moonlight Becomes You

An Eidola Project Novel Book 2

The Eidola Project travels to Petersburg, Virginia, to investigate a series of murders in the Black community—rumored to be caused by a werewolf. Once there, danger comes from all quarters. Not only do they face threats from the supernatural, the KKK objects to the team's activities, and the group is falling apart. Can they overcome their human frailties to defeat the evil that surrounds them?

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Totem of Terror

An Eidola Project Novel Book 3

The Eidola Project, a team of 19th Century ghost hunters, have been tasked with trying to stop a deadly shapeshifting demon attacking the native people of La Push, on the Washington Coast. The team brings their own demons with them, in the form of drug addiction, a werewolf's curse, and being in mourning from the death of a loved one. Can they rise to this new challenge, or will they face they same grisly end as the shapeshifter's other victims?

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Witch Ever Way You Go

A Friday the 13th Story

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The supernatural always had the allure of forbidden fruit, ever since Robert Herold’s mother refused to allow him, as a boy, to watch creature features on late night TV. She caved in. (Well, not literally.)

As a child, fresh snow provided him the opportunity to walk out onto neighbors’ lawns halfway and then make paw prints with his fingers as far as he could stretch. He would retrace the paw and boot prints, then fetch the neighbor kids and point out that someone turned into a werewolf on their front lawn. (They were skeptical.)

He has pursued many interests over the years (among them being a history teacher and a musician), but the supernatural always called to him. You could say he was haunted. Finally, following the siren’s call, he wrote The Eidola Project, based on a germ of an idea he had as a teenager.

Ultimately, he hopes his books give you the creeps, and he means that in the best way possible.

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A Quick Chat with author Robert Herold

Please help me welcome Robert Herold, author of Moonlight Becomes You and the Eldola Project to my blog.  

What inspired you to write this book?
As noted in my bio, I’ve thought werewolves were cool ever since I was a pup. Creating a novel around one was the next best thing to my childhood dream of becoming one! I also remember reading a piece in the Horror Writers of America handbook on writing horror, that there hasn’t been a definitive werewolf novel. I thought I’d take a stab, er, sink my teeth into the challenge as it were. I would very much like to make a significant contribution to the canon of horror writing.

What are you reading?
I’m rereading a horror novel that I first read many years ago, The Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber. There is a witch in my Eidola Project novels and I wanted to reacquaint myself with some of the best books in the witch genre. BTW, it’s a great novel!

Tell us something unique/quirky about yourself.
I collect Mexican Lobby Cards for famous horror movies. I have about a dozen, some of which are autographed by famous writers (Robert Bloch, author of Psycho, and Richard Matheson, author of I Am Legend). Why Mexican? They are much cheaper than their English language counterparts!

Thanks, Robert, for stopping! 

Moonlight Becomes You

by Robert Herold

Genre: Supernatural Horror

Heat level: R

Blurb

The Eidola Project travels to Petersburg, Virginia, to investigate a series of murders in the Black community—rumored to be caused by a werewolf. Once there, danger comes from all quarters. Not only do they face threats from the supernatural, the KKK objects to the team's activities, and the group is falling apart. Can they overcome their human frailties to defeat the evil that surrounds them?

Moonlight Becomes You earned two first place wins from the Southeastern Writers Association, including Best Novel!

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Excerpt

         Doc Curtis fought for every reserve of strength and managed to quicken his pace. He could hear them shouting behind him and dared not look back, fearing it might slow him just that much more.

         He made it through the field and emerged onto a rough access road running between the cultivated land on one side and the woods on the other. The doctor dashed across the dirt road and through the weeds and scrub bordering its opposite side. The trees stood twenty yards ahead. He would make it, find a thick trunk to hide behind, and fire a warning shot. If he could drive them off, it would be best. If not, he would do what needed to be done. Life had reduced itself to its most basic terms: kill or be killed.

         Just five yards from the trees, a gigantic black beast bounded from the woods and landed before him. The doctor skittered to a stop, and his feet went out from beneath him. The creature stepped closer, looming. Its eyes glowed red, and the skin around its muzzle drew back, revealing a mouthful of sharp canine teeth.

         The Klan had come at him in two directions, the doctor realized.

         He raised his pistol and fired into the snarling face above him.

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About the author:

The supernatural has always had the allure of forbidden fruit, ever since my mother refused to allow me, as a boy, to watch creature features on late night TV. She caved-in. (Well, not literally!)

As a child, fresh snow provided me the opportunity to walk out onto neighbor’s lawns halfway and make paw prints with my fingers as far as I could stretch. I would retrace the paw and boot prints, then fetch the neighbor kids and point out that someone turned into a werewolf on their front lawn! (They were skeptical.)

I have pursued many interests over the years, but the supernatural always called to me. You could say that I was haunted.  Finally, following the siren’s call, I wrote The Eidola Project, based on a germ of an idea I had as a teenager.

Ultimately, I hope my books give you the creeps, and I mean that in the best way possible!

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