Today's featured author in the Enchanted Lover Blog tour is Jan Scarbrough, author of Timeless. Here's the blurb:
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When Beth Abbott receives a surprise inheritance from her
birth mother, she travels to the family’s nineteenth century mansion in Old
Louisville, now a bed and breakfast. There she meets the resident ghost, a
little girl whose crying scares, but intrigues guests. Beth sets out to
discover the identity of the ghost and why she appears happy to Beth, not sad.
Jeff Halstead, a man with several secrets, runs the bed and
breakfast. But he’s more than that to Beth, and she feels their connection
immediately. A psychic medium who doubts his skills, Jeff slowly uncovers the
truth of their past lives. Will he be in time to reveal the identity of Beth’s
enemy? Will the love they shared in the past follow them into the future?
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What I learned writing Timeless by Jan Scarbrough
I lived in Louisville, Kentucky, April 3, 1974, when the
tornado struck the city. That means I lived through what was known the SuperOutbreak of 1974—148 tornadoes that tracked across 13 states between the
Gulf Coast and the Canadian Border. The storms took 315 lives while injuring
6,000 more. Two people were killed in Louisville. I was at my mother-in-law’s
home when it hit, not in the public high school where I taught. That part of
town was devastated by the tornado.
Until I wrote Timeless,
my ghost story set in Old Louisville, I thought the 1974 tornado was the only
big tornado in Louisville history. Not so. There was another one in 1890 that
killed over one hundred people. I read about it in The Great Louisville Tornado of 1890 by Keven McQueen. The
tornado became part of my book.
Also a young co-worker explained a drinking game to me
called Flip Cup. I’d never heard of it. I went to the Internet for research.
It’s strange what a novelist needs when writing. Some of the things I learned
about from the Internet were Baxter Square Park—Louisville’s first
park—post-traumatic stress disorder, and details of September 11, 2001. I also
researched a hill in Cherokee Park where people sled in the winter, but that is
still called “dog hill.” I investigated carriages from the 1890’s and period
clothing.
But most of all, when I wrote Timeless, I learned to trust myself. To let the writing flow. To let
the characters come alive on the computer screen and drive the action. Now I
try to let it flow like that with all my books.
When I mentioned Timeless
to my medium friend Dale, she told me something fascinating. My spirit
guides where helping me write it! And having a good time doing it! How cool is
that?
The origin of the word “inspiration” is Middle English (in
the sense 'divine guidance'): via Old French from late Latin inspiratio(n-),
from the verb inspirare (see inspire).
As easy as Timeless
was to write, who’s to say I didn’t have supernatural help?
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Jan Scarbrough is the author of the popular Bluegrass
Reunion series, writing heartwarming contemporary romances about home and
family, single moms and children, and if the plot allows, about another
passion--horses. Living in the horse country of Kentucky makes it easy for Jan
to add small town, Southern charm to her books, and the excitement of a horse
race or a big-time, competitive horse show.
Jan also contributes to the Ladies of Legend series, a
collaboration with writers Maddie James, Janet Eaves and Magdalena Scott. Set
in fictitious Legend, Tennessee, these romances bring together the small town
family atmosphere so many readers enjoy.
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Leaving her contemporary voice behind, Jan wrote a medieval
called MY LORD RAVEN. Her first paranormal Gothic romance, TANGLED MEMORIES,
was a RWA Golden Heart finalist, and she’s recently released a second romance
with paranormal elements called TIMELESS.
A member of Novelist, Inc. and the Romance Writers of
America, Jan has published with Kensington, Five Star, ImaJinn Books,
Resplendence Publishing and Turquoise Morning Press. She has recently
self-published another romance set in the Bluegrass called BETTING ON LOVE.
Jan lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with three rescued dogs,
two rescued cats, and a husband she rescued fourteen years ago.
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Timeless is one of the seven books included in the paranormal romance boxed set, Enchanted Lover.
ENCHANTED
LOVER: Tales of Everlasting Love
Seven Novels of
Mystical, Magical and Paranormal Romance
Two men: one living, one dead, and both vying for her love. Camellia Stafford has never been alone in her room. For twenty years, she's been engaged in a fierce power struggle with her bedroom's previous tenant, Frank DeLuca, the ghost trapped in the light fixture above her bed.
ENTRANCED by Maddie James (time travel, reincarnation)
Jack and Claire set out on a wild search through time, not only for the resolution to a powerful attraction between them, but also for a historical artifact that holds the key to their future happiness--the coveted silver-plated chalice made from Blackbeard's skull.
MYSTIC THUNDER by JC Wardon (witch, mystic)
Millennia of tempestuous ancestral history forewarn Rayne Cavanaugh to hide her ability to communicate with ghosts. But-- When the nephew of the man she just can't resist goes missing in the mountains of Mystic Waters, West Virginia, she must decide between self-preservation and love.
RUNNING OUT OF TIME by Cheryl Norman (time travel)
When Stacy Webber travels to Germany for her best friend's wedding, she loses more than her luggage and purse. She lands in a different time, fifty years ago, with no idea how to return to her world.
TIMELESS by Jan Scarbrough (psychic, ghost, reincarnation)
When Beth Abbott receives a surprise inheritance from her birth mother, she travels to the family's nineteenth century mansion in Old Louisville, KY, now a bed and breakfast. There she meets the resident ghost, a little girl whose crying not only scares, but also intrigues guests.
MAN OF HER DREAMS by Cat Shaffer (dreams, parallel times)
Jessi Flint has a perfectly good life with a successful business and the perfect man. So, he's only in her dreams...until her flaky assistant goes to a New Age fair and Jessi suddenly begins receiving gifts with love notes signed by a mysterious Damian.
ALMOST MAGIC by J.M. Kelley (magic, witch, gifts)
When it came to Vivian Burroughs' unique connection with nature, her grandmother always said, 'Mediocrity may not burn as bright as a firecracker, but it seldom blows up in your face.' But the old woman never advised her on what to do when a sexy new neighbor stokes the flames of attraction.
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Category: Romance > Paranormal
Length: Seven full-length novels,
Boxed Set
ISBN: 978-1-62237-340-6
Retail Price: $5.99
Ebook Price: $0.99 (Special
Promotional Price)
Enchanted Lovers Blog Tour
Contest Starts October 7 - October 20, 2014
Contest Starts October 7 - October 20, 2014