When I thought of who to ask about hosting the cover reveal for The Widow's Walk the first person that came to mind was Debbie Christiana. Like me, she writes paranormal romances. And we've participated in many promotional events through our RWA chapters, Colony and CTRWA, such as Fiction Fest and the Nutmeg Book Festival.
It turns out she has a new release as well, so we are doing a blog swap/hop! She's here to talk about her new release. When you're done reading this,
hop over to Debbie's blog to see the gorgeous cover for The Widow's Walk.
In honor of the paranormal, we're giving away two downloads of
Haunted: Ten Tales of Ghosts. All you have to do is stop by both both blogs by September 19 and say hi for a chance to win.
Welcome, Debbie!
Thank you, Carole, for hosting me today.
I’m excited to be here because last month I
released a revised edition of my debut novel,
TWIN FLAMES and it’s companion
novella,
FOREVER FLAMES. I’m currently working on the third and final
installment of the series.
One of the most frequent questions I get asked is why
reincarnation? My mother introduced me to the concept. She found it
fascinating and had books about it all over the house. I shared in her
fascination and by the time I was twelve or so, I was writing short stories
that involved people discovering they had lived in a previous time.
The more I learned about the rebirth concept; more
interesting facts came to light. During client regressions many therapists
found that birthmarks are often sites of injuries endured in a past life, as
are chronic areas of pain in certain parts of the body. Something experienced
in past life can cause certain fears or phobias in a current life.
After college I got married, moved to a different state,
worked, had three kids, and my writing got put on the back burner. As my kids got older and I had some free
time, the stories stirred around in my head again, but nothing concrete. I
wanted to write a reincarnation story. I had read a few good fiction novels
about it but there wasn’t a huge selection. But it wasn’t coming together.
Then one winter afternoon at the end of yoga class our yogi read
something of inspiration to us during Shavasana (final relaxation). I thought
it was so beautiful that I asked her for a copy. After hearing these wise
words, I had my story.
On Finding The Pieces To The Puzzle by Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
“There must have been
a time when you entered a room and met someone and after a while you understood
that unknown to either of you, there was a reason you had met. You had changed
the other and he had changed you. By some word or deed or just by your
presence, the errand had been completed. Then perhaps you were a little
bewildered or humbled and grateful. And it was over.
Each lifetime is the
pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. For some there are more pieces. For others the
puzzle is more difficult to assemble. Some seem to be born with a nearly
completed puzzle.
But know this. No one
has within themselves all the pieces to their puzzle. Everyone carries with
them at least one and probably many pieces to someone else’s puzzle. Sometimes
they know it. Sometimes they don’t. And when you present your piece, which is
worthless to you, to another, whether you know it or not, whether they know it
or now, you are a messenger from the Most High.”
I believe Rabbi Kushner gave me one of my missing puzzle
pieces and I’ll be forever grateful to him.
****
She’d never met him before, or had she?
The
last thing forty-year-old Natalia Santagario expected was to be sitting on a
Manhattan barstool, ogling a man she’s never met, but swears she knows.
He
didn’t know her at all, or did he?
The
mysterious dark-haired woman at the end of the bar stops twenty-eight-year old
Marc Tremonti in his tracks. His head says she’s a stranger, but his heart
tells him otherwise.
Together
they embark on an adventure that will change their lives forever.
Marc’s aunt Mariella, an expert in reincarnation, persuades them to
relive their past to help explain their enigmatic attraction. As they open the
doors to their past lives, they discover they have been lovers for hundreds of
lives, are connected by an ancient bond, and are considered Twin Flame soul
mates. But their reunion in this life is complicated by an almost ex-wife, a
temporary bout of amnesia and a mischievous and meddling ghost with its own
agenda. Will their strong connection find a way to bring them together? Or is
this the lifetime they must go their separate ways?
Sometimes the past won’t stay where it belongs.
Marc
and Natalia are settling into parenthood, but can’t shake the feeling of déjà
vu when it comes to their new baby.
Sensing
they’ve been a family before and something horrible happened, they journey back
in time, through hypnotic regression, to eighteenth century Belgium. Here they
relive a shocking lifetime that challenges their love more than any other, and
brings repercussions back into their present life.
Last time, remembering their past lives brought Marc and Natalia
together, this time it may tear them apart.
OMG, I have to read Forever Flames now!
Where can I get it?
How can readers connect with you to find out about numbers three and four?
Facebook: Debbie Christiana, Author
Twitter: @DebChristiana
Thanks for swapping and hopping with me, Debbie.
Now remember, hop over to Debbie's blog to see the The Widow's Walk cover and excerpt.
And for a chance to win a download of Haunted:Ten Tales of Ghosts, Twin Flames, or The Widow's Walk say hi on both blogs by this Friday and we'll get certificates out to the lucky readers.
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