Iโve always had a fascination with the paranormal, so itโs really no surprise to
me that I started writing psychics, witches, and empaths... My early love of
I Dream of Jeannie,
Bewitched, and more recently, my slight
addiction to
Long Island Medium have all have influenced me. But alas,
Iโm not a witch. Or a genie. Or a psychic. Instead of writing what I know (a
common phrase in fiction writing), I simply write what fascinates me.
Beyond pop culture influences, Iโve also had some personal incidents in my life
that have made me take note of the paranormal. When my twenty-one-year-old son
was three, it was early morning when I heard him talking in the other room,
having a full conversation with someone I couldnโt see... When I asked him who
he was talking to, he said quite seriously (yet calmly), โThe man.โ
Spooky, right? It was for me tooโat first. But my grandfather had died the week
before, before heโd had a chance to meet my son... I like to believe that they
were getting to know each other.
For years, Iโve noticed that when I get into my car, my rearview mirror is
tilted. If I run an errand and come back to the car the mirror is askew. Not
every time, but enough times to make me wonder whoโs riding along with me...
Itโs situations like these -- and others I hear about -- that keep me writing
about things that canโt easily be explained. I write books that deal with things
that go bump...all day long. All of it is unexplainable. All of it so very fun.
Fun, because my preference is to take supernatural experiences and keep them
light, to find the humor in them, or to take an emotional look at how these
things can impact the lives of those around them...for the good. Despite writing
murder mysteries, I prefer to focus on the good, not the evil, which comes
across in every book Iโve ever written. Thereโs too much dark in the world as it
isโwhich is why I donโt like scary moviesโฆor watching the news. Instead youโll
catch me watching repeats of Bewitched or eavesdropping on my kids to see if
theyโre having any more interesting conversations...
Have you had anything go bump lately?
Wishcrafter Darcy Merriweather can charm desires into reality, but as the
national bestselling Wishcraft mysteries continue, she wonโt be able to
magically avoid trouble when death holds an open houseโฆ.
The Enchanted Village is abuzz when the old Tavistock house finally goes up for
sale. Darcyโs friend Curecrafter Cherise Goodwin is hoping she will have the
winning bid on the home, but Darcy canโt shake the feeling that something bad is
about to happenโand her magical instincts are usually right.
Sure enough, while Darcy and Cherise are looking at the property, they discover
real estate agent Raina Gallagher stone-cold dead on the floor. Clutched in her
hand is a gemstone amulet and, on the wall above her, a large red A. While Raina
had no shortage of enemies, thereโs also a dark legend about the house itself.
To track down the killer, Darcy must unlock the secrets of both the deceased and
the estateโand sheโll need to act fast, because revenge is a deal that never
closes.โฆ
About Heather Blake
Heather Blake (aka Heather Webber) is the author of the Wishcraft mysteries, the
Magic Potion mysteries, the Nina Quinn mysteries, and the Lucy Valentine novels,
and has been twice nominated for an Agatha Award. She's a total homebody who
loves to be close to her family, read, watch reality TV (especially cooking
competition shows), drink too much coffee, crochet, bake (mostly cookies), and
occasionally leave the house to travel to the beautiful mountains in the
northeast. Heather grew up in a suburb of Boston, but currently she lives in the
Cincinnati area with her family and is hard at work on her next book. Connect
with Heather on her
website and
Facebook.
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