Born from Death series - Haunted
Blog Tour
Ghost stories—what better
inspiration for character names can there be? Follow this tour to find the
background for the character names of the Born
from Death series.
Kate Raynham nèe Morgan
Kate is a modern woman married to
a man who died in 1890. She sheltered her daughter in order to protect her, to
save her from the pain she’s lived through her entire life.
The inspiration for the name:
“The
Hotel del Coronado is a stunning Victorian beachfront resort hotel in the very
southern California city of Coronado, just south of San Diego. It was only four
years open when a beautiful young woman named Kate Morgan checked in on
November 24th, 1892. She was apparently very ill for the time she spent at the
hotel, and it was later speculated she had taken a large dose of quinine in an
effort to induce miscarriage of an unwanted child. That she was distraught
there was little argument, so when she was found on the outside steps leading
to the beach on November 29th, with a single bullet hole in her temple and a
gun nearby, the death was quickly ruled a suicide. From that point on, strange
phenomena have been reported at the hotel: strange noises, lights flickering on
and off, and even the occasional ghostly woman in Victorian garb wandering the
halls.” ~www.listverse.com
Awaken
from Death
Book 2 of
the Born from Death series
The only emotion Ilona can
muster is anger for the death of her mother. Barely engaged in life, she
focuses all of her energy on finding and punishing her mother’s killer.
Since Ilona can see
ghosts, Archer has to find unique ways to hide while watching over her. When
Ilona is in danger of being mauled by a dog, he desperately tries something
that shouldn’t be possible. And yet he succeeds. This is just the beginning of
his discovery of who—what—he truly is.
Lettie continues to
interact with Ilona, her one friend, even when a Messenger warns her.
Eventually, Lettie remembers the ancient connection Archer and Ilona share, as
well as her part in the punishment Archer bore as a result of that connection.
Strong as
Death
Book 1 in
the Born from Death Series
Ilona runs from her sheltering mother in order to find the
truth, why she’s seeing people who are invisible to everyone else. A mysterious
boy named Archer guides her through Brooklyn and introduces her to Hendrick,
the man who claims to be her father—though he died in 1890. Ilona must discover
not only what she must do to rid the city of Soll, a sadistic and powerful
spirit, but also what it means to be half ghost. She proves what her mother
told her—love is stronger than death.
Author Bio:
M.S. Kaye has several published books under
her black belt. A transplant from Ohio, she resides with her husband Corey in
Jacksonville, Florida, where she tries not to melt in the sun. Find suspense
and the unusual at www.BooksByMSK.com.
Sneak Peek at Awaken
from Death:
The blond
boy didn’t walk up to a urinal or into one of the stalls, or even up to the
mirror. He stood in the middle of the room.
Invisible,
Lettie watched curiously.
Something
moved backward away from him. Out of him.
She
recognized Archer’s shiny black hair and strong frame even before she could see
his face.
She
gasped. But ghosts can’t inhabit people.
The blond
boy shook his head and looked around. “Fuck.”
“I’m
sorry,” Archer murmured so the boy wouldn’t hear.
Lettie
stared at both of them.
The blond
boy turned, leaned his hands on the counter, and looked at himself in the
mirror…not the way people usually looked at themselves. It was more like he was
trying to see something more than was in the reflection.
Archer
watched him, as if waiting for him to see something.
Then
Lettie understood. Archer hadn’t merely inhabited the boy—he’d possessed him.
But there were only a couple ways that’d be possible—if he were half ghost, or
if he…
A memory
struck Lettie like a horse galloping across a battlefield. An ancient memory.
Lettie had been around since the beginning of time on Earth, but most of those
thousands of years she let slink around the crevices of her mind. It was mostly
just walking the bridge with the newly deceased. There were a few memories,
though, that burned into her every time she let herself pull them forward. And
burned was precisely the right word.
She
knew—or rather, remembered—why Archer would never leave Ilona.
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3 comments:
Thanks for hosting me!!
A trifecta of ghosts for Halloween! What more could you ask for?
Oh my gosh, sounds good!
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