NEW BOOK RELEASE

It has been a long while since I found time to update this blog!! Sorry if you missed me. But I have finally released my newest book. I hope you will check it out on Amazon.com and please leave a comment when you have read it.

This one is another one that I started many years ago after reading a news article about an odd little ritual that happens in Baltimore, Maryland on the anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe's birthday. At that time there was a man who visited the original site of Poe's grave and at the hour when January 18th became the 19th he would drink a toast then leave the remains of the bottle of cognac and three roses by the marker. No one knew who he was or why he did this, but every year since the mid 1940s he had done it until he finally stopped coming in 2010.

The article fascinated me, and I began working on a story then. But life happens, and things get pushed back, and it was not until a young friend expressed interest in my book that I finally got it together and finished the book.

It is all a total creation of my imagination, but the facts about Poe contained within the story are true. I did a lot of research on Poe in the course of writing the book and learned a lot about him that I never knew even from all my literature courses over the years--and I liked his works even before I knew all that!

I hope you enjoy the book and will let me know what you think!

About the Book

For readers who like a little romance with a little mystery along the way, this is a good read with no objectionable language, subject matter or violence.

Lennie Allen works up courage to end her constricting engagement to a wealthy man in favor of pursuing her teaching career. While attending a Poe Festival in Baltimore, Maryland she meets two interesting locals.

Jason owns an old book store, is handsome and friendly, willing to share all he knows about local history and traditions. His friend Mac is quaint, and wants to be a writer using the style of Edgar Allan Poe. While there, Lennie witnesses firsthand the odd ritual that takes place in the Westminster Burying Ground on the anniversary of Poe’s birth every year.

What does this ritual have to do with her new friends, and can she help them set things straight when they go uncomfortably wrong?

Things finish with a satisfactory end after some twists that keep you guessing.