THE MISREMEMBERED LIGHTHOUSE by p.m. terrell with guest post and giveaway

Five Things We Didn’t Know About a Character:

1. Hayley Hunter is the main character in The Misremembered Lighthouse and April in the Back of Beyond. She is named after my grandchildren, Hayley and Hunter.
2. Hayley was once engaged and was literally left standing at the altar while her fiancée left the country to take a job that Hayley didn’t know about. The wedding followed a European tradition of walking through the community in her wedding dress, so when he did not show, she had to walk back through the community still wearing the dress.
3. In the first book in the series, April in the Back of Beyond, she met an Irish historian, Shay MacGregor, who is definitely not the type to leave a woman at the altar. Their initial connection was centered on Hayley’s research and Shay’s historical expertise. Years after writing this book, my life followed a similar path. It was as if I had been writing about the future man in my life.
4. Hayley would rather live in a tiny Irish village than in the faster-paced United States, but she was forced to leave Ireland when her one-year visa ran out, and she must remain out of the country for one year before returning. She rented the isolated lighthouse because she sought a rural environment similar to the one she just left, and she wanted something that faced toward the ocean so she could remain facing Ireland.
5. Hayley is amazingly logical. When odd things begin to happen at the lighthouse, she consistently seeks a reasonable explanation, remaining in the isolated building alone even after she can no longer ignore the fact that it is haunted.

 

THE MISREMEMBERED LIGHTHOUSE

p.m. terrell

GENRE:  Mystery

BLURB:

While researching her next book, historian and author Hayley Hunter rents a lighthouse in Southeastern North Carolina. The modern lighthouse and vacation home replaced an original wood structure that only functioned during the Revolutionary War. The old lighthouse may be long gone, but the lightkeeper’s ghost remains.

Hayley becomes increasingly obsessed with finding why the spirit of Jonathan Corbyn lingers between realms. Joined by her lover Shay MacGregor, her search will take her into a world of spies, double agents, and espionage at the dawn of American democracy.

Excerpt:

As the waitress returned with our meal, I said hesitantly, “I’ve been experiencing some activity.”

“Activity?” Shay repeated, puzzled.

As we leisurely consumed our meals, I told him of the white German shepherd, the Native American, and my discovery of Beckett Dikshita outside my door. I held back from mentioning the disembodied voice I thought I’d heard. For some reason I couldn’t explain, I felt that discussing Jon was a betrayal of him. He might have died over two centuries ago, but he felt very much alive to me.

When I was finished, Shay’s eyes were narrowed in thought. “I’m relieved you changed the locks and set up the cameras,” he said thoughtfully. “I think we should make it a habit for the locals to see us together, don’t you think? Give them the impression that there are two of us there. As isolated as you say it is, I don’t fancy the idea of the village folk believing you’re there all alone.”

“I agree, though the locals so far have consisted only of Argo and Beckett Dikshita.” I didn’t want to ask exactly how long he would remain before he was due back in Ireland for his job at the university. It seemed that doing so would hasten his departure. “And what do you think of the—unexplained—” I hesitated.

“Ghosts?” he offered. “Apparitions? You didn’t believe a Native American and disappearing dog would get past me, did you? Well, you’ve come to an expert on that as well.”

“Oh?” I chided. “You’re an expert?”

He chewed his food thoughtfully before becoming serious. “The Irish have a different mindset when it comes to spirits, they do,” he said, his voice softening. He cleared his throat. “You Americans have such a physical approach to life; you tend to think that when a person’s body ceases to function, their soul is taken away as well.”

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

My full name is Patricia McClelland Terrell, and I have been writing under the pen name p.m.terrell ever since a publisher presented me with my first fiction book cover. The graphic designer had also entered my name in lower-case letters; my editor hated it, and I loved it. It’s been p.m.terrell ever since.

I began writing when I was nine years old, inspired by a schoolteacher and elementary school principal. Scott-Foresman published my first book, a computer instructional for universities, in 1984. Scott-Foresman, Dow-Jones (Richard D. Irwin branch), Palari Publishing, Paralee Press, and Drake Valley Press have published 26 books to date.

Before embarking on a full-time writing career, I founded McClelland Enterprises, Inc. in the Washington, D.C. area in 1984, specializing in computer instruction for employees in the workplace. I opened another business, Continental Software Development Corporation, in 1994, which focused on custom application development, programming, website design and development, and computer crime.

I was honored to be the first female President of the Chesterfield County/Colonial Heights Crime Solvers. I also served as the Treasurer for the Virginia Crime Stoppers Association. Since moving to North Carolina, I served on the Robeson County Friends of the Library and Robeson County Arts Council.

I launched The Book ‘Em Foundation with Waynesboro, Virginia Police Officer Mark Kearney, and assisted in Virginia, New Hampshire, and South Carolina events before establishing the Annual Book ‘Em North Carolina Writers Conference and Book Fair, chairing it for several years before turning it over to Robeson Community College in Lumberton, NC.

Links:

Website: https://pmterrell.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pmterrell.author/

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