I’m doing a book tour! 🎉 Completely online, and only the third time I’ve ever done this.
The tour is organized by Maia of Silver Dagger, who goes above and beyond to showcase books, supporting not only the authors but also the book bloggers who participate. The packet of materials that Maia sends to the hosts is vast! She provides custom graphics (examples shown here), plus docs and html code — all designed for ease-of-use by the bloggers who host the tour. It’s quite the impressive operation! 😍
Tour Schedule & Giveaway
Click here for the schedule, and follow the tour as it runs almost daily from April 10 through May 10, 2026. To enter the giveaway for a signed copy of the book (U.S. only) or a $20 gift card, click here and scroll down below the schedule to find the giveaway form.
Pulling this kind of thing together and keeping up with all of the moving parts take real organizational skills. I’m grateful to the amazingly energetic and efficient Maia, who puts in long hours to support authors and champion reading, in all genres. Thanks, Maia!
A big thank-you, also, to every host who signed up to participate in the tour. 42 of you! 💙 🎉 And to every reader and book lover who has posted a comment about my new book, Adverse Reactions: A Novel of the Paranormal, I’m so grateful for your support! If you could share a review of the book, at any bookseller’s site or on Goodreads, you’ll have my eternal thanks. 💙
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write this book?
I don’t remember and can’t even guess where the original idea came from. I actually started the book in 2005, but managed only 24,000 words before hitting a wall. I got stuck at the first plot point. So I shoved the manuscript into a file cabinet and returned to writing the epic fantasy that eventually became my six-book Waterspell series. But I never forgot that partial manuscript. Last summer, I unearthed it and read what I’d written 20 years before. What I found in those rough-draft pages—the compelling urgency of it—surprised me.
The awful situation the protagonist is in, as the story opens, grabbed and held me. And more than that: my mind leapt ahead when I reached the first plot point. A score of years earlier, I hadn’t known where the story went from there. But now I did. The logical and dramatic next steps in the quest for justice were clear. During the book’s 20-year incubation, I’d done a lot of writing and a lot of living. I’d gained experience, deepened my understanding of people and their motivations, and observed the good and the evil of which humans are capable. All of that equipped me to finish the story, and to do it in a way that has been personally fulfilling.
Pick theme songs for the main characters of your book. Adverse Reactions is a post-apocalyptic, paranormal, suspense-thriller, Western fantasy. It crosses genres! The Great Plains setting evokes the theme song from the movie, Once Upon a Time in the West. Another classic film score that would fit is The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
What’s your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write? I mainly read and write fantasy, with a fair amount of science fiction on the side. As a kid, the first book I bought with my own money was Daybreak—2250 A.D., post-apocalyptic science fiction by the great Andre Norton. I fell in love with Norton’s books and her writing style. Currently, I’m catching up on her Witch World fantasy novels that I somehow missed in my adolescence.
What books are on your TBR pile right now? So many! Too many! Besides the Witch World books, which are numerous, I’m into the Sally Lockhart mysteries by Philip Pullman, published between 1985 and 1994. The final book of that series came out just a year before The Golden Compass. I recently listened to the audiobooks of The Book of Dust sequels, and as a fantasy writer I was interested in Pullman’s transition from mystery to fantasy. I’m enjoying the Sally Lockhart books, but honestly, I wouldn’t have thought they were written by the same man who would go on to write the incomparable His Dark Materials. Pullman made an inspired leap with Lyra Belacqua’s story, his masterpiece.
What scene in your book was your favorite to write? I’d have to say it’s when my protagonist, Devin, meets Mike Sutter, a complicated man who is the definition of “morally gray.” Sometimes he’s kind and generous. Other times, he’s ruthless to the point of cruelty. He’s got his own agenda, as Devin soon discovers.
Do you have any quirky writing habits? I sit down at the computer, and in strict and unvarying order, I arrange these:
Web browser, taskbar bottom-left, ready to look up synonyms and make sure a word really means what I think it means
Word processing program center-screen—plain old Word, nothing fancy
Dictionary, taskbar bottom-right, my trusty Merriam-Webster
On the writing desk nearby, a hardback copy of the Oxford Thesaurus (American Edition)
I cannot proceed without those things at my fingertips, and in that order. I also require a cup of coffee, a mug of water, and the hum of the air conditioner. Those will keep me pounding the keyboard for hours, until the coffee and water dictate a break. 😊
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
“The soul that has no fixed goal loses itself; for as they say, to be everywhere is to be nowhere.” —Michel de Montaigne
If you could choose one thing for readers to remember after reading your book, what would it be? In a world that demands mindless conformity, be your true, exceptional self.
Super Spring Sale! 🎉 The Waterspell fantasy series is bargain-priced, the whole month of April 2026.
Series-starter Book 1: The Warlock is perma-free every day, but your best buy in April is the four-book boxed set for $3.99. Add the two sequels — Kareninaand Farsinchia— for $0.99 each, and you’ll have the entire, finished, highly rated, six-book series for under $6. Available wherever ebooks are sold.
Waterspell: The literary, portal fantasy, epic, heroic quest, coming-of-age, gothic slow-burn romance (give it time!) adventure you’ve been looking for.
The series follows Carin, a lost traveler who embarks on a journey to discover her true identity and learn where she belongs. When she falls captive to a hot-tempered, secretive wizard, he draws her into schemes of magical power and possible murder. There’s a world to save, even if it costs Carin her life. The relationship between Carin and the wizard grows increasingly complex, balancing in a tense power struggle as, together, they navigate a world of dangers while yearning for redemption, a sense of belonging, and maybe a little unconventional romance.
Waterspell springs from the realm of epic fantasy (with an environmental fantasy twist). It’s got ancient and mysterious magic, a passage from one world to the otherworld, a (reluctant) Chosen One, and a Hero/Heroine’s Quest. It’s a portal fantasy with complex characters who become embroiled in mystery, murder, and a little slow-burning romance. Think “Jane Eyre meets a sorcerer.”
“A marvelously complex and captivating fantasy series.” —The Published Page “The story just keeps getting bigger and bigger.” —Book Briefs
Not an April Fool’s joke! 😊 My entire Waterspell fantasy series is on super-sale for the whole month of April 2026. Available wherever ebooks are sold.
Waterspell: The literary, portal fantasy, epic, heroic quest, coming-of-age, gothic slow-burn romance (give it time!) adventure you’ve been looking for.
Four-Book Boxed Set $3.99
The original quartet follows Carin, a lost traveler who embarks on a journey to discover her true identity and learn where she belongs. When she falls captive to a hot-tempered, secretive wizard, he draws her into schemes of magical power and possible murder. There’s a world to save, even if it costs Carin her life. The relationship between Carin and the wizard grows increasingly complex, balancing in a tense power struggle as, together, they navigate a world of dangers while yearning for redemption, a sense of belonging, and maybe a little unconventional romance.
Waterspell springs from the realm of epic fantasy (with an environmental fantasy twist). It’s got ancient and mysterious magic, a passage from one world to the otherworld, a (reluctant) Chosen One, and a Hero/Heroine’s Quest. It’s a portal fantasy with complex characters who become embroiled in mystery, murder, and a little slow-burning romance. Think “Jane Eyre meets a sorcerer.”
“A marvelously complex and captivating fantasy series.” —The Published Page
“The story just keeps getting bigger and bigger.” —Book Briefs
The Karenina Chronicles $0.99
House Verek lives on! Continue the family saga that began in the Waterspell fantasy quartet (Warlock, Wysard, Wisewoman, Witch). Follow the further adventures of eldest daughter Nina in The Karenina Chronicles (Waterspell Book 5).
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In the grip of a grief-fueled wanderlust after the death of her Earthly husband, Lady Karenina of Ruain—Nina to family and friends—escapes into unfamiliar lands, a harsh and distant country peopled with enigmatic characters: the Leviathan, the Nomad, the Outcast, and the Wolf. In their company she finds adventure, danger, champions, and rogues—some of the latter worth killing, but at least one worth loving.
Chronologically fifth in the Waterspell series, The Karenina Chronicles is a standalone story which is fully accessible to readers who have no knowledge of the previous four books. This entry in the series can be approached as an introduction to the Waterspell universe.
The Fires of Farsinchia $0.99
Will it all end in flames? The final book in the Waterspell series is The Fires of Farsinchia (Book 6).
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With the revival of magic in the world of Ladrehdin, an ancient foe reawakens. Lady Karenina is called home to wield her wizardry against a power far older and deadlier. Will she survive? Who will hear her call for help?
In this second sequel to the original Waterspell quartet, Nina returns to the Ore Hills, summoned from across the void to face peril alongside her brother Galen and niece Jacca. This time, the threat is existential. Nina will discover that her great Gift of water-magic does, in fact, have its limits. Love, however, is eternal, and true friendship is boundless.
The Fires of Farsinchia concludes the further adventures of Lady Karenina of Ruain, eldest daughter of House Verek. It’s a tale of loyalty, humility, and selflessness in the face of overwhelming odds. Who can you count on to always be there to save you from drowning when you’re in over your head?
Sale Ends April 30, 2026!
This is the lowest price ever for all six ebooks in the Waterspell series. Get the full series for only $5.97.
Authors, have you added A+ Content to your book pages at Amazon?
When Amazon first introduced that feature, I didn’t do it because I thought it made my book pages look junky. But recently I read a newsletter article, The Amazon A10 Update: 3 Things Every Indie Author Needs to Know, by Ferol Vernon at Written Word Media. Among the topics discussed, “Why A+ content and dwell time are suddenly critical ranking factors” caught my attention.
To quote from the raw transcript of the podcast (with some editorial cleanup for readability):
A-plus content is becoming more important because Amazon is wanting their readers or their consumers on the platform to dwell on a page longer. So this metric of dwell time, how long does somebody actually spend on a page, being engaged by the page? That is more important now.
A-plus content is a really great tool for you to be able to do that because if you don’t have it, somebody looks at the description, they scroll to the reviews … maybe they’re on the page for five seconds. If you’ve got the A-plus content, there’s more to read. You maybe extend that dwell time by two or four times as long.
Long is cool again, right? So short and snappy used to be what we would recommend for that description. And that still applies to some extent, but for this A-plus content, [you want] long. Lots of content, lots of images, lots of things that hit on the book’s themes, protagonist, and characters, to keep the reader or potential reader scrolling and dwelling. The dwell time and the scroll time are going to help your book.
Long, eh, Ferol? I like long. 😃
Enthused, I went to KDP and clicked on the Marketing tab, and then on “Manage A+ Content.” My enthusiasm grew when I saw all of the new layouts (what Amazon calls “modules”). Many of the new templates are well suited to my books and to my temperament. I chose three different modules to present A-plus content on my book pages. In them, I included review excerpts along with cover images and brief descriptions. Below are screenshots of each module. (In real life, the A-plus content looks sharper on the actual book pages at Amazon. These screenshots are a tad fuzzy. Clicking on each image will take you to the actual book page, where you can scroll down to see what shoppers see.)
Adverse Reactions: A Novel of the Paranormal
The Original Waterspell Quartet
The Waterspell Linked Sequels
Showcasing a Series
I seldom find any reason to praise Amazon, but I do like the new modules that authors can customize for our books’ A-Plus Content. The ability to assign multiple ASINs to each module is extremely valuable for showcasing a series. The four-book image, WATERSPELL Fantasy Series, shows up on each of those four individual book pages and also on the related page for the boxed set. The two-book image shows up on The Karenina Chronicles page and again on The Fires of Farsinchia page. Grouping the books in this way gives the reader a visual summary of the quartet (which is really one long story told in four volumes), and then the two-book image ties together the linked sequels that tell of Nina’s homecoming and her further adventures.
I don’t know whether this new A-plus content will make the books more visible at Amazon, or affect their ratings, but I like how the modules look on the individual book pages. Over time, I may further refine the content. As a product of a couple hours’ work, however, these three modules present my books in a way that satisfactorily makes the connections among them more obvious to the casual book-shopper. That’s a plus, indeed.
5.0 out of 5 stars Another brilliant book from Deborah J Lightfoot! Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 20, 2026 Format: Kindle Verified Purchase
Deborah J Lightfoot’s work is always a must read for me, and I have hugely enjoyed every one of her previous books. These have all taken place in her world of Ladhredin, a world that has become very real to me through the pages of her books. This new work, Adverse Reactions is a new departure for her, and an entirely new world is introduced to the reader. I was at once excited and intrigued by this, keen to see where Lightfoot would take me next. It’s fair to say that the world she creates is very different to Ladhredin, with magic playing no explicit part. Instead, paranormal ability takes the place of magic and lies at the core of the book. World building is skilfully managed, with the history, the land and the people introduced on a ‘need to know’ basis, so that the world is brought to us incrementally as the pages turn. I found this to be a very satisfying approach, and one which certainly engaged my interest throughout.
Our main protagonist, Devin, is herself in a process of self-discovery, which proceeds alongside this gradual revelation of the world she lives in. I found her story to be fascinating, her discovery of her own abilities and the revelation of her life history most engaging. In order to discover her true self she negotiates a precarious and engrossing path amongst characters who will variously support or challenge her as the story progresses. Devin has suffered terrible injustices and the manner in which she addresses these through the use of her developing paranormal powers is highly satisfying to the reader.
There is an exceptionally strong cast of characters in Adverse Reactions. The wholesome purity of some key relationships is balanced by Devin’s dealings with some very complex individuals, ones whom the reader is kept wondering whether they truly represent enemy or ally. In summary, Adverse Reactions is a thoroughly engrossing read, that offers some hints that there may be more to come from this context. I hope there is!
Thank you so much, Alex! 💙 I’m enormously grateful for your kind words and fabulous review. 🎉
When you’re stretched a little too thin, this is the sort of thing that happens. The president of an organization in which I’m active asked if I would update the design for a billboard that our group intends to display in October. In October! That’s so far in the future, it’s barely on my calendar. When I got her message, I sort of lost it, and I texted her back in a tone that was about as snappish as I’m able to be with such a good friend as she is. I wrote:
Yes, I’ll update the billboard design, but later. My March priorities:
😊 Support the March 18 launch of my new book. Social media, blogging, creating “Buy” links to the various retailers for both editions, ebook and paperback … the to-do list is long. 😵 Shepherd a $300 box of the paperbacks through UPS so the driver doesn’t leave the box sitting on the country lane outside my gate, in the rain this week. 😍 Wish for a friend to organize a book-launch party for me, maybe after the County Convention on March 21. I should have books in hand by then, and will be ready to sell and autograph them. $15 each, and each comes with a lovely print of a professionally drawn map of the book’s setting. (They retail for $18. For everybody who gives me $18, I’ll donate $3 to the scholarship fund.) Know anybody who might organize a book-launch party for me? 😉 🙏 Recruit more Safety & Security volunteers for our local No Kings protest on March 28. We have a Safety Lead plus ONE de-escalator. We need more people with the ability to stay calm and collected around MAGA hecklers. Know anybody with calmer-downer skills? ClearChannel won’t need the new billboard design until September. We have all summer on it. Let me survive March before I give it any more time or attention. 🙏
One Step at a Time
Happily, my friend was not offended by my somewhat snappish, whiny response. 😊 And after a good night’s sleep, I can tackle my to-do list in a calmer, more methodical manner. One step at a time.
Social Media: For me, that’s pretty much Facebook and Instagram, where I’m constantly stymied by the algorithms. If my post mentions “pre-order” or “where to buy” or “available wherever books are sold,” the algorithms cut the audience to nothing. I’m sure I should be more active on Goodreads and BookBub, but neither of those stir my interest. I tend to forget about my Amazon Author page, and I’m not convinced that many readers ever look at it. Any and all advice is welcome — let me hear from you if you’ve solved the puzzle of social media.
Blogging: That’s this, my scattershot blog which serves more as an online diary, a collection of random thoughts that are of limited interest to anyone except me, I fear. But I keep on, because some people do find and appreciate my annual reports about the effectiveness of book-promo sites. Those summaries are my small contribution to the writing community.
“Buy” Links: For my new book, those may be found at Books2Read.com/AdverseReactions. The ebook edition is currently available at 10 retailers. The paperback is available from Bookshop, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.
My $300 Box of Books: It’s on the way! UPS tells me it’s on the truck for delivery today. And though the sky is heavily overcast, the soaking rain from last night has stopped. A cold front is due through by midday, which will clear away the clouds but bring gusty winds. If my luck continues to hold, I’ll have the box of books inside and safely dry before the front arrives. 🙏
UPDATE ON THE BOX: The Universe continues to smile on my latest endeavor! 💫 My big box of author’s copies and pre-orders arrived this morning AFTER the rain had stopped and BEFORE the cold front comes to blow us off our feet this afternoon. 🎉 That perfect timing, combined with the snakeskin which was earlier shed in my garage (a hat-tip to my male-main-character’s hatband), makes me think the great grand Universe might be on my side with this book. 😁
Paperback Sales and Very Little Profit: I paid $300 for 24 books, ordered direct from the printer. If I sell them for $15 each ($3 off the list price) I’ll make a grand profit of $60 on the carton. That’s $2.50 a book. And people wonder why writers are poor.
The Swag: In my snippy response to my friend, I mentioned “a lovely print of a professionally drawn map of the book’s setting.” Here’s the map, by Tiffany Munro, cartographer, of Feed the Multiverse. I’m having the map printed on heavy, glossy paper, and everybody who buys a book from me in person will get a copy. 😍 It’s quite a lovely piece of work.
Fighting Fascism:ADVERSE REACTIONS: A Novel of the Paranormal is “Dedicated to every antifascist who joined the fight, from 2025 on, to defend American democracy against would-be dictators.” From that, readers may safely assume that I’m an antifascist, and I’m in the fight. Of course I’ll be in the street protesting the current badministration.
Is one actually allowed to “review” their own book at Goodreads? Well, after a fashion. There’s a space for the author to leave comments, but it’s considered bad form (by most people, anyway) for the author to give the book a star rating. (I’d five-star it, naturally, but I’m biased.)
Here’s my “review,” copied from the book’s Goodreads page:
Adverse Reactions is the only true standalone novel I’ve ever written (although the fifth book in my Waterspell series, The Karenina Chronicles, reads as a standalone). Adverse Reactions: A Novel of the Paranormal began life in 2005 with a 24,000-word partial manuscript that stayed in a file cabinet for 20 years. The story never let go of me though, and finally I’d lived enough life and learned enough craft and gained enough understanding of people and history to finish what I’d started. I would really love for people to read this book. I’m proud of it. 😁
“This novel is immediately immersive, with an opening scene that sucks readers in with vivid sensory detail and a great sense of suspense.” —The Black List
“Thematically rich, as Devin faces constant self-doubt but eventually comes to find empowerment in the unique abilities that have made her an outcast.” —The Black List
“Relevant to the current situation in the world. Ostracizing others who are different out of fear and ignorance. Cruelty and inhumanity.” —ARC Reader
Now that I have a cover for my new book, I can do a cover reveal. Which will have to be on Bookstagram and here on my scattershot little blog since everybody in my personal Facebook world has already seen the whole cover uncovered, along with every draft of the surprisingly difficult process (beginning unsatisfactorily with one designer and ending, much more happily, at a completely different studio) that led to a usable image. Long ago, I learned a maxim, and life continues to prove its truth: Things take longer than they do.
Do you find these teasers intriguing? I would really love for people to read this book. Adverse Reactions is the only true standalone novel I’ve ever written. It began life in 2005 with a 24,000-word partial manuscript that stayed in a file cabinet for 20 years. But the story never let go of me, and finally I’d lived enough life and learned enough craft and gained enough understanding of people to finish what I’d started.
*The short blurb:
In the town of Purity, mental gifts earn you a bullet or a lingering death by mind-torture. Devin Perridin is the Syke who survived the horrors of the psych ward. Now the “One Who Got Away” is back for a reckoning. To defeat her tormentors, Devin must reclaim her shattered mind, aided by a denim-clad desperado and a generous helping of Old Magic. Survival was just the beginning: vengeance is next.
*The back cover copy:
In the remote prairie town of Purity, there are some who possess extraordinary powers of the mind. Their fate, if they are discovered, is death by a bullet to the brain. The wealthy, however, have an alternative way to die: they may submit to “therapy”—torture—at the Peaceful Hills sanatorium. For most of the inmates, it is a worse death than a sniper’s bullet. The asylum is brutally designed to snuff out every spark of psychokinetic power, turning a Syke’s brain to mush. Few inmates survive.
Devin Perridin does. She’s the One Who Got Away. But can she find her way back into her right mind? And bring a long-overdue reckoning to the town of Purity and its house of horrors? To exact vengeance on those who put her in the asylum, and avenge the murders of her fellow Sykes, Devin will need the aid of a denim-clad desperado—and a generous helping of Old Magic.
Release date: March 18
*From a professional evaluation: “Its accessible style of prose and teenaged protagonist would likely endear it to young adults, whereas its mature themes and technical accomplishments would likely go a long way with older readers. Because of the book’s literary merit it could definitely attract readers who would not normally consider themselves ‘genre readers.'” —The Black List on the subject of the book’s “Prospects”
This is a game-changer! Readers who prefer ebooks now have a truly viable alternative to the monopolistic Amazon monster. Ebooks may now be easily purchased and downloaded at Bookshop.org, where every purchase supports a local independent bookstore. Millions of writers, including ME, are absolutely thrilled! We’ve waited and hoped for this breakthrough.
Without further ado, here’s a list of my books and where you can purchase them at Bookshop.org. Did I mention? Every purchase supports a local independent bookstore. You can designate your own favorite indie. It’s a win-win-win for the reader, the writer, and the bravely determined independent stores who fight the good fight against an evil monopoly.
Making a place for yourself in a world where you don't belong takes courage. So does moving in with a warlock.
“Best audiobook series I’ve ever listened to.” —Google Audio
“A must-read for fantasy enthusiasts who enjoy immersive world-building, well-developed characters, and a storyline that seamlessly blends magic and human emotion.” —Dalton, NetGalley
“An extraordinary book, four in fact! I read these over a five-day period and found the storytelling fantastic. See for yourself!” —Michelle, NetGalley
“Such a joy to narrate this. It didn’t feel like work. The story and characters take flight so naturally and then soar.” —Simon de Deney
“In this four-book saga, the author has created an epic fantasy world full of magic, danger, romance, and travel through time and space. The characters are vivid and complex. This is a most enjoyable read for fans of fantasy and fine writing.” —Shirley, NetGalley
“A great read that features world building with drama and magical characters. Highly recommended.” —Neil, Amazon
“Lightfoot has a sure touch with regard to characterisation. Each of her characters has their own authentic and convincing voice. Narrative, description and speech are exceptionally well-balanced.” —Martin Dukes, author of the Alex Trueman Chronicles
“Jane Eyre meets Beauty and the Beast. Amazing story, very original. Great series.” —Emma, Amazon UK
“I was hooked instantly. I willingly gave up sleep and could not wait to get up to read more. I’m reading the whole series, and absolutely loving it.” —Sarah, Amazon
“Complicated characters, plot twists, romance, adventure, and magic — all written in a voice that immerses you in a fantasy world both foreign and familiar. Get the box set because you won’t want to leave this world.” —Beck Digs It, Amazon
“I absolutely loved all four books! You kept your storyline throughout the four books brilliantly. The characters were all genuine and relatable.” —Carol, Goodreads
“Captivating. I loved this series from beginning to end. Complex characters who mature through the series and unexpected plot twists kept me reading far too late into the night.” —Amy, Amazon
“An entertaining, fast paced, and well-plotted fantasy series. The world building is fascinating, and the characters fleshed out. Highly recommended.” —Anna Maria, NetGalley
“A riveting series. Well written, excellent world-building with an engaging plot in each book and well-developed characters. I was gripped right from the start with twists I didn’t see and unpredictability.” —Aria, NetGalley
“I was HOOKED. I read until 3 am two nights in a row to finish this. The magic system is unique and the characters are as morally gray as they come.” —Megan, Goodreads
“Addictive epic fantasy, with drama and adventure. I binged through the books, eager to see how the story unfolds. Great book. 5 stars.” —Di, NetGalley
You won’t want to leave this world.
Castles in the cornfield provided the setting for Deborah J. Lightfoot’s earliest flights of fancy. On her father’s farm in Texas, she grew up reading tales of adventure and reenacting them behind ramparts of sun-drenched grain. She left the farm to earn a degree in journalism and write award-winning books of history and biography. High on her bucket list was the desire to try her hand at the genre she most admired. The result is Waterspell, a multi-layered, intricately detailed fantasy about a girl and the wizard who suspects her of being so dangerous to his world, he believes he’ll have to kill her … which troubles him, since he’s fallen in love with her. Deborah is a professional member of The Authors Guild. She still lives in rural Texas.
Magic, mystery, murder, and romance. Waterspell: An intricate save-the-world fantasy adventure with complex characters, cosmic calamities, and the gothic sensibilities of Jane Eyre.
Mix environmental fantasy with magic, mystery, and a little slow-burning romance, add dystopian undercurrents, and that’s the Waterspell series—a cross-genre story with too many layers for a single label.
Adverse Reactions: A Novel of the Paranormal
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