Nancy Werlock's Diary

Marriage counselor Nancy Werlock didn't want to take over the family business. Unfortunately, for her fate, and a bunch of conniving but well-meaning spirits, have other plans. Now Nancy finds herself fumbling through exorcisms and sorting applications for a new apprentice. Because for Werlock women, the family business is demonology. And, at the Three Wishes Boutique, the customer may not always be right, but he may very well be possessed. This is a collection of three short stories written in diary format (Approx. word count 9800): Dear Diary, Upon learning of her mother's sudden death, Nancy decides to convert one of the last gifts her mother gave her into a personal journal. Homecoming: While sorting through her mother's business records, a desperate customer asks Nancy to help her banish evil spirits from her home. But when, Nancy realizes what is really causing the haunting, she'll need to use a different type of magic to set things right. The Apprentice: After a close call with a brutish drunk driver, Nancy finds herself the focus of a handsome young man who seems to have accidentally manifested psychic powers. Can she help him learn to control his powers and keep her hands off of him at the same time?

Marriage counselor Nancy Werlock didn't want to take over the family business. Unfortunately for her fate, and a bunch of conniving but well-meaning spirits, have other plans. Now Nancy finds herself fumbling through exorcisms and training a sexy new apprentice. Because for Werlock women, the family business is demonology. And at the Three Wishes Boutique, the customer may not always be right, but he may very well be possessed. This collection of two short stories is approximately 6.900 words. The Inquest: Nancy already has her hands full trying to hold her marriage counseling practice together while keeping her mother's shop open. But now she also has to worry about a friend making unwelcome advances on her new apprentice, gossip-hungry rivals, and a full blown Inquest into the recent activities of the dead but still meddlesome Grande Madame Vivika. Mother Knows Worst: What happens when a pushy spirit with a knack for erosmancy decides to play Cupid? Let's just say it makes for an awkward working relationship between a demonologist and her apprentice.

The Show Must Go On: It's time for the annual Mullica Hill Summer Arts Festival, and Nancy is expected to run a booth while juggling her mother's shop, a dwindling marriage counseling practice, and trying to stay one step ahead of Houston's dead mother. Karma's a Witch: Nancy realizes that she can't continue to run both her mother's shop and continue her counseling practice. But, before she makes her final decision, she has to tie up a few loose ends while avoiding the temptation to send a gaggle of imps after the person who has been trying to sabotage her practice. Tag...You're It: Nancy goes on the warpath when Houston disappears while researching information on erosmancy. But, this time around she gets a little help from her own mother.

Season Two of the Nancy Werlock's Diary series begins with Nancy Werlock's Diary: The Walking Dead. This collection features two short stories (approximately 9100 words total). Like a Kick in the Head: Joshua Brynwolf, Lord Advocate of the Eighth of the Nine and alleged murderer of Grande Madame Vivika, has gone into hiding. And of course just when Nancy learns this information, she also realizes Houston has gone missing. The Walking Dead: What happens when hundreds of zombie fans participate in a charity zombie walk in the vicinity of a powerful cairn at a time when the Veil is growing thinner with each passing day? Nancy really doesn't want to find out. This is the 8th episode in the series. Readers that would like to catch up can now get episodes one through seven in an omnibus collection, Nancy Werlock's Diary: Season One.

The holidays can be a nerve-wracking time under the best of conditions. But, when Nancy's dead mother starts complaining about who should host Thanksgiving, things get unusually tense between Nancy and her brother.