Viola Valentine Mystery

They say there are blessings from Hurricane Katrina. For Viola Valentine of New Orleans, it was losing her dead-end job and leaving behind a loveless marriage and an overbearing family.But the storm also blew open a psychic door. Now she sees ghosts who have died by water.As she enters her new career as travel writer, solving mysteries that appear with apparitions everywhere she goes, the one person she hopes to speak to - her daughter who died of leukemia years before - continues to elude her.Or does she?A new paranormal mystery series from award-winning author Cherie Claire.BOOK DETAILS• Contemporary paranormal mystery• Book One of the Viola Valentine Mystery Series• A full-length novel of 85,000 words • R-rated content: Light sexuality• Set in Louisiana and the Deep SouthOther books by Cherie Claire:Viola Valentine Mystery SeriesA Ghost of a ChanceGhost TownTrace of a GhostGhost Trippin'Give Up the GhostThe Cajun SeriesEmilieRoseGabrielleDelphineA Cajun DreamThe LetterThe Cajun EmbassyTicket to ParadiseDamn YankeesGone Pecan

Every day at dusk, in a small Louisiana town, the dead emerge from Lorelei Lake.And travel writer Viola Valentine must use her "gift" of seeing ghosts to rid this town of apparitions. Viola struggles not only with the task at-hand, but hopes that this evolving ability she obtained after Hurricane Katrina will help her reach her beloved Lillye.Yet, the more Viola struggles to talk to her departed daughter, the more frustrated she gets. Plus, it's 2008, the height of the Great Recession, travel jobs are hard to come by, and her suffocating family and ex-husband keep making demands. She takes solace in a new love interest, one who teaches her how to harness her anger.In the end, Viola realizes that only love can solve her problems, from ridding ghosts of lakeside towns to healing a broken heart.Ghost Town, book two in the Viola Valentine Mystery Series.BOOK DETAILS• Contemporary paranormal mystery• Book Two of the Viola Valentine Mystery Series• A full-length novel of approximately 80,000 words• R-rated content: Light sexuality• Set in Louisiana and the Deep SouthBooks by Cherie Claire:The Viola Valentine Mystery SeriesA Ghost of a ChanceGhost TownTrace of a GhostGhost Trippin'Give Up the GhostThe Ghost is Clear (novella)Ghost FeverGhost LightsThe Cajun EmbassyTicket to ParadiseDamn YankeesGone PecanThe Cajun SeriesEmilieRoseGabrielleDelphineA Cajun DreamThe LetterCarnival Confessions: A Mardi Gras NovellaNon-fiction titles by Cheré Coen:Magic's in the Bag: Creating Spellbinding Gris Gris Bags and Sachets with Jude BradleyExploring Cajun Country: A Tour of Historic AcadianaHaunted Lafayette, LouisianaForest Hill, Louisiana: A Bloom Town History Cherie Claire is the award-winning author of several Louisiana romances and a paranormal mystery series.Her latest is the Viola Valentine paranormal mystery series, featuring New Orleans travel writer and ghost sleuth Viola Valentine. The books are:"A Ghost of a Chance""Ghost Town""Trace of a Ghost""Ghost Trippin'""Give Up The Ghost""The Ghost is Clear" (novella)Ghost FeverOriginally published with Kensington, the "Cajun Series" of historical romance follows a family of Acadians (Cajuns) who travel to South Louisiana and start anew after being exiled from their Nova Scotia home. The first three books ("Emilie," "Rose," "Gabrielle,") follow the Gallant sisters as they attempt to reunite with their father (and find love) in the wilds of Louisiana and "Delphine" (Book Four) takes place during Louisiana's role in the American Revolution. The Dugas family saga continues into the 19th century with "A Cajun Dream" (Book Five) and "The Letter" (Book Six).Cherie is also the author of "The Cajun Embassy" series of contemporary romances – "Ticket to Paradise," "Damn Yankees" and "Gone Pecan." What happens when several Columbia journalism coeds homesick for Louisiana find comfort in a bowl of Cajun gumbo? They become lifelong friends. Because love - and a good gumbo - changes everything.Visit Cherie at www.cherieclaire.net and write to her at CajunRomances@Yahoo.com.

Every day at dusk, in a small Louisiana town, the dead emerge from Lorelei Lake. And travel writer Viola Valentine must use her "gift" of seeing ghosts to rid this town of its apparitions. Viola struggles not only with the task at-hand, but hopes that this evolving ability she obtained after Hurricane Katrina will help her reach her beloved Lillye. Yet, the more Viola struggles to talk to her departed daughter, the more frustrated she gets. Plus, it's 2008, the height of the Great Recession, travel jobs are hard to come by, and her suffocating family and ex-husband keep making demands. She takes solace in a new love interest, one who teaches her how to harness her anger. In the end, Viola realizes that only love can solve her problems, from ridding ghosts of lakeside towns to healing a broken heart.Ghost Town, book two in the Viola Valentine Mystery Series.BOOK DETAILS• Contemporary paranormal mystery• Book Two of the Viola Valentine Mystery Series• A full-length novel of approximately 80,000 words • R-rated content: Light sexuality• Set in Louisiana and the Deep SouthBooks by Cherie Claire:The Viola Valentine Mystery SeriesA Ghost of a ChanceGhost TownTrace of a GhostGhost Trippin'Give Up the GhostThe Ghost is Clear (novella)The Cajun EmbassyTicket to ParadiseDamn YankeesGone PecanThe Cajun SeriesEmilieRoseGabrielleDelphineA Cajun DreamThe LetterCarnival Confessions: A Mardi Gras NovellaNon-fiction titles by Cheré Coen:Magic's in the Bag: Creating Spellbinding Gris Gris Bags and Sachets with Jude BradleyExploring Cajun Country: A Tour of Historic AcadianaHaunted Lafayette, LouisianaForest Hill, Louisiana: A Bloom Town History

A stowaway ghost!Travel writer Viola Valentine takes a trek down the historic Natchez Trace of Mississippi, but traveling along is an adventurous heiress who's been dead since 1860! The former plantation owner died mysteriously and she wants her story known.Meanwhile, a fellow travel writer - this one living - tries to convince Viola that her ghostly powers could help her reach her beloved Lillye on the Other Side. But are his attentions honorable or nefarious?In the end, it's a showdown between good and evil, and a bargain made with the devil at the crossroads may be Viola's final undoing.Book Three in the Viola Valentine Paranormal Mystery Series.BOOK DETAILS• Contemporary paranormal mystery• Book Three of the Viola Valentine Mystery Series• A full-length novel of 82,000 words• PG-13-rated content: Light sexuality• Set in Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Deep SouthOther books by Cherie Claire:Viola Valentine MysteryA Ghost of a ChanceGhost TownTrace of a GhostGhost Trippin'Give Up the GhostThe Ghost is ClearGhost FeverGhost LightsThe Cajun SeriesEmilieRoseGabrielleDelphineA Cajun DreamThe LetterThe Cajun EmbassyTicket to ParadiseDamn YankeesGone Pecan Cherie Claire is the award-winning author of several Louisiana romances and a paranormal mystery series.Her latest is the Viola Valentine paranormal mystery series, featuring New Orleans travel writer and ghost sleuth Viola Valentine. The books are:"A Ghost of a Chance""Ghost Town""Trace of a Ghost""Ghost Trippin'""Give Up The Ghost""The Ghost is Clear" (novella)Ghost FeverOriginally published with Kensington, the "Cajun Series" of historical romance follows a family of Acadians (Cajuns) who travel to South Louisiana and start anew after being exiled from their Nova Scotia home. The first three books ("Emilie," "Rose," "Gabrielle,") follow the Gallant sisters as they attempt to reunite with their father (and find love) in the wilds of Louisiana and "Delphine" (Book Four) takes place during Louisiana's role in the American Revolution. The Dugas family saga continues into the 19th century with "A Cajun Dream" (Book Five) and "The Letter" (Book Six).Cherie is also the author of "The Cajun Embassy" series of contemporary romances – "Ticket to Paradise," "Damn Yankees" and "Gone Pecan." What happens when several Columbia journalism coeds homesick for Louisiana find comfort in a bowl of Cajun gumbo? They become lifelong friends. Because love - and a good gumbo - changes everything.Visit Cherie at www.cherieclaire.net and write to her at CajunRomances@Yahoo.com.

Award-winning novelist Cherie Claire continues her paranormal mystery series as travel writer Viola Valentine takes a trek down the historic Natchez Trace of Mississippi. Traveling with her is an adventurous heiress who's been dead since 1860 and a living fellow travel writer who's not what he seems. In the end, it's a showdown between good and evil, and a bargain made with the devil at the crossroads may be Viola's final undoing.Book Three in the Viola Valentine Paranormal Mystery Series.BOOK DETAILS• Contemporary paranormal mystery• Book Three of the Viola Valentine Mystery Series• A full-length novel of 82,000 words • PG-13-rated content: Light sexuality• Set in Louisiana, Mississippi and the Deep SouthOther books by Cherie Claire:Viola Valentine Mystery SeriesA Ghost of a ChanceGhost TownTrace of a GhostGhost Trippin'Give Up the GhostThe Cajun SeriesEmilieRoseGabrielleDelphineA Cajun DreamThe LetterThe Cajun EmbassyTicket to ParadiseDamn YankeesGone Pecan

A ghostly road trip.John Valentine left home for a science conference and never returned, his family chalking it up to the divorced father's mid-life crisis. But when a body is found on the old family homestead, his daughter Viola must piece together the clues her father left behind.The path to the truth takes Viola on a wild road trip through Texas where she must solve a host of mysteries to discover what became of her father. Along for the ride are her witchy Aunt Mimi, her uptight lawyer sister Portia and her sometimes ex-husband Thibault Boudreaux, otherwise known as TB.What they discover on this crazy ghost trip through Texas will be much more than they anticipated.BOOK DETAILS• Contemporary paranormal mystery• Book Four of the Viola Valentine Mystery Series• A full-length novel of approximately 80,000 words• R-rated content: Mild sexuality• Set in Louisiana, Alabama, and TexasBooks by Cherie Claire:The Viola Valentine Mystery SeriesA Ghost of a ChanceGhost TownTrace of a GhostGhost Trippin'Give Up the GhostThe Ghost is Clear (novella)Ghost FeverGhost LightsThe Cajun EmbassyTicket to ParadiseDamn YankeesGone PecanThe Cajun SeriesEmilieRoseGabrielleDelphineA Cajun DreamThe LetterCarnival Confessions: A Mardi Gras NovellaNon-fiction titles by Cheré Coen:Magic's in the Bag: Creating Spellbinding Gris Gris Bags and Sachets with Jude BradleyExploring Cajun Country: A Tour of Historic AcadianaHaunted Lafayette, LouisianaForest Hill, Louisiana: A Bloom Town History Cherie Claire is the award-winning author of several Louisiana romances and a paranormal mystery series.Her latest is the Viola Valentine paranormal mystery series, featuring New Orleans travel writer and ghost sleuth Viola Valentine. The books are:"A Ghost of a Chance""Ghost Town""Trace of a Ghost""Ghost Trippin'""Give Up The Ghost""The Ghost is Clear" (novella)Ghost FeverOriginally published with Kensington, the "Cajun Series" of historical romance follows a family of Acadians (Cajuns) who travel to South Louisiana and start anew after being exiled from their Nova Scotia home. The first three books ("Emilie," "Rose," "Gabrielle,") follow the Gallant sisters as they attempt to reunite with their father (and find love) in the wilds of Louisiana and "Delphine" (Book Four) takes place during Louisiana's role in the American Revolution. The Dugas family saga continues into the 19th century with "A Cajun Dream" (Book Five) and "The Letter" (Book Six).Cherie is also the author of "The Cajun Embassy" series of contemporary romances – "Ticket to Paradise," "Damn Yankees" and "Gone Pecan." What happens when several Columbia journalism coeds homesick for Louisiana find comfort in a bowl of Cajun gumbo? They become lifelong friends. Because love - and a good gumbo - changes everything.Visit Cherie at www.cherieclaire.net and write to her at CajunRomances@Yahoo.com.

John Valentine left home for a science conference and never returned, his family chalking it up to the divorced father's mid-life crisis. But when a body is found on the old family homestead, his daughter Viola must piece together the clues her father left behind. Along for the ride are her witchy Aunt Mimi, her uptight lawyer sister Portia and her sometimes ex-husband Thibault Boudreaux, otherwise known as TB. What they discover on this crazy ghost trip through Texas will be much more than they anticipated.Ghost Trippin' continues the story of Viola Valentine, who changes her life after Hurricane Katrina and follows her dream of being a travel writer. But the storm also blew open a psychic door and now she sees ghosts who have died by water. As she travels the South in her new career she must also solve mysteries that appear with apparitions. But the one person she hopes to speak to - her daughter who died of leukemia years before - continues to elude her. Or does she?BOOK DETAILS• Contemporary paranormal mystery• Book Four of the Viola Valentine Mystery Series• A full-length novel of approximately 80,000 words • R-rated content: Mild sexuality• Set in Louisiana, Alabama and TexasThe Viola Valentine Mystery SeriesA Ghost of a ChanceGhost TownTrace of a GhostGhost Trippin'Give Up the GhostOther books by Cherie Claire:The Cajun SeriesEmilieRoseGabrielleDelphineA Cajun DreamThe LetterThe Cajun EmbassyTicket to ParadiseDamn YankeesGone PecanCarnival Confessions: A Mardi Gras Novella

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina uprooted Viola Valentine from her dead-end job and what she deemed a loveless marriage. Three years later, she and her husband Thibault "TB" Boudreaux are starting over on a Tennessee houseboat, she following her dream as travel writer and TB finishing school at Smoky Mountain University.But the ghosts of the past continue to hound the couple, infiltrating negative energy into their peaceful cove. With her family at stake, Vi must learn to harness her supernatural powers, face her fears and fight the evil that threatens to unravel them all.Book Five in the Viola Valentine Paranormal Mystery Series.BOOK DETAILS• Contemporary paranormal mystery• Book Five of the Viola Valentine Mystery Series• A full-length novel of approximately 80,000 words • R-rated content: Mild sexuality• Set in the Smoky Mountains of TennesseeThe Viola Valentine Mystery SeriesA Ghost of a ChanceGhost TownTrace of a GhostGhost Trippin'Give Up the GhostOther books by Cherie Claire:The Cajun SeriesEmilieRoseGabrielleDelphineA Cajun DreamThe LetterThe Cajun EmbassyTicket to ParadiseDamn YankeesGone PecanCarnival Confessions: A Mardi Gras Novella

Some ghosts, like shipwrecks, refuse to stay sunken. It's winter break and Viola Valentine and her husband TB hope for a romantic getaway on St. Simons Island along the Georgia Coast while their children enjoy a field trip on neighboring Jekyll Island. But those on the "Other Side" have other plans. While Viola's daughter Gaia grapples with the ghost of an old shipwreck, Vi sees a woman who worked the shipyards during World War II. Since the ghosts keep haunting both sides of the family, are the stories connected? Book Six (novella) in the Viola Valentine Paranormal Mystery Series.

The ghosts of the past never stop haunting.Viola takes a job at her old summer camp in the Florida Panhandle, hoping for a peaceful place to work after months in COVID lockdown. But old traumas from her time at Camp Secret Spring resurface and Viola's dream of a quiet getaway quickly turns into a nightmare.Her best friend disappeared that summer, never to be found. Was it the camp's mysterious water that Ponce de León searched for? Or can her friend's vanishing be chalked up to the UFO sightings over the years? And just who were the Utopians who lived there before, many of whom died in the pandemic of 1918?Book Seven in Cherie Claire's Viola Valentine mystery series.BOOK DETAILS• Contemporary paranormal mystery• Book Seven of the Viola Valentine Mystery Series• A full-length novel of 72,000 words• PG-rated content• Set in the Florida PanhandleBooks by Cherie Claire:The Viola Valentine Mystery SeriesA Ghost of a ChanceGhost TownTrace of a GhostGhost Trippin'Give Up the GhostThe Ghost is Clear (novella)Ghost FeverThe Cajun EmbassyTicket to ParadiseDamn YankeesGone PecanCarnival Confessions: A Mardi Gras NovellaThe Cajun SeriesEmilieRoseGabrielleDelphineA Cajun DreamThe LetterNon-fiction titles by Cheré Coen:Magic's in the Bag: Creating Spellbinding Gris Gris Bags and Sachets with Jude BradleyExploring Cajun Country: A Tour of Historic AcadianaHaunted Lafayette, Louisiana

The Last Frontier may be Viola's last breath. Psychic sleuth Viola Valentine can't seem to escape those on the Other Side. As she attends the Alaska wedding of her cousin Tabitha and her best friend FBI Agent Clayton Ginsburg, ghosts thrust her into one of Clayton's murder cases. Clayton warns her to stay clear of the covert investigation, but her journalistic instincts demand otherwise. Will this be the case that finally turns Viola into an apparition herself? Book Eight in the Viola Valentine Paranormal Mystery Series. BOOK DETAILS• Contemporary paranormal mystery• Book Eight of the Viola Valentine Mystery Series• A full-length novel of approximately 70,000 words • PG-rated content: Adult Issues• Set in Alaska Books by Cherie Claire:The Viola Valentine Mystery SeriesA Ghost of a ChanceGhost TownTrace of a GhostGhost Trippin'Give Up the GhostThe Ghost is Clear (novella)Ghost FeverGhost Lights

They say there are blessings from disasters. For Viola Valentine, it was starting over.The hurricane gave Viola Valentine the chance she needed to leave her dead-end job and loveless marriage. But the storm that came barreling through New Orleans also blew open a psychic door, one that Viola had worked hard to keep close. Now the travel writer must solve the mysteries of ghosts who have died by water.Three books in one!A Ghost of a Chance: As Viola enters her new career as travel writer, solving mysteries that appear with apparitions everywhere she goes, the one person she hopes to speak to - her daughter who died of leukemia years before - continues to elude her. Or does she?Ghost Town: Viola must use her "gift" of seeing ghosts to rid Lorelei, Louisiana, of its apparitions. There's a recession on, jobs are hard to come by, and her suffocating family and ex-husband keep making demands. She takes solace in a new love interest, one who teaches her how to harness her anger. In the end, Viola realizes that only love can solve her problems, from ridding ghosts of lakeside towns to healing a broken heart.Trace of a Ghost: Viola Valentine takes a trek down the historic Natchez Trace of Mississippi, but traveling along is an adventurous heiress who's been dead since 1860 - and she wants her story known.BOOK DETAILS• Three contemporary paranormal mysteries• Book One-Three of the Viola Valentine Mystery Series• Each a full-length novel of approximately 80,000 words• R-rated content: Light sexuality• Set in Louisiana and the Deep SouthThe Viola Valentine Mystery SeriesA Ghost of a ChanceGhost TownTrace of a GhostGhost Trippin'Give Up the GhostThe Ghost is Clear (novella)Ghost Fever