Witches, Poltergeists, Demons, and Angels...

It is with great excitement that I can announce Book 3 of The Meadowsweet Chronicles is now live on pre-order. Titled 'Devilry' it comes out officially on October 15th of this year (although kindle readers will get a special pre-view on the 14th)

It will be available in paperback and ebook, and paperback bundle editions will be available for the Christmas gift season.

So if you've been following the Meadowsweet Sisters, here's a little look into Book 3.

DEVILRY. BOOK 3 OF THE MEADOWSWEET CHRONICLES.

Darkness is falling and now is the time for everyone to choose whether they are on the side of the demons or the angels. 

Far away, on the lush island of Haiti, the Ravenheart sisters are seeking the answer to the darkest of all the dark arts – the resurrection of the dead. Desperately wanting to restore their trinity, Lilith and Thalia will stop at nothing to exact their vengeance on the Witch Hunter, Jeremiah Chase, and reclaim their sister, Nigella, from The Palace. 

With betrayal, murder and bloody power-games in play across The Southern Territories, the race is on to usurp the Meadowsweet sisters from their thrones as Guardians of ‘The Ancient Ones’, and to eradicate their bloodline once and for all. 

Reports of rampaging poltergeists, murderous ghostly huntsmen, and even the sight of an angel, in Heargton village, cause ancient suspicions to emerge, and for the Meadowsweet sisters to come under increasing suspicion of reigniting the ancient curse of the Heargton Witches. 

From England, to Mexico, to Salem, to Haiti, the whole world is suffering the aftershocks of the Ravenheart’s terrible play for power. However, for Fox Meadowsweet, the most violent of the conflicts is closer to home – in the chambers of her own heart, where the increasing power of the blood-bond with Jeremiah is fighting the true love she feels for William Harrington; the boy who holds the promise of salvation. 

Storm clouds are gathering from all corners of the globe, and the Church in Rome has issued orders to put an end to the supernatural elements in Heargton once and for all. 

It’s time to prepare for battle. 

Please Note: This series is Upper YA - suitable for readers 15+ years as it contains some references to age appropriate sexual activity (non-explicit) and some more adult language.

And if you haven't yet read BOOK 1 of the series, 'Witchcraft' - it is on free eBook download on all eBook platforms. 

AMAZON US amazon.com/dp/B00NG5CLTE
AMAZON UK amazon.co.uk/dp/B00NG5CLTE
iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id950645919

Precious Things.

It's only taken 5 years for me to finally claim the cupboard under the stairs as my own, but now that we are moving and have had to get the house ready for viewings, I've done it! And the thing that I love about it the most is that I finally get to have an author shelf.

Here it is. A lovely shelf of purple loveliness.

I love it and I thought you might be interested to hear a little bit about it. So from Left to Right here is a tour around my shelf.

Far Left: This beautiful hand-pressed woodcut is from the Witches House in Salem Massachusetts U.S.A. This was brought back from Salem this summer by my very dear friend Alison Stacey. We taught together for fifteen years and became more family than friend. She has been alongside me on this crazy journey right from the very start. She has never doubted. Always believed and I can't wait until she retires next year so that she can come on many U.S author road trips in the years to come.

The reason it is here is because my newest series, The Meadowsweet Chronicles is partly set in Salem, and the main character, Jeremiah Chase is a descendent from one of the original Salem Witch Hunters.

Middle: This small laser cut piece of paper art is from the Porte du Secrets exhibition centre in Paimpont, The Foret de Broceliande, Brittany. It depicts the forest and standing together in conversation, the wizard Merlin and Morgan Le Fay. The Forest of Broceliande is one of the primary settings of book 3 of the Knight Trilogy. Home to Merlin's Tomb, The Crystal Lake, The Knights Templar Chapel, The Valley of No Return, The Fountain of Eternal Youth, the forest of Broceliande and Paimpont is a magnet for all those who follow the Arthurian legends.

We go camping each year in Paimpont (Or Paint-Pot as it's affectionately become called by my family) and I drag the hubby and the two Mud-Puddles around all the various Arthurian landmarks, much to their excitement LOL.

Right: This selection of semi precious stones, Rose Quartz, Amethyst and Cornelian are some of my favourite stones. I'm a believer in Earth energy and I find them both beautiful to look at and calming. I like to be surrounded by beautiful things, and for me, semi-precious stones are some of the most beautiful things to be found in nature.

Right Top: This is where my author life began, with the writing of 'The Forest of Adventures'. When I began writing it, I truly believed that this was my one and only novel. It was a story I had been wanting to write since my own teenage years and there is so much of myself and my teenage experience woven into the pages of this dark fairy tale. I had no idea with the writing of those first words that I would go onto write and publish a further 8 books, countless short stories, travel around the world as part of an amazing book world, become the founder of a really special publishing company and the creator of a UK book convention.
For a long time I hid this book away. It's not the very best of my craft, little could I have known how much I would grow and develop as a writer, but I've come to acknowledge that it is the very best of my soul - and now it sits proudly as a reminder of where I started and where I have travelled to. This book will always be the most special of all of them.

You can find out more about me and my books over at my official website www.katiemjohn.com

So what's on your special shelf? I'd love for you to share in the comments box.

The Salem Witch Society by K.N. Shields

The Salem Witch Society by K.N. Shields
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I wasn't too sure when I first started reading it. I though the style was a little clunky and for a novel published by such a prestigious publisher, I thought that the editing had not done the author's story justice - however I persevered and I'm really pleased that I did. The storytelling and the characterisation in the novel are really good and I particularly enjoyed the refreshing and complex character of Percival Grey.

The links to Salem (which as suggested by the title is meant to be the main underpinning of the book) didn't quite fit as well as they might and if I'm really honest, I skipped over some of the faithful reproductions of the original trial notes as they got in the way of the story; it was a bit like the author really wanted to demonstrate the detailed research they had done and was afraid that we might miss it, even though it was artfully woven into other parts of the story.

I shall definitely be buying the second book as the character of Percival Grey really captured my imagination and I want to read more. This is a recommended read although it didn't blow me away.


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