Category: Books

2024 – What’s Percolating?

January 8, 2024

While 2024 will no doubt be a ground-breaking year in many ways, on a much smaller scale in my arena, I have quite a few projects on the horizon.

In 2023, I saw the publication of two new novels and audiobooks, The Lady in the Blue Dress and Dumaine Street, which originated as Kindle Vella stories. In 2024, I anticipate the release of two more works: The Story of Enid, a sequel to The Broken Vow, and The Alchemist’s Bride. Both of these originated on Kindle Vella as well.

I’m also planning to continue my audiobook work, releasing not only these two novels in that format but also some older works. This is the year I plan to release Sanctuary of Echoes in audiobook form. I don’t like to show partiality to any of my work, but Sanctuary is one I’ve always kept close to my heart.

In addition to this, I’ll be continuing my work on Kindle Vella. I currently have two Vellas in progress: The Vine, which is a direct sequel to The Tethering, and An Unintended Witch. I also hope to start a brand new book there, the fourth installment in the New Orleans Paranormal Series. If you want more information on any of these works, please visit my Books, Audiobooks, or Kindle Vella Pages on the main menu of the homepage.

    So, 2024 is shaping up to be an exciting time, but I truly believe it’s also a time of great consequence. Our decisions this year will impact us profoundly in the coming years. We must think long and hard about what kind of country we want to live in and what kind of world we want to live in. Do we want to have peace and tolerance for one another, or do we want to dictate to our sisters and brothers and thus put our own freedom in jeopardy? Something to think about: every action and every inaction has a consequence.

    All My Best to Everyone,

    Evelyn

    Dumaine Street – Audiobook

    December 29, 2023

    Well, I’m wrapping up 2023 in a very exciting way. Dumaine Street has just been released as an audiobook. I really hope you drop by Audible.com or Amazon and check it out. And Happy Holidays to everyone.

    Dumaine Street

    Voices in her head, catastrophic emotions, hallucinations — Rebecca Wells is more than convinced that she is losing her mind. And as a last-ditch effort, she contacts a self-professed counselor who seems convinced he can help.

    Gabriel Sutton has abandoned the world of medicine to navigate a realm filled with psychic phenomena. Diagnosing Becca with extreme empathic abilities, he struggles to help her stabilize her gifts while trying desperately not to fall in love with his patient.

    From the realm of vulnerability into a crusade to use their profound gifts to rescue others from peril on the other side of death, these two follow an astonishing and unpredictable path into each other’s hearts.

    Audible

    Christmas Reflections

    December 22, 2023

    Some time ago I saw an adaptation of The Arabian Nights. The main character Scheherazade was being mentored by a master storyteller. The storyteller told her that “People need stories, more than bread, itself. They teach us how to live, and why.”

    I have always believed that there is a power in storytelling which brings me back to this Christmas season. Living in such a tumultuous world now is challenging, but I think even more so at this time of year. So, I’ve turned back to a Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol, filled with important truths not just for this time of year but for all times. If you haven’t picked it up lately, it’s worth a look. Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season.

    Book and Vella News

    November 29, 2023

    As we’re approaching the end of November, I wanted to release an update on some exciting things that are happening now and are around the corner. I was very pleased this month to see the publication of Dumaine Street. Presently, I am working on an audiobook version of the book, which should be out sometime in December.

    On the Kindle Vella front, as well as having five completed Kindle Vella stories, I have two that are still ongoing. This month, I have released new episodes for “An Unintended Witch” as well as “The Vine: A Portent of Crows.” If you have yet to try Kindle Vella, it’s a unique reading experience where you use coins purchased at Amazon to unlock new episodes. The first three episodes are always free to read, and Amazon is usually eager to give you several hundred free coins when you sign up. So, check it out. It is optional to continue if it’s not for you.

    So, that’s it for now. I really hope everyone takes some time to enjoy the holidays this next month and keep on reading. 🙂

    An Unintended Witch

    As an orphan, Rory Finn was raised by her Aunt Monique to be a practitioner in the arcane ways of magic. Then, last year, a powerful wizard initiated her but subsequently vanished from her life. Now, however, Rory is determined to walk away from the old ways, course correct, and establish herself as an artist in New Orleans. The problem is that her old life won’t let her go. And that enigmatic wizard is back and more than eager to help her curb the turbulent occult forces burgeoning within her.

    An Unintended Witch at Kindle Vella

    The Vine: A Portent of Crows

    Deborah Brandt has found the man of her dreams, literally. Unfortunately, Daniel Wren comes with a lot of baggage, particularly a mother who counsels them from other spiritual planes, an Uncle formidable with psychic abilities, and a family lineage involving a specific destiny for him and Deborah. The problem is when their beloved city of New Orleans seems under siege while Deborah is just trying to find a way to fit in and cope. Can she ever be the woman he has been looking for?

    The Vine: A Portent of Crows at Kindle Vella

    Dumaine Street

    Voices in her head, catastrophic emotions, hallucinations — Rebecca Wells is more than convinced that she is losing her mind. And as a last-ditch effort, she contacts a self-professed counselor who seems convinced he can help.

    Gabriel Sutton has abandoned the world of medicine to navigate a realm filled with psychic phenomena. Diagnosing Becca with extreme empathic abilities, he struggles to help her stabilize her gifts while trying desperately not to fall in love with his patient.

    From the realm of vulnerability into a crusade to use their profound gifts to rescue others from peril on the other side of death, these two follow an astonishing and unpredictable path into each other’s hearts.

    Book Excerpt
    Cornerstone
    Kindle

    Dumaine Street – Just Released

    November 13, 2023

    Just in time for the holidays, I am very excited to announce the release of Dumaine Street. It is available at Amazon, Kindle, Cornerstone Book Publishers and most other major online book retailers. As well as being a novel heavily enmeshed in the paranormal, Dumaine Street is at its heart a story of two people who help each other walk out of very dark places in their lives and become the best version of themselves. I do hope you check it out.

    Dumaine Street

    Voices in her head, catastrophic emotions, hallucinations — Rebecca Wells is more than convinced that she is losing her mind. And as a last-ditch effort, she contacts a self-professed counselor who seems convinced he can help.

    Gabriel Sutton has abandoned the world of medicine to navigate a realm filled with psychic phenomena. Diagnosing Becca with extreme empathic abilities, he struggles to help her stabilize her gifts while trying desperately not to fall in love with his patient.

    From the realm of vulnerability into a crusade to use their profound gifts to rescue others from peril on the other side of death, these two follow an astonishing and unpredictable path into each other’s hearts. (First Published at Kindle Vella)

    Cornerstone
    Amazon
    Book Excerpt

    Dumaine Street – Coming Soon

    November 10, 2023

    It’s very exciting. This new book release is just around the corner. 🙂

    Dumaine Street-

    Voices in her head, catastrophic emotions, hallucinations — Rebecca Wells is more than convinced that she is losing her mind. And as a last-ditch effort, she contacts a self-professed counselor who seems convinced he can help.

    Gabriel Sutton has abandoned the world of medicine to navigate a realm filled with psychic phenomena. Diagnosing Becca with extreme empathic abilities, he struggles to help her stabilize her gifts while trying desperately not to fall in love with his patient.

    From the realm of vulnerability into a crusade to use their profound gifts to rescue others from peril on the other side of death, these two follow an astonishing and unpredictable path into each other’s hearts.

    (First Released on Kindle Vella)

    Dragonflies – 99 cents

    October 19, 2023

    Just in time for Halloween, Amazon has put the newly revised Kindle edition of Dragonflies: Journeys into the Paranormal on sale for 99 cents. I have no idea how long it will be on sale, so if you’re interested grab it while you can. 🙂

    In “The Wizard,” as a novice practitioner of magic, Aurora Finn finds herself battling against the illusions of a powerful wizard intent on separating her from the world she knows.

    “The Sojourners” is a gentle story of a mother and daughter whose tenancy in an old Virginia farmhouse uncovers the trials and sorrows of its former occupants.

    A bookstore clerk gets an extraordinary customer on Halloween night in “Late One Night at Berstrums Books.”
    In “The Tear,” a woman coping with her fatal illness unknowingly begins a track on a mystical journey that will entirely restructure her vision of the world.

    These stories follow the path of the dragonfly imbued with the momentum and energy of change, taking a winding and treacherous journey that ultimately leads to truth buried beneath perception.

    Third Edition

    Dragonflies at Kindle

    Autumn Book Sale – 35% Off

    October 16, 2023

    My publisher, Cornerstone Book Publishers, is having a storewide book sale. All books that are not previously discounted are on sale for 35% Off Monday through Sunday. (10/16 – 10/22) Take the opportunity to check out Cornerstone’s eclectic inventory from Esoteric to Masonic to Contemporary Fiction to Modern Fantasy. And this sale does include all of my titles, so drop by this week and stock up. 🙂

    Cornerstone Book Publishers

    Audio Sample from Travels into the Breach

    October 3, 2023

    Kicking off Halloween Month here at evelynklebert.com, I am posting an audio sample from a very spooky collection of paranormal stories involving the adventures of a psychic detective. Now available at Amazon and Audible.com. Click on the arrow below.

    Travels into the Breach: Accounts of a Reclusive Mystic. At first glance, his life seems quiet, serene, and even uneventful. Malachi McKellan, a 65-year-old widower and author of esoteric books, lives largely as a recluse in a house situated just off the banks of Bayou St. John in New Orleans. But unbeknownst to most, he is also a bit of a detective, a specific kind of detective whose specialty is psychic attacks. Alongside his lifelong companion and spirit guide Simon Tull, a 19th-century, 20-something English gent, Malachi battles the unseen, and is an unacknowledged hero to the most vulnerable. Most of the population have no idea what is really happening beneath the surface of the world in which they live.

    In this collection of adventures, Malachi McKellan and Simon Tull wage war against the most insidious elements of the paranormal. In The Three, Malachi and Simon come to the aid of a young woman being victimized by a group of dark witches. An old apartment building is the scene of an unimaginable battle against monstrous forces in The Lost Soul. Malachi and Simon find themselves strategizing against a psychic vampire in Obsession, and The Hotel turns back time to the 1980s where Malachi confronts a demonic spirit. In Between, a past life is revisited as Malachi attempts to rescue a beloved sister from committing her existence to vengeance, and The Wedding takes a personal turn when Malachi must confront painful truths while endeavoring to protect his niece from a potentially devastating union.

    Travel into the breach with a pair of paranormal warriors who choose to confront overwhelming forces on a battlefield unsuspected by most.

    Travels into the Breach at Audible