Sanctuary of Echoes – Audiobook

Just in time for the holidays, Sanctuary of Echoes has been released as an audiobook!! This has been a long journey bringing this special and somewhat personal project to fruition, a lot of ups and downs, but for many reasons, it feels like a timely story to me. It’s now available on Audible. I hope you check it out.

Ghosts unacknowledged do not sleep.

Corey Knight has resigned herself to a quiet, reclusive life spent living out the rest of her days in her childhood home on the fringes of New Orleans’ French Quarter. But the unexpected specter of her deceased father plunges her into a mad quest for a missing supernatural weapon unearthed long ago. And unfortunately, her only ally is a lost love she once betrayed.

Iain Shaw returns to New Orleans, a city he abandoned a decade before while fleeing a devastating past. Here, he is forced to confront it again in the visage of the woman he once adored – one that he is now determined to get back at any cost.

Follow them both in a wild paranormal tale of discovery and redemption as they confront and unearth the echoes of a buried and unyielding truth that once tore them irreparably apart.

The Best Books about Ordinary People Whose Lives are Upended by the Paranormal

Around the beginning of October, I got this great offer to feature a book of mine on the Shepherd Books website as well as review five of my favorite books based on a theme related to this book. If you haven’t checked it out, Shepherd is an indie book platform built for readers by readers. Here’s a quote from its creator.

“One day I walked into my local indie bookstore and saw little notes from the staff about which books are their favorites and why. I loved that idea because it exposed the passion behind the picks. Shepherd reveals that same passion by asking authors, experts, and interesting people for their favorite books around topics, themes, and moods.”

This website is an innovative alternative to traditional book recommendations. I really recommend you take a look.

The theme I explored in my book reviews was “The best books about ordinary people whose lives are upended by the paranormal,” which revolves around the theme in The Witches’ Own. I am leaving the link below to my page there. Drop by Shepherd. It’s worth the trip. 🙂

New Orleans Paranormal Mystery Collection Box Set – Now Available

The eBook collection of the New Orleans Paranormal Mystery Series – Volumes 1-3 has just been released at Amazon and soon will be available on most online retail eBook platforms. This collection is presently on sale for $4.99, so scoop it up for a cozy spooky Christmas season in the grand old city of New Orleans. This compilation includes Gravier’s Bookshop, The Hotel Mandolin, and The House at Pritchard Place.

New Orleans is a compelling, intriguing city filled with mystery — seen and unseen. Join the psychic Breslin family as they explore and battle elements of the supernatural within this mystical city in the boxed set of the first three novels of the New Orleans Paranormal Mystery series.


Gravier’s Bookshop: Caroline Breslin is determined to strike out on her own, and all is going well, except that she is under a devastating supernatural attack. The last thing Caroline wants is to run back to her family for help. What she really needs is a knight in shining armor or maybe just that guy that keeps haunting her dreams.
Max Gravier had no intention of becoming a recluse, but after his wife’s death, it seems his life is heading in that direction. That is until he answers a call, a cry for help that draws him into a fierce battle for a young woman’s soul.


The Hotel Mandolin: It’s opulent, classic, and one of the most renowned hotels nestled deep in New Orleans’ famous business district, but something is amiss at The Hotel Mandolin. PI Peter Norfleet is calling out the big guns to help him investigate a recent suicide at the famous establishment — his good friend Max Gravier, a formidable psychic, and his girlfriend, Caroline Breslin, a talented empath. But none of them can seem to scratch the surface of this puzzle, no one except Cassie Breslin, Caroline’s clairvoyant mother, who has somehow tapped into an unexpected connection with a tragic ghost from the turn of the century. And the more she uncovers, the more dangerous and malevolent the mystery becomes.


The House at Pritchard Place: Nothing is really wrong with the old Warrick House on Dante St., except that there most certainly is. Nothing is exactly wrong with its new mysterious owner except that Elise is sure something doesn’t add up. It isn’t obvious, but sometimes the most dangerous things aren’t. With the help of her very psychic sister and her children, the Breslin clan, Elise Ashford is about to embark on a wild rescue mission straight into another dimension that will land her squarely somewhere she doesn’t expect, right back into her past. She’ll land full circle in a childhood home whose memory still haunts her to this day — The House at Pritchard Place.

Finishing Out the Year

Well, now that we’re on the downside of this year I thought I’d write a blog to catch up on what I’m working on. It’s been an eventful year, a whole lot of ups and downs for so many people. And my circle has been no exception.


Primarily, I’m finishing up the audiobook of Sanctuary of Echoes. Unquestionably, this has been the longest audiobook I’ve ever recorded. But I have to say I’m pleased with the way it’s turning out. This book has always been one I’m very connected to. In some ways, it exudes the things I love most about New Orleans, particularly its atmosphere, its architecture, just the unique way of life that exists there and for me is unlike any other place.


If all goes well, I’ll send the files to Audible in a week or two and then hopefully it will be released before the end of the year or just at the beginning of next.


In addition, I’m saying goodbye to Kindle Vella, or rather it’s winding down. For those of you who are not aware Amazon decided to pull the plug on their experiment, and all Kindle Vella books, serial stories, will be pulled off the platform at the beginning of February. Where that leaves me is with several completed books needing editing, then publishing, and several uncompleted ones. So, my work is cut out for me. I just submitted my last episode to Vella this month. It was from the collection of short stories entitled “Mystical Diversions” and the completion of a tale called “Kylie” about a woman on the threshold of crossing over, and the adventures she has in transition, definitely bittersweet.


So, that wraps up things for me just now. And by the way, if you haven’t checked it out yet my publishers, Cornerstone Book Publishers is having a 40% OFF book sale until Nov. 28. Drop by and check out their wide collection. I enjoy foraging around the Spiritual/ New Age section, great inspiration for writing.

Take Care,
Sending everyone peace and best wishes during the holidays,
Evelyn

Cornerstone’s 40% Off Thanksgiving Book Sale – Nov. 13 – 28th

My publisher, Cornerstone Book Publishers, is having a 40% Off Book Sale on all their regularly priced books from November 13 through November 28th. And all orders over $25 are free shipping.

Drop by and check out Cornerstone’s wide inventory. All of my books will be on sale as well as a wide selection of New Age/Spiritual books, Masonic books, Rosicrucian books, History books, as well as so many others. Don’t miss out!

End of Kindle Vella

Just a few days ago, I got an email from Amazon announcing that they were ending their Kindle Vella program. For those of you who don’t know about it, Kindle Vella was a platform for serial or episodic stories in which readers would pay to open new episodes.

I have spent a good amount of time publishing a number of stories on Kindle Vella, some of which I’ve completed and republished as books, including The Lady in the Blue Dress and Dumaine Street.

For me, my time at Kindle Vella was extremely helpful on a variety of levels. Writing on a tight schedule and juggling different stories at the same time stretched my abilities in a way that wasn’t always comfortable but extremely beneficial. Also, learning to master the pacing of episodic writing in terms of story structure I found sometimes challenging but also exciting.

All in all, I don’t believe my time there was wasted by any means. Some Kindle Vella writers have expressed a desire to migrate to other episodic story platforms and while at present I have no such plans, we’ll see what the future brings. I will keep you posted. At present I have three Kindle Vella stories that are incomplete on the platform. One is a collection of short stories, Mystical Diversions: Supernatural Tales of the Ouachita Mountains. I will be completing one short story in the collection before all the Kindle Vellas are pulled in February. The other two are The Vine: A Portent of Crows and An Unintended Witch. These two I will complete as novels on my own time.

I want to thank those who have supported my dive into the world of episodic storytelling with Kindle Vella, and I will keep you posted as to what the future brings.

Ghosts, Witches, and Werewolves – On Sale

Just in time for the Halloween season, I have revamped and revised a new version of the Ghosts, Witches, and Werewolves boxed set. This set includes the revised versions of the novels, A Ghost of a Chance, The Witches’ Own, and The Broken Vow. And currently, it is on sale for $4.99. So, if you are in the mood for something spooky and a bit different, check out this box set which will soon be available at most online eBook retail platforms.

A Ghost of A Chance

You never know what’s coming next.

Jack Brennan, an ambitious high-powered attorney, dies. But that’s not the end, rather only the beginning. He finds himself constrained to an inexplicable afterlife as an earth-bound spirit trapped in an old Virginia farmhouse. His only companion is a very much living, reclusive writer of campy vampire novels. The maddening problem is that Hallie does not know he is there, nor that he is somewhat reluctantly falling in love with her.

Hallie Barkly is recovering from a painful and disillusioning divorce. Out of the ashes of her former life, she has managed to somehow forge a career and exorcise her demons by writing under the pseudonym of Sebastian Winters. Slowly, she is awakening to the fact that she is not alone.

Their lives intersect, and two unconventional lovers are brought together under insurmountable circumstances. Together they must battle an unseen force hell-bent on possessing Hallie’s life and bridge death itself to make possible what cannot be — to find a chance.


The Witches’ Own

On the surface things seem quiet and serene in the picturesque coastal village of Kilmarnock, Virginia. But something unseen roams its lush forests as the past and present collide and the unthinkable begins to wreak its vengeance. Young Lucy Bonner is executed for witchcraft in the town’s distant and brutal past. Her death triggers an unholy chain of events which grasp at the restless heart of novelist Peter McQuade, spurring him towards a quest to uncover the dark and terrifying truth.


The Broken Vow: Vol. I The Clandestine Exploits of a Werewolf

In the heart of every man there is a history. In the heart of every monster there is a story. In this first installment of “The Clandestine Exploits of a Werewolf,” Ethan Garraint is on a vendetta that begins in the heart of the Pyrenees with the fall of Montségur and leads him to the streets of New Orleans nearly five hundred years later. But the person he chases isn’t really a man anymore and Ethan has been a werewolf for almost a millennium. With the aid of a gifted seer, he is on a blood hunt that will culminate in a journey that crosses the line between heaven and earth and ends somewhere in between.

Around the Corner

This Fall has been shaping up to be a busy and eventful time. So, I just wanted to take a minute to share what’s in the works. Foremost, I’ve been spending a good chunk of my time working on the audiobook for Sanctuary of Echoes. Recently, I released a new revised edition of this book as well as including it in an eBook collection with two other novels, A Quiet Moment and Treading on Borrowed Time, entitled The Mystic’s Collection. The Mystic’s Collection is currently on sale for $4.99 on most eBook retail platforms. I have to say that I am very excited that I will soon be able to share this very special book as an audiobook as well.

In addition, I still currently have three ongoing Kindle Vella stories in progress that I am releasing new episodes of this month at Kindle Vella. They include “The Vine,” a sequel to The Tethering, “An Unintended Witch,” and “Mystical Diversions: Supernatural Tales of the Ouachita Mountains.”

Also, don’t forget to drop by EvelynKlebert.com during October for Halloween Month where I will be posting some spooky tales to celebrate the season.

So that’s my news. Everyone take care and peace to all.

Love is complicated, but even more so, if you are a seer, a psychic sensitive to the unseen world. The Mystic’s Collection is a box set of three haunting and unforgettable novels masterfully woven by paranormal author Evelyn Klebert, including:

A Quiet Moment: Jacob Wyss is caught in a rut, in fact on the verge of being engulfed by it. After an excruciating and disillusioning divorce, his life as an artist at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains has become quiet, routine, and maddening in its predictability. On a wintry day, his deep restlessness drives him out in precarious conditions to a largely empty bookstore nearly devoid of another living soul, nearly.

Aimee Marston isn’t like everyone else. On the surface, she lives a sedate life working as a writer for a small local newspaper. But just beneath, her existence is largely not her own. She is a sensitive, empathic psychic, guided by her calling to use her gifts
to help others.

A psychic call for help sends Aimee out on a freezing January morning, where her destiny and Jacob’s collide. Two lonely souls connect, not by accident but by design. Theirs is the intersection of spiritual paths, two lovers who must struggle to overcome the phantoms of a past life as well as the challenges of their inner demons to carve out a future together.

Sanctuary of Echoes: Corey Knight has resigned herself to a quiet, reclusive life spent living out the rest of her days on the fringes of New Orleans’ French Quarter. But the unexpected specter of her deceased father plunges her into a mad quest for a missing supernatural weapon unearthed long ago. And unfortunately, her only ally is a lost love she once betrayed.

Iain Shaw returns to New Orleans, a city he abandoned a decade before while fleeing a devastating past. Here, he is forced to confront it again in the visage of the woman he once adored – one he is now determined to get back at any cost.

Treading on Borrowed Time: For Julia Moreau, life seems complicated. Emerging from a failed marriage, she lives alone in her childhood home, where she communicates with the spirit of her Great Aunt Lilia. But Julia doesn’t have a clue what complicated is until she is thrust into being the key chess piece in a match between two powerful men of extraordinary abilities on the wild hunt for a mystical creature hidden in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter. Will Julia lose her soul to the karma of a devastating past life or her heart to the love of a man driven by dark forces?

The Mystic’s Collection – Coming Soon!

A number of years ago, I published a compilation of three of what I call my anchor paranormal romance novels. Anchor novels? What exactly does that mean?

Well, for me, I’ve always toyed with the theme in all sorts of varying ways of how being unique might complicate someone’s life. For my heroines, in these three books, it is the uniqueness of having psychic abilities that undeniably sets these women apart. And also, of course, having to navigate the often treacherous terrain of falling in love adds to this dilemma. Throw in a lot of paranormal activity, a subject that fascinates me to no end, and that becomes the genesis of my anchor books.

These books are like old friends to me and were definitely a jumping off point for exploring these ideas which in many respects I have done in later writing. So, I have decided to resurrect this compilation, The Mystic’s Collection. I will be releasing soon in eBook format with the revised editions of these books. I do hope you check it out.


Jacob Wyss is caught in a rut, in fact on the verge of being engulfed by it. After an excruciating and disillusioning divorce, his life as an artist in a sleepy college town at the foot of the Appalachian mountains has become quiet, routine, and maddening in its predictability. One wintry day, his deep restlessness drives him out in precarious conditions to a largely empty bookstore nearly devoid of another living soul, nearly.

Aimee Marston isn’t like everyone else. On the surface, she lives a sedate life working as a feature writer for a small local newspaper in addition to several other editorial jobs to help make ends meet. But just beneath, her existence is largely not her own. She is a sensitive, an empathic psychic, guided by her calling to use her gifts to help others. Unfortunately, as a result, her secretiveness has made her defensive and protective of herself, preventing her from having much of a life of her own.

A psychic call for help sends Aimee out on a freezing January morning, where her destiny and Jacob’s collide, sending both their lives spiraling onto an unexpected and often disturbing track. Two lonely souls connect, not by accident but by design. Theirs is the intersection of two spiritual paths, two lovers who must struggle to overcome the phantoms of a past life as well as the challenges of their inner demons to carve out an extraordinary future together.


Ghosts unacknowledged do not sleep.

Corey Knight has resigned herself to a quiet, reclusive life. She plans to live out the rest of her days in her childhood home on the fringes of New Orleans’ French Quarter. But then, the unexpected specter of her deceased father plunges her into a mad quest for a missing supernatural weapon. It is the very same weapon unearthed by her and a small group of psychically gifted friends long ago. And unfortunately, her only ally is a lost love whom she betrayed.

Iain Shaw returns to New Orleans after years of intensive esoteric studies and training overseas. Coming back to the city haunts him, a city he abandoned a decade before while fleeing a devastating past. Here again, he is forced to confront his demons in the visage of the woman he once adored—one that, even to his surprise, he is now determined to get back at any cost.

Follow Iain Shaw and Corey Knight in a searing tale of discovery and redemption that begins with a mystical journal and culminates deep in the heart of one of New Orleans’ most historic cities of the dead. To prevail, they must journey through a profound and intricate past as they confront the echoes of a buried truth — a truth that once tore them irreparably apart.


A New Orleans time travel romance.

For Julia Moreau, life seems complicated. Emerging from a failed marriage and managing a lifetime of diabetes, she lives alone in her childhood home, where she communicates with the spirit of her Great Aunt Lilia. But Julia doesn’t have a clue what complicated is until she is thrust into being the key chess piece in a match between two powerful men of extraordinary abilities on the wild hunt for a mystical creature hidden in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter. Will Julia lose her soul to the karma of a devastating past life or her heart to the love of a man driven by dark forces? What is clear is that whichever way she turns, she is Treading on Borrowed Time.


New Orleans Paranormal Mystery Videos

Recently, I have released new videos on TikTok promoting the books in the New Orleans Paranormal Mystery Series. So I thought I would share them. Hope you enjoy 🙂

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Discover the world of the supernatural with the New Orleans Paranormal Mystery Series. Book 1, Gravier’s Bookshop, is available at Amazon, Cornerstone Book Publishers, and most other online retail booksellers. (link in bio) #paranormal #psychicromance #paranormalmystery #booktok #urbanfantasy #contemporaryfantasy #paranormalromance #neworleans #telepathy #empath #psychic #booklover Caroline Breslin always knew that she would have to live her life differently. Being an extremely sensitive and gifted empath in a family full of psychics has led her to a somewhat cautious existence. But she is determined to strike out on her own, moving out of the protection of her Prytania Street home. And all is going well, except, of course, if you don’t count the neighbor upstairs in her apartment building, who may or may not be a dark witch, and the increasing flow of malevolent energy that seems to be directed just her way. All of that and trying to make ends meet seems a bit much for this rather inexperienced New Orleans girl. The last thing Caroline wants to do is run back to her family for help, even though she is painfully in over her head. What she really needs is a knight in shining armor or maybe just that guy that keeps haunting her dreams. Max Gravier had no intention of becoming a recluse, but after his wife’s death, it seems his life is heading in that direction. He spends his time running Gravier’s Bookshop on Magazine Street and occasionally, on the quiet, helps the police solve a crime with his psychic sensitivities. That is until he answers Caroline Breslin’s call, a cry for help out of his dreams that draws him rather unexpectedly into a fierce battle for a young woman’s soul. Join them and the whole Breslin family psychic clan in this first installment of The New Orleans Paranormal Mystery Series, where you’ll travel into a new world just a few steps into the turbulent realm of the unseen.

♬ Mad World – Corvyx
Gravier’s Bookshop

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At the close of the summer, spend a little time relaxing in New Orleans’ luxurious Hotel Mandolin, if you dare. Book 2 of The New Orleans Paranormal Mystery Series, The Hotel Mandolin, is available at Amazon, Cornerstone Book Publishers, and most online retail booksellers. (link in bio). #paranormal #ghoststory #booktok #haunting #NewOrleans #supernatural #psychic #ghost #booklover Peril is wrapped up in the most enticing of disguises in The Hotel Mandolin, the second installment of The New Orleans Paranormal Mystery series. It’s opulent, classic, and one of the most renowned hotels nestled deep in New Orleans’ famous business district, but something is amiss at The Hotel Mandolin. PI Peter Norfleet is calling out the big guns to help him investigate a recent suicide at the famous establishment — his good friend Max Gravier, a formidable psychic, and his girlfriend, Caroline Breslin, a talented empath. But none of them can seem to scratch the surface of this puzzle, no one except Cassie Breslin, Caroline’s clairvoyant mother, who has somehow tapped into an unexpected connection with a tragic ghost from the turn of the century. And the more she uncovers, the more dangerous and malevolent the mystery becomes.

♬ Lullaby of Woe – Ashley Serena
The Hotel Mandolin

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Sometimes the present and the past collide in unfathomable ways. Discover the secrets of The House at Pritchard Place, the third book of The New Orleans Paranormal Mystery Series. Available at Amazon, Cornerstone Book Publishers, and most other online retail booksellers. (link in bio) #booktok #paranormal #supernatural #psychic #psychicdetective #ghost #paralleldimension #astraltraveling #booklover #evelynklebert Nothing is really wrong with the old Warrick House on Dante St., except that there most certainly is. Nothing is exactly wrong with its new mysterious owner except that Elise is sure something doesn’t add up. It isn’t obvious, but sometimes the most dangerous things aren’t. In the third installment of The New Orleans Paranormal Mystery series, with the help of her very psychic sister and her children, the Breslin clan, Elise Ashford is about to embark on a wild rescue mission straight into another dimension that will land her squarely somewhere she doesn’t expect, right back into her past. She’ll land full circle; in a childhood home whose memory still haunts her to this day — The House at Pritchard Place. 

♬ And so It Begins – Klergy
The House at Pritchard Place