Voodoo Vision: New Orleans House of Spirits

by Emily Hill

1853 New Orleans ~ "Flying toward the Crescent City at that moment was the kind of storm that causes shutters to clatter, and the shadows of gnarled oaks to bob and weave across expansive lawns. By midnight bolts of lightning would be dancing along darkened lanes, like skeletons frolicking at the undertaker's ball."Phantoms fly through the haunted hallways of White Raven Estate, where nearly all of the members of the wealthy Calais family have died following the Yellow Fever epidemic that swept New Orleans in 1853. The frenzied drumbeats of Voodoo ceremonies sound a staccato over the city as slaves are bought and sold on the St. Ann Hotel slave block.Father Vivenzio, an opportunistic New Orleans priest, with very close ties to New Orleans' Voodoo Community scurries back and forth from his parish to White Raven Estate where supernatural forces thwart his attempts at skimming the riches of the estate from the two surviving members of the Calais dynasty -- ingenue Victoria Calais and her French-Canadian grandmother.Frustrated by his inability to gain control over his supernatural nemesis, and hounded by crows, and wild dogs that roam the cemetery across the street from the Calais' Garden District estate, the priest calls on Widow Paris - New Orleans' Mambo Queen.Destiny meets Death in a carriage-race finish as Faith, Voodoo, and Supernatural Forces collide during Mardi Gras 1853.Actual Voodoo Spells revealed!Action and Mystery on every page!A Beautiful Mambo Queen!A Death-defying Carriage Race!Revenge - served New Orleans Hot!

214 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2013

About the author

2012 NaNoWriMo badge winner for "Ghosts of White Raven Estate" featuring 1853 New Orleans during the height of the hoodoo era and reign of Madame Laveau.

2020 NaNoWriMo badge winner for my COVID Quarantine project, "The Man Who Loved Too Much" a true love story (of sorts) featuring all the vagaries of narcissistic love.

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Me:

A 25-year career in news media relations preceded my achievements as an author; which was highlighted by an Amazon 2011-12 (10-month) best seller for "The Ghost Chaser's Daughter".

I'm a fiction writer drawn to the dark side of life, whether it be skitterings behind the veil, or the stir of smoldering passions gone awry.

My literary influences include Gillian Flynn, Patricia Highsmith, and Margaret Atwood.

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Reviews

[Marti · Rating 5 out of 5]

I know this author personally, and also traveled with her for my first trip to New Orleans, where she was raised. The book is well written and so much more meaningful now that I know where the estate would have been located, as well as the street names, the Garden District, and more. There's nothing like being familiar with the settings and locales of a good story!