LEGACY OF THE WITCH

Kirsten Weiss

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GENRE: Paranormal Women’s Fiction Mystery

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Seeker: As societies grow increasingly fragmented, hopelessness, nihilism, and division are on
the rise. But there is another way—a way of mystery and magic, of wholeness and
transformation. Do you dare take the first step? Our path is not for the faint-hearted, but for
seekers of ancient truths…

All April wants is to start over after her husband’s sudden death. She’s conjuring a new path—
finally getting her degree and planning her new business in bucolic Pennsylvania Dutch country.
Joining an online mystery school seems like harmless fun.

But when a murdered man leaves her a cryptic message, she catches glimpses of another
reality she’s unwilling to acknowledge. A reality where bygone enchantments cast cryptic
shadows, and the present brims with unanswered questions.

As April works to unearth the mystery, every step brings her closer to a truth she’s been
evading. And to a conspiracy of hexes that may end in her demise.

Legacy of the Witch is a spellbinding, interactive tale of a woman’s midlife quest to understand
the complexities of her own heart. A paranormal women’s fiction murder mystery for anyone
who’s wondered if there might be more to their own life than meets the eye…

Book 1 in the new Mystery School Series featuring the UnTarot, a deck of cards for meaning
making. Start reading now!

UnTarot deck app included!

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10 Fun Facts About April

1) She can speak Pennsylvania Dutch, a language spoken by less than 100,000 people today.

2) She dreams of creating a home furnishing business with designs based on Penn Dutch folk art.

3) There is an adopted cat in her future.

4) She’s lived and traveled all over Europe and Central Asia.

5) She’s a HUGE Lord of the Rings fan.

6) She’s single (and that in and of itself should be a massive plot hint).

7) She’s a fiery redhead.

8) She’s a jam addict. Any kind of jam. And I mean any.

9) She’s going back to school to finish her degree.

10) She’s a witch and doesn’t know it! (Yet)

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And there was someone inside the yellow coat. A silver-haired man.

For a moment I thought it was a bad joke, he wasn’t real. Then, heart banging, I hopped over
the stone ledge.

Heedless of the brambles tugging at my clothes, of the muck squelching beneath my shoes, I
stumbled to the supine man. He lay staring with one broad hand pressed to his chest. Blood
stained his neck and pooled in the hollows around him.

“Oh my God,” I breathed, fumbling for the phone in my jacket pocket.

His head turned toward me, and I yelped.

I dropped to my knees beside him. “You’re alive. It’s okay. I’m calling for help now.” What had
happened to him? Had he tripped and fallen? But what had he been doing in the circle?

“Can you put pressure on the wound?” I asked. If he couldn’t, I’d need to. I’d need a cloth,
something to staunch the flow.

But first, help. Hands shaking, I called 9-1-1.

He lifted a hand and pointed toward the trees. “Look beneath,” he whispered. “The
brotherhood.”

“It’s okay,” I said. “I’m calling now.” I pressed the phone to my ear. “I’m calling…” My voice
faded.

His blue eyes grew as cold and impersonal as the Atlantic, and he stared without seeing at the
sky. A thick dullness fogged my chest. I was too late. He was dead.

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I believe in free-will, and that we all can make a difference. I believe that beauty blossoms in the conscious life, particularly with friends, family, and strangers. I believe that genre fiction has become generic, and it doesn’t have to be.

My current focus is my new Mystery School series, starting with Legacy of the Witch. Traditionally, women’s fiction refers to fiction where a woman—usually in her midlife—is going through some sort of dramatic change. A lot of us do go through big transitions in midlife. We get divorced or remarried. The kids leave the nest. Our bodies change. The midlife crisis is real—though it manifests in different ways—as we look back on where we’ve been, where we’re going, and the time we have left.

Now in my mid-fifties, I’ve spent more time thinking about the big “meaning of life” issues. It seemed like approaching those issues through witch fiction, and through a fictional mystery school, would be a fun and a useful way for me to work out some of these ideas in my own head—about change and letting go, faith and fear, and love and longing.

After growing up on a diet of Nancy Drew, Sherlock Holmes, and Agatha Christie, I’ve published over 60 mysteries—from cozies to supernatural suspense, as well as an experimental fiction book on Tarot. Spending over 20 years working overseas in international development, I learned that perception is not reality, and things are often not what they seem—for better or worse.

There isn’t a winter holiday or a type of chocolate I don’t love, and some of my best friends are fictional.

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