Jessamine: (The Jessamine Series - Book One)

'An absolute gem of a read, perfect for curling up with beside the fire.''A compelling tale of secrets and learning to let go.''Prepare to put your life on hold once you start this book - unputdownable!''Brooding, haunting and magnificent.''It is a poignant, haunting novel with a wonderful location.''A fabulous atmospheric story with some chilling moments!'"The dead of night, Jess, I wish they'd leave me alone."Jessamin Wade's husband is dead - a death she feels wholly responsible for. As a way of coping with her grief, she keeps him 'alive' in her imagination - talking to him every day, laughing with him, remembering the good times they had together. She thinks she will 'hear' him better if she goes somewhere quieter, away from the hustle and bustle of her hometown, Brighton. Her destination is Glenelk in the Highlands of Scotland, a region her grandfather hailed from and the subject of a much-loved painting from childhood.Arriving in the village late at night, it is a bleak and forbidding place. However, the house she is renting - Skye Croft - is warm and welcoming. Quickly she meets the locals. Her landlord, Fionnlagh Maccaillin, is an ex-army man with obvious and not so obvious injuries. Maggie, who runs the village shop, is also an enigma, startling her with her strange 'insights'. But it is Stan she instantly connects with. Maccaillin's grandfather and a frail, old man, he is grief-stricken from the recent loss of his beloved Beth.All four are caught in the past. All four are unable to let go. Their lives entwining in mysterious ways, will they always belong to the ghosts that haunt them?From the author of the bestselling Psychic Surveys series comes a deep and brooding standalone novel set in the Highlands of Scotland. With just a hint of the supernatural, it's perfect for fans of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander. ~~~Download today or READ FOR FREE in KU:Psychic Surveys Series:Psychic Surveys Book One: The Haunting of Highdown HallPsychic Surveys Book Two: Rise to MePsychic Surveys Book Three: 44 Gilmore StreetPsychic Surveys Book Four: Old Cross CottagePsychic Surveys Book Five: DescensionPsychic Surveys Book Six: LegionPsychic Surveys Book Seven: Promises to KeepPsychic Surveys Book Eight: The Weight of the Soul Psychic Surveys Book Nine: The Devil's Liar Psychic Surveys Book Ten: Field of FlowersPsychic Surveys Companion Novels:Eve: A Psychic Surveys PrequelBlakemort (Corinna's story)Thirteen (Ness's story)Rosamund (Rosamund Davis - Ruby's great-grandmother's story) Jed (the story of one of Psychic Survey's most loved and mysterious characters).This Haunted World Series:This Haunted World Book One: The VenetianThis Haunted World Book Two: The Eleventh FloorThis Haunted World Book Three: HighgateThis Haunted World Book Four: Rohaise This Haunted World Book Five: ResistanceReach for the Dead Series:Reach for the Dead Book One: MandyReach for the Dead Book Two: Cades Home FarmReach for the Dead Book Three:  Walker Reach for the Dead Book Four: The Spook RoadJessamine Series:JessamineComraich Summer of Grace - A standalone psychological thriller Christmas Ghost StoriesCarfax HouseThe Damned SeasonWildacreAliceBeulah

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"The dead of night, Jess, I wish they'd leave me alone."Jessamin Wade's husband is dead - a death she feels wholly responsible for. As a way of coping with her grief, she keeps him 'alive' in her imagination - talking to him everyday, laughing with him, remembering the good times they had together. She thinks she will 'hear' him better if she goes somewhere quieter, away from the hustle and bustle of her hometown, Brighton. Her destination is Glenelk in the Highlands of Scotland, a region her grandfather hailed from and the subject of a much-loved painting from her childhood.Arriving in the village late at night, it is a bleak and forbidding place. However, the house she is renting - Skye Croft - is warm and welcoming. Quickly she meets the locals. Her landlord, Fionnlagh Maccaillin, is an ex-army man with obvious and not so obvious injuries. Maggie, who runs the village shop, is also an enigma, startling her with her strange 'insights'. But it is Stan she instantly connects with. Maccaillin's grandfather and a frail, old man, he is grief-stricken from the recent loss of his beloved Beth.All four are caught in the past. All four are unable to let go. Their lives entwining in mysterious ways, can they help each other to move on or will they always belong to the ghosts that haunt them?

About the Author

Born and bred in Brighton, Shani Struthers is the author of twenty supernatural thrillers (so far), some set in various locations in England, others in more far-flung destinations such as Venice and America. Having been brought up with an understanding of the Occult and alternative views on religion, she threads this knowledge throughout her books, often drawing on real-life experiences of her own, from people she has known and from well-known Occult figures too. Please Note: she DOESN'T write horror as such, her books tend to revolve more around PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR, which in her opinion, is far more terrifying. You won't find gore, vampires, werewolves, zombies or any such like in her fiction. Her Psychic Surveys series has proved very popular indeed, becoming global Amazon genre bestsellers. Her new series - This Haunted World - is a set of standalone books set in and around the world's most haunted places and again, weave fact with fiction. They too have topped the Amazon genre charts in both the UK and the US, along with the more romantic Jessamine and Comraich.

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