Celia's Heaven

Holed up in a little churchhouse during a terrible blizzard that shuts down Vinegar Valley, Preacher Ed Monroe and his disreputable daughter, Celia Monroe, find themselves at odds over conflicting belief systems. As they take precautions to survive the storm, the preacher secretly makes a plan that will irreparably undermine Celia's life. Meanwhile, Star, Celia's dead twin, intervenes from beyond the grave, helping Celia recall a destructive family secret. Through a set of circumstances that alter Celia's beliefs that she's as dark and tangled as lily roots, a certainty she's held tightly to since she was a young girl, Celia begins to see her own purity again. Celia's Heaven explores the difference between those who profess righteousness and those who live life from their true nature, spinning a paranormal tale of redemption and self-love.

From the Back Cover

Like a hypnotist, NancyCanyon lures us into a world more luminous than our everyday lives. She gentlyallows us to see beyond the veil that separates body from spirit, and we followher willingly wherever she will take us. ~Brenda Miller, authorof An Earlier Life, winner of the Washington State Book Award forMemoir Celia Monroe's twin sister rises glowing from thesurface of the lake...a supernatural tale of lust, incest, and the search fortruth.~James Bertolino, author of Ravenous Bliss andEvery Wound Has A Rhythm Nancy Canyon uses thesupernatural with aplomb in Celia's Heaven. The clashof social values makes the story even more compelling and significant. ~Susan J. Erickson,author of Lauren Bacall Shares a Limousine

About the Author

Nancy Canyon is the author of Dark Forest, an eBook of short-shortfiction and Saltwater, a book of poetry.Her manuscript, Celia's Heaven, isthe winner of Chanticleer 2013 Cygnus Award for Paranormal Fiction. Hermanuscript Struck: A Memoir, detailsher fire lookout experience in the 70s. Forthcoming from Two Sylvias Press: The Daily Artist: Day-By-Day Art Prompts for Your Practice.She creates at Morgan Block Studios located in Fairhaven, Bellingham, WA. Visither at nancycanyon.com

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