The Black Butterfly by Shirley Reva Vernick

I thought of Arson for Hire, a gruesome novel that described how a body burns in a fire. Could it be true, what he was saying? Did I really just put my hand through the spirit of a person who died a hundred years ago? It made no sense, and yet… There was a fire, and I didn’t get out in time.”īut he looked so damned real, so alive, so here and now. I ended up taking my supper right here, at the place that used to stand here. One summer night, we moored at Islemorow on our way to Nova Scotia. “We trolled up and down the Eastern seaboard catching herring. “I was part of a fishing crew,” he said, sitting next to me. “So then, you really are a…” I couldn’t say the word. I sat up slowly, trying to comprehend what he was telling me. “Who, what are you? Why are you even here?” I just sat there in a puddle of useless adrenaline. My fight-or-flight instinct couldn’t make up its mind. I dropped onto the loveseat and put my head between my knees.

In this excerpt, Penny has accidentally discovered that her new friend Blue is a ghost. It’s a race for her life, her first love, and her sanity. Then maybe this could still be a vacation. If only George were the tiniest bit open to believing. If only Ghost Girl didn’t want Penny dead. Until, that is, she discovers two very real apparitions which only she can see…and meets George, the strangely alluring son of the inn’s owner…and crashes into some staggering family secrets. Penny most definitely does not believe in spirits. This “vacation” is the brainchild of Penny’s flaky mother, who’s on the other side of the country hunting ghosts. Penny is furious, and who can blame her? She has to spend Christmas break alone at the Black Butterfly, an old inn at the coldest, bleakest edge of the country-the coast of Maine. I am excited to welcome author Shirley Reva Vernick, who is sharing a look into her novel, The Black Butterfly.

The Black Butterfly by Shirley Reva Vernick