Monday, December 5, 2011

Beth Trissel's "Somewhere the Bells Ring"

Title: Somewhere the Bells Ring
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press

Cover blurb: Caught with pot in her dorm room, Bailey Randolph is exiled to a relative's ancestral home in Virginia to straighten herself out. Banishment to Maple Hill is dismal, until a ghost appears requesting her help. Bailey is frightened but intrigued. Then her girlhood crush, Eric Burke, arrives and suddenly Maple Hill isn't so bad.

To Eric, wounded in Vietnam, his military career shattered, this homecoming feels no less like exile. But when he finds Bailey at Maple Hill, her fairy-like beauty gives him reason to hope--until she tells him about the ghost haunting the house. Then he wonders if her one experiment with pot has made her crazy.

As Bailey and Eric draw closer, he agrees to help her find a long-forgotten Christmas gift the ghost wants. But will the magic of Christmas be enough to make Eric believe--in Bailey and the ghost--before the Christmas bells ring?

1) How did this story come to you?
In a vivid dream that took place in the beautiful old Virginia home place where my father grew up and I visited during the holidays about a young woman, a guest in the house at Christmas, and the mysterious gentleman she met. That dream nagged at me until I wrote the story. I’m also very nostalgic about the late 1960’s, thus the time period the story is set in, and an even earlier era 1918 and the end of WW1--that accounts for the flashbacks.

2) Tell us about the journey to getting this book published.
Writing it. My Faery Rose (light paranormal) editor loved the story, so the journey was all in the creation.

3) Tell me three things about yourself that would surprise your readers.
I’m a wee bit psychic. Stories and characters often come to me in dreams, also events I’d rather not know about sometimes. I pray a lot.

4) What are you working on now and what's next for you?
The next story in my ‘Somewhere’ series, the sequel to Scottish time travel romance Somewhere My Lass, while I wait to hear back from my historical editor about a manuscript I turned in, the third in my colonial frontier trilogy and the sequel to Through the Fire. I write for two different lines at the Wild Rose Press.

5) Parting comments?
If you enjoy an intriguing mystery with Gothic overtones and heart-tugging romance set in vintage America then Somewhere the Bells Ring is for you. And did I mention the ghost?

6) Where can fans find you on the internet?
My blog is the happening place and has links to everything else: http://bethtrissel.wordpress.com/

20 comments:

  1. Thanks Dawn for having me back on your lovely blog. BTW, that historical manuscript I mentioned awaiting word on from my historical editor was happily accepted and I just signed a contract for it--my 11th with The Wild Rose Press. :)

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  2. Hello Beth..So happy to meet another great Author!! I hope I get to read your books soon!! Winning "Somewhere the Bells Ring" would be awesome!! thank you and hope I win:)

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  3. Love the ghost story at Christmas time. I want to find out if Eric and Bailey work out together.

    Thanks for the write up on this book.

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  4. Thanks for the enthusiasm, guys. Much appreciated. I loved writing this story.

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  5. Hello , what an interesting book! Thanks for offering this as a gift to the lucky winner!
    Blessings,
    Judi
    mrst72443@yahoo.com

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  6. SOMEWHERE THE BELLS RING looks like a great read. The ghost certainly got my attention.

    marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com

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  7. This is going to be a great read! I'm anxious to find out if Eric and Bailey end up together! Will Eric believe in Bailey? I would love to win a copy of, "Somewhere The Bells Ring".

    Blessings!
    judyjohn2004[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  8. Sounds like a great book! Thanks for the chance.

    nancyecdavis AT bellsouth DOT net

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  9. Love the premise, Beth, and still laughing at your comment ~ I pray a lot. So would I!! LOL

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  10. Beth...What a sweet photo of you with your adorable dog & kitten! Thank you for the chance to win your Christmastime book.
    ~Dawn
    daisyflower.adams@gmail.com

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  11. sounds like a great novel...thanks for the chance to read it

    karenk
    kmkuka at yahoo dot com

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  12. Thanks Dawn and Karen. I love my little friends in that pic taken by my talented art major daughter.

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  13. BTW, Somewhere the Bells Ring is not a full novel, it's a novelette.

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  14. Great Interview ladies and I would love winning the book. Thanks bunches!
    Blessings.....Joy
    ibjoy1953{at]yahoo[dot]com

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  15. "Happy Holidays!" Your book sounds delightful...
    Many thanks for this giveaway!
    Cindi
    jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  16. Sounds like a interesting book. Thanks for the opportunity and the giveaway.

    Blessings,
    Jo
    ladijo40(at)aol(dot)com

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  17. Thanks all for your enthusiastic comments. The winners of Somewhere the Bells Ring are Joy, Judy and Cindi.

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