Bound Spirits

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Gilmore Girls meets Ghosts...

The Wilson sisters' father is getting remarried. Both sisters are ambivalent about the news, each for their own reasons. For Chris, it means making nice with an annoying new stepmother who's too close to her own age for comfort, playing the dutiful daughter and stepping into the unwanted role of maid of honor. For the ghostly older sister Ron, it's a painful reminder of her own culpability in their mother's death and the rift it formed between her and her father — a rift that never got a chance to heal before her own untimely demise.

When a mysterious woman in white appears and begins wreaking havoc, threatening to put a stop to the wedding plans, Chris is almost relieved. But when her dad's bride-to-be, Marsha, pins their mother's spirit as the culprit, both sisters are determined to get to the bottom of this haunting and clear their mother's name. It soon becomes clear that the entity they're dealing with is far too sinister to be their mom, and also far too deadly — and for some reason, it seems to be fixated on Marsha.

As the sisters and their respective partners work together to solve this mystery, they uncover old secrets, as well as a whole other side of their future stepmom. Murder, tragic loss and mental illness are all brought to light, but so are forgiveness and redemption as they discover that a soul may become bound by tragedy, but there is no bond stronger than love.

The Spirits Series

About the author

Jean Marie Bauhaus

Jean Marie Bauhaus is both a traditionally-published and indie author of seven novels and counting, as well as a number of novellas and short stories. She also writes freelance articles about dogs and cats for a living.
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Born and raised in Oklahoma, she currently makes her home in the middle of the woods deep in the Ozark mountains with her husband of 18 years, a velociraptor in the guise of a German shepherd named Dixie, a green-eyed floof named Olive, two box turtles and a flock of ducks and chickens. When she’s not writing about ghosts, zombies, vampires and other things that go bump in the night, she can usually be found hiking the side of the mountain or trading her keyboard for knitting needles and curling up with a mug of tea and a horror podcast.
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Or at the microwave, re-heating her tea because she forgot to drink it before it got cold. #writerproblems
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Jean has a Bachelor of Science in Social Science, Psych/Soc emphasis, which means she’s smart enough to finish college but not smart enough to choose a major that’s actually useful. But it comes in handy for building psychological character profiles and developing post-apocalyptic societies.
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Easily spooked by ghost stories as a child, teen Jean faced her fears by forcing herself to watch horror movies and read Stephen King until she fell in love with the genre. As a grown-up (more or less, depending on who you ask), her tastes expanded to include a broader range of speculative fiction and romance, but she keeps coming back to the supernatural and paranormal. She has a strong affection for all things zombie-related, which is a good thing considering she wrote an entire trilogy in that genre.

Read free short stories, serialized fiction and Jean's musings on the supernatural along with news and updates at her Substack, Through a Glass, Darkly.​​​​​​​ Read it online at http://jeanmariebauhaus.substack.com, and subscribe to have it delivered straight to your inbox!