Wednesday 23 October 2013

#Halloween Haunted Open House Giveaway Blog Hop #ReadMe

Happy Halloween my spooky supporters, or for my pagan friends, merry times for All Hallows' Eve! I have always loved this time of the year, when the weather is crisp and fresh, we start to snuggle up in our big jumpers and winter boots, and our tastes turn toward hot chocolate and toffee apples. Here in the UK we have never really been encouraged to celebrate Halloween, although the pubs and nightclubs usually host fabulous fancy dress parties. One popular pastime of recent years is ghost hunting. For those of you unfamiliar with this hobby, it is basically a group of people who spend the night in a reputedly haunted building, and they participate in séances in order to communicate with any ghosts or spirits that might want to speak with them.




I am a ghost hunter. In fact, I have had the pleasure and excitement of participating in ghost hunts on All Hallow’s Eve. The traditional belief here is that the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead is at its thinnest on this night. Therefore we can more easily communicate with our departed loved ones. Now, I know there are sceptics out there. But I also know what I have experienced so far in my lifetime, and what I continue to experience in daily life. I know that ghosts and spirits exist. I have seen them, I have spoken to them, and I have even chased them! If you are interested to read my Ghost Hunter Diaries, take a look at my personal blog, SpookyMrsGreen


 My last Halloween ghost hunt was actually at Carnfield Hall in Alfreton, Derbyshire, UK on 29th October 2011. I attended with my younger sister and fellow ghost hunter, and in the spirit of the season, all guests were invited to dress up. We chose our favourite ‘goddess gowns’ and teamed them with fairy wings and wands for the occasion. At the time we were enjoying a spiritual connection with our faery kin, and while we still feel it now, we do find ourselves distracted by other pursuits. The ghost hunt was great fun, and you can read a full account over on my SpookyMrsGreen blog.



Back to the Haunted Open House giveaway blog hop. I am here today sharing news of my recently published Victorian vampire romance novel The Darkness of Love. Here are the details:



Lord Gregory Stockton is a powerful and respected businessman embracing the modern era of the Victorian industrial revolution. He has a grand and beautiful manor house complete with a repertoire of servants, and his young wife is charming, attractive, and the perfect lady to his gentleman. The only thing they lack is an heir to the family estate. Lord Gregory knows he can never produce a child, for he is a vampire, although his wife and servants know nothing of his secrets. There are other ways to provide heirs for his estate, however, and Lord Gregory has noticed the romantic attraction between his wife and the young stable hand Marcus Scott. He hatches a plan to bring the would-be lovers together, and then cruelly tear them apart as he continues to build his empire and secure his power base in the south of England. The humans are pawns in the vampire’s game of lust, love and control.

You can find the novel for sale in all the usual places online, and links are on the dedicated page accessed at the top of this blog. If you would like to win a free eBook copy of The Darkness of Love, enter my competition. My question is this: What was your most exciting Halloween experience to date, and why? I will choose a winner during the first week of November and will contact you via email. Please leave your contact email address at the bottom of your comment.

Now why not check out my fellow Haunted Open House participants and see how many fabulous free gifts you can acquire? Happy Halloween! 



10 comments:

  1. I remember the year first got to go trick or treating, we lived out in the country, so going into town was a big deal for us.
    Love the pic of the little ghosts!
    skpetal at hotmail dot com

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  2. My greatest Halloween was probably from 2 years ago. My boyfriend and I dressed up as Clark Kent and Lois Lane. No one know who we were until he unbuttoned his shirt to reveal the Superman shirt beneath. We won best couple that year!
    Thanks for your giveaway!
    i_love_books at aol dot com

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  3. Okay, your scary occupation beats mine hands down! Ghost hunter. I'd love to put that on a resume. Thanks for participating in my Hop!

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  4. The first year I moved out on my own my roommates and I threw a huge Halloween party. A bunch of college friends came and the guys who lived upstairs who we didn't really know came too. They brought a bunch of guys with them and all of them, including our college friends, ended up sleeping on the floor in our apartment. The next morning one of the guys started complaining about pain in his abdomen. Apparently, he somehow punctured a lung by sleeping on our floor.
    That was pretty crazy!
    Thanks for the giveaway!
    mestith at gmail dot com

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  6. It's totally going to be this year -- I'm going to see the Nine Inch Nails in concert on Halloween night (Trent!!)

    Thanks for the amazing giveaway!
    elizabeth @ bookattict . com

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  7. I don't really have a favorite, but I really want to go walking down the railroad tracks in the middle of nowhere. That would be the best Halloween!
    makeighleekyleigh at yahoo dot com

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  8. My favorite Halloween to date has to be last year, went to a haunted house with haunted hayride and haunted corn maze, beyond awesome.

    Morganlafey86(at)aol(dot)com

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  9. This is so fun and exciting! Happy Halloween to ya all! Thanks for the fun and goodies! :) My favorite Halloween memory is when my family all got together, we all dressed in goth and went trick or treating to different towns and they stayed up all night beating harry potter game. It was amazing! Its really the last time my family had fun together and celebrated a holiday.
    shadowluvs2read(at)gmail(dot)com

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  10. Thank you everyone for your fascinating responses! The winner has been chosen... *Drum roll please* - Shadow! Your free book is winging its way to you now, congratulations!

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