Maxine Douglas

4 SEASONS OF PASSION UPDATE -- THE QUEEN

Cole Masterson is the lead investigator of GHOST, Ghost Hunters of Spiritual Transcendental and professional ghost hunter who’s aboard the Queen Mary Hotel investigating its paranormal activity and to find out how his great-grandfather's journal, a locket found in his chest and the Gray Ghost are connected. Cole’s about to realize the ship’s paranormal activity can be more than just shadows and cold spots once he starts to learn more about his great grandfather, William.

Hanna Amery is a spirit looking for the man she lost decades ago aboard the Queen Mary during the early 1900s. What Hanna doesn’t understand is how she can see the man with the electronic equipment, but can’t figure out how to communicate with him. She knows her one true love, William, is using this man's body as a vessel to return to her.


I'm very close to finishing on time for the December 21 deadline for my Summer story -- THE QUEEN.  I've used some resources for inspiration during this process and I'd like to share them with you now.  They range from my personal photos to YouTube vidoes to the music of Word War II.

The Isolation Ward plays a part in the story of THE QUEEN and is the first spot Cole starts to wonder for the first time as a paranormal investigator if spirits transcend time. I found this video on YouTube by Dragan3rd and it was quite useful in sparking my memory of my time aboard the amazing Queen Mary Hotel in 2005.

 

As I was preparing to write the love scene between Cole/William and Hanna, I wanted to get in the mood by listening to the music from the 1930s/1940s, did some Googling and found VI Corps Proudly Presents the Music of WWII. I especially found Vera Lynn to fit the mood I was looking for at a critical moment in the scene. I hope you take a listen and enjoy this music from WWII as much as I did.

Now if you're wondering the rest of this series, here's a peek into some of 4 SEASONS OF PASSION--SUMMER coming in 2013 from MuseItUp Publishing.

Seasons 1:   Summer Lovin’	Lani Rhea Wedding Day Bhlue Contemporary Susan sets, plans and details her wedding, the only thing missing from the bliss…the groom. An accidental encounter on her solo Bahamas honeymoon lands her on an old flame’s boat. Zak Bhlue owns and operates island tours. Midnight skies and skinny dipping tides heat up the night. All good things have to end but, can their love grow with hundreds of miles separating them?
	Maxine Douglas The Queen   Cole Masterson is the lead investigator of GHOST, Ghost Hunters of Spiritual Transcendental and professional ghost hunter who’s aboard the Queen Mary Hotel investigating its paranormal activity and to find out how his great-grandfather's journal, a locket found in his chest and the Gray Ghost are connected. Cole’s about to realize the ship’s paranormal activity can be more than just shadows and cold spots once he starts to learn more about his great grandfather, William. Hanna Amery is a spirit looking for the man she lost decades ago aboard the Queen Mary during the early 1900s. What Hanna doesn’t understand is how she can see the man with the electronic equipment, but can’t figure out how to communicate with him. She knows her one true love, William, is using this man's body as a vessel to returneto her. What happens when two dimensions collide as Cole and Hanna struggle to find a way to be more than passing shadows?
	Bev Haynes Sarah Janes: Bounty Hunter Wyoming Territory 1876: Sarah Janes didn’t intend to become a bounty hunter, but what is a girl to do when she’s lost her virginity to an outlaw, her youth and innocent outlook on life, and her parents love as well? Sarah arrives in Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory filled with gritty determination to make a life for herself, one she can direct and guide of her own volition. She vows to never again run from anyone or any situation. That is until she meets up with an outlaw who has money, power and status. He hungers for Sarah, body and soul.

Seasons 2:   Fall Leaves

Lani Rhea First and Ten Contemporary First love shows up ten years later. Jillian mans the Fall Festival kissing booth, to save the future school’s athletic department in the small town she loves. Her former high school boyfriend Ryan pays for a kiss. He’s a ruined pro football player with a budding career on the horizon. Sparks bloom and love rekindles but, can last so long when responsibilities are at stake.

Honey Jans October Eve Eve, a reluctant psychic manning her aunts crystal ball booth in New Orleans square, Adam a gritty nightclub owner with a soft heart that gets pestered into having his fortune read by his thirteen year old daughter Haley, who Eve had just rescued after she'd been hurt while skateboarding through the square, and their destiny to be together.

Seasons 3:   Winter Winds	Maxine Douglas Road Angel Paranormal Truck driver, Lee Thomas, believes his life is over after he finds out family killed in auto accident on Xmas Eve. He runs off road on a snowy Wisconsin road on his way to their deathbeds. He crashes; angel comes to his aide and convinces him to fight for his life; driver comes to in hospital where he discovers attending nurse, Cynamon “Cyn” Bedford, is his Road Angel.
	Claire Hope   A Mermaid for Christmas October 31. 1934 From the journal of Abram S. Ingelhart The wreck of the USS Erhart is now smoldering in the harbor. I still smell the stench. The waste of an honorable steamer like the Erhart is without compare, reduced to scrap metal. The woman is in one of my spare rooms, recovering. Doctor was here yesterday to examine her. He told me it was lucky I was home to rescue the woman from the freezing waters of Lake Superior during that fierce storm yesterday. She washed up on my shoreline. What was I to do? I could not live with myself if I were to let her die. Mystery is ever present. Who is she? Where did she come from? How did she end up washed ashore on my land? Maybe when she regains consciousness I will have some answers. Then I will send her away.
	Kay Phoenix Borealis Ardor Valentine’s Day presents can get a little…over the top when your boyfriend suddenly acquires unnatural strength and a permanent case of insomnia. And you, fragile soul, should bundle up.   It can get pretty cold where you are going.

Seasons 4:   Bloomin’ Spring

Debi Wilder Kandi’s Kisses Contemporary/Suspense Erotica Ex-porn star, Kandi, returns to her home town to open up a candy store; she’s a PI on the trail of a serial porn star killer … Jimmy is a reporter who finds out the woman he’s fantasied about is on the “porn star” killer’s hit list. Can he find the killer before Kandi does ….