Some like it hot. Some like it hot…and spooky.
I’m so excited to be guest blogging on the Raven today! Thanks so much for having me! Okay, now to today’s blog topic – quick – what movie is this from?
“I see dead people.”
(imagine Jeopardy music here)
I bet you didn’t need the first two beats of the Jeopardy music to answer that one, did you? Since the movie The Sixth Sense grossed over $600 million worldwide, chances are you saw it and immediately thought of Haley Joel Osmont speaking those now famous words.
While I didn’t know it at the time, those words and that movie generated the premise for my first Harlequin Blaze mini-series, The Sexth Sense, a series about a Cajun family whose heritage involves helping ghosts who can’t find their way to the other side. All of the current Vicknair mediums (six cousins—three boys, three girls) are in their twenties, at the peak of their lives, and to-die-for sexy (this is a Blaze series, so you know there’s lots of sexy going on.) Oh, but don’t think that the sizzle stops with the family; those ghosts have plenty of heat going on as well.
I’ve had a blast writing about the Vicknair family and using my knowledge of Louisiana and Cajuns (I’m married to one, btw) to depict the beauty of the state that faced so much devastation not so long ago with Katrina. In fact, a thread that runs solid throughout the series is the family’s beloved plantation, which was nearly destroyed by Katrina, and their determination to save the home from destruction.
You can see the book teaser here!
Now for my questions to you: I love intense, spooky movies, but I don’t like gory. Examples of my favorites are The Sixth Sense (Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osmont) and What Lies Beneath (Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer). And I’m always looking for great books and movies that are along that line. So…tell me your favorite books and movies that are intense and spooky (but not gory; I do like to sleep at night). I’ve asked for these before on blogs, but my list is still growing…and I’m loving all of the new books and movies. Let me know yours, so I can add your favorites to my “to be read” and “to be seen” lists.
And three commenter will get one autographed copy of the books in The Sexth Sense series, KISS AND DWELL, SHIVER AND SPICE, or GHOSTS AND ROSES.
Kelley St. John
www.kelleystjohn.com
CONTEST:
Three commenter will get autographed copies of the books in The Sexth Sense series, KISS AND DWELL, SHIVER AND SPICE or GHOSTS AND ROSES!
Disclaimer, cause we have to: The opinions of guest bloggers do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Mandy M Roth and Michelle M Pillow. (Want to be a guest blogger?)
