Halloween Month of Treats Book Giveaway

Who doesn’t love to curl up with a page-turning book on a chilly October day? And what would make escaping into an awesome story even more indulgent? Chocolate, of course! Hold your pumpkins, you're about to get both.

It's the Halloween Month of Treats Giveaway every day through the month of October. Every day Oct. 1-31 we’ll be posting two new giveaways (mine is a free copy of Ghost Town on Oct. 21) , or sometimes a giveaway and FREE book for you to download immediately and enjoy.

What are we talking about? A paranormal romance and gift set of Godiva chocolate cookies. A romantic comedy and a box 60 Lindor truffles. Steamy romance, romantic suspense, urban fantasy, paranormal Viola Valentine mysteries…We’ve got the goodies to hand out. It’s trick or treat time!

Enter to Win here. 

No purchase necessary. 

This Giveaway is Sponsored by

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Louisiana Book News is written by journalist Chere Dastugue Coen, who writes Louisiana romances and paranormal mysteries under the pen name of Cherie Claire. The first books in her award-winning series are FREE as ebooks! For more information and to sign up for her newsletter visit www.cherieclaire.net.

Great ghostly titles from Schiffer Publishing

If you’re not afraid of no ghosts — at least reading about them — then here are a couple of spooky books I discovered from Schiffer Publishing.

“Under Spiritual Siege: How Ghosts and Demons Affect Us and How to Combat Them” by William Stillman (Schiffer Publishing) begins with Stillman describing his experiences as a psychic. In addition to his ghostly tales through the people he contacts, Stillman provides an excellent explanation of ghosts, how they differ individually and from those in the spirit world.

In “Haunted Historic Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia with Breakthrough Ghost Photography,” author Tim Scullion travels through the historic village capturing fascinating images on digital photographs. The book is filled with captivating stories on Williamsburg buildings and why they may be haunted, but the photos will blow you away.

“For some reason, the digital camera can pick up these previously undetected light apparitions that are not visible to the naked eye,” Scullion writes in the book’s foreword. “In Colonial Williamsburg and the surrounding area, you will see these light formations over or around historical buildings that all have rumors of ghost stories that envelop their past.”

How Scullion zooms in as much as he does without distorting images, while managing to pick up human faces in the process, is a mystery. Is it for real? You decide.

Cheré Coen loves a good ghost story. She is the author of “Haunted Lafayette, Louisiana,” in addition to “Forest Hill, Louisiana: A Bloom Town History” and “Exploring Cajun Country.” She writes Louisiana romances under the pen name of Cherie Claire. Write her at cherecoen@gmail.com. 

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Haunted Lafayette, Louisiana, booksignings this month

            Ghost stories abound in the Cajun and Creole city of Lafayette, Louisiana. The Hub City boasts a multitude of spirits and specters, from those lost in Civil War skirmishes and fever outbreaks to those souls that simply can’t say goodbye. Today, they wander the halls of bed-and-breakfasts and restaurants and linger along back roads and cemeteries. Pirates are rumored to guard buried treasure, and ancient French legends hide in the swamps, bayous and woods. 

            I visited Lafayette’s haunted sites and traveled the countryside in search of ghostly legends found only in South Louisiana and published "Haunted Lafayette, Louisiana," with The History Press.

            Just in time for Halloween I will be signing copies of “Haunted Lafayette” at the following:

Oct. 17, 2015: I will sign “Haunted Lafayette” as well as “Forest Hill, Louisiana: A Bloom Town History” from 10 a.m. to noon at 1921 Jackson Street: A Coffee House in Alexandria, Louisiana.

Oct. 31, 2015: I will sign “Haunted Lafayette” and her other books — “Exploring Cajun Country,” “Forest Hill, Louisiana: A Bloom Town History” and “Magic’s in the Bag: Creating Spellbinding Gris Gris Bags and Sachets” — from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at Barnes & Noble Lafayette.