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It’s release day for SECRETS THROUGH TIME!

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The wait is over… SECRETS THROUGH TIME has arrived!

For years, Milford Manor has held onto its secrets. Now, readers can finally step inside the forgotten rooms, uncover the hidden passages, and discover the mysteries buried beneath the ashes of Milford Hollow.

Yes, I’m a wee bit excited. Nervous, too, letting my latest book baby free in the outside world.

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Blurb

Past and present collide when echoes of the haunted emerge and secrets refuse to remain buried

When Nicole, her brothers and her husband stumble upon the ruins of Milford Hollow, a ghost town long forgotten by history, they’re drawn to the only building left standing: the crumbling stone shell of Milford Manor.

Rumours circulated about the fire that devoured the town despite its closeness to Little Lake, and something unexplainable drove those who survived the inferno away.

Inside the manor’s scorched walls, Nicole senses she’s not alone. Whispers drift through the halls, and a long-faded family portrait seems to watch her every move.

As Nicole unravels the manor’s dark past, she discovers a tragedy that links her own world to the secrets of a family long dead—and learns that some fires never truly burn out.

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If you pre-ordered SECRETS THROUGH TIME, it will magically appear on your device today.

Thank you to everyone who followed along on this journey—from the first glimpses of the characters to the mysteries hidden within the walls of Milford Manor. I hope you enjoy uncovering the secrets as much as I enjoyed creating them.

While I’m celebrating launch day at the local market, I’m thrilled that SECRETS THROUGH TIME is finally available for readers everywhere.

If you haven’t, you can order at this link: https://books2read.com/u/bMkj0V

Please enjoy the trailer I created to go with the book.

Horror, N.D. Thompson, Novels, supernatural elements, suspense

Mysteries of Ravenfield by N.D. Thompson

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Another new-to-me author is in the spotlight today. N.D. Thompson’s Mysteries of Ravenfield is the book I’m reviewing.

Ravenfield

Blurb

Ten standalone mysteries. One haunting conspiracy.

Welcome to Ravenfield, a quiet Yorkshire town surrounded by endless moorland. To outsiders, it is peaceful. To those who live there, it is haunted by secrets.

 Rachel Cooper, a young police officer, arrives determined to solve her father’s unsolved murder — even if it costs her career. Her only lead points to Ravenfield, but what she finds is far stranger than she imagined. Paranormal investigator Chris Silversmith has spent his life studying the town’s unexplained phenomena, and he believes those mysteries are tied to Rachel’s father’s death.

Together with Rachel’s sceptical partner, Chris’s loyal friend, and a woman who can speak to the dead, they form an unlikely alliance to uncover Ravenfield’s truth. But the deeper they dig, the more dangerous their search becomes. Watching from the shadows is The Management — a clandestine group determined to keep Ravenfield’s secrets buried forever.

Told across ten chilling episodes, each a standalone mystery yet bound together by a dark overarching conspiracy, Book One of The Ravenfield Chronicles launches a gripping saga of murder, mystery, and supernatural horror — where uncovering the truth may cost more than your life.

Ravenfield

My Review

Weird. But in a good way. Ravenfield is no ordinary town in Yorkshire, England.

It has a supernatural element which can be in your face or subtly lurking in the background.

Written as what could be called a collection of short stories, all the mysteries tie together to the strange and dangerous goings on in Ravenfield.

The author has a great way with words, and the characters have a chemistry which makes them work well together.

Book Links

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/246968671-the-mysteries-of-ravenfield

Purchase Link: https://mybook.to/ravenfield-zbt

About the Author

Ravenfield

N.D. Thompson is a horror and dark fiction writer from West Yorkshire, publishing under his independent imprint, Darker Realms Press. His work has drawn comparisons to Stephen King, Richard Laymon, and James Herbert—delivered with a distinctly Yorkshire voice that infuses his supernatural stories with grit, atmosphere, and authenticity

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19th Century Architecture, architectural symbolism, dual timeline, Mystery, ritual markings, supernatural elements

Shadows Through Time – Book 3 in my Through Time series

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Shadows Through Time was one of those books that took me on an unexpected journey. While it’s still a dual timeline and the characters are the same as in the first two, this one is different.

Shadows

I took the photograph of the house on the cover a number of years ago, then added some atmospheric aging to it. Beginning with a platinum effect, I used another piece of software to set it to 29% sepia, giving it an older appearance.

Blurb

Past and present collide as shadows reveal the truth and where the forgotten still linger

Nicole has always sketched the world around her.

But when she and Mitch uncover strange symbols hidden in century-old buildings, her drawings begin to connect past and present in ways she can’t explain.

In 1832, Whitmore, apprentice to the brilliant yet secretive Elias Greaves, learns that foundations can conceal more than stone—that loyalty, once broken, leaves scars as lasting as any carving.

Two timelines, bound by mystery, converge in a race to decipher Greaves’s legacy. To understand the past, Nicole and Mitch must follow the whispers that linger in wood and shadow—before the truth slips away forever.

*****

The ebook is available on Amazon, Kobo, Kobo Plus, and Barnes & Noble for the Nook. You can download it from your favourite platform at this link:

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