Book Tours: Starter Day Party for Halloween Fires

Today I’m hosting the starter day party for the tour for supernatural thriller / horror / historical “Halloween Fires”. The tour runs from September 21 to October 19. I’ll review the book on October 16. Stay tuned for the review!

Tour Schedule

September 21^st: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading

September 21^st: Promo Post @ Stormy Nights Reviewing

September 23^rd: Guest Post @ Dark Treasury

September 24^th: Book Excerpt @ Hollow Readers

September 26^th: Author Interview and Book Excerpt @ BooksChatter

September 29^th: Guest Post @ Crystal’s Chaotic Confessions

September 30^th: Book Excerpt @ Indy Book Fairy

October 1^st: Character Interview @ Memories in a Box

October 2^nd: Book Excerpt @ Books on Fire

October 5^th: Guest Post @ Teatime and Books

October 7^th: Promo Post @ I’m an Eclectic Reader

October 10^th: Book Review @ Mommy Makes Time

October 13^th: Book Excerpt @ Cassidy Crimson’s Blog

October 15th: Guest Post, Book Excerpt and Author Interview @ Dormaine G’s Blog

October 16^th: Book Review @ I Heart Reading

October 19^th: Guest Post and Character Interview @ Dannie Speaks

About the Book

Title: Halloween Fires

Author: Val McMurray

Genre: Historical / Supernatural Thriller

The time: 1340

The place: Swan village, the estate of Sir Hubert Longhurst, on the banks of the River

Severn, and the city of Bristol in the south west of England.

The story:

On All Hallows Eve, a satanic mass is held in the forest across the river Severn.

A girl is sacrificed and a young boatman dies.

A suspicious priest, Father Simon, the Sheriff of

Bristol and three Dominican Monks hunt the “Satanists”.

Their evil leader is the Dominus.

The Dominus is quite mad and plans revenge. The villagers will suffer.

In Bristol devil worshippers are tortured and burned.

The Dominus murders his partner and kidnaps a girl.

A black mass takes place. There is torture and death.

A battle is fought.

The Dominus flees.

The Lord of the manor holds a Manor Court to investigate the frightening events. Prisoners must be taken to Bristol for trial by the church.

They, and a rich treasure, must be escorted to Bristol.

Satanists in Bristol, plan to fight for the treasure.

There is a battle on the road. Many are killed, the treasure is lost.

A blacksmith and a small boy assist the Sheriff in an attempt to regain it.

Perhaps Evil has been overcome; however, Devil worshippers in Bristol plan another mass.

The Sheriff is lured away.

In the Glade of Stones the Devil may yet triumph.

Author Bio

As a child in England I loved to write stories. I have lived in Sydney Australia for over forty years. My children and grandchildren live close by. I worked as a trained nurse until retirement. Sadly, then, my husband needed nursing. Now I live alone and needed to follow my own interests. First a Book Club (all writers need to read), and I love it. Our discussions are lively and I have read many books that I would never have picked but for the club. It really widened my horizons. I also joined a Writers Group in Liverpool and have found great enjoyment and satisfaction in learning from the very different people in the group. I have been pleased to see several of my articles in print. We contribute to Freexpression Magazine (www.freexpression.com.au), which is edited by Peter Pike. His unfailing encouragement and that of Michael Norris, who read the first draft of this book (and believed in it) has been the impetus needed to goad me to finish it. The research was daunting, but I have always been interested in history, and I soon became immersed in the 14th century. How the people lived and their deeply felt superstitions and customs held me enthralled. There are, inevitably, mistakes. Please forgive them. I set out to write a rollicking good yarn, set in the south west of England, I hope that you enjoy it.