Mirror of Shadows by T. Lynne Tolles
Published: September 1, 2012
Publisher: Independent Publishing
Age Demographic: New Adult Paranormal Romance
Pages: 200
Ella McKaye returns home for her grandmother's funeral to find she's inherited a ton of money and a run down mansion she never knew existed, called Grey Manor. Her greedy mother is appalled when the will stipulates specifically that Ella can't give her any of the inheritance. She quickly throws Ella out of her home forcing her to take up immediate residence in the spooky old mansion.
Within minutes of entering her new home she has a strange interaction with a creepy old mirror in the main hallway and the ghostly inhabitants of the past get more and more agitated the longer Ella's there. Nearly fatal back to back accidents make Ella start to wonder if she's angered some ghost or if there is something more sinister at work.
Will Ella unravel the deadly mystery before she becomes a ghost herself? Or will fate take another one of the Grey ancestors to the grave.
Within minutes of entering her new home she has a strange interaction with a creepy old mirror in the main hallway and the ghostly inhabitants of the past get more and more agitated the longer Ella's there. Nearly fatal back to back accidents make Ella start to wonder if she's angered some ghost or if there is something more sinister at work.
Will Ella unravel the deadly mystery before she becomes a ghost herself? Or will fate take another one of the Grey ancestors to the grave.
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Mirrors have a long history. They've been around since the third century B.C. and were originally made of some kind of shiny metal. Later in the first century, the Romans invented the glass mirror, but In Medieval times, glass mirrors all but disappeared when religion claimed the devil was looking and watching us from the other side. It wasn't until the 13th century that the glass mirror made a comeback.
There are many superstitions about mirrors, the most popular being that if you break a mirror you will have bad luck for seven years. Some believe that the reflected image of a person shows their true nature. Others believe a soul can be trapped within a mirror and should be covered after a member of the family dies or while sleeping. From that extends the urban legend of Bloody Mary which varies, but more or less states that Bloody Mary can be summoned through a mirror if her name is repeated in a bathroom mirror in the dark and the soulless vampire's reflection can't be seen in one.
Given there are so many superstitions of the supernatural sort surrounding the mirror, I couldn't help but write a story that revolved around one. Mirror of Shadow is just such a story. It involves a mirror and a young woman, Ella Mackaye, who is tied to the past through it.
Ella MacKaye
Age: 22
Height: 5'5"
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Long Dark Blonde
Status: Single
Occupation: None - Just graduated college.
Residence: Dead Oaks Hollow - Grey Manor
Parents: Patricia Doyle and Ken MacKaye (Deceased)
Paternal Grandparents: Rose Grey (Deceased) and Henry MacKaye (Deceased)
Stand-in Parents: Marlin and Meme Howard
Pet: Boo (Black Kitten found in Grey Manor)
Love Interests: Matt Grier and Jeremy Hickey
Ella McKaye returns home for her grandmother's funeral to find she's inherited a ton of money and a run down mansion she never knew existed, called Grey Manor. Her greedy mother is appalled when the will stipulates specifically that Ella can't give her any of the inheritance. She quickly throws Ella out of her home forcing her to take up immediate residence in the spooky old mansion.
Within minutes of entering her new home she has a strange interaction with a creepy old mirror in the main hallway and the ghostly inhabitants of the past get more and more agitated the longer Ella's there. Nearly fatal back to back accidents make Ella start to wonder if she's angered some ghost or if there is something more sinister at work.
Will Ella unravel the deadly mystery before she becomes a ghost herself? Or will fate take another one of the Grey ancestors to the grave.
There are many superstitions about mirrors, the most popular being that if you break a mirror you will have bad luck for seven years. Some believe that the reflected image of a person shows their true nature. Others believe a soul can be trapped within a mirror and should be covered after a member of the family dies or while sleeping. From that extends the urban legend of Bloody Mary which varies, but more or less states that Bloody Mary can be summoned through a mirror if her name is repeated in a bathroom mirror in the dark and the soulless vampire's reflection can't be seen in one.
Given there are so many superstitions of the supernatural sort surrounding the mirror, I couldn't help but write a story that revolved around one. Mirror of Shadow is just such a story. It involves a mirror and a young woman, Ella Mackaye, who is tied to the past through it.
Ella MacKaye
Age: 22
Height: 5'5"
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Long Dark Blonde
Status: Single
Occupation: None - Just graduated college.
Residence: Dead Oaks Hollow - Grey Manor
Parents: Patricia Doyle and Ken MacKaye (Deceased)
Paternal Grandparents: Rose Grey (Deceased) and Henry MacKaye (Deceased)
Stand-in Parents: Marlin and Meme Howard
Pet: Boo (Black Kitten found in Grey Manor)
Love Interests: Matt Grier and Jeremy Hickey
Ella McKaye returns home for her grandmother's funeral to find she's inherited a ton of money and a run down mansion she never knew existed, called Grey Manor. Her greedy mother is appalled when the will stipulates specifically that Ella can't give her any of the inheritance. She quickly throws Ella out of her home forcing her to take up immediate residence in the spooky old mansion.
Within minutes of entering her new home she has a strange interaction with a creepy old mirror in the main hallway and the ghostly inhabitants of the past get more and more agitated the longer Ella's there. Nearly fatal back to back accidents make Ella start to wonder if she's angered some ghost or if there is something more sinister at work.
Will Ella unravel the deadly mystery before she becomes a ghost herself? Or will fate take another one of the Grey ancestors to the grave.
