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on the VIOLET YORKE, GILDED GIRL: GHOSTS IN THE CLOSET by P.J. McIlvaine Blog
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About The Book:
Author: P.J.
McIlvaine
Pub. Date: April 4, 2022
Publisher: Darkstroke Books
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 127
Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/VIOLET-YORKE-GILDED-GIRL
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She sees ghosts…but are they
malevolent or friendly?
Poor little rich girl Violet Yorke
has seen ghosts for as long as she can remember, but no one believes her.
Not stodgy Grandmother, who took
charge of the heiress after her parents were killed in a failed robbery. Nor
kind-hearted Aunt Nanette, or Uncle Bertie, a charming rogue. Not even the
patient Hugo Hewitt, Violet’s godfather and trustee of her vast fortune.
Everyone dismissed the child’s
insistence about ghosts as a harmless eccentricity—until the night her bedroom
caught fire. Violet was promptly sent overseas, fueling her anger and
resentment.
Two years later, a rebellious twelve-year-old
Violet is on her way back to Manhattan on the doomed Titanic. As
the ship sinks into the deep Atlantic Ocean, she’s put in a lifeboat by an
apparition who rescued her from the clutches of a jewel thief. Presumed lost at
sea, Violet shocks everyone by crashing her own funeral.
Following Violet’s recovery,
Grandmother has grand high society designs for the girl, but Violet has other
ideas. She’s determined to uncover the secret of what really happened to her
parents. Then there’s the mystery of the moon-faced boy at gloomy Dunham Hall
and his connection to the ghost on Titanic. Also hot on Violet’s trail is the
jewel thief, the specter of her murdered governess, and a vengeful ghost
lurking in Violet’s childhood home.
Being a poor little rich girl in 1912
Gotham isn’t all it’s cracked up to be in this delightfully dark and droll
supernatural historical fantasy.
Well, a
typical day in my writing life involves getting the grandkids off to school.
Once that’s done, I do the mundane things like taking a shower, laundry,
deciding the food menu for the day, baking, taking care of the dog, etc. Once I
have all the household chores out of the way, I write for an hour or two before
I break for lunch. After lunch, I write for another couple of hours until the
late afternoon and stop when the grandkids come home from school. Now depending on if I’m on deadline, I’d
start writing earlier in the day and pick up again after dinner. But the
biggest part of my writing routine, without fail, is to write every day no
matter what even if it’s only a sentence. I’m like the mailman, nothing keeps
me from writing. I really have to be at death’s door not to write.
About P.J. McIlvaine:
PJ McIlvaine
is a prolific and creative children’s author/screenwriter/writer/journalist.
PJ will have
two books coming out in 2023: A GOOD MAN, a gritty adult contemporary psych
thriller from Bloodhound Books and THE CURIOUS CONUNDRUM OF CHARLEMAGNE CROSS,
a young adult alternate history adventure set in Victorian London from Orange
Blossom Books.
PJ's debut
middle-grade supernatural historical mystery adventure VIOLET YORKE, GILDED
GIRL: GHOSTS IN THE CLOSET (Darkstroke Books, April 2022) is about a poor
little rich girl in NYC 1912 who sees ghosts.
PJ’s debut
picture book LITTLE LENA AND THE BIG TABLE (June 2019, Big Belly Book Co.),
with illustrations by Leila Nabih, is about a determined little girl tired of
eating with her annoying cousins at the kid’s table, only to discover that the
big table isn’t much better. She has another picture book, DRAGON ROAR
(MacLaren-Cochrane Publishing, October 2021) artwork by Logan Rogers, about a
lonely, sick dragon who has lost his mighty roar, and the brave village girl
who helps him find it again.
PJ is also a
co-host and founding member of #PBPitch, the premiere Twitter pitch party for
picture book creators.
PJ has been
published in numerous outlets including The New York Times and Newsday, and is
a regular contributor for The Children’s Book Insider newsletter (paid
firewall), writing about the path to publication and interviews with
established and debut kid lit authors.
PJ lives on
Eastern Long Island with her family and furbaby Luna.
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Giveaway Details:
1 winner
will receive a finished copy of VIOLET YORKE, GILDED GIRL: GHOSTS IN THE CLOSET,
US Only.
Ends April 18th, midnight EST.
a Rafflecopter giveawayTour Schedule:
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4/3/2023 |
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4/3/2023 |
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4/4/2023 |
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4/4/2023 |
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4/7/2023 |
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4/7/2023 |
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4/10/2023 |
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4/11/2023 |
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