Today, LitNuts is shining a spotlight on the work of Paula Cappa, award-winning author of supernatural, metaphysical, and mysterious fiction. Paula's novels have earned awards and recognition from the prestigious Eric Hoffer Book Awards, the Global Book Awards, the Chanticleer Book Awards, the American Book Fest Best Books Awards, the Readers' Favorite International Awards, and the Gothic Readers Book Club Awards. If you are not familiar with Paula's work, read on to learn more!
"Paula Cappa is a master of the metaphysical mystery genre." ~Midwest Book Review
Draakensky: A Supernatural Tale of Magick and Romance
New release: September 27, 2024Genre: Ghost Suspense; Horror Suspense; Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Literary Fiction
4.4 stars, 10 ratings
Paperback: $13.99
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A murder. A wind sorcerer. A dark spirit. On Draakensky, magick dictates destiny.
The Chief of Police discovers an elderly woman dead in the Mianus River. There is a ghost who resides here and flings its words through the spinning air. River magic too, streams across Draakensky Windmill estate, conjuring a secret in Bedford, New York.
Sketch artist Charlotte Knight arrives on Draakensky to a bright opportunity. She is hired to illustrate the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke under the direction of Jaa Morland, the recluse spinster of Draakensky. Jaa, a believer in ghosts, instructs Charlotte to ‘draw the ghosts.’
From the first night, Charlotte hears the watery voice of Draakensky’s ghost speak to her. Sinister dark eyes watch at the window. Fear mounts when a strange man stalks her through the village cemetery and shops. When a wicked force of nature strikes Charlotte, warning her to flee Draakensky, she is shaken to the bone.
Needing solid ground, Charlotte meets the local restaurant owner, Marc Sexton, who knows the ghostly Otherworld and the magickal practices from his Celtic ancestry; he sports a silver wolf amulet at his neck. Their romance takes Charlotte into a piercing adventure through darkness and doubt, passion and aching love.
As dark magick accelerates on Draakensky, Charlotte is driven into realms of owl magick, witchcraft, and necromancy. She battles her own fear of ghosts and wrestles with how to trust Marc Sexton, a man with hidden realities.
If magick is destiny, then Charlotte must survive the world of ghosts or surrender to a more powerful source in this literary tale of mystery, sorcery, and love.
If you enjoy Gothic fiction like Woman in Black by Susan Hill or The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, you will enjoy Draakensky.
Praise for Draakensky
★★★★★ "An immersive novel weaving magic and romance into a tapestry of fantasy, poetry, and horror.." ~Richard Thomas, Bram Stoker Award Finalist.
★★★★★ "Intricately crafted and lavishly realized...a feast for lovers of the modern gothic." ~Christopher Hawkins, author of Downpour
★★★★★ "A gorgeous, gothic novel that has all the potential to become a modern classic. Dripping with dark, delicious prose and packed with sinful secrets and intricate lore." ~Stephen Black, author of The Famine Witch
★★★★★ "Dazzling storytelling! A stunning, adventurous, romantic fantasy!" ~Carol B Allen, Amazon Bestselling Author & Global Gold Medal Award Winner of the Sci-Fi Fantasy Virago Trilogy
"A novel steeped in the rich dual attractions of Gothic romance and ghosts.." ~Midwest Book Review
"Spine-tingling, atmospheric mystery." ~San Diego Book Review
Greylock
Genre: Ghost Suspense, Horror Fiction, Ghost Thrillers4.2 stars, 127 ratings
From: $2.99
Pianist Alexei Georg harbors a dark secret. He is haunted by a creature of darkness that relentlessly pursues him from Boston to Russia to Mt. Greylock. Whenever Alexei performs an old Russian sonata, a menacing presence appears in the audience, in the aisle, and on the stage with him. Is there a ghost inside Alexei's music?
When Alexei's wife, Carole Anne, a prima ballerina is found murdered, Alexei becomes the prime suspect. Trapped in an unhappy marriage, broken by secrets and obsession, Alexei flees Boston to Russia. But Alexei cannot flee the supernatural powers living within his music.
Alone on the summit of Mt. Greylock, Alexei escapes into an affair with the ravishing Lia Marrs. But the creature of darkness knows no bounds. Alexei must find a way to halt the dark force threatening his life or become a prisoner to its power.
Praise for Greylock
Gold Medal Winner, Global Book Awards.
Chanticleer Book Award Winner, First Place.
Best Book Award Finalist, American Book Fest.
"A plot replete with all the wonderful trappings of a romance-laced mystery with unexpected twists and turns." ~U.S. Review of Books.
"A smart, entertaining supernatural thriller. Think Stephen King meets Raymond Chandler with a score by Tchaikovsky." ~David Corbett, best-selling author of The Mercy of the Night
Night Sea Journey, A Tale of the Supernatural
Genre: Ghost Suspense, Horror Fiction, Ghost Thrillers4.1 stars, 98 ratings
From: $2.99
From the land of ghosts, a dark and powerful visitor invades a woman’s consciousness. This is a tale of angels and demons, supernatural forces, murder, and the power of love.
Artist Kip Livingston is haunted. Each night, a winged creature invades her dreams and drags her to the bottom of a ghost-grey sea. Even Kip's Jungian therapist, Dr. Laz Merlyn, cannot help Kip out of this ghostly world. Then she meets the charming but lost Raymond Kera. Raymond can't resist the seductive Kip. When Raymond is drawn into Kip’s night sea journeys, her nightmare becomes his own.
Can Raymond rescue Kip? What risks will he have to take? Or will Kip pay the ultimate price?
Praise for Night Sea Journey
Eric Hoffer Book Award Winner
Silver Medal Winner, Global Book Awards
"Stunning and absorbing plot on par with—if not better than—a Dan Brown novel." ~U.S. Review of Books
"A continual thrill ride, impossible to put down, a fast-paced thriller." ~San Francisco Book Review
The Dazzling Darkness
Genre: Occult Suspense, Ghost Thrillers, Ghost Suspense3.9 stars, 370 ratings
From: $2.99
A mysterious cemetery. An ancient secret. A little boy, lost.
Elias Hatch protects the secrets of Old Willow Cemetery and the enchanted woods that host the spirits of Emerson, Thoreau, and Alcott.
On a cold March afternoon, five-year-old Henry Brooke goes missing. Elias cannot fathom how the boy got inside the cemetery's locked gates, unless...
Henry's parents are frantic as the days pass in a futile search of the cemetery gardens for their little boy. They face their deepest fears—is their child dead? Alive? Where is he? Matters are made worse by a series of ominous hauntings and the horror that their Henry will never be returned.
Detective Mike Balducci suspects the truth lies in the shadowy apparitions drifting through the oaks and elms. An Emerson enthusiast, Mike uses his transcendental instincts to hunt, chase, and track the leads to locate little Henry. But to do so, he must combat a power source far stronger than he's ever imagined.
Set against the metaphysical world of Concord, Massachusetts' historical Transcendentalist philosophy that still pervades modern society in Concord, this supernatural mystery is about a family who confronts the secrets of the dead and everlasting hope.
Praise for The Dazzling Darkness
Gold Medal Winner, Global Book Awards
Bronze Medal Winner, Readers' Favorite International Book Awards
Gothic Readers Book Club Choice Award Winner
“A lovely mesh of mystery and the supernatural." ~Leigh M. Lane, author of Finding Poe
“An adventure into dark and mysterious places.” ~Cathryn McIntyre, author of Honor in Concord
"The spirit of Dan Brown meets the darkest and most somber ruminations of Ralph Waldo Emerson." ~Jonathan Stone, author of The Cold Truth
About the Author
Paula Cappa is author of four novels and recipient of multiple book awards, including the prestigious Eric Hoffer Book Award. Her short fiction has appeared in The Lorelei Signal, ParABnormal Magazine, Coffin Bell Literary Journal, Unfading Daydream, Dark Gothic Resurrected Magazine, Whistling Shade Literary Journal, SmokeLong Quarterly, Sirens Call Ezine, Every Day Fiction, Fiction365, Twilight Times Ezine, and in anthologies Journals of Horror: Found Fiction, Mystery Time, and Human Writes Literary Journal. Many of her published short stories are now Kindle Singles. Paula is also Co-Chair of the Pound Ridge Authors Society in Pound Ridge, NY. Learn more at Paula's website and be sure to follow her online:
