Smoky
Mist
The
Legend of the Ghost Train Book 1
by
C.J. Baty
Genre:
M/M Ghost Paranormal Romance
The
Legend of the Ghost Train
Today,
people say that on a quiet night in the mountains of Virginia,
Tennessee, and Kentucky, you can hear the far off shriek of a
locomotive whistle and the rumble of the train’s cars as they
clamor across the tracks. The legend claims the train moves through
the valleys and mountains searching for lost souls that need a lift
to the other side.
In
the early Twentieth Century, railroads were not only a way to
transport people, they also carried all types of goods across the
country. Lumber from the forests of Tennessee, coal from the mines of
Kentucky, and tobacco from the fields of Virginia were just a few of
the industries that depended heavily on the railroad system. Even the
Vanderbilt’s built a train system to carry the products needed to
construct the great Biltmore Estate.
The
Legend of the Ghost Train series will carry you off to a simpler time
before WWII and the Great Depression. It’s about the love between
two men that wasn’t spoken of and ghosts of past loves that still
linger in the mountains. Some haunt the living looking for a loved
one. Some want revenge for wrong doings. And, others are evil and
will stop at nothing to repeat the past and kill again.
Jesse
Lawson was never afraid of the strange and unusual dreams he had. But
lately, they were becoming darker leaving him with a need to discover
why he was having them. He believed he would find answers at the site
of logging camps in The Great Smoky Mountains. His great grandfather
had lived and died there, and Jesse was sure it was Jackson Douglas
haunting him.
Carter
Thompson never knew his great great uncle George Thompson, but he
inherited his land, home, and money. George had come here to America
to find work in the lumber camps. Meeting Jesse Lawson was about to
turn his world upside down. Jesse’s dreams somehow involved Carter,
and the more they searched the closer they became.
George
left journals that could clear up many mysteries, including Jackson
Douglas’s death. Now it seemed that something was trying to destroy
Carter and Jesse’s growing attraction to each other. Whoever it is
will stop at nothing to keep them apart, even if they have to repeat
the past to do it.
There
will be three books in this series. Each is a stand alone and can be
read in any order. Each has a HEA.
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The
Legend of the Ghost Train Book 2
1862
– Maxwell Ryder refused to honor a prearranged marriage with
Penelope Walker. Instead, he fell madly in love with her younger
brother, Jeremiah. When Maxwell returned to his regiment, Penelope
planned the murder of her brother. Hiding his body where no one would
ever find it. Maxwell died during a Civil War battle never knowing
what happened to his love.
Present
– Luke Ryder was the last descendant of the Ryder family. It was on
his watch that the family’s great home, White Oaks Manor, was sold
to a rich business man named, Jacob Walker. He hated Jacob before he
ever met him, but after, Jacob asked him to join in the restoration
of the old manor, their time together brought them closer and love
started to bloom.
Jacob
Walker and his sister Trisha, own their own business, buying and
restoring classic homes. Jacob fell in love with White Oaks Manor
before he ever met the man who had to sell it to him. Luke Ryder was
nothing like any of the men Jacob had ever known. He was charming,
funny, and very passionate about his family’s heritage.
As
the two work together, the attraction between them grows stronger.
Then strange things begin to happen at the manor. People being
injured, cold winds, and wild screams during the night. Trisha seeing
a woman’s ghost that warns her to keep her brother away from Luke
Ryder. Jacob has strange dreams of his own. None of them know of the
impending danger that is watching over them.
Penelope
Walker was made a fool of once. Condemned to haunt White Oaks Manor
where her brother’s body is hidden, she kept Maxwell and Jeremiah
apart in life and she sure in hell isn’t going to let them be
together in death.
Can
Luke and Jacob save themselves, and the lovers from the past before
Penelope reeks her vengeance again?
Coal
Dust
The
Legend of the Ghost Train Book 3
The
Legend of the Ghost Train continues:
1930’s
Harlan County Kentucky
Boone
Douglas and Tucker Winchester are from different worlds, both knew
that being homosexual could be a death sentence in this backwoods
hell. Their love blossomed in spite of everything.
Two
men find love, during a difficult time for the Appalachian states,
where many lived in poverty. They struggled, working long days in
coal mines for pennies. There were also hostilities between mining
companies and the unions who wanted to rally the mine workers.
There’s a reason it’s called Bloody Harlan County.
A
greedy man, a cave full of miners, and two lovers suffered the worst
fate imaginable.
Present
Craig
Waterson, a descendant of Tucker, fell down an abandoned air shift
leading to a caved in mine. He dreamed or walked through the past
seeing Boone and Tucker fall in love, then lose everything. When he
awoke, he discovered that Tucker’s ghost had followed him to the
present with a request.
Craig,
Tucker, and Doug Harper, Boone’s great nephew, work together to
recover the remains of the miners who were killed in the Copperhead
Mining Accident. Many secrets have to be uncovered before Boone and
Tucker can find peace or Craig and Doug can find their own happily
ever after.
Warnings:
Violence,
homophobic slang terms
CJ
Baty dreamed of writing her own stories from a very young age. Time
and life got in the way, but with the encouragement of her two
grownup children, she began to follow that dream. She loves a mystery
and when you mix in romance and hot men, you can bet there’s going
to be a happily ever after. She brings her love of nature and the
mountains of the Southern states into her stories too. Too many years
spent in an office crunching numbers, left her with the desire to
explore new places and experiences. Whenever, possible you can find
her in Tennessee enjoying the fresh air and beautiful scenery. Her
muse lives there so she visits often. She believes deeply that love
is love and love is what binds us all.
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The Legend of the Ghost Train
Today, people say that on a quiet night in the mountains of Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, you can hear the far off shriek of a locomotive whistle and the rumble of the train’s cars as they clamor across the tracks. The legend claims the train moves through the valleys and mountains searching for lost souls that need a lift to the other side.
In the early Twentieth Century, railroads were not only a way to transport people, they also carried all types of goods across the country. Lumber from the forests of Tennessee, coal from the mines of Kentucky, and tobacco from the fields of Virginia were just a few of the industries that depended heavily on the railroad system. Even the Vanderbilt’s built a train system to carry the products needed to construct the great Biltmore Estate.
The Legend of the Ghost Train series will carry you off to a simpler time before WWII and the Great Depression. It’s about the love between two men that wasn’t spoken of and ghosts of past loves that still linger in the mountains. Some haunt the living looking for a loved one. Some want revenge for wrong doings. And, others are evil and will stop at nothing to repeat the past and kill again.
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