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The Vampire's Touch: A midlife paranormal mystery thriller (Memory Guild Book 9) Kindle Edition

by Ward Parker (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 246 ratings
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The vampires want to turn us all. I just want to turn the channel.

I never expected Mr. Jubbles of Yeehaw Junction, Florida, to return to my inn. After all, the last time he stayed here, he witnessed a monster invasion and was scolded for stealing towels.

I really didn’t expect him to be attacked and drained by a vampire in my pantry while stealing cocktail peanuts. Nor, for me to be accused of his murder.

Things only go downhill from there.

The fiend who attacked Mr. Jubbles is the world’s oldest vampire. Meaning, she’s as powerful as they come. She wants to take over the San Marcos vampire community now that it’s been ravaged by an evil spell.

The vampires want to turn all of us humans into vamps.

My daughter wants to marry the Fae god of war.

And the world’s oldest vampire wants something from me very badly.

No one cares what I want: for all this trouble to go away.

Get enchanted by an alluring world of magic, murder, mystery, and mischief.

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From the Publisher

Woman holding magic

"I have a magic touch that's both a blessing and a curse."

Gargoyle
What is the Memory Guild?

Of the supernatural guilds in the nation's oldest city, the Memory Guild's mission is to preserve, protect, and correct humankind's collective memory of history and the human experience. Its members have paranormal and supernatural abilities to help them carry out this mission.

Other Memory Guild Members:

  • Sage, a ghost who won't admit she's dead
  • Archibald, gargoyle, stone-speaker
  • Diego, 500-year-old vampire
  • Gloria, psychic and medium
  • Diana, astral witch
  • James, metal-speaker
  • Summer, wood-speaker
  • Laurel, psychometrist

The Memory Guild

Midlife paranormal mysteries and thrillers

My name is Darla and I'm a psychometrist. That means I can read other people's memories by touching objects they have touched. That's a dangerous ability to have when you live in 500-year-old city, run a 300-year-old bed-and-breakfast, and have a mother (a witch) who owns an antique shop. But it's why I was recruited to the Memory Guild, and it helps me investigate mysteries from the present and the past. Now, if I can only find out why my second husband disappeared. At 52, life has gotten wild.

  • Magic, monsters, and evil humans
  • Snark, sarcasm and satire
  • Cozy tropes, but also action, danger, scariness, and a touch of darkness
  • Clean
  • Romantic subplots, but romance is a minor element
  • Darla uses her psychometry and telepathy to help solve mysteries, but they are not magic bullets
  • Oh, and there's also the In Between, an alternate plane of existence
  • In the tradition of Paranormal Women's Fiction
The Memory Guild 9 books on ancient wall paranormal mystery thrillers

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BK2T6ZD9
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mad Mangrove Media (April 30, 2023)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 30, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2422 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 254 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 195715814X
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 246 ratings

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Ward is a Florida native and author of the the Memory Guild midlife paranormal mystery thrillers, the Monsters of Jellyfish Beach paranormal mysteries, and the Freaky Florida humorous paranormal series, all of which are chock full of psychics, witches, vampires, werewolves, dragons, and other bizarre, mythical creatures, such as #FloridaMan. He also pens the Zeke Adams series of noir mysteries. He lives in Florida (of course) with his wife, cats, and a demon who prefers to remain anonymous.

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Debs Stuff
5.0 out of 5 stars Book 9 does not disappoint!
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2023
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It has been awhile since book 8 so I needed a chapter or two to feel I was on the same page. The characters are fun and whacky.
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JGresko
4.0 out of 5 stars Good for light reading
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2023
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An enjoyable series as a whole though the story lines waffle between too simplistic and just right for a light read. Leaving me feeling like part of the plot was left in just outline form. Some events would be better left out as they are so lacking in depth that they distract from the overall story and leave the reader with a strong feeling that something is missing.
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Hope Tirendi
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2023
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This is one of the best yet in this series. Every book just keeps getting better and better. One if my favorite original Authors. I highly recommend this to all who love to read.
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Angela K Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2023
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I absolutely love this series! Another fantastic adventure, I really enjoyed it! I can’t wait for the next book! Brilliant!
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April B.
4.0 out of 5 stars Glad this book got back to a bit of the ordinary every day life of a paranormal.
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2023
I realize my title might sound contradictory, but I am glad this book got back to a more ordinary type of day for my favorite characters. The thing I enjoy about these books is that Darla and friends are mosthly like the rest of us. Darla has to work and pay bills; she lives in a "normal" community and runs her business there. Sprinkled in to all of that is the paranormal. I stuck with the last few books because I like the characters but I was disappointed that the last few books got away from what I love about this series, the every day life of a person with supernatural powers.
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Phthon
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2023
Darla is making headway on all the tasks that she needs to do to keep the world healthy and safe as the Goddess Danu. I hope she finds a way to permanently defeat the Father of Lies. I am curious how all that has happened is going to turn out. This is such a fun series to read and I loved this latest book in the saga!
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Tina L
5.0 out of 5 stars Great action story of vampires being true Monsters!
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2023
Not your typical vampire story!
Darla and her family help her run her Inn. She is doing well with balancing making sure that her guests get the breakfast (including her homemade scones), wine tasting hour, keeping the in house vampire hidden, and to top it off, still learning her Goddess skills.
So, her guests are still alive... well, sort of. One of them was bitten by a vampire, (not the house vampire), and then the vampire spell took over the city, and that is when things started to get fired-up!
Darla gets warned of her husband turned to a vampire if she does not take the gift of 'Hope' back... she is ready to die. She does not have her daughter, and after centuries of grieving, she has no hope, and does not want hope.
This was a busy story, and a lovely continuation of Darla's family and Inn, as well as including her cousin Missy.
Thank you, Ward Parker for another great story!
I was provided a complimentary copy of this story, and this is my honest review.
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K. COBB
5.0 out of 5 stars Darla's life is always interesting
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2023
(I received this copy for the ARC group, so I got to read it early. Eat your hearts out.)

I need not reiterate the author's setup for the book's plot. He does a good job of doing so.

The book's action kept up at a good pace; the humor was great; there were unexpected twists that kept me wondering how the plot would be resolved until almost the last page. The last chapter reminded the reader of yet another part of Darla's life. I look forward to more of Darla's "adventures" as innkeeper, psychic, incarnation of a goddess, wife, and mother, and protector of San Marcos, Florida.
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