Augustina Van Hoven was born in The Netherlands and currently resides in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and pets. She is an avid reader of romance, science fiction and fantasy. When she’s not writing she likes to work in her garden or in the winter months crochet and knit on her knitting machines.
Character Interview
Beverley: What’s your name?
Nicholas: My name is Nicholas Harwood
Beverley: Where did you grow up?
Nicholas: I was born and raised in Dante’s Hallow, Maine.
Beverley: During what time period does your story take place?
Nicholas: This story takes place around All Hallows Eve in 1879.
Beverley: What’s your story/back story?
Nicholas: I come from a long line of apothecaries. My grandfather moved the family here from the old country. We have always understood the truth about the supernatural and we have taken on the task of protecting others from the things that go bump in the night.
Beverley: Why would someone come up with a story about you?
Nicholas: It’s not just a story about me. It’s a story about what evils are really out there and the good people who are willing stand up against it and protect others who can’t protect themselves.
Beverley: What’s your goal in this story?
Nicholas: I’m trying to keep the dead quiet during All Hallows Eve, but I’m warned by one of them that a great evil is coming and I have to stop it.
Beverley: W hat conflicts are you facing?
Nicholas: There are witches in town who are trying to raise a dead coven member. I have to stop that from happening, but I need help.
Beverley: Do you have a plan for resolving them?
Beverley: Do you have a plan for resolving them?
Nicholas: Not really, what’s coming is beyond my skills. Fortunately, there are others who are willing to help.
Beverley: Is there anything else you’d like us to know about you?
Nicholas: I have the ability to see and speak with the dead.
Blurb for Harbinger
On All Hallows’ Eve, the barrier between the living and the dead is thinnest.
Nicholas Harwood has inherited an unusual job—keeping the dead quiet. For several nights before All Hallows’ Eve, he pours a potion derived from a family recipe on the graves of the late residents of Dante’s Hollow to keep the dead from walking. So far, he’s been successful. But something—in addition to snow—is in the wind, and he can’t stop it alone. Nicholas and his unlikely group of companions—a druid sorcerer, a witch, and a ghost or two—are locked in a power struggle with rogue supernatural powers intent on unleashing great evil.
Excerpt for Harbinger
“Here, Grandpa Sullivan, this should keep you calm.” Nicholas Harwood filled the cap of the old whiskey bottle with his potion and poured it over Grandpa Sullivan’s grave. He grabbed the brim of his hat and tilted his head toward the stone marker before moving on to the next.
In a few days, it would be All Hallows’ Eve, when the barrier between the living and the dead is at its thinnest, and spirits could escape their resting places and wander freely among the living. The potion, an old family recipe handed down from father to son, helped keep them asleep. Nick’s grandfather brought it with him from the old country; his father used it, and now the task of quieting the dead fell to him.
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