Where Feelings Go To Die: Legends Unleashed, #8

By Heather Beck

Some feelings just won’t rest in peace. Ashleigh, a journalist, is haunted by the tragic story of unrequited love, betrayal and revenge – literally! And it’s affecting more than just her work. How can Ashleigh help these desperate, otherworldly apparitions when she can’t even manage her own affairs?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Diamond Dust Books
• Release date: Oct 13, 2015
• ISBN: 9781519900685

Heather Beck

Heather Beck is a Canadian Author and Screenwriter who began writing professionally at the age of sixteen. Since then she has written eleven well-reviewed books, including the best-selling series, The Horror Diaries, which has sold in six continents. Heather received an Honors Bachelor of Arts degree from university where she specialized in English and studied an array of disciplines. Currently, she is working on the Frostbitten series and has two anthologies slated for publication. As a screenwriter, Heather has multiple television shows and movies in development. Her short films include: Young Eyes, The Rarity, Too Sensible For Love, Circular, and the forthcoming Witch’s Brew. Besides writing, Heather’s greatest passion is the outdoors. She is an award-winning fisherwoman and a regular hiker. Her hobbies include swimming, playing badminton and volunteering with non-profit organizations.

Book preview

During the daylight hours, when the sun glistens upon the water and the leaves on the trees sway gently in the wind, one wonders why this serene setting bears the misleading name of Black Heart Lake.

Ashleigh hesitated before placing a period at the end of her sentence. She was uncertain whether the words she’d written would meet the expectations of her finicky boss. The battle of her mind, pen and properly structured sentences continued.

So, what is the origin of Black Heart Lake’s name? It began over two hundred years ago when a jilted woman murdered another woman who was having an affair with her lover.

Ashleigh suddenly stopped writing and stared at what she’d written.

Where the hell did that come from?

Looking up at the bright sun, its blazing heat radiated upon her face. She squinted, wishing she had her sunglasses. Unfortunately, they had been left in the cabin after unpacking this morning.

Now concentrating on her notepad, Ashleigh erased the sporadic burst of imaginative fiction. She wrote what she’d meant to write.

The origin of Black Heart Lake’s name lies within the fact that the moon, when rising or setting behind the two large elm trees, casts a heart-like shape upon the dark lake. 

Ashleigh suppressed the urge to add something like, when two star-crossed lovers look upon the moon’s reflection, they decide to take their lives in the lake to forever be together.

Ring. Ring.

Ashleigh jumped