Spiritwalker: Some Like it Haunted

By Tanith Davenport

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR TANITH DAVENPORT

From the Some Like it Haunted collection

By night she walks with spirits. By day they turn her world upside down.

Tamar Steele, a successful medium for a paranormal investigative team, should be happy with her life but life seems to be against her. Her psychic field is being mysteriously blocked, causing her physical pain and, worse, making it more and more difficult for her to come, creating stress in her relationship with long-term boyfriend Jason.

But then, during the filming of a paranormal TV show, Tamar picks up on Leslie, the recently-murdered sister of her co-worker Hana who tells her the murderer was in the room with them. Knowing the best way to enhance her psychic ability is through sex, Tamar must rekindle her troubled relationship with Jason and rebuild their passion as she fights to solve the murder can she find them in time?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing
• Release date: Oct 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9781839434433

Tanith Davenport

I first started writing seriously when my tutor on a creative writing course pointed me towards the Romantic Novelists' Association and their New Writers' Scheme. Thanks to them, my debut novel "The Hand He Dealt" was accepted by Totally Bound in 2011 and was nominated for the Joan Hessayon Award for 2012. I haven't stopped writing since. Last year my short "Spiritwalker" was released as part of the "Some Like It Haunted" collection by Totally Bound. This year I'm working on two new shorts plus the upcoming release of my back collection as audiobooks. When I'm not writing, I love to read historical fiction and non-fiction as well as anything paranormal. I love to sing, watch horror movies and go to rock concerts. I also have two cats who like to hide all day and then destroy the house at night.

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Author

Totally Bound Publishing books by Tanith Davenport

Single Books

The Hand He Dealt

Sleepwalker

Tamar Rising

In the Halls of the Mountain Troll

Echoes of Love

Collections

Haunted by You: I Heard Your Voice

Clandestine Classics: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

What’s Her Secret?: Photograph

Anthologies

Tied to the Billionaire: Ready for Him

Some Like it Haunted

SPIRITWALKER

TANITH DAVENPORT

Spiritwalker

ISBN # 978-1-83943-443-3

©Copyright Tanith Davenport 2020

Cover Art by Claire Siemaszkiewicz ©Copyright October 2020

Interior text design by Claire Siemaszkiewicz

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Some Like it Haunted

By night she walks with spirits. By day they turn her world upside down.

Tamar Steele, a successful medium for a paranormal investigative team, should be happy with her life—but life seems to be against her. Her psychic field is being mysteriously blocked, causing her physical pain and, worse, making it more and more difficult for her to come, creating stress in her relationship with long-term boyfriend Jason.

But then, during the filming of a paranormal TV show, Tamar picks up on Leslie, the recently murdered sister of her co-worker Hana—who later tells her the murderer was in the room with them. Knowing the best way to enhance her psychic ability is through sex, Tamar must rekindle her troubled relationship with Jason and rebuild their passion as she fights to solve the murder. Can she find the killer in time?

Dedication

For Ellen

Trademark Acknowledgements

The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of the following wordmarks mentioned in this work of fiction:

Syfy: NBCUniversal Television and Streaming

Burberry: Burberry Limited Limited Company

Tramadol: Robert P. Nickell

Corsa: Opel (Groupe PSA)

Most Haunted: Antix Productions

BBC News: BBC

Gmail: Google LLC

Cool Water: Zino Davidoff SA société anonyme

Chapter One

Tamar?

Adjusting her headset, Tamar Steele shifted the microphone closer to her mouth as another chair flew across the room in front of her.

It’s all right. I’m on it.

There was the sound of breaking glass above her as a light bulb shattered. Tamar moved forward to avoid the falling shards, holding her torch out in front of her.

She’s here. I can feel her.

Her back was starting to ache. Through the darkness she could see a spirit beginning to form, long white robes and flowing hair framing a thin figure and pointed face. Terrified eyes fixed on hers.

Tamar. Hana’s voice crackled in her ear. You need to get out of there. This is getting too dangerous. Jason’s worried.

Tell Jason to calm down. I know what I’m doing.

A newspaper shot across the floor, scattering pages everywhere. Tamar took another step towards the spirit girl, holding up her hand, focussing on the energy she could feel around her.

Matt, I need your help here.

She felt a light tug on her hair and knew Matt, her spirit guide, had been listening.

Listen to me, she said firmly, holding the girl’s stare. I can help you.

Fear. Panic. A name. Emily—her name is Emily. Died sometime in the 1920s.

Let me help you, Emily.

A sudden rush forward and the girl was right in front of her, arms outstretched, mouth open, gasping for breath. Automatically Tamar caught her wrists, keeping the reaching fingers away from her face as she saw Matt’s blond head manifesting behind the girl.

We can help you, she repeated, then Matt’s arms were wrapping around the girl from behind, his face close to hers as he whispered soothing words into her ear.

The girl froze, then collapsed back against him, her arms falling.

I don’t want to be here! I don’t know why I’m here.

It’s all right. Tamar’s gaze met Matt’s over the girl’s shoulder. We can send you home.

She concentrated. Light. Bring light.

A glowing white light slowly formed between them, growing until the girl was engulfed. A small smile formed on her face before, in a bright