Paranormal Road Trip: Destination Eden, Kentucky with Sharon Buchbinder

Come on boys and ghouls!  It's time to hop on Route 666 for a spooktacular Paranormal Road Trip.  This week's stop is the fictional town of Eden, Kentucky and our special guide is Sharon Buchbinder, author of Kiss of the Silver Wolf.

Eden, Kentucky. Sounds idyllic, doesn’t it? On first blush, it seems like a trip to a golden age of America. A small town with friendly people who produce some of the finest apples in the United States. Take a moment. Look at that delicious red apple you’re about to bite into. Where did it come from? Perhaps it came from one of the eeriest orchards in the country.

Eden, Kentucky's Top 5 Spooky Places

The Orchards: Apple orchards abound in Eden, providing income to the close-knit community. They also serve as playgrounds for the pack at night on full moons, where pups and elders can doff their human bodies and revel in their werewolf forms. If   hunters would leave them alone, it would be perfect.

The Mine: Homeland Security Special Agent Eliana Solomon is hot on the trail of a jinni portal, and the energy signature is coming from an abandoned mine. She sends a scout down the shaft to get more data—and hauls up a corpse with a warning carved into his forehead.

The General Store: A wrap around porch invites you to sit a spell and sip some coffee or cider while you pass the time chatting with neighbors about the apple crop. Inside, a variety of goods await you that would seem fine—if you were living in the 1800’s and drove a horse-drawn buggy. This is no backdrop in an amusement park for ambiance. This store serves the entire town of Eden and surrounding rural areas. There is no ordering online. There is no “online” in Eden. There are no cell phones, no televisions, no modern electronic devices, at all. Due to interference from the jinn, nothing modern works in this particular corner of the world. 

The Hollow: When Charlene Johnson takes a bus driver job to supplement her apple orchard income, she works for the beguiling, silver-haired Zack Abingdon. After extensive training, he warns her repeatedly to get the kids home before sundown. She worries about communication, since her cell phone doesn’t work in Eden. Zack tells her to use the radio, but sometimes in the hollows and near the mining camp, it won’t work. One day, while driving the children home from school, a thick green fog mist blankets the road in the hollow and a pack of black dogs runs in front of the bus. Charlene swerves to avoid hitting them and the bus crashes. When she comes to, it is sundown, and the reason why the kids are supposed to home before dark is revealed.

The Woods by the Mine: The only place worse than the mine is the forested area around it. The evil jinni is intent on wreaking revenge against the Carter pack for killing a member of his clan. He wants Charlene and lures her to the woods with his whispers. Can Zack arrive in time to save her?

Thank you Sharon for giving us such a haunting tour of Eden!  

To learn more about Sharon Buchbinder and her books, please visit her website, and don't miss our Q+A with Sharon Buckbinder here at From the Shadows.  You can add Kiss of the Silver Wolf here on Goodreads.

What did you think of Sharon Buchbinder's picks for spooky places?

Last week on Paranormal Road Trip we visited New York City.  Next week we'll be traveling to San Diego with Jennifer Harlow, author of the F.R.E.A.K.S Squad Investigation series.

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Guest Author Interview: Sharon Buchbinder

Please welcome today's guest author Sharon Buchbinder!  Sharon is the author of many novels including Kiss of the Silver Wolf.

EJ:  When did you begin writing?

Sharon:  I have always been a story-teller. As a child, I got into a lot of trouble for "making things up." Now, I get rewarded for making things up. I love being able create heroes and heroines that people can relate to--even crazy cat ladies, as I did with CATASTROPHE, my first publication with The Wild Rose Press (WRP). I've been writing fiction since I was in middle school and have the rejection slips to prove it. In high school, I even submitted a script to "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." on yellow-lined paper in pencil. Not surprisingly, that was rejected, too. (David McCallum, now playing "Ducky" on NCIS, used to play Illya Kuryakin on the "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." I had a major crush on him, part of the reason I wrote the script. LOL!)

EJ:  What brought you to the paranormal genre?

Sharon:  I cannot recall a time when paranormal events have not played a role in my life. I have always accepted this alternate reality that many others do not experience or recognize. Their disbelief doesn’t dismiss my psychic experiences: dreams that come true, that I think of someone–and that person calls, and that I knew my sister was pregnant before she did. In the 1970’s while a psychology major at the University of Connecticut, I participated in telepathy experiments using the now famous J.B. Rhine Zener cards and other images. My “hit rate” as a receiver was statistically greater than chance occurrence. I lived in a haunted house during my undergraduate years and heard the ghost who lived there. She would mimic my roommates’ voices and move things around to get our attention. It worked. I’ve heard/felt other ghosts/entities. Curiosity and pragmatism took me down the paths of psychology (BA), neuroscience (MA in Psychology), Nursing (AAS) and finally, public health (PhD). So, it’s really not surprising that I’ve gravitated to paranormal romance as one of my favorite sub-genres to read and to write.

EJ:  If you could be any paranormal or have any one supernatural talent, what would it be? Why?

Sharon:  What a great question! When I was little, I wanted to be Carol Ferris, owner of Ferris Aerospace and girlfriend of Hal Jordan (aka Green Lantern) and Queen of the Star Sapphires (DC Comics). She wore purple (my favorite color), was as tough as Green Lantern---and was powered by love. She could fly, kick ass and had free will. That my friend is what an empowered supernatural woman can do! I even dressed up as her one Halloween. Sadly, no one knew who I was supposed to be, so I missed my mark. LOL.

With respect to spookier, non-comic book powers, I have to say that I would love to have telekinetic powers. Because I hate to have to go across the room to get something once I’m settled in at my computer. It would also be helpful if you were being mugged or trying to protect someone else. A definite all around great talent--with good control, of course. There might be a temptation to be a show off. Like, “Hey, you need some help changing that tire?” That might get old. And tiring.

EJ:  If your book(s) were being made into a movie, who would you cast for the leading roles? Why?

Sharon:  If Kiss of the Silver Wolf were made into a movie, I would love to have Kate Hudson star as Charlene, who is smart, tough, and loyal to her brother. Kate has played a lot of comedic roles and I think she could play a serious role, with touches of humor thrown in. The guy would have to be Leonardo DiCaprio. He’d make a perfect werewolf. LOL!

Kiss of the Silver Wolf  by Sharon Buchbinder

When Charlene Johnson's parents die in a single-car accident, she's left behind as guardian for her severely disabled older brother. When her father's death is ruled a suicide she is forced to move to the sleepy rural town of Eden, Kentucky, the very place her mother always warned her about. 

From the moment Zack Abingdon sees Charlene, he knows she's the one. Despite the electrifying bond between them Charlene senses things are not all what they seem. Secrets within secrets unfold, and ultimately Charlene has to make a life and death decision between rejecting her true nature and accepting her place within the wolf pack.


Thank you Sharon for joining us here today at From the Shadows!

To learn more about Sharon Buchbinder and her books, please visit her website.

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