Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt Stop #17

Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the

hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in

order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes!

 The hunt BEGINS on 4/10 at noon Mountain with Stop #1 at

LisaTawnBergren.com.

 Hunt through our loop using Chrome or Firefox as your browser (not

Explorer).

 There is NO RUSH to complete the hunt—you have all weekend (until

Sunday, 4/13 at midnight Mountain)! So take your time, reading the

unique posts along the way; our hope is that you discover new

authors/new books and learn new things about them.

 Submit your entry for the grand prizes by collecting the CLUE on each

author’s scavenger hunt post and submitting your answer in the

Rafflecopter form at the final stop, back on Lisa’s site. Many authors are

offering additional prizes along the way!

I am so stoked you're here! It's always fun to do these scavenger hunts and I'm excited to be a part. For those who don't know me, I'm Jaime Jo Wright—I write Gothic mystery/thrillers for Bethany House Publishing, Romantic Suspense for Love Inspired Suspense/Harlequin, and Psychological Thriller for Two Dogs Publishing. I also host a podcast, MADLIT MUSINGS, where I chat with authors about some crazy fun topics! Be sure to check it out and do some eavesdropping and sign up for my newsletter too! You can also follow me on Instagram and Facebook! My newest release, TEMPEST AT ANNABEL'S LIGHTHOUSE is from Bethany House Publishing, and is inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's poem, Annabel Lee. Where the lighthouse no longer illuminates, ghostly lore and legends emerge, demanding vengeance for secrets that should have drowned a century before.

1874

A battered woman awakens atop a forgotten gravesite by Lake Superior's southern shore. Identified only by the locket around her neck inscribed with the name Rebecca, she seeks refuge with an elderly lighthouse keeper. But as Rebecca struggles to remember who she is, she finds herself haunted by the lingering memories of Annabel, a mysterious woman who perished in the lake's unforgiving waves years earlier. With the spirit of Annabel seemingly reawakened, and an unknown adversary on the hunt to silence Rebecca once and for all, more is at stake than reclaiming her own memories. Rebecca must reclaim Annabel's as well.

Present Day

Author and researcher Shea Radclyffe escapes to the lighthouse outside a historic Michigan mining town to seek clarity about her failing marriage. Instantly drawn to the lighthouse's landlord, Shea contends with the legend of Annabel's vengeful ghost and a superstitious community that has buried the truth about a current murder. As the secrets harbored around Annabel's lighthouse unravel, Shea must navigate a fight between torn loyalty, self-discovery, and the haunting forces of love.

I love Lake Superior lore and it was a perfect setting to give a nod to Edgar's poem of love lost. The Great Lakes are filled with legends and stories. Did you know that there are over 6,000 shipwrecks in the Great Lakes combined? The last major shipwreck was in 1975 on Lake Superior, where my book is set. That is the infamous sinking of the SS Edumund Fitzgerald. The entire crew of 29 men was lost that night during a storm with the wind at 50 knots and waves 12 to 16 feet in height.

And it wasn't the only ship on the lake that fateful night. The Anderson was also afloat and fighting against the gale force winds and remarkable waves.

"According to Captain Cooper, about 6:55 pm, he and the men in the Anderson’s pilothouse felt a “bump”, felt the ship lurch, and then turned to see a monstrous wave engulfing their entire vessel from astern. The wave worked its way along the deck, crashing on the back of the pilothouse, driving the bow of the Anderson down into the sea." (src: https://shipwreckmuseum.com/the-fateful-journey/)

It's believed by some that it was that wave that continued to roll on that sunk the Fitzgerald. But a mystery surrounds even this sinking ship, and to this day, no one knows for sure what caused the sinking of the Fitzgerald. The odd thing was, no radio cries were received, no last calls for help, it was just . . . silence.

". . . three expeditions to the wreck revealed that it is likely she “submarined” bow first into an enormous sea, as damage forward is indicative of a powerful, quick force to the superstructure. But what caused the ship to take on water, enough to lose buoyancy and dive to the bottom so quickly, without a single cry for help, cannot be determined."

And that is only the beginning of the mysteries both real and fiction that surround Lake Superior and the Great Lakes.

Here’s the Stop #17 Basics:

If you’re interested, you can order TEMPEST AT ANNABEL'S LIGHTHOUSE on Amazon,

Barnes & Noble, ChristianBook or at your local bookstore!

Clue to Write Down: novel

Link to Stop #18, the Next Stop on the Loop:

Lynette Eason's site!

But wait! Before you go, I’m offering a e-book to two entrants—of my one of my personal favorites, ON THE CLIFFS OF FOXGLOVE MANOR. All you have to do is sign up here! (USA or INTERNATIONAL included)