Ghosts of Mateguas, A Mateguas Island Novel

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The body of a young girl, found floating in the icy waters of Scarborough Marsh... Six men, over a span of thirty-five years, disappear without a trace... A harbinger of evil, so ancient it defies memory, surfaces on the rocky shores of Mateguas... Journey, with Karen and her family, back to the mythos, passion, and magic, and join her as she seeks to finally lay to rest the ... GHOSTS OF MATEGUAS. GHOSTS OF MATEGUAS is the third full-length novel in highly acclaimed, award-winning, MATEGUAS ISLAND SERIES. "Those who love stories with some touch of mystery will not be disappointed with this one. The story, for sure, will grip readers at different levels. First off, Watkins writes with moving simplicity, a kind of prose that tantalizes and is difficult to put down, because it rings with an eloquence that is akin to the spell of the ghosts sauntering along the rocky shores of Mateguas. The setting is perfect for a tale that involves the herald of evil: the rocky shores, the eternity of the sea, the marshes… The story is fast paced; the suspense is so skillfully built into the story to have the reader turning the pages, and the characters are solid enough that any reader will care about what happens to them. One would say that Ghosts of Mateguas comes with a spell that makes the book impossible to put down. Beautifully written by a writer of a rare caliber." ~ Romuald Dzemo for READERS FAVORITE

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Author Biography

Born in Norwich, Connecticut, Linda Watkins grew up in a suburb of Detroit. After graduation from college (Carnegie-Mellon University ’70), Linda relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area. Employed as a Senior Clinical Financial Analyst at Stanford University School of Medicine, Linda was always writing. At work, she wrote “long forms” and business plans; at home, she penned whimsical stories, poems and songs for the delight of her friends and family. In 2006, she took early retirement and moved to Chebeague Island, Maine and it was there that she wrote MATEGUAS ISLAND. Linda now resides in Western Michigan with her three rescue dogs, Splatter, Spudley and Jasper. In addition to her award-winning debut novel, MATEGUAS ISLAND, (2014 Gold Medal in Supernatural Fiction, READERS' FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD; 2014 First Place in Contemporary Gothic, CHANTICLEER BOOK REVIEW'S PARANORMAL AWARDS, and 2015 Outstanding Novel in Horror/Suspense, INDEPENDENT AUTHOR NETWORK'S BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS), she has also published the sequel to MATEGUAS, entitled RETURN TO MATEGUAS ISLAND and is working on the final edits to the 3rd full-length novel in the series, GHOSTS OF MATEGUAS.

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Ghosts of the Past

GHOSTS OF MATEGUAS is not only about the supernatural forces that exist in and around Mateguas Island, it is also about facing other ghosts - ghosts of the past. In this excerpt, one of our characters is remembering a time long before and a girl whose memory haunts him. As Salman Rushdie said in THE SATANIC VERSES, "Now I know what a ghost is. Unfinished business, that's what." GHOSTS OF MATEGUAS is currently on preorder at Amazon, NOOK, Kobo, and iBooks - it will be released in eBook format on March 15th, 2016. The print version will follow in April. ENJOY!

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Ghosts of Mateguas, A Mateguas Island Novel

Later that evening when they were parked at a deserted beach, he remembered how scared and confused he'd felt. The experience in the library had, for him, taken on a surrealistic quality, almost as if it had been a dream. He was sure she didn't date and that she was innocent. Yet, how did she know so much? Tentatively, he'd asked, almost afraid to hear her answer. He remembered now how she'd blushed and smiled.

"I read," she'd said softly.

He'd looked at her puzzled and, in response, she reached into her backpack and pulled out a book. The Story of O by Pauline Réage. She opened it at random and in a quiet voice began to read.

He didn't touch her that night. But, somehow, just sitting with her, just listening to her, was almost as exciting as what they'd done in the library earlier that day. He'd hoped it would last forever.

But it didn't.

Six months later, she was dead.

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Linda Watkins

Ghosts of Mateguas, A Mateguas Island Novel

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Author Biography

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Ghosts of the Past

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Ghosts of Mateguas, A Mateguas Island Novel

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