Meet our friend Teresa…;)
Teresa Crumpton…
She started writing when she was young as an outlet never thinking one day she would want to publish anything. In fact even though writing was a love and passion she wanted to be a district attorney and worked in that direction until recently. Besides going to school which seems never ending with her three degrees and paralegal certificate she tries to travel around the world, trying adventurous things with her flyboy hubby.
Teresa has agreed to share the synopsis for her thrilling story “Legacy”.
Legacy is a novel about a second year law student, Alexis Galinari, who inherits a good portion of her great Uncle’s fortune. Her inheritance consists of company holdings, money and a family house that no one has ever heard about, except of course her Uncle and her maternal grandfather. The house has been kept secret since before Alexis was born. After her Uncle’s funeral she heads back to Boston where she attends Law School and works for the District Attorney’s office. The family house she inherits happens to be located on the south side of Boston in a town called Mystic Falls, where she interns at the District Attorney’s office. Both the District Attorney and Sheriff knew her Uncle and Grandfather before they passed do to the strange events that have happened in the family house. Alexis was under the impression they knew her Uncle from him keeping tabs on her making sure she got the best money could offer.
After her Uncle’s death Alexis’s ability to control her empathy becomes difficult. She starts feeling everyone’s emotions like she had when she was a kid. Her years of training and suppressing everyone’s emotions fail which leaves her unsteady. Only her family and close friends know that she’s an empathetic. When she’s able to control her empathy it gives her an edge and even helped her Uncle at times. As she moves into the family house her empathy could have negative effects. The family house as a bloody history during the time her relatives didn’t live there was between the late 1880’s to the time she moved in. Every family that has lived in the house not blood related has had someone parish. Alexis starts to learn about the houses history during a late winter storm when she hears noises and voices on the upper floors. As she searches the house she feels the different presences that haunt her house. The fact that she’s living in a haunted house scares her yet she doesn’t want to move out of her family home. She decides to research the house and try to figure out a way to remove the spirits. This leads her to find out the true reason why her Uncle knew the Chief of Police and District Attorney.
As Alexis is learning about her house she starts being contacted by a man named Brenton who she learns later has escaped with his friend Collin from Leavenworth psych ward. Before their escape they ranted about Alexis, which got the attention of the FBI. More than she already had. The FBI watches her to see how she is connected to these former Special Forces members.
The first night Brenton contacts Alexis she thinks he’s crazy, he talks about seeing dead relatives and that the government is trying to hide the true from everyone. He makes contact a few times as his is told from the spirit he thinks is her great great grandfather. She talks to her friends in the police department and they begin an investigating. During this time the FBI makes their presence know to her and she’d not quite sure how to deal with them following her around. With them watching her she’s unable to work on active cases or even go into the District Attorney office. Instead of letting Alexis go the DA comes up with a side job for her to work on. He gives her all the closed cases that were never solved pertaining to her house. This project helps her learn about the house and her family history. She even learns which ghost is the one using Brenton.
While the police are trying to figure out why the FBI is watching Alexis, she and her friends on the force also work on trying to bring Brenton in. They have learned who he is and that he is wanted. Neither she nor they want her to become a victim to him or his partner. Brenton however wants her to fulfill a legacy that he believes to be good based on the deal he made with the spirit. As the police get closer to figuring out why Brenton is contacting Alexis the FBI comes in to take over. The FBI moves an agent and a Special Forces officer into Alexis’s house to watch and protect her in hopes of capturing Brenton and his partners. While Alexis figures out what her true legacy is and what it has to do with her family house.
T, thanks for sharing with us! I can't wait to find out more about the process ;)
Ditto! Paperback Dolls has some super talented friends;-)
Thanks Guys.
Teresa, the book sounds awesome! And I like the name you used for the main character :-P :-P When will it be out? Can't wait to read it!
Thanks Alexis, I'm not sure when it will be out I'm still looking for an Agent. As for the name of the female lead what can I say I love the name Alexis as I'm sure you do as well.