Curse
of the Purple Delhi Sapphire
Temple
of Indra Series
Book
Two
Rachael
Stapleton
Genre: Mystery, Adventure,
Romance
Publisher: Solstice Publishing
Date of Publication: February
3rd, 2015
ASIN: B00SNAF018
Print Length: 215 pages
Word Count: 66, 400
Cover Artist: Rebecca Boyd
Book Description:
As a librarian, Sophia Marcil
loved reading, especially books about ancient curses and reincarnation, but she
never imagined the legend of the Purple Delhi Sapphire was true until she
inherited it and was transported back to a past life where she was murdered.
Now she knows that not only is reincarnation real, but so is the devil’s magic
locked inside the precious gem. Just as she’s about to tell her boyfriend
Cullen about it, he proposes with an engagement ring made from a piece of the
very sapphire that’s cursed her. Reeling from the shock and surrounded by his
family, she allows him to place it on her ring finger. As soon as it touches
her skin, she feels herself being wrenched back in time.
Before she knows it, she’s
wandering the hallway of an old Victorian house in the body of her great aunt.
Unfortunately, her nemesis has also reincarnated in 1920—as one of her family
members. Sophia struggles to locate the Purple Delhi Sapphire in time to
prevent the deaths of those she loves, but she fails and returns to her
present-day life, to the precise moment she left, with a deep understanding
that her killer’s soul is also tied to the sapphire and every life she has, he
is resurrected as someone close to her.
Her stalker ex-boyfriend Nick
seems like a prime candidate this time but she’s convinced she’s a step ahead
of him, thanks to a tip from a medium, she knows that if she uses the magic of
the stone correctly she can trap Nick’s soul in the sapphire and save herself.
But when Nick is murdered, she finds evidence that has her questioning
everything she thought she knew.
Is Cullen husband material or is
history doomed to repeat itself?
Book Trailer: http://youtu.be/VCeG9eA09Fg
About
the Author:
Rachel Stapleton spent her youth
cultivating a vivid imagination inside the book lined walls of an old Victorian
library where she consumed everything from mystery to biography, creating
magical worlds, hidden elevators, and secret spiral staircases. At sixteen, she
penned a column for the local newspaper and in 2006, wrote her first book
featuring an adventurous librarian.
She lives in a Second Empire
Victorian with her husband and two children in Ontario and enjoys writing in
the comforts of aged wood and arched dormers. She is the author of The Temple
of Indra’s Jewel and is currently working on a third book in the Temple of
Indra series.
Adventures in Fiction: Author Interview with Rachael Stapleton
Tell us your latest news?
Curse of the Purple Delhi Sapphire released last week and
made the Amazon Bestsellers list—ranking in the Time travel Romance category
for both paperback and Kindle. It was on an honor to be on the same list as my
favorite authors Diana Gabaldon and Susanna Kearsley. #Amazon #Bestseller #Timetravelromance
Congratulations! I believe this book is part of the Temple of Indra Series, can you tell us
about it?
The TEMPLE OF INDRA SERIES centers around former
librarian Sophia Marcil, a well-read young woman fascinated by history, magic
and ancient curses—all of which she’s only read about up until she inherits the
Purple Delhi Sapphire—a cursed gem that
offers time travel as well as a madman’s obsession. Curse of the Purple Delhi Sapphire is the second book and opens in
the present day. Having somewhat escaped the madman’s grasp, Sophia returns to
her own time but quickly realizes he may be closer than she thinks when Cullen
proposes with the very sapphire that’s cursed her. As soon as it touches her
skin, she feels herself once again being wrenched back in time.
That sounds interesting. Where does the ring take her?
The ring transports her to the roaring 20’s and
into the shadowed history of her own family where she finds herself wandering
the hallway of an old Victorian house in the sixteen year old body of her great
aunt Zafira. The cover image was actually inspired by this part of the story.
She’s aware that her aunt was murdered and she’s desperate to find a way to
save her and the rest of her family from the fate she knows they share.
Can you remember when you first knew you wanted to be a
writer?
There was no single epiphany. As a child my aunt would ask me
from time to time if I still wanted to be a writer. Apparently I’d once told
her that—although I can’t recall the exact moment. I truly don’t even know what
prompted my answer although I was always reading so it makes sense. Books transported
and changed me—The Lion, the Witch and
the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis, anything and everything by V.C Andrews and
Roald Dahl’s The Witches. Reading is
the ultimate adventure—mystery, danger and intrigue from the corner of my room.
Something I firmly hope I am able to do for others.
What inspired you to write the first book in the series?
A beautiful picturesque postcard-like place! That sounds
vague, allow me to elaborate. I’m a sucker for beauty, whether it’s a beautiful
place in nature, architecture or even a beautiful face. There are so many awe-inspiring
things in the world that really exist—bizarre, exotic, magical and sometimes
horrifying places that we are drawn to perhaps because of fairy tale books and
fantasies. The moment that inspired me to write my first book was a swirling
underwater cavern in the beautiful waters of Playa Esmeralda. I was snorkeling
and swam over a deep dark cavern. I felt alone, excited and curious to go
further into it. It was empowering and intriguing and it honestly felt like I
was flying over a cliff. I’ve snorkeled many times since but have never
experience the same wonder. So I recently returned to the place hoping to
re-live the moment, unfortunately it was not to be. I was hit with food
poisoning the day I was scheduled to go out but I look back and think maybe it
was better that way. After all I’ve written a successful book series sparked
from that very moment in time. Could the experience have improved beyond
perfection? And then there’s the idea that maybe some things are better viewed
through the technicolor haze of memory.
What’s your writing process? Do you outline?
I begin with an overall theme or premise and go
from there. I do outline, but not extensively. Once I’ve written the bones of
it down, I tend to write my chapters randomly. Setting is a huge motivator for
me. I’ll get an idea for where the scene is taking place and then I drop my
core cast of characters down into it, presenting them with a mysterious event
or a key plot point.
What are your current projects at the moment?
I’m closing in on the halfway mark of Book Three
in the series—it’s titled Keeper of the Book. Half of it is written from the
perspective of my protagonist Sophia’s sixteen year old daughter Alanna and
she’s dealing with the absence of her mother—a bombshell that will shock my
die-hard fans—but of course everything is not as it seems. Going from first to
third person was a nice change. I will also try my hand at resurrecting an Island
murder mystery I began last summer. And I have a couple others including a YA
outlined which I’ll wait to share.
Are there
any other new releases on the horizon?
I have a short story—a prequel to how Sophia and
Cullen met called DINNER IN THE DARK that was just published in the Solstice
Publishing Valentine’s Day Anthology. There’s a delicious recipe for Dill
Pickle soup in it.
What’s up
next on the Blog Tour?
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