Happy 2024!

Happy New Year! May 2024 bring only the best to all of you!Happy New Year! May 2024 bring only the best to all of you!

We’re had a busy week with the tree falling, creating damage. But we are fine and the tree guy and the roof/repair guy responded quickly to secure the house. Adjuster comes the 3rd. Fortunately, the weather has been beautiful so far, enabling us to celebrate the beginning of the new year!

Rabbit Rabbit for good luck!

Paying tribute to Grandfather Tree and the Sun for a great day!

A Southern tradition: black-eyed peas, greens, ham, and cornbread for luck!

It’s My Birthday!

It’s my birthday! The actual person, Jerry Hampton, behind the author, Shanon Grey, turns 73 today. In truth, I was born at 7:05 a.m. in DePaul Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. My father, who’d been traveling, arrived home to see a note on the door. “Gone to hospital to welcome our child.”

He was so shaken, he forgot the car and ran all the way to the hospital. Luckily, they didn’t live far from DePaul. He arrived to see my mother sitting up in bed, holding me. “Well,” she told him, “she arrived just in time for breakfast.” It’s been one of my favorite meals ever since. In fact, today, my sweet hubby fixed me my favorite, an open faced fried egg sandwich.

In the picture, I am wearing the sweater my daughter helped me pick out when she was here for a couple of days, as I stand next to the carved owl my husband gave me. One can never have too many owls, dragons, or friends. I am truly blessed. I have a plethora of all three.

Enjoy your day–it’s my present to you. And enjoy every birthday. It’s the one day of the year that is uniquely yours. Thanks for reading my books and being my friend. I’ve enjoyed every minute of it.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Here at the Hampton cottage–yes, Shanon Grey is Jerry Hampton–we celebrate many holidays: Hanukkah, Yule, Solstice, Christmas, New Year, and anything else we can include. And, of course, my birthday, which comes the 30th of December. We eat too much, watch movies, and laugh as much as possible.

From our house to yours, we wish you Happy Holidays! May yours be bright and joyful. May the New Year bring you friendship, good health, and much happiness!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone has had a very Happy Thanksgiving, surrounded by loved ones and good food. Please keep in mind all those that are working to ensure we can enjoy our free time.

Happy Veterans’ Day!

Happy Veterans’ Day to all who have served. Your service ensured our safety and freedom. Let it never be forgotten.

Finding Magic

When I started this journey, my life was in turmoil. My home had been destroyed, my husband had been laid off, we’d had to relocate, I’d gone back to work full-time for the first time in over a decade, and my best friend/surrogate mother had passed away.

Andy had found me a cottage in the woods, but it stood virtually empty–a couch, a table, and a couple of beds. My husband and son bought four low put-together bookcases and a hollow-core door and created a desk, painting it black, of course–my favorite color.

I sat at that desk, staring through the oval glass of the front door into the trees, wondering what kind of place I’d landed. Well, it didn’t take long before I found I’d discovered Ruthorford, a small southern town of extraordinary beauty and intriguing descendants, where science and magic merge.

I admit, that I owe a lot of it to my best friend, who always believed in my imagination and creativity and said, “You’re going to be an author some day.” Maybe it was for her that I took the leap. I’m not sure I’ll ever know. But, I’m glad I did. As I am finishing up my tenth novel, I realize that writing my fiction has also been my therapy and I am grateful every day that I can take some time away from my full-time job to slip away and give my characters their say. In doing so, I found there truly is magic.

Surviving the Dog Days of Summer

If you’ve ever lived in the south, you are familiar with the ‘Dog Days of Summer.’ One of the ways to keep them at bay is to head to the beach, which I did growing up, with a long-board beneath me, and the sun beating down as I sought a wave.

Join me now — in Currents of Destiny. Let it take you away from the sweltering heat, back to the beach.

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Memorial Day!

Honoring those who gave it all so we can celebrate our freedoms! Remember the fallen. We can enjoy this day because of them.

He had no idea he was the Descendant Rising!

Around the bend, the road leads to Ruthorford, where the trees leaf out fuller, the grass is greener, and the air fairly sizzles. When an injured ex-Marine shows up in need of help, little does he know he’s about to get a lot more than an advanced prosthesis.

Descendant Rising by Shanon Grey

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Shanon Grey’s Electric Personality

To say I have an electric personality would be an understatement. I’ve been that way all my life. Some days are more exaggerated than others. Today, I have shocked my husband twice, made an arc to a surge protector, blown two light bulbs, and set off a desk calculator. To be on the safe side, I’ll let my husband change the light bulbs. Afraid to even touch my laptop, I ended up going out and hugging “grandfather” oak trees, hoping to discharge some of the current in my body. This is one reason I stay far away from windows during electric storms. It’s also the reason I gave Dorian and other descendants their abilities in my Ruthorford stories. At least they have been able to make theirs useful. Mine is just shocking.

If you haven’t visited Ruthorford, please do. My stories touch one another but stand alone. They center around people who are different, residing in a gorgeous southern town, and trying to live normal lives. Like me, sometimes that’s a lot harder than it seems.

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THE SHOPPE OF SPELLS ~ available in digital and printMorgan Briscoe’s relatively normal life is turned on its ear when she learns not only was she adopted, but her birth parents are dead and she now holds half-interest in a business with their ward, Dorian Drake, who, despite his riveting good looks, can barely conceal his hostility toward his new partner.Morgan discovers that she is more than she seems and together she and Dorian have the ability to control a portal to another dimension. Unable to control their growing attraction, Morgan and Dorian dance around their desires and her burgeoning abilities, until danger forces them to face their destiny.

MEADOW’S KEEP ~ available in digital and print

Jasmine Monroe once felt like damaged goods. Not anymore. Her latent abilities, although appearing too late to save her from a brutal attack, now keep her safe from anyone hurting her again. Secure in that fact, she’s moved on. Until she meets her first love’s doppelganger.

PENNYROYAL CHRISTMAS ~ available in digital

A Ruthorford Holiday Story

Kateri Chance comes back to Ruthorford for a fresh start and runs into the man that caused her to leave in the first place. She must resolve her past before she can move forward. However, someone doesn’t want that to happen. Join Kat as she explores Ruthorford, the small town that protects its own.

GLYNDA’S DARE ~ available in digital and print

Everything gone, Glynda heads north, hoping that fate might be kinder this time around. A knew job and a new life outside of a small southern town, Glynda discovers that southern charm does extend as far as Georgia, as do good-looking men. When Tom rescues Glynda from the hooves of an angry stallion, Glynda begins to believe that her shattered heart might have a chance to heal after all. But her past is coming back to haunt her and could likely get her killed.

Fortunately, the she has landed in the arms of people who protect their own, whether they want it or not and Glynda finds she’s got help on her side, if she’s just willing to take a chance.

TWISTED FATE ~ available in digital and print

Ruthorford – the perfect southern town, with even more perfect descendants. Except, perfection has come with a price. Now, in order to survive, they must turn to outsiders for help.

A missing body and an accident that looks like a set-up force the powers that be to call in someone who can do it all – with the help of the descendants. Things never appear quite as they seem and, at every turn, things start heating up – in the investigation and between those that should know better. Welcome to Ruthorford – where science and magic merge.

CURRENTS OF DESTINY ~ available in digital and print

After a rogue wave turns Bobbi Moore’s world upside down in more ways than one, she finds herself indebted, not once but over and over, to a wounded war veteran who keeps disappearing as readily as he appears. Grappling with the changes life is throwing at her, Bobbi is determined to follow the currents of the fate laid before her. But destiny has other plans, ones that can’t be ignored.

Having returned from the war a changed man, Mac finds solace in his photography, until he captures a surfer being swallowed up by the sea. Without thinking, he fights the deep to recuse her, intertwining their paths tighter and tighter, until he must decide whether or not to relinquish his past for their future.

SILENT WARRIOR ~ available in digital and print

A sudden accident lands a stranger in the arms of Ruthorford, where she awakens without a memory, a past, and no idea why she is where she is. When Sim, non-verbal from birth and a recluse by choice, rescues her from her burning vehicle, his touch captures more than he bargained for and he now holds the secrets from her past.

As Ruthorford and her descendants make a place for their newest resident, she finds a home among these kind—albeit a bit strange—people and a growing attraction to her rescuer. but nothing stays quiet for long as strangers arrive in town, determined to find their missing fugitive, no matter what it takes. After several kidnapping attempts, Ruthorford’s descendants decide to take matters into their own hands, which can mean any number of things, in the town where science and magic merge.

Descendant Rising ~ available in digital and print

The lone survivor of a horrific helicopter accident, Owen Zachery Henderson, even with a recently amputated arm, is determined to accompany the body of one of his Marine brothers home to Ruthorford and to the grieving widow.

Sandra Carter Beauchard has been trying to face the fact that Ethan is gone. When Ozzy shows up, she’s surprised to see the wounded ex-Marine, who she’d met before. Not only is she surprised to learn that Ozzy was the lone survivor of the helicopter crash, but that he knew her husband better than just about anyone, including her. Together, they resolve to stop impending danger before it disrupts not only Ruthorford but the entire nation.

Where the Mistletoe Grows ~ available in digital and print

Ray Grissom survived Covid. Just barely. Now, at the suggestion of a friend, he comes to Ruthorford to heal and adjust to the altered life the once famous artist faces. Liking what he sees of the small town, he settles in to enjoy a fine dinner, only to suffer a stroke. A beautiful, albeit silent, temptress places her hand on his shoulder, instantly bringing him calm. With the help of a neurosurgeon and the descendants, Ray begins to recover, regaining far more than what he’d lost to Covid.

However, danger has come to Ruthorford, threatening descendant and non-descendant alike, and the only one that can help them is Ray. Grateful for all they’ve given him, he offers assistance, unaware it could cost him, if not his life, his sanity.

SHANON GREY

Shanon Grey continues to give you stories to help you escape from the stresses of everyday life for a bit and give you hope for the future. You can join her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ShanonGrey, follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ShanonGrey and visit her website at www.shanongrey.com. Contact her at shanongreybooks@yahoo.com. She would love to hear from you. Shanon Grey’s novels are available in digital and/or print on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Shanon-Grey/e/B004Z9TS7I; Smashwords (which includes many digital options): https://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=Shanon+Grey; and other booksellers.