Jarvie's epic award-winning 2015 novel, The Soul Retrieval, has been updated with new graphics and a promotional bonus chapter of its sequel, The Woods of Hitchcock. It will re-launch as a 2021 Updated Edition in the Fall. |
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Early Praise for The Woods of Hitchcock
“5 out of 5 stars! – Ann W. Jarvie has written a complex and intriguing novel in The Woods of Hitchcock…fascinating metaphysical information…an engaging read from the first page to the last!”
--Readers’ Favorite
"Riding in beautiful Hitchcock Woods in Aiken, South Carolina, has been on my bucket list for many years. After reading The Woods of Hitchcock, I feel like I’ve already galloped down the sandy, tree-lined trails of this unique urban forest. I can’t wait to visit and ride there. Also, as someone who has lived and worked in a big city but longed to return to my horses and country life, it was easy for me to get caught up in Suzanne’s (main character) adventures. The Woods of Hitchcock is a wild ride and fun read from the beginning to end! I highly recommend it!”
—Lesley Ward, former Editor-in-Chief of Horse Illustrated and Young Rider Magazine
“It's unusual to find a thriller that weaves paranormal and psychological tension into its murder mystery, but Ann W. Jarvie achieves this with detail and depth…a thoroughly engrossing story that's hard to put down.”
--Midwest Book Review
“A compassionate and intriguingly constructed novel of transcendental awakening.”
--Kirkus Reviews
--Readers’ Favorite
"Riding in beautiful Hitchcock Woods in Aiken, South Carolina, has been on my bucket list for many years. After reading The Woods of Hitchcock, I feel like I’ve already galloped down the sandy, tree-lined trails of this unique urban forest. I can’t wait to visit and ride there. Also, as someone who has lived and worked in a big city but longed to return to my horses and country life, it was easy for me to get caught up in Suzanne’s (main character) adventures. The Woods of Hitchcock is a wild ride and fun read from the beginning to end! I highly recommend it!”
—Lesley Ward, former Editor-in-Chief of Horse Illustrated and Young Rider Magazine
“It's unusual to find a thriller that weaves paranormal and psychological tension into its murder mystery, but Ann W. Jarvie achieves this with detail and depth…a thoroughly engrossing story that's hard to put down.”
--Midwest Book Review
“A compassionate and intriguingly constructed novel of transcendental awakening.”
--Kirkus Reviews
Suzanne Clayborn is a psychically gifted southerner working in an Ad/PR agency, her dream job in Chicago, which also conveniently takes her away from the ghosts of her past. But when she’s nearly killed, she realizes all she wants is to return home to her eccentric family, her horse and the one place she feels safe: Hitchcock Woods, an enchanting equestrian forest preserve in South Carolina.
But instead of finding solace, Suzanne becomes entangled in a murder spree, while stumbling upon an old manuscript, written by her sage grandmother, Henrietta. As she explores it, Suzanne uncovers a tome of long-buried family haunts and ancient metaphysical secrets offering healing and inspiration. She also begins to understand her unwanted psychic abilities, especially after meeting a mysterious stranger in the Woods whose ominous riddle suggests others close to her will die within the week… Brimming with raw emotion and a trail of psychological twists, a story of hope and transformation begins to unfold. Yet with the riddle’s deadline looming, Suzanne’s present must ultimately collide with a violent past. Will she be able to solve her life’s riddle and fulfill her destiny? Or will she die along with those she loves? |
Inspired by a true story, The Soul Retrieval by Ann W. Jarvie is an award-winning suspenseful tale of love, loss and healing which follows traumatized southern beauty Henrietta Clayborn as she moves between her home in a small South Carolina town and the New Mexico Native American reservation whose spontaneous healings keep drawing her physician husband back. Tortured by her awful secrets, Henrietta struggles to thrive in either locale, but it is her unlikely friendship with Joe Loco––an eccentric Native American mystic with an Elvis fetish and a gift for healing––that shows her the way to be whole again.
Set in the late 1950s, The Soul Retrieval is richly woven with spiritual insights but also deadly secrets, forbidden healings, a murder mystery, stunning scenery and an unforgettable cast of characters. A story of transcendent and inspiring power that is both entertaining and enlightening, readers will be cheering for the uptight woman from South Carolina to push through her fears of the forbidden as she searches for truth and healing, faces great obstacles on the frontier of self and ultimately becomes more than she ever thought possible. |
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