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Crossing the Witchline

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đŸ”„About Crossing the Witchline (Book 2, Bellerose Witchline Series*), by T.L. Brown:

Would you give your light to the one who needs it the most and deserves it the least?

Ever since Lucie Bellerose returned to the Empire, she’s lived amid chaos. Now, three months after a devastating battle in the Walled Zone, she’s desperate to get into the Above to find her lost magic man. With her best friend still missing and her membership at the Congress of Empire Witches suspended, Lucie’s on her own.

A glimmer of hope comes in the feline form of a shapeshifter, a young man who set fire to the Crimson Stone. But as Lucie works to put the three pieces of the gemstone back together, she learns her best-laid plans might magically backfire.

Down to her last resort, Lucie seeks help from an unpredictable demon – a man from her past who is held captive in the Below. A deal is made, but can Lucie trust him to keep his end of the bargain? Will the darkness overshadow her light?

Crossing the Witchline is book two in the adult dark fantasy Bellerose Witchline series, where friends and enemies aren’t always who they seem to be, and even a bad man can get a second chance to do life right.

As Lucie says, it’s complicated.

* Recommended readers: Adults 18+ years due to adult situations.

About the Bellerose Witchline series: This is a stand-alone series AND also a bonus for fans of T.L. Brown’s Door to Door paranormal mystery trilogy. Readers of Brown’s Door to Door trilogy will recognize fan favorites John Templeton and Rabbit – learning more secrets about the two most important men in Lucie’s life, while introducing new characters. Please note: The books in the Bellerose Witchline series are NOT cozy mysteries. They are Adult Dark Fantasy with elements of horror.

Relationships

Lucie and Rabbit (also from the Door to Door series) form a strong friendship during the summer after they first met. (Between books Through the Door and Doors Wide Open.)

Lucie develops a rather tempestuous relationship with Templeton (from the Door to Door series) in Doors Wide Open.

 

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A Thin Witchline Between Love & Hate

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Lucie Bellerose first appeared in the second book of the Door to Door Paranormal Mystery Series by T.L. Brown. Lucie became a resource for that series’ main character (Emily Swift) as Emily explored her own “magical abilities.”

Lucie returned in the series’ third book (Doors Wide Open) and played a significant role.

Lucie lives in a brownstone in the Empire’s capital city of Matar.

She recently moved back from an extended stay in France where she studied under a strict teacher, the witch Guillaume.

đŸ”„About A Thin Witchline Between Love & Hate (Book 1, Bellerose Witchline Series*), by T.L. Brown:

Witches hide things.

The confident witch next door? She’s a hot mess. The reliable, level-headed friend you know you can count on? She’s broken and hiding big lies. The powerful woman who finds herself at the center of an old prophecy? She’s overwhelmed.

Lucie Bellerose holds secrets in her heart, fear in her belly, and her Tarot cards close to her chest. She’s a witch among too many men, with too many problems, and one thinning witchline.

A tyrannical former teacher who likes to inflict pain? Check. A loyal friend she keeps dragging through hell? Check. A mysterious man who excites her and infuriates her – often in the same 60 seconds? Check. Then there are the expectations of the Congress of Empire Witches, danger lurking behind doors to other worlds, and one psychotic demon who needs to possess her.

And this is only the beginning of Lucie’s problems. 

Join Lucie as she navigates maddening men, witch politics, controlling her growing power, a fiery temper, a desperate demon… and ‘monsters and ‘beasties’ when doors to other worlds begin to open.

* Recommended readers: Adults 18+ years.

About the Bellerose Witchline series: This is a stand-alone series AND also a bonus for fans of T.L. Brown’s Door to Door paranormal mystery trilogy. A Thin Witchline Between Love & Hate allows main character Lucie Bellerose to pick up the tale and tell readers “what came next” after the last page in Doors Wide Open.

Please note: The books in the Bellerose Witchline series are NOT cozy mysteries. They are Adult Dark Fantasy with elements of horror.

Readers of Brown’s Door to Door trilogy will recognize fan favorites John Templeton and Rabbit – learning more secrets about the two most important men in Lucie’s life as they reveal their darker sides. The Bellerose Witchline series also serves up a whole host of new lovable and terrifying characters.

Step into Lucie Bellerose’s world and find out why advanced readers have called A Thin Witchline Between Love & Hate “possibly the best book I’ve read this year,” “more dark, more twisted, more sexy,” and “a captivating read.”

Relationships

Lucie and Rabbit (also from the Door to Door series) form a strong friendship during the summer after they first met. (Between books Through the Door and Doors Wide Open.)

Lucie develops a rather tempestuous relationship with Templeton (from the Door to Door series) in Doors Wide Open.

Amusing Note

Lucie cast a small hiccupping spell on Templeton when they first met in an effort to make him stop shouting.

– Source, D2D Wiki: https://writertracybrown.com/blog/wiki/d2d-paranormal-mystery-series/characters-in-series/lucie-bellerose/

 

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Videos in the Bellerose Witchline Series

Book Trailers for the Bellerose Witchline Series include:

Door to Door Mysteries vs. Bellerose Witchline Fantasy Series

A Thin Witchline Between Love & Hate

Crossing the Witchline

 

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Elaine Waverton

Elaine Waverton is first mentioned in the first book in the Bellerose Witchline series.

She is first introduced to the reader as a witch dining at the Congress of Empire Witches with Templeton.

Elaine reveals early in the storyline that she questions the success Lucie had when studying with Guillaume in France.

Stats

Lucie observes:

I peeked up at the striking blond woman who appeared beside me. A pair of sharp green eyes glanced down to see who Loren dined with, barely delivering an acknowledging nod. I raised my eyebrows and went back to my plate, pushing the pieces around. I didn’t have time for Congress snobs.

“Good afternoon, Loren,” she sniffed. “Yes. We dined in one of the private alcoves. I can’t imagine sitting out in the center of the room like this. Can you, Templeton?”

 

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Michelle Heatherworth

Michelle Heatherworth, wife of Loren Heatherworth, is first mentioned in the first book in the Bellerose Witchline series.

Michelle is an older witch in her 70s and often serves as a supporter of Lucie Bellerose in the Congress of Empire Witches – and in general.

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Lucie observes:

He (Loren Heatherworth) and his wife (Michelle Heatherworth) were in their 70s and lived in a wealthy, gated community outside Matar. Inside was a sizable witch population, with the oddball non-magical family home nestled into neighborhoods here and there. I’d visited the couple over the years and attended a few holiday gatherings. I think Loren and his wife Michelle thought it was their responsibility to make sure I had some sort of ‘family’ – especially around the holidays.

and

Loren and Michelle were part of the old guard in the Empire’s order of witches. When I needed a champion in the Congress to secure support for going to France, Michelle took to lunching with ladies while Loren shared his best Scotch with Congress influencers. I deserved to study with Guillaume but being a ‘nobody’ in the witch community was a hurdle. I never would’ve had a shot without the Heatherworths. I was in their debt.

 

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Loren Heatherworth

Loren Heatherworth, husband of Michelle Heatherworth, is first mentioned in the first book in the Bellerose Witchline series.

Loren is an older witch in his 70s and often serves as a champion of Lucie Bellerose in the Congress of Empire Witches – and in general.

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Lucie observes:

I liked the man. He was an old family friend. There was some connection between Loren and my late aunt. He and his wife were in their 70s and lived in a wealthy, gated community outside Matar. Inside was a sizable witch population, with the oddball non-magical family home nestled into neighborhoods here and there. I’d visited the couple over the years and attended a few holiday gatherings. I think Loren and his wife Michelle thought it was their responsibility to make sure I had some sort of ‘family’ – especially around the holidays.

and

Loren and Michelle (Michelle Heatherworth) were part of the old guard in the Empire’s order of witches. When I needed a champion in the Congress to secure support for going to France, Michelle took to lunching with ladies while Loren shared his best Scotch with Congress influencers. I deserved to study with Guillaume but being a ‘nobody’ in the witch community was a hurdle. I never would’ve had a shot without the Heatherworths. I was in their debt.

 

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Colette Bellerose

Colette Bellerose is Lucie Bellerose's late aunt and is first referred to in the first book in the Bellerose Witchline series.

Lucie was raised by her aunt after her parents died in separate accidents when she was young.

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Lucie states:

My parents died in separate accidents when I was a child, and my aunt, Colette Bellerose, raised me. Aunt Lettie was my father’s sister and she passed away seven years ago. She’d never married or had children.

 

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Rick Manning

Rick Manning appears in the first book in the Bellerose Witchline series.

Rick owns Coffee Cove and rents a room out to Lucie Bellerose where she reads Tarot cards for clients.

Stats

In the current work in progress for the first book in the Bellerose Witchline series, Lucie describes Rick as:

Rick Manning was a pleasant man in his mid-50s. Often you’d hear him cheerfully whistling in his office while he worked. According to his staff he was a good employer. The shop hardly had any turnover, and I suspected it was because of fair wages and the happy working environment. Rick owned several coffee shops around Matar. His wife managed one and a brother managed the other.

 

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Guillaume

Guillaume is first mentioned in the third book of the Door to Door Paranormal Mystery Series, Doors Wide Open. However, Guillaume does not appear on the page until the first book in the Bellerose Witchline series.

Guillaume is a powerful witch living in France who occasionally accepts exceptional students, like Lucie Bellerose. Lucie spent a long year in France living with and studying under the “strict disciplinarian” prior to her first appearance in Through the Door (book 2 in the Door to Door Paranormal Mystery Series). He is a frightening force to be reckoned with and the Congress of Empire Witches often looks the other way with regards to his “teaching methods” because he produces “desirable outcomes.”

Stats

Lucie observes:

He’d changed little since I last saw him. His ash brown hair had a touch of additional gray, but it was still thick and combed back from his face in gentle waves. His eyebrows retained their full color, and the right one remained raised while he regarded my dress. The laugh lines at the corners of his eyes implied a sense of humor – a misleading facial feature. Guillaume’s square chin was covered with its perpetual stubble where the majority of gray made its appearance. The lips of his wide mouth were pressed together. I heard him breathe in through his aquiline nose as he prepared to speak.

and

Guillaume cut a nice shape in his tux. At 56, he was more fit than many men half his age. He maintained his body with a control only mastered by such a strict disciplinarian. He earned his share of appreciative glances from the witches around us.

Guillaume in Doors Wide Open

In an argument between Lucie and Templeton in Doors Wide Open (the third book in the Door to Door Paranormal Mystery series), the reader learns Lucie traded something of importance – something that will likely land her in hot water with Guillaume:

Templeton didn’t acknowledge Rabbit. Instead, he addressed Lucie. “When the Congress of Empire Witches learns of this, you will be punished.” Templeton spit out the last four words.

“Lucie? What is he talking about?” Rabbit’s nose twitched.

Lucie muttered something about expecting a simple life in Matar. She glared at Templeton. “Guillaume gave it to me. Directly. If you know what it is, Templeton, then you know who he is. The Congress is the least of my concerns. I’d appreciate it if you kept this to yourself.”

Rabbit mentioned the same name when we were at the Tortoise’s cabin. “Who is this Guillaume?” I asked. No one answered and Rabbit gave me a nudge.

“And you don’t think he’ll find out?” Templeton was incredulous. His hands landed on the countertop across from her and he leaned angrily toward Lucie. “I can’t believe you’d do something so foolish.”

“I’ll deal with him when he does,” Lucie snapped at him.

– Doors Wide Open, Chapter 21

 

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Note: This series is recommended for adult readers aged 18+ years as it contains adult situations and elements of horror. Unlike T.L. Brown’s Door to Door series, the books in this series are NOT lighthearted (cozy) mysteries.

The Bellerose Witchline books make up the adult dark fantasy series from author T.L. Brown, with witches, door-traveling Salesmen, ageless Rabbits, demons, shapeshifters, and much more!

Lucie Bellerose holds secrets in her heart, fear in her belly, and her Tarot cards close to her chest. She’s a witch among too many men, with too many problems, and one thinning witchline


Join Lucie as she navigates maddening men, witch politics, controlling her growing power, a fiery temper, a desperate demon
 and ‘monsters and ‘beasties’ when doors to other worlds are opened.

The Bellerose Witchline series is a standalone one, but fans of T.L. Brown’s Door to Door paranormal mystery series will recognize beloved characters crossing over from that trilogy – and revealing their darker sides. This adult dark fantasy from the author comes complete with new and known characters when everyone’s favorite Empire witch picks up the tale.

Recommended: Adults 18+ years.

Please note, while some consideration has been given to limiting storyline spoilers, there might be information included in this Wiki the reader has not yet learned.

Click here to read about A Thin Witchline Between Love & Hate (Bellerose Witchline Book 1).

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