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About The Book:
Author: P.J.
McIlvaine
Pub. Date: April 4, 2022
Publisher: Darkstroke Books
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 127
Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/VIOLET-YORKE-GILDED-GIRL
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She sees ghosts…but are they
malevolent or friendly?
Poor little rich girl Violet Yorke
has seen ghosts for as long as she can remember, but no one believes her.
Not stodgy Grandmother, who took
charge of the heiress after her parents were killed in a failed robbery. Nor
kind-hearted Aunt Nanette, or Uncle Bertie, a charming rogue. Not even the
patient Hugo Hewitt, Violet’s godfather and trustee of her vast fortune.
Everyone dismissed the child’s
insistence about ghosts as a harmless eccentricity—until the night her bedroom
caught fire. Violet was promptly sent overseas, fueling her anger and
resentment.
Two years later, a rebellious twelve-year-old
Violet is on her way back to Manhattan on the doomed Titanic. As
the ship sinks into the deep Atlantic Ocean, she’s put in a lifeboat by an
apparition who rescued her from the clutches of a jewel thief. Presumed lost at
sea, Violet shocks everyone by crashing her own funeral.
Following Violet’s recovery,
Grandmother has grand high society designs for the girl, but Violet has other
ideas. She’s determined to uncover the secret of what really happened to her
parents. Then there’s the mystery of the moon-faced boy at gloomy Dunham Hall
and his connection to the ghost on Titanic. Also hot on Violet’s trail is the
jewel thief, the specter of her murdered governess, and a vengeful ghost
lurking in Violet’s childhood home.
Being a poor little rich girl in 1912
Gotham isn’t all it’s cracked up to be in this delightfully dark and droll
supernatural historical fantasy.
Excerpt
Excerpt from Violet Yorke, Gilded Girl: Ghosts In The Closet by PJ McIlvaine
“By fair means or foul, Violet Yorke had to get to Grandmother Olivia’s. Under a threatening
gray sky, she stood at the Manhattan street corner, frantically waving at motorcars and horse-
drawn buggies, but they all passed by her without a second glance. Wasn’t it against the law
not to stop? If it wasn’t, it should be. Compared to this indignity, slipping out of the hospital
had been a breeze. She’d simply waited until the morning shift changed and blended in with the
departing visitors. Not that anyone would care she’d gone.
Dispirited, she trudged down the cobblestone street, taking care not to step into piles of fresh
horse dung. The drivers probably thought she was a street urchin in her ill-fitting threadbare
coat that barely skimmed her knees, and even worse, no hat. No self-respecting lady went out
in public without her hat. Fuddy-duddy Great-Aunt Florence wouldn’t have approved. And she
certainly wouldn’t have approved of Violet roaming about unaccompanied. But this wasn’t the
time for social niceties. Violet wasn’t in London under the watchful eye of a battalion of bat-
faced maids.
Violet loved the freedom but not the weather. For early April it felt more like February, a cold
that chilled to the bone. It had been equally blustery when she’d boarded Titanic at
Southampton, the docks swarming with well-wishers. What had Florence said? That everyone
would remember Titanic for years to come, and that Violet was embarking on the adventure of
a lifetime. Violet thought it was a bit premature to make such a declaration, as it was only 1912,
and who knew what else might happen? As it turned out, Florence had been right – but not in
the way she’d intended.”
About P.J. McIlvaine:
PJ McIlvaine
is a prolific and creative children’s author/screenwriter/writer/journalist.
PJ will have
two books coming out in 2023: A GOOD MAN, a gritty adult contemporary psych
thriller from Bloodhound Books and THE CURIOUS CONUNDRUM OF CHARLEMAGNE CROSS,
a young adult alternate history adventure set in Victorian London from Orange
Blossom Books.
PJ's debut
middle-grade supernatural historical mystery adventure VIOLET YORKE, GILDED
GIRL: GHOSTS IN THE CLOSET (Darkstroke Books, April 2022) is about a poor
little rich girl in NYC 1912 who sees ghosts.
PJ’s debut
picture book LITTLE LENA AND THE BIG TABLE (June 2019, Big Belly Book Co.),
with illustrations by Leila Nabih, is about a determined little girl tired of
eating with her annoying cousins at the kid’s table, only to discover that the
big table isn’t much better. She has another picture book, DRAGON ROAR
(MacLaren-Cochrane Publishing, October 2021) artwork by Logan Rogers, about a
lonely, sick dragon who has lost his mighty roar, and the brave village girl
who helps him find it again.
PJ is also a
co-host and founding member of #PBPitch, the premiere Twitter pitch party for
picture book creators.
PJ has been
published in numerous outlets including The New York Times and Newsday, and is
a regular contributor for The Children’s Book Insider newsletter (paid
firewall), writing about the path to publication and interviews with
established and debut kid lit authors.
PJ lives on
Eastern Long Island with her family and furbaby Luna.
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Giveaway Details:
1 winner
will receive a finished copy of VIOLET YORKE, GILDED GIRL: GHOSTS IN THE CLOSET,
US Only.
Ends April 18th, midnight EST.
a Rafflecopter giveawayTour Schedule:
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