Visions by Lisa Compton
About Author Lisa Compton…
Growing up I always wanted to be two things: a writer and a detective! Now I get to be both!
My first experience as a writer came in the fourth grade when my teacher read one of my stories to the class. I’ve been hooked ever since. Growing up with older parents, I spent a lot of time entertaining myself. I passed many days and nights devouring the adventures of Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew, before graduating to Stephen King. Maybe that’s why I love a good “who done it?” with a scare or two along the way. I have lived in San Antonio, Texas for almost thirty years and have adopted it as my own. I love the diversity of this city and its endless supply of ghosts which make it the perfect setting for the Olivia Osborne series. When I’m not writing I can be found with my family and cats – there is always room for more cats.
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This is a spotlight on “Visions” by Lisa Compton
Visions Blurb
After unleashing the magic of her ancestors, Olivia Osborne finds herself plagued by visions. She will need those new skills and more as she is thrust back to the case she knew was never finished. Under the moss-covered trees of a small town in Florida exists an ancient evil that hungers for more. Following the death screams of a young girl, Olivia uncovers the secrets of a killer. Larry Wayne Pittman confessed his crimes, but he has one final request before he meets his fate. He has a message for Olivia Osborne that will change her life and unlock her own secrets.“I know what you are.”
Olivia’s visions aren’t an evolution but a side-effect, and she cannot protect what she does not understand.
What Readers can expect from Visions
The Olivia Osborne Series is crime fiction with supernatural elements that is character driven by a woman who just wants to know who and what she is. Does she hunt monsters or are they hunting her? Her destiny was written a millennia before she was born and she is exceeding every prophecy that came before for her. Olivia Osborne’s story is partÂCriminal MindsÂwith a blend ofÂSupernatural. This series is perfect forÂreaders interested in crime fiction, supernatural thrillers, and strong female protagonists.ÂFans ofÂA Discovery of Witches,ÂTrue BloodÂandÂGrimmÂwill feel right at home in Olivia’s world. The series is set in San Antonio, Texas, a city full of ghosts and hauntings just waiting to be discovered.
I write the scenes I see play out in my head like a storyboard.ÂThe Olivia Osborne SeriesÂis definitely meant for the screen.
ÂAs a writer, I believe the most effective path to horror is dabbling in monsters that already exist in the audience’s belief systems. I hope Dr. Olivia Osborne will challenge your beliefs as well.
Welcome to Olivia’s world, a murky place bathed in shadows but also light – if you’re brave enough to go looking for it…ÂLisa Compton Author of the Olivia Osborne Series
ÂThe Olivia Osborne Series – a modern-day paranormal series where Supernatural meets Criminal Minds.
Dr. Olivia Osborne began her career as a nurse working the night shift on the Alzheimer’s unit. Events she witnessed during her time there challenged her knowledge not only of disease, but the possibility of other worldly influences.
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An excerpt from Visions…
“Before we walk the scene, can you describe what it is you do, besides talk to the crazies?”
She was the pin-up girl for serial killers. From what he had read, what she knew didn’t come from BAU training. It was some kind of a gift. “It’s why you’re out in the field with me, visiting death scenes.”
“It’s calledÂclaircognizance– the gift of knowing. My training as a profiler, aside, it means I know what happened at the time of death, like reading a story.” If there was enough residual energy, she could manipulate it, but that was a new skill. She hadn’t shared that one with anyone. She wasn’t sure she ever would.
Gran shared very little. Olivia always suspected it was because Gran didn’t really know. According to the Bishop, Gran’s greatest fear was she would follow the same dark path as their ancestors. The emergence of the new ability seemed to prove her theory. Considering she had fed a bad man to a demon, it wasn’t an unreal expectation.
