Syria, Virginia

By Erin Unger

Thanks for having me today, Tanya! I’m so excited about my novel which is releasing in the near future. Fateful Fall, A Worthington Investigators Romantic Suspense, is located deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains where communities are tight-knit and very small.

For years, I’ve dragged my family to Syria, Virginia for the Graves Mountain Lodge Fall Apple Festival. The food, the smells of funnel cake and hot apple preserves, and the crowds of happy attendees makes a merry escape for a day. Add fall foliage colors blowing across the mountains and it’s a writer’s paradise rife with story ideas. And this is where I just had to make a series full of murder and small-town intrigue. In Fateful Fall, A Worthington Investigators Romantic Suspense, my crew of female private investigators work to solve a grisly crime in a fictional location based on the farm where this festival takes place.

One of the coolest things about the farm which hosts the festival in this tiny town is how they own several yurts which can be rented for vacations and wedding venues. How fun would it be to stay in the mountains in a yurt? In my romantic suspense series, my gals plan to stay in one to be in the middle of the location of their murder investigation. It was great fun to plan the details of a murder around an outhouse and a yurt.

Another great thing about the farm I based my romantic suspense at is how it uses so many resources to keep it afloat. From an apple processing factory to vacation rentals, including a beautiful lodge, to tours of the farm, I had plenty of things to make the story interesting and different. This kind of a working farm means lots of different workers from all backgrounds, who help to create a diverse range of people. . .and lots of chances for things to go wrong.

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Blurb From Fateful Fall releasing in the near future:

Private Investigator Ava Worthington and her partners head to the mountains to solve the death of a farmer owner’s son who was discovered murdered in an outhouse on the property. Without local cowboy Cory’s protection, Ava won’t get the chance to follow leads as the killer tries to stop her investigation. But Ava’s falling for Cory against her better judgment. She should be working and not pining after a cowboy. And Cory doesn’t want a relationship. His successful career was destroyed by a woman he trusted, and he won’t make the same mistake twice. 

One suspect after another is cleared from Ava’s list until she’s sure she has the real killer targeted in her sights, but he’s hunting her, too. How will Ava and Cory find the killer and admit their love before they are buried under a mountain of secrets?