Today, I have Amazon bestselling author Robin Murphy in the interview chair. We’re discussing her series release Marie Bartek & the SIPS Team, a paranormal mystery romance. Don’t forget to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway.
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1. Can you tell us something about yourself and how you became an author?
Robin: I’ve been writing since 2006 and became published by a small independent publisher in 2011. My series grew from a college writing course I was taking in 2009. My instructor asked me to write what I had an interest in or what I knew, which was the paranormal. I didn’t want to be a writer when I was young. I always tell people, writing found me. I write for myself and if someone enjoys my stories, it warms my heart. And if they don’t, that’s okay too.
In 2012 I decided to self-publish my stories and enjoyed having a little more control of my sales and marketing. Then in 2014 my current publisher, Next Chapter (aka Creativia) reached out to me on Twitter and wanted me to publish with them. I was honored and it’s been a great relationship ever since.
2. What is something unique/quirky about you?
Robin: I am an anglophile and love everything British, as well as a Hibernophile loving Ireland. Not sure where it came from, but possibly from traveling to Ireland on my honeymoon. Since then, my husband and I visited Ireland two more times, as well as England and Scotland.
3. Tell us something really interesting that’s happened to you.
Robin: On New Year’s Day in 2000, my family and I were visiting relatives in CA. We had just finished watching the Rose Bowl parade, when out of nowhere a gentleman asked me if I lived in CA and would be interested in trying out for the show Survivor. I had never heard of it at the time, but told them I didn’t live there, but was flattered to be asked. After returning home and eventually seeing the show on TV, it struck me this was the show I could have been on.
4. What do you do to unwind and relax?
Robin: I love to meditate, do yoga, swim, and walk in nature with my hubby. I’m also learning to do pottery, which is another form of expressing my creative side. I love it!
5. Describe yourself in 5 words or less!
Robin: Grateful, kind, creative, love of family
6. Do you have a favourite movie?
Robin: Silverado – I can’t even remember how many times I’ve watched it. It’s a great western with amazing characters.
7. Which of your novels can you imagine made into a movie?
Robin: I always felt my paranormal mystery series could be an actual series on Discovery+ or Netflix. But my novel, Point and Shoot for Your Life, would make for a great movie because it has romance, humor, mystery, and great characters. Plus, most of it would take place in France.
8. What literary pilgrimages have you gone on?
Robin: I have visited every city where my stories take place. I learned early on that visiting a town, city, country only helps you better describe the setting. I’ve been to Sullivan’s Island, New Orleans, Washington, DC, Savannah, GA, Ireland, and France.
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Title: Sullivan’s Secret
Series: Marie Bartek & the SIPS Team, Book 1
Author: Robin Murphy
Genre: Paranormal Mystery Romance
Blurb: Dr. Marie Bartek enjoys a simple life as the veterinarian of Sullivan’s Island — until her psychic abilities suddenly return after eighteen years.
Shaken by the spirits that now haunt her every moment, Marie confides in her best friend. Together, they form the Sullivan’s Island Paranormal Society: SIPS.
As new and unlikely friendships begin, Marie learns to channel her powers. When they find out that the spirits are trying to warn her of an evil presence on the island, Marie and her friends set out to bring a vicious serial killer to justice.
“Communing with the spirits may leave you with some very unwanted responsibility. ‘Sullivan’s Secret’ follows Marie Bartek as she rediscovers her talents to communicate with spirits. Working with friends in a paranormal society, she finds that her skill leaves her with the responsibility to stop murders from sweeping her town and she has to put out her own neck to stop the hysteria. ‘Sullivan’s Secret’ is a fascinating read that will be hard to put down.” – Midwest Book Review
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Her eyes stared motionless into infinity and bulged while her skin was gray and red streaked. Most of her hair had fallen out, and her mouth, lips, and tongue were swollen. Found floating face down was the description Chief Cory Miller received during the five a.m. phone call Sunday morning that woke him out of a deep sleep.
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Title: Secret of the Big Easy
Series: Marie Bartek & the SIPS Team, Book 2
Author: Robin Murphy
Genre: Paranormal Mystery Romance
Blurb: Dr. Marie Bartek is struggling to gain control over her new psychic abilities while attending a veterinarian conference in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Marie’s recent visions prompt her to work with local police and members of the Sullivan’s Island Paranormal Society team to help solve a succession of heinous murders, while fighting against a demon from taking over her mind.
Secret Of The Big Easy is the second book in Robin Murphy’s mystery series with Dr. Marie Bartek and the SIPS team.
“Grabs the reader’s attention and keeps it until the final page.” – Readers’ Favorite
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Marie reached over and grabbed the phone to order room service when she felt a shocking jolt through her arm and a flash of light blinded her. She felt dizzy, and her eyes began to blur. She quickly rubbed them and realized she wasn’t sitting in her room anymore. It was pitch-black, and there were images of people dressed in dark robes with hoods over their heads. Her heart began to beat to the sound of chanting that rang in her ears. She noticed the smell of sandalwood wafting in the air, which tickled her nose and made her feel listless and sleepy. Suddenly a high-pitched shriek rang out and in the middle of the group was a woman dressed in a sheer white gown trying to pull away. The images looked distorted as they danced and swooned in Marie’s mind. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a raised hand in the air holding an athame. The group moved back and there at the helm was a man wearing a ram’s head. His hand struck down and stabbed the screaming woman in the heart. Before Marie could see what took place next, she was back to reality, sitting in her hotel room with the phone receiver in her hand.
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Title: Federal City’s Secret
Series: Marie Bartek & the SIPS Team, Book 3
Author: Robin Murphy
Genre: Paranormal Mystery Romance
Blurb: In Federal City’s Secret, Dr. Marie Bartek and the SIPS team investigate spirit activity in the heart of Washington, D.C.
Marie learns more about her psychic abilities, bringing more depth and intrigue into their ghost investigations, as the SIPS team lands in the middle of conspiracy, politics, secret societies and murder.
Through the help of a spirit, Marie discovers that the mafia doesn’t take kindly to strangers taking what isn’t theirs. Can the SIPS Team get to the bottom of things before more lives are lost?
The third book in Robin Murphy’s Marie Bartek series, Federal City’s Secret will captivate you with murder, suspense and the world of the paranormal.
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Alexandra Russell lay like a battered rag doll with haunted lifeless eyes staring up into nowhere. The blood smeared all over her body revealed noticeable slashes and stab-wounds on her neck, chest, and arms. Her hair was matted down, and her clothes had been torn from her body. Her sad life ended just before her twenty-first birthday.
Kelly Kaufman couldn’t keep the tears from running down her face, and she knew the blame fell on her for involving Alexandra Russell in her investigation. She hid behind the confusion of the crowd of rubbernecks and yellow tape. The fast-paced work of the DC police and EMT’s became a blur of movement as she closed her eyes and silently said a prayer. She was onto something, which was very clear, for this was a warning for her to drop the story before she was found in the same manner.
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Title: Secret of Coffin Island
Series: Marie Bartek & the SIPS Team, Book 4
Author: Robin Murphy
Genre: Paranormal Mystery Romance
Blurb: Dr. Marie Bartek and her fiance, Police Chief Cory Miller, have finally tied the knot. Their wedding festivities are interrupted, however, by the discovery of a body.
While criminal investigations are Cory’s milieu, Marie and her team of psychic researchers have been instrumental in solving mysteries in the past, and she has already received visions that seem to pertain to the mystery at hand.
Her mentor Myra, who had passed after suffering a heart attack, has continued her mentorship from the other side, and Marie takes comfort from both her presence and her guidance. Marie’s also been asked to help with the case of Isabella, a young woman whose mother is concerned that she’s been possessed.
A compelling cozy mystery with a paranormal twist, Secret of Coffin Island is the fourth novel in Robin Murphy’s Marie Bartek And The SIPS Team series.
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The ocean waves pounded out a rhythm that soothed your soul as its spray danced in the air with the seagulls. Crystal-like sands glistened in the sun as the sea slowly melted away the shore. With each ripple of water, the sand eroded away the remains of the coffins revealing headless skeletons facing west. Tiny sand crabs scurried in and out of the chest cavities and nibbled on century-old plankton and bacteria. The smell of decay mixed with salt gave out a sulfur-like odor even too putrid for the beach animals to ignore, while the sound of a sword sliced through the air.
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Title: Savannah’s Secret
Series: Marie Bartek & the SIPS Team, Book 5
Author: Robin Murphy
Genre: Paranormal Mystery Romance
Blurb: After returning from their honeymoon in France, Marie, Cory, and the SIPS team find themselves on another case in the historic district of Savannah, Georgia.
Trying to help a young girl who discovered a beast killing their livestock, they find a body on Tybee Island with wounds in the neck. Soon after, the team learns that there is more to learn from those keeping secrets from behind their masks at a masquerade ball.
But is there such a thing as real vampires, and can Marie and the SIPS Team receive help from a famous young spirit in time before more lives are lost?
A compelling cozy mystery with a paranormal twist, Savannah’s Secret is the fifth novel in Robin Murphy’s Marie Bartek And The SIPS Team series.
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The moonlight shot its vibrant beam through an opening in the ceiling, which revealed a dark figure huddled over one of the pigs in the corner of the stall. Elizabeth stood frozen until she turned and lost her balance and knocked a shovel off the wall creating a loud crash. When she shined the flashlight toward the corner of the pig stall, she saw a pair of golden eyes staring back at her. Within seconds, the figure leaped onto the wall on all fours and crawled along the ceiling, and then slithered out through the loft door and disappeared.
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Point and Shoot for Your Life: I focused the lens of my Pentax-K 500 and saw the heaving, creamy breasts bobble over the pink lace underwired push-up bra. As I adjusted the angle of view to include the pouty red, plastic-like, high-gloss lips and diamond-pierced nostril, I asked myself, why the hell am I shooting porn?
The taped paper makeshift sign on the door read, Hannah Mills–Freelance Photographer, ‘freelance’ being the operative word. I liked doing freelance, and I convinced myself I liked living in the historic, quaint town of Sharpsburg, Maryland. I suppose it was easier to remember my glory days of playing soccer at Boonsboro High School, where I graduated with honors and then received my B.F.A. in art and photography at the Maryland Institute College of Arts, than to think of my current situation…broke.
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Robin Murphy is an Amazon best-selling author of a paranormal mystery series, and also writes chick-lit, and nonfiction. She is a speaker on author platforms, self-publishing, and marketing. She currently is a virtual admin and a freelance writer.
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Maggie Blackbird 
The cover looks so creepy cool.
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