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Books in The Cornelius Saga series

  • Cornelius

    Tanya R. Taylor

    (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Feb. 11, 2015)
    "The very first instance of a haunted house story making me cry." - Amazon ReviewerThirteen-year-old Mira Cullen is very unhappy at home. She hates the way her emotionally unavailable father treats her mother -- a woman who worships the very ground he walks on. Michael, the family's patriarch, has real issues that prevent him from being the type of husband and father his family wishes he could be. However, unbeknownst to him, his life is about to take a drastic turn.One day, Mira and her brother, Wade, head out to explore a large, abandoned house in a wooded area near their home. They are unaware that their innocent adventure would open up the bowels of history in a most uncanny way. Shortly after their exploration, an uninvited guest invades their personal space. Unsure of what to do, Mira turns to the one source that is bound to have all the answers--a rather unlikely source. Drawn into the life of one cut short by jealousy, Mira doesn't realize that her willingness to help a mere stranger would result in a new beginning for her own family. Among the pages of 'CORNELIUS' is a love story so powerful and intriguing that will leave some thinking and others... in tears.CORNELIUS is a spine-tingling, paranormal tale that ties a painful history into the present day. Get ready to be chilled to the bone!!!
  • Wicked Little Saints

    Tanya R. Taylor

    (Independently published, Feb. 14, 2019)
    Not everything is as it appears to be in the sparsely populated town of Nirvana.Three years earlier, a bus full of middle grade school children went missing and none of the victims' parents have ever seen or heard from their beloved child again. Rachelle Wigby has just had her second nervous breakdown due to the unknown whereabouts of her precious daughter, Priscilla. Dr. Barns, Rachelle's estranged brother, feels it's time someone got to the bottom of what happened to his niece. Dr. Mira Cullen is made aware of the plight of her boss's family and feels compelled to help in any way she can. After embarking upon the investigation using nothing but the unusual gifts she'd been born with, will she bring satisfactory closure to the puzzling mystery or will she discover something involving the missing children that is most unfathomable and disturbing?
  • Cara

    Tanya R. Taylor

    (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Oct. 29, 2016)
    After being bullied on the first day at her new school, young Rosie Cullen has found a new friend in a mysterious loner named Cara. Rosie knows her only by her first name, but feels she has an obligation to be there for her in an otherwise lonely existence. Mira, Rosie’s gifted mother, allows the budding friendship for a time, but soon senses that something isn’t quite right.Dark, disturbing secrets involving the strange little girl begin to surface and the Cullens will eventually discover that what they initially thought was a worthy deed has turned out to be an unforgettable nightmare.
  • A Faint Whisper

    Tanya R. Taylor

    (Independently published, May 16, 2019)
    The house across the street from the Cullens is vacant and soon put up for sale. When a family from out of town moves in, they have no idea that their new life in a new home won't be anything even remotely close to what they expected. Seventeen-year-old Ashley Morrison is plagued by what she soon perceives as taunts from the unseen realm. Is the house really haunted or is there something more sinister at work? The unraveled mystery comes as a total shock to the entire neighborhood and the city at large.
  • Cornelius' Revenge: Otherwise known as Revenge of Cornelius

    Tanya R. Taylor

    (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Oct. 26, 2017)
    Six-year-old Rosie sees a tall, "friendly" man, but doesn't realize that she's in the pathway of an angry ghost with revenge on his mind. After returning home for a family visit, Mira finds herself in front of the old Ferguson house again - a place she has blatantly avoided since the entire life-altering experience of fifteen years earlier. The only thing is...there are new residents now, but not the kind she would have ever expected to see.Her six-year-old daughter, Rosie, has an incredible bond with her grandfather, but no one ever dreams that the little girl will be the bait an angry ghost uses to settle a score long overdue. She is in terrible danger and the love of her grandfather will be tested to the highest extreme.