Taryn's Camera Series by Rebecca Patrick-Howard

Windwood Farm has a terrible secret-one that's been buried for nearly 100 years. Taryn Magill aims to uncover it...or die trying.As a mixed media artist and urban explorer with a love for abandoned houses and a big imagination when it comes to the past, 30 year old Taryn has never really met an old house she didn't like. In fact, she's made a career out of painting these sad, often derelict structures, to show them in their former glory for her clients... moreWindwood Farm has a terrible secret-one that's been buried for nearly 100 years. Taryn Magill aims to uncover it...or die trying.As a mixed media artist and urban explorer with a love for abandoned houses and a big imagination when it comes to the past, 30 year old Taryn has never really met an old house she didn't like. In fact, she's made a career out of painting these sad, often derelict structures, to show them in their former glory for her clients.With Windwood Farm, though, she might have bitten off more than she can chew!The locals refer to it as "the devil's house" and even vandals have stayed away from this once grand stone farmhouse in Vidalia, Kentucky. Hired by the Stokes County Historical Society to paint it before it's demolished by a land development company, Taryn's determined to make friends with the house and farm everyone around her seems to be terrified of.As it turns out, though, their fears may just not be unfounded.Who is the woman whose cries echo throughout the farm and what does she want? What negative force about the house is so powerful that it won't even allow the upstairs bedroom to be touched? Does the 93 year old vanishing of the next door neighbor have anything to do with the house's mysteries?Taryn wants the answers to these and the house may just be trying to tell her because now, when she looks through her camera, she doesn't have to use her imagination to see the past-SHE CAN SEE IT!Will Taryn be able to figure out what happened here AND escape with her sanity and life before the house comes down? Because now it seems like someone is trying to kill her! Using what her camera reveals to her and her wits, she'll try to unravel the mysteries of the farm and get out before it's too late."The first book in the Taryn's Camera series." less

Griffith Tavern has been empty for a long time, but there’s something alive within the crumbling walls and it’s been waiting for Taryn, and her alone, for nearly 100 years…As a stagecoach inn in the 19th century, Griffith Tavern saw many things, held many people, and saw numerous tragedies and triumphs. Now the old abandoned building will almost surely be demolished, all in the name of progress... moreGriffith Tavern has been empty for a long time, but there’s something alive within the crumbling walls and it’s been waiting for Taryn, and her alone, for nearly 100 years…As a stagecoach inn in the 19th century, Griffith Tavern saw many things, held many people, and saw numerous tragedies and triumphs. Now the old abandoned building will almost surely be demolished, all in the name of progress. When the Friends of Griffith Tavern, a ragtag group of college students, hire Taryn to come in and do one last painting she assumes it will be a quick, easy job. She’s in desperate need of cash flow and the quaint town and lovely hostess of the B&B she’s staying in appear to be a perfect balm to her injured spirit.But something is watching Taryn, and waiting…Something that slithers in the dark and clutches at her, even invading her dreams.There have never been any ghost or haunted house stories about the old inn. Indeed, the mistress, Permelia, who ran it alone for almost 50 years was well-respected. But now, death, she wants something from Taryn and she won’t let her go until she’s made sure Taryn understands.Still mourning the death of her fiance and reeling from the events that nearly cost her her life at Windwood Farm, Taryn struggles to piece together the fragments of the mystery that shroud the old inn and tavern.It might be too late to save the spooky old building, but is it too late to save Taryn? less

A teenage girl is missing and Taryn's camera is showing her a haunted past she NEVER wanted to see... When your camera can see the past, it's a history lover's dream! Historical mysteries never seemed so alive, and solvable. But sometimes the past should stay buried. The hauntings and ghosts are only the beginning of what Taryn sees! Beautiful Cheyenne Willoughby had her whole life ahead of her. But her 18th birthday, she simply vanished, rocking her small Georgian town to the core... moreA teenage girl is missing and Taryn's camera is showing her a haunted past she NEVER wanted to see... When your camera can see the past, it's a history lover's dream! Historical mysteries never seemed so alive, and solvable. But sometimes the past should stay buried. The hauntings and ghosts are only the beginning of what Taryn sees! Beautiful Cheyenne Willoughby had her whole life ahead of her. But her 18th birthday, she simply vanished, rocking her small Georgian town to the core. Now, artist and haunted house lover Taryn Magill has moved onto the very farm where Cheyenne spent her last night. She went there to teach a class at the local college, but her job takes a completely different turn when she’s thrown into the middle of Cheyenne’s mysterious disappearance. Armed with her camera that can see the past, Taryn aims to find out what happened to Cheyenne once and for all. Is the young girl still out there, trying to find her way home? Or did she succumb to some horrible fate? As Taryn finds herself more and more entrenched in the mystery of Cheyenne’s disappearance, she begins unraveling the secrets of the rural southern town. The spirits here are restless, but it might be the living she must fear the most! Book 3 in the Taryn’s Camera series. In the style of Shirley Jackson, Mary Higgins Clark, Heather Graham, and early Stephen King, Taryn’s Camera is a supernatural mystery and haunted house series for ghost story lovers and history buffs about a reluctant psychic who can see the past through her camera. A little gothic, a little supernatural suspense, a little horror-and a whole lot of fun! less

Taryn's camera is finally revealing a past to her that she's always longed to see-the mysterious Shakers as they were 100 years ago. But is she seeing a past she hadn't bargained for? Taryn Magill is ready for a break from the supernatural. She'd never planned on being a psychic detective. When she’s offered the job at historic Shaker Village, known colloquially as “Shaker Town,” in central Kentucky, she’s ecstatic... moreTaryn's camera is finally revealing a past to her that she's always longed to see-the mysterious Shakers as they were 100 years ago. But is she seeing a past she hadn't bargained for? Taryn Magill is ready for a break from the supernatural. She'd never planned on being a psychic detective. When she’s offered the job at historic Shaker Village, known colloquially as “Shaker Town,” in central Kentucky, she’s ecstatic. The quaint, beautifully restored site it just what she needs to unwind, regroup, and relax. But the ghosts are restless. At first, the ghostly images of the past that her beloved camera, Miss Dixie, picks up are exciting. Taryn is finally able to see something that many visitors and historians would kill for–the mysterious Shakers in action. The village is alive like never before. Things take a deadly turn, however, when Taryn witnesses a murder.  Evil lurks among the idyllic setting and it’s wrapping its icy fingers around Taryn, threatening to pull her under into a world she might never escape. Can she solve one of Shaker Town’s most horrifying mysteries and finally put things to rest there? Or will she succumb to the evil and madness that haunt her? A FREE companion short story is included with this novel! Read a completely new ghost story from another character's perspective!  Book 4 in the Taryn’s Camera series, a paranormal mystery series that follows 30-year-old Taryn Magill, a mixed media artist who recreates historical, and often rundown, buildings through her paintings. Her real talent, however, is the fact that she can SEE the past through the lens of her beloved camera, Miss Dixie. Together, they work to solve the mysteries of the places they visit-sometimes with the extra help of the dead. The hauntings and poltergeists are only the beginning of what they find! A little crime noir, a little mystery, a little paranormal-and a whole lot of fun! less