Currently seeking representation for my series: The Adventures of Robin Wingfield
Synopsis of The Adventures of Robin Wingfield: Wiccan Girl
*SPOILER WARNING* As a child plays with a Ouija board on her eleventh birthday, she is catapulted back in time to the age of six—and to a long-buried memory. Little Robin Wingfield somehow knows more than she should about people. Unaware that she is telepathic, she innocently reveals sensitive information about a troubled neighbor girl. Humiliated in front of her friends, the older girl takes revenge and locks Robin in a shed filled with angry bees.
This recovered memory leads Robin to realize that she has psychic abilities. She begins to use the Ouija board regularly. A spirit comes through who calls himself Odin; he warns Robin’s friend, Audrey, to avoid the Minnesota lake town’s Halloween Festival. They ignore the advice, of course, and Audrey is seriously hurt in an accident.
Now a true believer in the Ouija board, Robin becomes an apprentice to Celia, a storefront psychic who teaches her all about the Wiccan religion and the persecution of witches over the centuries. Celia seems to be everything Robin would like to be—breathtakingly beautiful, knowledgeable, and successful. Yet little by little, cracks in Celia’s life are revealed. As a town drunk, Jonas, hobbles by her storefront, she becomes enraged and screams at him to leave her property. Later she confides that Blendan Jones, a fundamentalist radio host and local celebrity, is out to get her.
Robin continues to learn from Celia, but begins to feel pressure and disapproval when her ideas diverge from her mentor’s. Meanwhile, Celia’s fear of Blendan Jones increases in intensity. Robin discovers that she has been researching untraceable poisons. She has also applied for a position as a server at a restaurant that Blendan Jones frequents. These clues along with Robin’s clairvoyance tell her that Celia is paranoid and unbalanced—and planning to poison Blendan Jones. Though Robin and her mother go to the police, Robin’s intuition is not enough to put Celia away.
Terrified, Robin actively avoids her. Celia eventually seeks her out as Robin exits her school building. Celia takes her back to her apartment to “explain.” Of course the explanation deteriorates into a paranoid accusation that Robin is working with Blendan. When Celia pulls a knife on Robin, the town drunk happens to be outside of the store once again.
It is revealed that Celia is actually Jonas’ daughter. In fact he had not just happened by, but had sensed the broiling energy that was about to explode around his daughter. In a touching scene, Jonas negotiates Celia’s surrender. It is Jonas who saves Robin’s life. Like her father, Celia does not have the fortitude to handle her formidable psychic powers; they create an imbalance in her. She has become paranoid while her father copes by dulling his senses with whiskey.
Jonas and Celia’s failure to manage their gifts has Robin wondering if she will suffer a similar fate, yet her newfound respect for Jonas allows her to see beyond his addiction. The novel ends with Robin asking Jonas if he will help find her missing father, thereby setting the course for the next adventure, Cult Following.
This recovered memory leads Robin to realize that she has psychic abilities. She begins to use the Ouija board regularly. A spirit comes through who calls himself Odin; he warns Robin’s friend, Audrey, to avoid the Minnesota lake town’s Halloween Festival. They ignore the advice, of course, and Audrey is seriously hurt in an accident.
Now a true believer in the Ouija board, Robin becomes an apprentice to Celia, a storefront psychic who teaches her all about the Wiccan religion and the persecution of witches over the centuries. Celia seems to be everything Robin would like to be—breathtakingly beautiful, knowledgeable, and successful. Yet little by little, cracks in Celia’s life are revealed. As a town drunk, Jonas, hobbles by her storefront, she becomes enraged and screams at him to leave her property. Later she confides that Blendan Jones, a fundamentalist radio host and local celebrity, is out to get her.
Robin continues to learn from Celia, but begins to feel pressure and disapproval when her ideas diverge from her mentor’s. Meanwhile, Celia’s fear of Blendan Jones increases in intensity. Robin discovers that she has been researching untraceable poisons. She has also applied for a position as a server at a restaurant that Blendan Jones frequents. These clues along with Robin’s clairvoyance tell her that Celia is paranoid and unbalanced—and planning to poison Blendan Jones. Though Robin and her mother go to the police, Robin’s intuition is not enough to put Celia away.
Terrified, Robin actively avoids her. Celia eventually seeks her out as Robin exits her school building. Celia takes her back to her apartment to “explain.” Of course the explanation deteriorates into a paranoid accusation that Robin is working with Blendan. When Celia pulls a knife on Robin, the town drunk happens to be outside of the store once again.
It is revealed that Celia is actually Jonas’ daughter. In fact he had not just happened by, but had sensed the broiling energy that was about to explode around his daughter. In a touching scene, Jonas negotiates Celia’s surrender. It is Jonas who saves Robin’s life. Like her father, Celia does not have the fortitude to handle her formidable psychic powers; they create an imbalance in her. She has become paranoid while her father copes by dulling his senses with whiskey.
Jonas and Celia’s failure to manage their gifts has Robin wondering if she will suffer a similar fate, yet her newfound respect for Jonas allows her to see beyond his addiction. The novel ends with Robin asking Jonas if he will help find her missing father, thereby setting the course for the next adventure, Cult Following.
Synopsis of The Adventures of Robin Wingfield: Cult Following
*SPOILER WARNING* Robin is nearly thirteen years old—old enough to demand answers about her father who has been missing since she was five. Mom is being evasive and it doesn’t add up. Following the discovery of the supernatural world and her knack for tapping into it, she’s ready to solve the mystery with the help of a more experienced intuitive, the old man Jonas. Though his psychic capabilities are formidable, taking him on as partner is risky—will he be more devoted to her mission to find her father or to finding the bottom of a bottle of whiskey?
A combination of detective work and psychic intuition leads Jonas and Robin on the trail of the last days before her father disappeared from their Minnesota lake home. Robert Wingfield, an investigative journalist, had been pursuing a story on the Truth Seekers, a religious group rumored to be a cult. Their leader, Blendan Jones, is a local celebrity with an ultra-conservative radio program. Robin’s school chum is a Truth Seeker, so it’s not difficult for Robin to work her way into a summer camp run by the group.
Attendance at camp introduces Robin to Jesse Jones, Blendan’s charismatic adult son who takes a special interest in her. Perhaps he senses her psychic abilities just as she is immediately aware of his. She also meets fourteen-year-old Phoenix, confident and thoughtful beyond his years. She shocks herself by falling quickly into a “stupid middle school romance.”
Robin’s developing psychic abilities are not enough to save her from being caught snooping through Blendan’s office. Following her expulsion from camp, her relationship with Phoenix comes to a halt as he fails to return her texts. Robin is hurt, yet more than the loss of her boyfriend she grieves the dead end in her search for Dad.
The next day, Robin discovers a stolen file with the Truth Seekers’ logo sitting on her tackle box. Someone is helping from the inside. The file is on her father. Before his disappearance he was slated to take a flight to the cult’s birthplace, a commune in Devon, England. The contents of the file lead Robin, Jonas, and her mother to see that an English man, Michael Blakemoor, was assigned to follow him. This clue takes Robin, Jonas, and her mother to England to find Blakemoor.
The plan to infiltrate the grounds of the Truth Seekers in Devon is delayed when Jonas receives devastating news. His daughter has died in prison. With Jonas unable to function and her mother unwilling to proceed without him, Robin sneaks off by herself to explore the grounds of the commune. Once there, she quickly spots Blakemoor. He agrees to speak with her, but they must go somewhere else—to a café down the block run by the commune. Surprisingly, Phoenix is working at the café. He explains that many of the teens have recently come to England with Jesse to complete their first tour of service with the Truth Seekers.
At the café, Michael Blakemoor admits that he was assigned to follow her father to England, but says no more. After a few sips of tea, Robin becomes drowsy and passes out. She is taken to a “transformation room” and locked in. Phoenix and Michael are tasked with taking care of her while she is regularly drugged with Devil’s Breath (scopolamine). She discovers that her father is dead—murdered by the cult and buried near Stonehenge—Robin is on her own. Only she can find the way out before her mother is lured to a tragic fate. Using her developing psychic skills, Robin finds the weakness in her captors and an opportunity to escape.
Robin insists upon a visit to Stonehenge before returning home to Minnesota. For the first time, her ability to tap into the world beyond the veil is strong. She meets her father who holds the hand of a little boy—the baby brother she never knew about. Her father thanks her for solving the mystery of his death and tells her that someday they will all be together again. For now, they are ready to take their peaceful journey.
A combination of detective work and psychic intuition leads Jonas and Robin on the trail of the last days before her father disappeared from their Minnesota lake home. Robert Wingfield, an investigative journalist, had been pursuing a story on the Truth Seekers, a religious group rumored to be a cult. Their leader, Blendan Jones, is a local celebrity with an ultra-conservative radio program. Robin’s school chum is a Truth Seeker, so it’s not difficult for Robin to work her way into a summer camp run by the group.
Attendance at camp introduces Robin to Jesse Jones, Blendan’s charismatic adult son who takes a special interest in her. Perhaps he senses her psychic abilities just as she is immediately aware of his. She also meets fourteen-year-old Phoenix, confident and thoughtful beyond his years. She shocks herself by falling quickly into a “stupid middle school romance.”
Robin’s developing psychic abilities are not enough to save her from being caught snooping through Blendan’s office. Following her expulsion from camp, her relationship with Phoenix comes to a halt as he fails to return her texts. Robin is hurt, yet more than the loss of her boyfriend she grieves the dead end in her search for Dad.
The next day, Robin discovers a stolen file with the Truth Seekers’ logo sitting on her tackle box. Someone is helping from the inside. The file is on her father. Before his disappearance he was slated to take a flight to the cult’s birthplace, a commune in Devon, England. The contents of the file lead Robin, Jonas, and her mother to see that an English man, Michael Blakemoor, was assigned to follow him. This clue takes Robin, Jonas, and her mother to England to find Blakemoor.
The plan to infiltrate the grounds of the Truth Seekers in Devon is delayed when Jonas receives devastating news. His daughter has died in prison. With Jonas unable to function and her mother unwilling to proceed without him, Robin sneaks off by herself to explore the grounds of the commune. Once there, she quickly spots Blakemoor. He agrees to speak with her, but they must go somewhere else—to a café down the block run by the commune. Surprisingly, Phoenix is working at the café. He explains that many of the teens have recently come to England with Jesse to complete their first tour of service with the Truth Seekers.
At the café, Michael Blakemoor admits that he was assigned to follow her father to England, but says no more. After a few sips of tea, Robin becomes drowsy and passes out. She is taken to a “transformation room” and locked in. Phoenix and Michael are tasked with taking care of her while she is regularly drugged with Devil’s Breath (scopolamine). She discovers that her father is dead—murdered by the cult and buried near Stonehenge—Robin is on her own. Only she can find the way out before her mother is lured to a tragic fate. Using her developing psychic skills, Robin finds the weakness in her captors and an opportunity to escape.
Robin insists upon a visit to Stonehenge before returning home to Minnesota. For the first time, her ability to tap into the world beyond the veil is strong. She meets her father who holds the hand of a little boy—the baby brother she never knew about. Her father thanks her for solving the mystery of his death and tells her that someday they will all be together again. For now, they are ready to take their peaceful journey.