The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery: A Novel by Clarence A. Haynes (Hardcover) (PREORDER)

Fiction - Fantasy - Urban - Cultural Heritage - African American & Black - Hispanic & Latino

RELEASE DATE: 6/17/2025 (WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIER'S WAREHOUSE AND ARRIVE 1-2 DAYS AFTER THE RELEASE DATE)

In a fast-paced, sexy, ghostly adventure, a publicist at the top of her game must confront her secret mystical past.

To be a client of Gwendolyn Montgomery's, New York's most powerful publicist at Sublime Media, is to be infused with a certain oomph, a mysterious glamour. She seems to have created the ideal life with her handsome new boyfriend, the perfect match. But Gwendolyn has a secret: She's a mystical practitioner who can tap into the interdimensional, metaphysical realm of the dead known as El Intermedio. Gwendolyn has hidden her powers, buried her old life, and started anew.

After a grisly, bizarre incident at the Brooklyn Museum, Gwendolyn begins to realize that something nefarious is happening tied directly to her past right as Fonsi Harewood comes back into her world. Fonsi is a queer Latinx psychic from the South Bronx who's caught up in a love triangle with a ghost and his mortal ex. He's able to communicate with the dead, having established a robust business interpreting messages from departed loved ones. And he comes with a dire warning for Gwendolyn, that the barrier between humans and spirits is weakening.

Gwendolyn would prefer not to have anything to do with ghostly drama. Yet in order to get to the bottom of the spookiness derailing her life, she must face the demons she'd long left behind or the spirit world will be unleashed, threatening her very existence and all of New York. The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery is a sensuous, funny, mystical adventure that will leave you spellbound as you keep the pages turning.

AUTHOR BIO: 

Clarence A. Haynes, a native Afro-Latinx New Yorker, is the coauthor of actor/producer Omar Epps's lauded sci-fi/fantasy series Nubia: The Awakening and The Reckoning. He is also the author of the middle-grade nonfiction work The Legacy of Jim Crow. Haynes has penned articles for Newsday, Huffington Post, The Root, and The Grio, among other publications. He resides in Brooklyn, New York.

"A beguiling and sensual page-turner, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn delivers an engrossing tale that taps into the supernatural and mystical while remaining rooted in the bonds of friendship and family. The ties between Gwendolyn and Fonsi will ring true to anyone that grew up among neighbors who become play cousins, and the pull of personal history runs deep. This propulsive novel intertwines horror, romance, and reconciliation with a deft touch of humor. Destined to be a book club favorite."-- Rasheed Newson, author of My Government Means to Kill Me

"The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery is a spellbinding tale that boldly transports the reader to spectacular, supernatural places. Pulsing with magic and sensuality, its characters shine as they confront past harms, consider mystical possibilities, and fight otherworldly battles. Haynes has penned a riveting story that kept me turning until the last page of his lush, transcendent novel."-- Diane Marie Brown, author of Black Candle Women

" The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery is full of vibrant characters, sublime mysticism, and captivating twists that includes a world-renowned goddess. Readers are in for a wild ride!"-- Luanne G. Smith, bestselling author of The Vine Witch