Sue Harrison’s next novel, The Midwife’s Touch, is slated for release from Open Road Integrated Media February 7, 2023. Set in New York and the Ozarks in the mid-1800s, the book is a genre blender of historical fiction and fantasy.

From copy prepared for the back cover:
“The Missouri Ozarks, 1852: Named for a broken china plate, China Creed grows up in a poverty-stricken family torn apart by her curse–she has inherited the ability to grant wishes. China and her widowed mother do all they can to keep her ‘gift’ a secret, but its unpredictability makes it difficult to hide. When her mother apprentices China to a Cherokee midwife, China earns a respected place in their small Ozark community. However, accusations of witchcraft force her to flee from her small town. A romantic relationship eventually draws her into the exotic world of New York City’s Gilded Age where, betrayed by people she loves, China must rely on her backcountry survival skills and her gift of wishes to escape those who would enslave her.

“Founded on Ozark superstitions, folk medicines, Cherokee traditions, wilderness survival, 19th century obstetrical practices, and the elite lifestyles that characterized New York City’s Gilded Age, THE MIDWIFE’S TOUCH is quintessential Sue Harrison–meticulous research as the perfect foil for the rich inner lives of her odd and beautiful characters.”

Sue would love your input on her Facebook page, Sue Harrison Author, to help her write scenes and develop characters and plotlines for her novels.