THE OFF-KILTER CHRONICLES
BY LYNNE STURTEVANT
If you are looking for a great series to curl up with this winter, check out awardwinning author, Lynne Sturtevant. Now residing in Marietta, Ohio, Lynne’s newest fantasy series is set in the hills of West Virginia. You can find Lynne’s books on Amazon or in your favorite bookstore!
JAN 2026
Lynne launched her contemporary fantasy series called the Off-Kilter Chronicles featuring Ginger Stewart, a 50ish, blue collar, overweight, and snarky heroine. In Book one, The Good Neighbors, she tangles with a troop of despicable Celtic fairies running amok in the hills of West Virginia. Book Two, The Ghost of Walker’s Gap, is the tale of a doomed artist set against a backdrop of Appalachian legends and folk magic. In Book Three, The Witch Jar, a legendary curse jeopardizes Ginger’s elderly clients and threatens to expose secrets as old as the mountains.
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The Good Neighbors People used to know the truth about fairies, and they were afraid of them. When visiting homemaker Ginger Stewart encounters a troop of fairies in the wild green hills of West Virginia, she learns magic is real. She also learns our ancestors were right. There are reasons to be afraid. Ginger is astounded when a fairy attacks her while she’s calling on her elderly client, Violet. Violet has spent her life coddling the fairies and hiding them from the outside world. But things have changed. The fairies are angry and aggressive, and the mayhem is escalating. Ginger and Violet must negotiate a maze of folklore, ancient symbols, and dark family secrets. Will they find a way to restore equilibrium to the fairies - and themselves - before it is too late?
The Ghost of Walker’s Gap Visiting homemaker Ginger Stewart doesn’t believe in ghosts--until the spirit of a dead artist materializes in her backseat. New to Walker’s Gap, the most haunted town in West Virginia, Ginger soon discovers ghosts aren’t the only ones disturbing the peace. A mining company wants to strip the surrounding hills of their riches. But they’re searching for treasure in the wrong place. Something much more valuable than coal is hidden beneath the historic town’s brick streets. Ginger teams up with Birdy, an elderly woman with Appalachian magic running through her veins, and Ronie, an expert in mountain legends and folklore. Can they discover the secret of Walker’s Gap and put its troubled spirits to rest before greed consumes them all? The Witch Jar Lynne Sturtevant said “Strange things are happening in Black Hand Holler, West Virginia. Mysterious lights flicker deep in the forest. Knocks echo from longsealed coal mines. Even the bees in the abandoned orchards and the crows on the ridge tops are agitated. When a wealthy woman swoops in with plans to evict the elderly residents and transform the holler into an upscale resort, the supernatural disruptions intensify. Is the backwoods witch who hexed the holler a century ago to blame, or is something much older and deeper at play? Home health aid Ginger Stewart turns to Birdy, a granny woman with Appalachian folk magic coursing through her veins. Does the key to the holler’s survival lie in the secret ways of the mountains? Can they find it in time?”