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Book Details
Psychic In Suburbia: The Magical Midlife Misadventures of a Medium Mom
Paranormal Cozy Mystery
Setting – Georgia
Independently Published
Publication date : September 23, 2025
Print length : 234 pages
ISBN-13 : 979-8231157518
Digital : 9798231472642
There’s nothing magical about midlife for Abby McBride, unless dealing with pesky ghosts
counts.
Between hot flashes and brain fog and the dead paying a call at all hours, she’s had her share of
spirited mayhem, while trying to hold up a perfect image among her cul-de-sac crowd. Not easy!
But, after decades of suppressing her psychic gift, it all comes crashing down at the annual
Halloween bash and her quiet suburban life goes up in spectral smoke.
The ghosts of 125 Magnolia Lane have demands and are not opposed to dragging the living into
their hellish afterlife if that’s what it takes. Can Abby finally embrace the powers she’s long
denied in order to save her family and friends from eternal destruction? But at what cost to her
reputation, her sanity, marriage and possibly even her freedom?
When Ghost Whisperer meets Bad Moms, haunted hijinks are inevitable among dysfunctional
friendships and an intrepid heroine who’s so done playing nice. That’s right! DONE! Get set for a
thrill ride that will leave readers with a tale of laugh out loud, heart-tugging midlife magic and
mayhem.
About KC Freeman
After leaving the corporate world to raise her five rambunctious children with her husband in
North Carolina, KC Freeman eventually found her way back to her lifelong desire to write
paranormal fiction.
First, she dipped her toes in the writing world by ghostwriting cozy mysteries and romance
novels. Once confident of her creative writing skills, she struck out on her own to write urban
fantasy and paranormal romance with her debut novel, Rekindled Prophecy: Greylyn the
Guardian Angel Book 1. A few books later, KC added the label, “USA Today Best-Selling
Author” with her paranormal romance, Renegade Angel, incorporated into the Realm of
Darkness box set.
KC writes mostly urban fantasy and paranormal romance novels. She also spends a lot of time
editing manuscripts with her company, Book Mage Editing, and is certified by the Professional
Book Editors Association.
Now that her five children are grown and flown, KC spends her time writing, editing, reading,
hiking, exercising (in an attempt to get back a semblance of her pre-menopause body), and
spoiling her fur baby chihuahua, Harley.
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Author Guest Post
I’ll be the first to admit I’m an introvert and not comfortable sharing personal information.
As an author, I tend to keep my newsletters, social media posts, etc. at a high level. But today I am breaking that rule. Please be patient as the story unfolds of how one line in a fiction novel turned my world upside down (in a good way).
What line in a fiction novel could be responsible for the big lightbulb going off in my head, alerting me to probably the biggest energetic block in my entire existence?
Just after the prologue and before Chapter 1 of The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, by Grady Hendrix, is a short definition that had me in tears: Housewife (n)–a light, worthless woman or girl–Oxford English Dictionary, compact edition, 1971
Now, don’t go jumping down my throat for the offensive definition. That was 1971, after all. And I don’t want to start a war of stay-at-home moms (SAHMs) and working moms.
I’ve been on both sides, and that IS NOT what my AHA moment was about.
Growing up, my mom and most of my friends’ moms were SAHMs. That’s just how it was, and to be honest, I see now that none of them got the respect they truly deserved.
Problem is…it’s still rather true today. Part of the problem is that we’ve been taught that it’s not a respectable, worthy endeavor, and that is deeply ingrained in our collective psyche.
I’ll admit that’s what I learned growing up. Like my protagonist, Abby McBride, in Psychic in Suburbia, my parents were always on me to make great grades so I could go to college (1st in my family), get a secure job with benefits, and to basically “color inside the lines, don’t rock the boat, and most importantly—don’t be different.” What I heard was “You have to work and be a financial contributor to your family in order to be worthy.”
Worthy of what, you may ask. Well, worthy of everything ~ love, wealth, happiness.
So, I did all the things I was supposed to do. Instead of becoming a journalist and then an author, I got an undergraduate degree in Accounting. Then I got a job with a small CPA firm and cried every night because I hated it so much. But, hey…I was employed during a time when a lot of people weren’t. I moved from “safe” accounting job to another “safe” accounting-related job. I went to grad school for an MBA to further solidify my career security. In my parents’ eyes (at least), I had succeeded! I had a safe, secure job with benefits! That I hated.
Then marriage and kids came along. Still working. For a time, the primary breadwinner and I was proud of that fact. But, that left zero time for my kids and hubby. I was utterly miserable. Something had to change. Fast.
One day hubby says, “Hey, if you’re on board, I’d like to apply for a job in North Carolina. I’ll be able to make enough where you can stay home with the kids.” And I said, “Heck, yeah!”
All was well for a while. I did all the SAHM things—volunteered at the school, taxi’ed kids to and from multiple sports practices and events, team mom, read to them every night, made home-cooked meals, etc. The list is endless (if you’re a mom, you know the list really is ENDLESS).
Come to find out… (like Abby) I despise house cleaning, cooking, laundry, and all the other things associated with being a “housewife”(except being with my kids and husband). When all the kids were in school and I had some “free” time on my hands, I joined boot camps to get in shape. At the start of my midlife, I was in the best shape of my life (same as Abby). But something was still missing.
Finally, one day I had an epiphany! Hey, you (yes, I talk to myself)…remember you always wanted to write a book!
And I did! My debut novel, Rekindled Prophecy, was published in 2019, and I’ve been writing ever since. Now, a few books later, I’m not bringing in the book royalties of Stephen King or Sarah J Maas, and that’s fine. Actually, according to my income statement (see that accounting did come in handy), my expenses for running this author business far exceed incoming book revenues.
But I still wasn’t HAPPY!
Not depressed, per se. But not happy. And feeling guilty for not being 1000% happy.
After all… I have it all! Loving husband; healthy, happy, awesome children; adorable fur baby; the perfect house that I always dreamed about with the large porch; etc. What wasn’t to be happy about?
Here’s a bit more insight than you asked for (truly, you didn’t ask for any of this, but I’m on a roll). Early on in what I regard as the start of my midlife misadventures, I began working with life coaches and reading all the self-help books, listening to podcasts, etc.
Things have greatly improved as far as my attitude and viewpoint. I repeat affirmations until I’m out of breath, meditate daily, eat healthy (okay, healthier than before), yoga, forgiveness work, mindset work… All of it! I’ve come a long way, baby!
But that one line from that book I picked up by sheer chance (I didn’t even read the blurb or anything, just thought the title was super cool) threw me for a loop, and my big AHA moment smacked me in the forehead with a mental 2×4… HARD.
I wasn’t happy because it was ingrained in my psyche that I wasn’t WORTHY because I was “just a housewife” as per the definition above.
Sadly, I think a lot of SAHMs may feel this way, too, and don’t recognize where it comes from. Same with working moms, too. I was a working mom for many years, and I felt guilty every time I left in the morning to go to my job. Either way—SAHM or working mom—I considered myself unworthy.
I was judging myself harshly based on a negative thought that was so deeply ingrained I didn’t even know it was there after years of mindset work.
All it took for that breakthrough was one little line in a random novel (excellent book by the way, I highly recommend it) to realize that I was the one blocking my own complete happiness because I hadn’t thought myself worthy.
When the 100% truth is… WE ARE ALL WORTHY!
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TOUR PARTICIPANTS
September 24 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books – REVIEW
September 25 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT
September 25 – StoreyBook Reviews – CHARACTER GUEST POST
September 26 – Infinite House of Books – SPOTLIGHT
September 26 – Guatemala Paula Loves to Read – SPOTLIGHT
September 27 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
September 28 – Sarandipity’s -AUTHOR GUEST POST
September 28 – Baroness Book Trove – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
September 29 – Books1987 – SPOTLIGHT
September 30 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – REVIEW
October 1 –Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
October 1 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
October 2 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
October 3 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW, AUTHOR GUEST POST
October 4 – Angel’s Book Nook – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 5 – Storybook Lady – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 6 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
October 7 – Salty Inspirations – CHARACTER GUEST POST
Giveaway
Prize – 5 – Signed Paperback Copies of Psychic In Suburbia: The Magical Midlife Misadventures of a Medium Mom by KC Freeman and 5 – $10 Amazon Gift Cards
