Borrowed Destiny
by Joy M. Copeland

Borrowed Destiny is a contemporary fantasy filled with occult suspense and psychic mysteries. It channels the magical realism of New Orleans in a story about family secrets, ghosts of the past, and second chances.

Jeanie Maxwell is a forty-something black professional. She is lonely and bored with her life and troubles abound in her marriage and with her career. On a New Orleans business trip, Jeanie encounters “Mama” Lucie Dulon, an aging psychic, who is grieving the recent loss of her twin sister. Lucie reads Jeanie’s palm and tells her that she is sharing her body with another soul. Confused and in disbelief, Jeanie thinks what she’s heard is all nonsense. But over the next five days, Jeanie’s life disintegrates. In the meantime, Lucie Dulon is dealing with serious problems of her own. She senses that Jeanie is in grave danger and wants to help. Can she save Jeanie?