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Century of Wandering

A couple’s move to an old West Virginia house stirs up a haunting hundred-year-old mystery . . .

June 23, 1923: Local Couple Disappears Under Suspicious Circumstances

Thanks to a new job opportunity, and with their children now grown, Mary and her husband, Rick, have moved from Indiana into a one-hundred-year-old home in West Virginia. But while adjusting to such a big change in her life, she has no idea that she is about to encounter the ghost of a woman named Jillian—and become instrumental in helping her solve the mystery of how she and her beloved disappeared without a trace so long ago, after the warm moonlit night they planned to meet under the old oak tree and elope . . .

Julia Peper

Julia Peper is the author of A Century of Wandering, a historical fiction book whose setting is the beautiful mountains of West Virginia. She has been an educator for 24 years and has always enjoyed encouraging young writers to use their imaginations in their stories. Ms. Peper spends as much time as she can outdoors where she finds inspiration for her stories in the mountains and the landscapes of the states that she travels to in her adventures. Ms. Peper lives with her husband of 36 years in a small town in Central Indiana, where she grew up and raised her family. She is the mother of two wonderful children who are grown and have started families of their own. She is a grandmother to a beautiful little girl and another grandchild on the way. When she is not teaching, she can typically be found reading, writing, and camping.

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