Jessica Barone's Official Website

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Jessica Barone's Official Website

Author, Singer, Actress, Performer

Age Range: 42 - 47 years.

Experience:

* Educator

* Author

* Singer

* Actress

* Cosplay

* Martial Arts

* Irish Dance

Jessica Barone is an educator, author, singer and cosplayer, and the mother of a warrior princess. She credits her Sicilian grandmother's stories of the old country as her earliest source of inspiration. Today Jessica is a mother who tells stories to her own child, and has kept her love of the supernatural alive by watching scary movies, melodramatic Netflix shows, and reading slightly disturbing novels in her spare time. Jessica is proud to be one half of the YouTube channel Take 2 Productions.

Books by Jessica Barone include The Shadowlands series; Eternal Night, Shadow Cast, Dark Ascension, Dragon Slayer. Short story collection; Once Upon a Blue Moon. Jessica was the lead singer in the acoustic duo Take 2, and won Enfield Idol in 2013. She performed in the Choir in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 2023. In October 2023, she performed “Mother Knows Best” in a Halloween Villain Cabaret. In December 2024, Jessica performed "God Help The Outcasts" at Bay Path University's Winterfest. In July 2025, she will be featured in the Ensemble of "Matilda" alongside her daughter, Ceili Handly.

Contact Jessica at: barone.jess@yahoo.com

Visit Jessica's amazingly talented daughter Ceili Handly here: https://ceilihandly.blogspot.com/

The Shadowlands Series

The Shadowlands Series by Jessica Barone

* Eternal Night * Shadow Cast * Dark Ascension * Dragon Slayer

View The Shadowlands book trailer by clicking the link below!

The Shadowlands (trailer)

This New Adult / Dark Fantasy / Horror - four book series - begins with Eternal Night, continues with Shadow Cast, Dark Ascension, and ends with Dragon Slayer. In Eternal Night, Julia, a lonely young woman, meets Jonathan, a strigoi. She must make the decision to remain human or follow her heart and become strigoi herself. In Shadow Cast, Jason watches his world crumble and falls into darkness, rising again as a strigoi. In Dark Ascension, Julia faces the temptation of power and the threat of an obsessed, Wild strigoi. In Dragon Slayer, Julia must reconcile her differences with Jason in order to save the family...and herself. Featuring complex family dynamics worthy of day-time drama, The Shadowlands follows the journeys of three young people into the world of the strigoi.

Visit the publisher at: http://scanticbooks.blogspot.com/

Eternal Night: Book One of The Shadowlands

JULIA just graduated high school and should be having the time of her life, hanging out with friends and getting ready for college. But feeling abandoned by her parents’ divorce, she rarely leaves the house. One night, she meets JONATHAN and everything changes. Jonathan has a secret. He looks like he’s nineteen, but he’s been nineteen for a very long time. Jonathan and his maker, JASON, belong to an ancient race of creatures; the strigoi. Julia must make the decision whether to remain with Jonathan and become strigoi herself.

Eternal Night is available for purchase at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1075269393/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=jessica%20barone&qid=1563622605&s=gateway&sr=8-3&fbclid=IwAR2M90I3ln25BXR3cgKeTqM1Qmd220oxYOlC1kc6pQyPPYPc5I1oO3bAN5o

Shadow Cast: Book Two of The Shadowlands

All JASON ever wanted was a family. Somewhere to belong. Born in 1677 in Bordeaux, France, his father is cousin to Louis the Sun King. His father, in a fit of jealousy, burns down the family’s chateau, taking his own life and that of Jason’s mother and brother. This act sets Jason on a path to Paris where he attracts the attention of an ancient Russian strigoi. Although he stays by Alexander's side for some time, Jason ultimately rejects him and boards a ship bound for America, determined to once again start a family of his own.

Shadow Cast is available for purchase at: https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Cast-Book-Two-Shadowlands/dp/1672293871/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Jessica+Barone&qid=1577909620&sr=8-1

Dark Ascension: Book Three of The Shadowlands

The Bloodstone is an ancient talisman possessing legendary powers. Many have sought for it, but it has never been found. Until now. JULIA has realized eternal life comes with a price. Her hunger for blood will never end, and has been getting out of hand lately. Even the love of her companion, JONATHAN, is no longer enough. CORY, who once sought to possess Julia, now seeks the Bloodstone for himself. Cory drags Julia into his quest, and although the promise of power is seductive, Julia resists and clings to her own morality.

Dark Ascension is available for purchase at: https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Ascension-Book-Three-Shadowlands/dp/B08C4GHQ6W/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1611247969&sr=1-7

Dragon Slayer: Book Four of The Shadowlands

Something is killing the coven. Old friends and enemies show up at JASON'S door asking for protection. JULIA has her hands full with JONATHAN, who seems to be pulling away and searching for a new companion. But blood is thicker than water, and Julia must come to Jason's aid if any of the coven are to survive. When it turns out that a necromancer has taken control of ALEXANDER, Julia, Jason and Jonathan must put aside their differences to keep the family alive.

Dragon Slayer is available for purchase at: https://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Slayer-Book-Four-Shadowlands/dp/B0915VCXNF

Once Upon a Blue Moon

Once Upon a Blue Moon:

Stories to Enrapture the Mind, Delight the Senses, and Chill the Soul

Scantic Books is proud to present this inspiring story collection by Jessica Barone. A blood-drinker offers protection to the daughter of a drug lord. A guardian is more than he seems. A girl is taken on the ride of her life. The inner beast takes control. Obsession is made into art. Blood is thicker than water. Some things just aren’t worth coming home for. Stuck between fire and water. The end of the world really isn’t. Anything is better than marriage. When you look into the abyss, the abyss looks back. Jessica Barone, author of The Shadowlands series, offers this collection of short stories to enrapture the mind, delight the senses, and chill the soul.

Now available for purchase at Amazon.com! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZFJ44LK?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860&fbclid=IwAR2Khjv7YRiJnhraFHfcct79i1TzEhjjUEOndcrbPGv34A4adVdpBa2D6NY

Friday, August 30, 2024

Merch

MERCH!!!

We have a few tees left from last year's signings!! Sizes medium, large, and extra-large. While supplies last. Update: 1 medium, 2 large, 2 XL. Paypal or Venmo. $25.00

Contact Jessica: barone.jess@yahoo.com