MB: In part it was the story of Eliza Lucas Pinckney. MP: What was the inspiration for Compulsion ? My hope is that I’ve laced enough history within the story to also raise some curiosity about the past and how it connects to current issues, both global and personal, that today’s teens will ultimately face and need to solve.

When I started writing, I wanted Compulsion and the other books in the trilogy to speak to teens who love genre books, because that’s what started my daughter reading and connected us both with young adult literature. I was thrilled when she got hooked on YA paranormal series, and she and I discovered young adult literature together. That also took away her interest in subjects that were primarily reading-based, like history. Martina Boone (MB): My daughter has a learning disability, and when she was old enough that it wasn’t cool for Mom to keep reading to her, she stopped reading altogether. Miss Print (MP): Can you tell us a bit about your path as a writer? How did you get to this point? Persuasion, sequel to Compulsion, will be released on October 27, 2015. I’m very excited to have Martina here to answer some questions about her Heirs of Watson Island trilogy. Compulsion has stayed with me since I finished reading it. Boone expertly blends elements of paranormal romance and Southern Gothic novels to create a unique mystery that is smart and engaging–complete with a vivid setting and complex supernatural elements. What she finds is dangerous: a love she never expected, a river that turns to fire at midnight, a gorgeous cousin who isn’t what she seems, and very real enemies who want both Eight and Barrie dead.When I started Martina Boone’s debut novel, Compulsion, I knew I was going to enjoy it. With the help of sun-kissed Eight Beaufort, who knows what Barrie wants before she knows herself, the last Watson heir starts to unravel her family’s twisted secrets. Stuck with the ghosts of a generations-old feud and hunted by forces she cannot see, Barrie must find a way to break free of the family legacy. But she finds a new kind of prison at her aunt’s South Carolina plantation instead-a prison guarded by an ancient spirit who long ago cursed one of the three founding families of Watson Island and gave the others magical gifts that became compulsions. When her mother dies, Barrie promises to put some mileage on her stiletto heels.

Beautiful Creatures meets The Body Finder in Compulsion, the first novel in a spellbinding new trilogy.Īll her life, Barrie Watson has been a virtual prisoner in the house where she lived with her shut-in mother.

Compulsion by martina boone