Crystal Balls

by Jean Gill

Jamie’s Mum is hooked on fortune-tellers and running into debt, so she and her friend Ryan decide to investigate the psychic world and show that it is full of con-artists. However, as they are drawn deeper into the world they are investigating, Jamie is told that she has a psychic gift, channelled through her ‘spirit guide’ and the weird dreams start. Night-time experiences as a medieval warrior princess, doomed to revisit her last battlefield, always searching for something, are making Jamie ill. She has to uncover the secrets of the past, following the trail that starts at Kidweli castle in south Wales, where Princess Gwenllian once lived.Instead of rescuing her mother, Jamie is drawn into a supernatural world herself. Will friendship be strong enough to bring her back?

127 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 21, 2010

About the author

Award-winning Welsh author and photographer Jean Gill lives in Provence with the best scent-hound in the world, a Nikon D750 and a man. Best known for writing epic medieval adventures in The Troubadours and The Midwinter Dragon series, Jean has published 27 multi-genre books since 1988, including the dog bestseller 'Someone To Look Up To'. Although she’s hung up her beekeeping gloves, she still cares about her wild neighbours, which include boar, badgers, foxes and hares.

For many years, she taught English, and was the first woman to be a secondary headteacher in the Welsh county of Dyfed. She is mother or stepmother to five children so life was hectic. With Scottish parents, Welsh and French residence and an English birthplace, she can usually shout for the winning team in sporting events.

She loves to hear from readers. Contact via her jeangill website.

Reviews

[Charity · Rating 3 out of 5]

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REVIEW BY: Angel, age 13 years, 1 month

MAY CONTAIN SPOILER:

This was a big book of drama, mystery and dark magic.

Jamie and Ryan, best friends, start researching the world of fortune-tellers because they are determined to prove to Jamie's mom that it is just a waste of time. However, they start to believe in things that they never even could imagine.