A Magical Echo: An Echo Branson Investigation

by Linda Kay Silva

Librarian note: This book was not published by Bella Books although it was announced to be released on February 19, 2013 as the fifth in the Echo Branson series. Instead, A Magical Echo (ISBN13: 9781939062031 was published on May 1, 2013 by Sapphire Books Publishing .


When supernaturals with unique abilities seek to profit from the normal population of Sin City, Echo Branson is dispatched by the Others to put a stop to it. When one of the indie supernaturals turns up dead a violent turf war erupts.

Echo finds herself besieged and threatened by the rival factions. The in-fighting threatens not only her life, but that of her students as well. The landscape of alliances shifts rapidly and she is in desperate need of an ally of her own. It’s going to take more than a magic act and sleight of hand to survive.

An unlikely alliance and unimaginable self-discovery confront Echo in this fifth novel in the award-winning paranormal investigations.

264 pages, Paperback

About the author

Linda Kay Silva, a.k.a. Storm, lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her partner and a menagerie of animals. She wakes up happy, laughs all day long, and lives a life that had included African safaris, Thai temples, riding Harleys, and floating down rivers on bamboo rafts. By day, she is a World, American, British, Asian, and Women’s Literature Professor at a military university. By night, she is a lover of all things zombie-esque and will watch any movie where a zombie eats a human being. She’s has been known to offer parts in her books to her students, who touch her life as much as she hopes she touches theirs. She is proud to be with Sapphire Books and looks forward to a long and satisfying writing career with them. Linda Kay prides herself on responding to everyone who has ever written her, and she encourages you to join her and Sapphire Books on Facebook.

Linda Kay Silva is the recipient of the 2013 Alice B. Medal for her body of work.

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