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Eerie Side of the Tracks #2
Light Magic
When Meg Sheridan arrived in Mossy Creek, Texas, she had one goal in to fulfill her mother's dying wish. Now, less than a month after burying her mother, all Meg knows about the town is that it has always been a haven for the Others, even before they made their existence known to the world. As an Other herself, that should reassure Meg. Instead, it raises more questions than it answers. More than that, she has one very large problem. She doesn't know why her mother wanted her to come to Mossy Creek. Worse, she soon learns not everyone is willing to welcome her with open arms. Faced with the daunting task of discovering not only why her mother sent her to Mossy Creek but also with uncovering why her mother fled there years before, Meg is determined to find the truth. Along the way, she discovers something else. Even in death, her mother is looking out for her - if Meg will let her. And if she will accept the friendship and love of those who knew her mother all those years ago. But danger awaits her as well. Secrets decades old and resentments going back generations seethe just below the surface. Do those secrets have anything to do with why Meg's mother wanted her to come to town? Will discovering them help her understand why her mother fled Mossy Creek so long ago? Or will they lead to something much more sinister. . . and deadly?
305 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 27, 2018
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August 1, 2018
Very down to earth, despite beauty and power, she wants to solve the mystery of her mother in Mossy Oak.
The Sarah A. Hoyt cover is a feast for the eyes. Let's quickly point out that the font type, color, and placement make both the author name and the book title quite readable against the background, without obscuring the main feature, which is an astoundingly beautiful woman, looking directly at the reader. My INITIAL impression was “CAJUN!”, based on her coloration and the background streetlight, which is a type I seem to remember from my time in New Orleans. However, there is nothing in the text to confirm that ethnicity, and it's decidedly NOT set in New Orleans.
The dark beauty depicted is Meg Sheridan, a lawyer, former Army officer, and 'elemental' magic user. For those who wandered into this world by accident and have no knowledge of this rather specialized subject matter, an elemental is not someone who is just starting; they have power over one or more of the elements. In Meg's case, that element is air, and her power extends to those things which routinely accompany great movements of air, such as rain and lightning.
She shows up in Mossy Oak at a very low point in her life. She was raised as a DEFINITE outsider in another community, which was hostile to her and her mother, because of their abilities to use magic. She escaped that environment by going to college, then the Army, but kept in close contact with her mother as she built her career as a lawyer. Out of the blue, she gets a phone call that her mother is dead, following a brief illness her mother had hidden from her. That's followed immediately by a terse letter from her mother, telling her to return to Mossy Oak, and get in touch with a woman she has never heard mentioned.
More unexpected things happen than she is quite prepared to accept, including an attempt on her life. It takes her rather a long time to discover the reasons her mother sent her to Mossy Oak, and why she kept it a secret from her. Finding the solutions to these issues, and the revelation of additional crisis points, forms the structure of the book.
In the interest of keeping my reviews concise, while also providing myself a source for expressing my inner verbosity, I will refer you to my blog post (Papa Pat Rambles) for this book, which includes Things I Found Fascinating, and Things I Found...Itchy.
Great read, and I look for more in this series.
The Sarah A. Hoyt cover is a feast for the eyes. Let's quickly point out that the font type, color, and placement make both the author name and the book title quite readable against the background, without obscuring the main feature, which is an astoundingly beautiful woman, looking directly at the reader. My INITIAL impression was “CAJUN!”, based on her coloration and the background streetlight, which is a type I seem to remember from my time in New Orleans. However, there is nothing in the text to confirm that ethnicity, and it's decidedly NOT set in New Orleans.
The dark beauty depicted is Meg Sheridan, a lawyer, former Army officer, and 'elemental' magic user. For those who wandered into this world by accident and have no knowledge of this rather specialized subject matter, an elemental is not someone who is just starting; they have power over one or more of the elements. In Meg's case, that element is air, and her power extends to those things which routinely accompany great movements of air, such as rain and lightning.
She shows up in Mossy Oak at a very low point in her life. She was raised as a DEFINITE outsider in another community, which was hostile to her and her mother, because of their abilities to use magic. She escaped that environment by going to college, then the Army, but kept in close contact with her mother as she built her career as a lawyer. Out of the blue, she gets a phone call that her mother is dead, following a brief illness her mother had hidden from her. That's followed immediately by a terse letter from her mother, telling her to return to Mossy Oak, and get in touch with a woman she has never heard mentioned.
More unexpected things happen than she is quite prepared to accept, including an attempt on her life. It takes her rather a long time to discover the reasons her mother sent her to Mossy Oak, and why she kept it a secret from her. Finding the solutions to these issues, and the revelation of additional crisis points, forms the structure of the book.
In the interest of keeping my reviews concise, while also providing myself a source for expressing my inner verbosity, I will refer you to my blog post (Papa Pat Rambles) for this book, which includes Things I Found Fascinating, and Things I Found...Itchy.
Great read, and I look for more in this series.
April 15, 2018
Another Prodigal Returns to Mossy Creek
I'm mostly not into small Southern towns filled with secrets, magic, and romance but I knew the work of this author under another pen name and took a chance on an earlier book set in Mossy Creek and have been hooked since. The story and characters in this series overwhelmed my reservations, and this installment was no exception. I set aside the other books that I was reading and read the whole thing in under a day. The only bad part is that now I have to wait impatiently for more from the Erie Side of the Tracks.
I'm mostly not into small Southern towns filled with secrets, magic, and romance but I knew the work of this author under another pen name and took a chance on an earlier book set in Mossy Creek and have been hooked since. The story and characters in this series overwhelmed my reservations, and this installment was no exception. I set aside the other books that I was reading and read the whole thing in under a day. The only bad part is that now I have to wait impatiently for more from the Erie Side of the Tracks.
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