When Anthropology professor, Jocelyn Grant, Jaycee to her friends, meets her idol, Dr. Evan Clark, she knows she’s going to support his archaeological dig both financially and by volunteering to work it for a summer. Even though she gets flack from the head of the university, her mind is made up.
Jaycee confuses Evan. She’s a college professor, living in student housing, and yet she can make a large donation to his floundering archaeological dig. She also plans to spend the summer working with him. Something seems off to him.
When Jaycee arrives, Evan is immediately taken with her. When she starts hearing voices and having visions, he knows she can be important to him in more ways than one.
The novel Round Tree by Sherry Derr-Wille continues the saga of The Secrets in book 2. The story takes the reader to Havelin College in 2009 where anthropology professor, Jocelyn Grant (Jaycee) encounters a visiting lecturer Dr. Evan Clark, an anthropologist, who’s the head of an archaeological dig for the past four years of an ancient, unknown settlement in the United States. She volunteers to work at the archaeological site during the summer. Besides her generous monetary donation toward the financial faltering expedition, Jaycee begins to experience visions along with hearing voices of an unknown entity once she arrives at the archaeological excavation site. Amorous feelings arouses between Evan and Jaycee. Will this mysterious, unknown voice in her head and flashes of strange visions unlock the truth of this ancient settlement, or will she enter a nefarious state of mind destroying her and the people around her? The novel propels you to an unexpected climatic ending. Reviewed by G. L. Didaleusky, author of medical mystery/thriller novels.
If you like a fast-paced romance, this story will hold your attention. Throughout all its twists and turns, the plot unfolds with mesmerizing characters who find love at an archeological dig. Throw in a supernatural character into the mix and you have a good read.