1st Sentence: Did you ever have the feeling that you were exactly where you were meant to be, that the fates had finally got it right and the rest of your life was going to be clear sailing?
Last Sentence: Sugar Maple was gone.
My Review:
This is the first book I have read that was told in the first person, but the first person was divided between Luke, Chloe, and Karen. At first I found this a little hard to keep track of but I soon fell into the swing of things and it became much easier as the plot developed.
Chloe is half sorceress and half human – she is welcomed by some of Sugar Maple but there are others who don’t look kindly to humans of any kind. You see, Sugar Maple is a land of trolls, the fae, vampires, werewolves, and spirits of all kinds. Chloe’s ancestors have cast a protective spell hundreds of years earlier to keep them “hidden” to human eyes. Chloe runs “Sticks and Strings” the most popular knitting store in the area, and there are a lot of humans that enter the town. They just aren’t able to see the magic that surrounds them.
Chloe love Luke who is 100% human. He is the acting town sheriff and she is hoping that the book of spells is right and that she will have a baby girl with him to carry on the tradition that has been set forth by her ancestors. She is the key to keeping the protective spell on Sugar Maple and if she is unable to produce an heir the existence of the town may be in jeopardy.
That is where Isadora comes in. Isadora is a powerful member of the fae that Chloe has banished earlier (I believe this may have been a focal point of the previous book) due to the fact that she tried to kill Luke, among other things. She lost both of her sons in the battle and has been trying to find a way to break the banishment spell. When Luke’s ex-wife Karen enters town saying that she is getting messages from their dead daughter, Chloe knows that something is wrong and that Isadora is behind it somehow.
This book is extremely well written and makes me want to grab the first one and get some more background on these wonderful characters. This was a perfect book for me not only because it involved supernatural characters, but it was also light hearted in certain ways. This is an author I will be following much more closely in the future.
Barbara Bretton is the USA Today bestselling, award-winning author of more than 40 books. Her most recent title, Laced With Magic, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. She currently h
as over ten million copies in print around the world and have been translated into twelve languages in over twenty countries.
Barbara has been featured in articles in The New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Romantic Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Herald News, Home News, Somerset Gazette,among others, and has been interviewed by Independent Network News Television, appeared on the Susan Stamberg Show on NPR, and been featured in an interview with Charles Osgood of WCBS, among others.
Her awards include both Reviewer’s Choice and Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times; Gold and Silver certificates from Affaire de Coeur; the RWA Region 1 Golden Leaf; and several sales awards from Bookrak. Ms. Bretton was included in a recent edition of Contemporary Authors.
Barbara loves to spend as much time as possible in Maine with her husband, walking the rocky beaches and dreaming up plots for upcoming books.
You can visit Barbara’s website at www.barbarabretton.com, her blog at http://bmafb.blogspot.com or connect with her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/barbarbretton.com.
Knit shop owner and sorcerer’s daughter Chloe Hobbs felt the Fates finally got it right when she met Luke MacKenzie. And no one could have convinced her otherwise—including the trolls, selkies, or spirits who also call Sugar Maple, Vermont, home. But then out of nowhere Luke’s ex-wife suddenly shows up, claiming to see the spirit of their daughter, Steffie—a daughter Chloe knows nothing about.
Steffie’s spirit is being held hostage by a certain Fae leader. And if Chloe weaves a spell to free her spirit, her nemesis will also be free—free to destroy her yarn shop and all of Sugar Maple. But if she doesn’t, Steffie won’t be the only one spending eternity in hell. Chloe’ll be joining her, cursed with a broken heart.
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