Review: A well-written paranormal romance novel!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 25, 2014
Manroot, by Anne Steinberg, is a well-written paranormal romance novel.Katherine Sheahan and her father, Jesse, are looking for work in the isolated tourist town of Castlewood, Missouri. Jesse gets a job as handyman and Katherine as a maid at a small hotel. Jesse drinks and neglects his work and eventually disappears, abandoning his daughter. Frieda Broom, the hotel Manager, takes Katherine under her wing, and teaches her about ginseng, the manroot, and other secrets of the foothills. Katherine discovers a mystical side to herself that she'd never known existed, she is a natural healer and has the ability to communicate with spirits, a gift she inherited from her Navajo Indian mother.Katherine becomes deeply drawn to a regular hotel guest, the Honorable Judge William Reardon. Despite him being much older than her and married, Katherine captivates him. As they grow closer, the violence of dark magic threatens to annihilate all Katherine knows and holds dear... Can their love survive?Manroot is a potent tale of destiny, spiritualism and love, written in Anne Steinberg's signature compelling style. I throughly enjoyed reading this book.