Review: Can Tawny Weber pull off small-town and paranormal as well as red-hot sexy reads? You bet she does!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 12, 2014
This is a departure for Ms. Weber, this novel being a paranormal romance, and much longer than what we’re used from the author: it’s over 350 pages, and none of those pages are filler. Miki, Mikaela Lansing, a California girl, moves to small-town Rossdale after a messy divorce leaves her almost destitute. The villagers don’t take well to newcomers and she’s no exception. The town is going to the dogs and the inhabitants have come to see newcomers as threats, and they have good reason to feel that way. Miki has it rough until she strikes a friendship with Gideon Ross, which does not go over very well with the villagers, and especially Gideon’s mother, since he’s divorced from a California girl. Witchcraft is the basis for the story, not just and added element to make it paranormal. The world-building is excellent, the characters are well-defined and complex, and the story is strong; nothing is as black and white as it first appears. Aside from the witchcraft, this book is also a light romantic suspense; it makes for a very satisfying read, as well as a very amusing one, at times. This book will appeal to fans of paranormal and non-fans alike, because although witchcraft is an integral part of the story, it’s not so out there that non-paranormal romance readers will be put off. Can we hope this is the first installment of a new series, because Ryan – Mikaela’s brother – at least, deserves his own story, in my opinion.