Review: A new series from the author of The Beckett Pack serirs
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 23, 2012
Title:  John's VisionAuthor:  Lynnette BernardPsychic  Connections Cowboy Mates series Book 1John Blackstone, of Cheyenne and Italian descent,  has known from the time he was 14 years old that Jamie was  destined to be his mate.  His vision quest had shown him that they would be together and would have a family.  Jamie Montgomery, is running scared.  She feels she cannot escape an evil from her past that  is re-emerging to threaten her  and all she holds dear,  emotionally scarred as well as physically.  She feels their is no hope left for her.  He has found her again and this time she has nowhere left to run where she feels safe, but neither can she remain at her cousin's ranch and endanger everyone else.Jamie is so tired of running.  With no one to confide in she feels isolated, vuneralble, and helpless to continue.  Although attracted to John she knows she has nothing to offer him emotionally or physically.  She must keep him  and everyone else at a distance.  John on the other hand is determined to claim his mate.  He knows their joining will be blessed by the Spirits that blessed those on the McCade land in repayment for a kindness decades before.  He knows his vision was true.  Now he only needs to convince Jamie and keep her safe from the one who wants vengence and the life of Jamie Montgomery.Lynnette Bernard has done it again.  She has envisioned a story line that captivates and draws you in.  Centered around the McCade Ranch, those that live there and their destined mates.  A story the began long ago but continues today.  You will laugh, cry and worry over the people in these stories as if they were your own family.  Eventually you will wish you could find a way to crawl into the book and become part of their family.  Ms. Bernard's characters are bold and mullti-dementional.  They become dear friends whom you will want to visit with often.  Aren't you Lucky that Touching Deuce, book 2 in the series is out and book 3 is not that far behind.  I know I am.  I can not wait for the next installment of Psychic Cowboys to carry me back to the McCade Ranch and my new friends.Lynnette Bernard has begun a new series with a different twist.  The men and women of this series are connected through their connection to the past.The men are top of the line Alpha males with deep roots in family loyalty and an ingrained need to protect their mates and all the people in their family.  A trait shared just as strongly by the women..John has known since the age of 14 of his destined mate.  Jaime has been running from a lunatic who has been terrorizing  her since college.  Just when she thinks she is safe at her cousin's ranch and can start over he finds her again and lets her know he is on his way to finish what he started in college.  He also lets her know no on is safe from his wrath.The McKade brothers and their extended family must band together to save Jaime and keep her safe.  John has his work cut out for himself convincing Jaime to stop running and that in his arms and in his bed is the safest place there is.  Can Jamie trust John's vision? Are the legend and The Great Spirit enough to take a chance on John and their blessed mating?Lynnette Bernard is from a large and loving family and is also a talented author without a doubt, but she is also a survivor of life.  Lynnette began writing her first book at the tender age of 14.  She has known rejection of her work like most authors, but never gave up.  She eventually was signed on with Siren Publishing, a smart move on their part.  She has two series going at present but if you go to her website,[...] you will see she has many different novels swirling around in that busy mind of hers.  I wish there was a quicker process to getting the raw ideas from her thoughts down onto paper  (or computer).  She is a writer through and through,  like most authors she would probably bleed words if you were to cut her.When she gets a moment to relax she likes to read almost anything she can get her hands on or go to the movies or the beach.  Her greatest joy is her family, her children, brothers, sisters and mother.  The strongest and greatest infuence in the making up the characteristics of her male heroes is her father.  Many of the characteristics of her heroines come from Lynnette herself.  In each and every book family is the main driving force.  Children are nutured and loved just as Lynnette and her family cherish their children, as should we all.  Her stories remind us that love shines bright in the darkness of adversity.  It is how we face life's trials that makes us the people we are, fault and fallicies included.  Bending is allowed but not letting it break us completely is how we grow in strength and character.  Using that premiss I can honestly say Lynnette Bernard is one of the strongest women I know.Lynnette Bernard believes in happily ever after just as most of us do.  We know love is not perfect, but it can be the best thing in our lives.  Sometimes we do not get it right the first time, but if we are lucky we do find it, until then we have authors like Lynnette to keep the hope of finding it alive in all of us.  The creed Ms Bernard lives by would be the quote: "The heart knows what it needs." She truly believes and lives by this quote. Lynnette said it best herself when she stated, "Every one of us has a basic need for acceptance, kindness, and love. That's why every one of my books will always have a Happily Ever After, and the men and women will be kind and loving toward one another. Life is too hard. In my books, kindness and love will reign."  Lynnette Bernard could be your neighbor or co-worker, a woman worth knowing.