title: Distant Thunder
author: Wilds, Elissa
description: In the first full length novel of Elissa Wilds' new Skull Keepers series, two lovers are drawn together to protect a town of psychics and mediums at the center of a battle between otherworldly beings both good and evil. Raye Pierson is living a quiet, peaceful life in the infamous Spiritualist town of Shambhala, GA, the perfect place to blend in and keep her own magical abilities under wraps. But peace is shattered when her ex-boyfriend shows up demanding to spend time with the daughter he abandoned 15-years prior and her neighbors start behaving in ways that make their psychic abilities seem downright boring. As if that weren't enough to keep her up at night, Raye's teaching job is threatened when she's linked to a student's tragic accident. Enter Drake Mitchell, the new School Administrator. Their connection is immediate and intense. But how can she think about romance when her whole world is topsy turvy? And then there's the matter of the ancient crystal skull buried in her backyard. A skull which is much more than just a beautiful and ancient object. This skull has a soul. A soul who insists it's up to Raye and Drake to protect it at all costs from the powerful forces who wish to destroy it, the town, and ultimately, humankind.