Crystal GardensAmanda Quick |
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 8/8/2012 |
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After an unnerving incident and witnessing a death, Evangeline Ames has rented a cottage outside of London. Now someone is trying to kill her in the cottage. She slips out of her window and into the gardens of her landlord. She knows she can't get into the maze, but if she makes it to the pool with paranormal energy she knows she'll be safe. Her pursuer is normal and won't be able to stay near the water. Her attacker is fast. But Lucas Sebastian, the owner, comes out of the maze in time to attract the man's attention. The thug veers off into the maze towards Lucas. Lucas rescues Evangeline. The man disappears into the paranormal foliage of the maze and not seen again. They recognize each other's paranormal abilities immediately. Evangeline also recognizes Lucas as the man who can help her advance her knowledge of life for her sensational fiction writing. Lucas realizes that Evangeline may be the one woman who can fit into his future. First, though, they have to keep Evangeline alive. Amanda Quick (one of Jayne Ann Krentz's pseudonyms) has left her world of the Arcane Society but not her world of paranormal psychic abilities. In Crystal Gardens, Evangeline can read auras and manipulate psychic energy fields. Lucas' abilities are darker and help him track down murderers. She is an author and a paid companion - and more. He has inherited an old estage on top of a paranormal pool which has its effects darkening and twisting the land around it. I had fun with Crystal Gardens but have my common complaint of Krentz' work for the past few years. It's too short and not developed adequately. In order to get out three books a year (under her three current names), the stories are stinted. Crystal Gardens also has a timeline problem. Sometimes the narrative feels like a few days should have passed when they throw out a comment of something that happened the day before. I scratched my head trying to figure how all the events happened in less than 24 hours. This means the mysteries do not get the build up they deserve. Both story lines have the potential to be deeper. Instead, the books stays on the surface. Crystal Gardens is a great afternoon escape read, but not one to sink into and escape the world. Notice: Non-graphic violence, Strong indecent language, Strong sexual content |
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The Arcane Society:
White Lies (Jayne Ann Krentz) |
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