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Echoes from the Mist

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I would have to say one of my very favorite books of all time is the prequel to this story, Cobb Island. I didn't know if I would get satisfaction from a sequel as most just don't live up to the original. I am happy to report this one isn't most!

This author did a fantastic job keeping to the story, making it as exciting, if not more so, than the first one. The twist was really a twist, not something I had guessed before I was a chapter into the story.

I *highly* recommend this book (and her others, especially Cobb Island!) for anyone looking to purchase some great reading and support one of the better authors around.

The story of Liv and Kayla, and Bridget and Faylinn continues in this sequel to Cobb Island. More of the Redding Family history is revealed, but from an unusual source. Just as good, or even a little better than Cobb Island, Blayne Cooper has once again woven an intriguing tale of love and mystery for us.

I was so impressed with this book and Cobb Island that comes before it. Cooper's writing is magnificient. I could not read these books fast enough. I was reading every spare second that I had and still could not get enough. I wanted this story to go on and on. I want MORE!! I want these stories to keep going, so I can keep reading. I have never read a story that kept me wanting more. The characters become so personal. You learn so much about them. It's like reading about someone you know like your bestfriend. When I was reading I would laugh with them, cry with them, and feel for them over all. I would stop reading my book to run in the other room to tell my partner what had just happened, like she should know these people in real life.
Needless to say, these are WONDERFUL books !! You will love them !

I loved this book and was sad when it ended. I agree with the reviewer who said this sequel is even better than Cobb Island, which is saying a lot since Cobb Island is excellent. Love these characters, I felt as if they were real people and good friends. If you like steamy romance, lite comedy and a good mystery, then you'll love this book.

In this sequel to 'Cobb Island,' Kayla Redding and Olivia Hazelwood continue their adventures together in Edinburgh Scotland, solving a "haunting" mystery and learning more about Kayla's ancestors, Bridget and Faylinn.

This book is more than a double-romance (i.e., Kayla/Liv and Bridget/Faylinn), it's a mystery too. Kayla and Liv have been hired to determine if a ghostly presence in one of Edinburgh's historical mansions is real or a hoax. While there, they visit the descendants of Bridget and Faylinn - most of their time is spent with Badger, a man who tells the story of the deceased lovers. When not with Badger, they explore each other and study the ghost in the mansion. There is more than one twist in the last few chapters... only one of which this reader anticipated.

Cooper does a masterful job bringing life to all the characters in the book. Her talent brings two complete romances in one book, and this reader was able to follow the transition between the two stories easily.

Great book, even better than the first in the series. Highly recommended, as are all of Cooper's books.

This a sequel that is just as wonderful as the first book! I loved Echoes in the Mist. Blayne Cooper delivers another passionate thriller. Echoes begins where Cobb Island leaves off without missing a beat. Join Kayla Redding and Oliva Hazelwood in spirited Edinburg,Scotland. They will start their new career together as partners in paranormal research. I don't think Liv knows what she signed up for but, Kayla believes in Liv's abilities. While they are investigating a haunted hotel, they also get to hear more Redding/Cobb family history from a very loveable character named Badger. Badger informs Kayla and Liv of what happened to Bridget Redding and Faylinn Cobb after the night Bridget was branded a witch and Faylinn's husband wound up dead. Did I mention that these women lived in the 17th century? Echoes has great characters, a good plot that is able to stand on it's own, wicked humor, love, lust, hot sex(even if it is between dead chicks!) and ghosts?...maybe...maybe not! This book also gives hope that our spirits will never die and we will walk hand in hand with the love our lives through the mist of eternity. This is a sequel worth reading! You won't be disappointed! This book will stay in my collection to read again. Blayne Cooper is turning out to be one of my favorite authors and I look forward to reading more from her.

Wonderful romantic comedy that evolves into a mystery wrapped around a dramatic romance set in colonial Virginia. The reader is treated to two sets of very interesting women. Delightful humor is sprinkled throughout this story. An endearing romance keeps you turning the page well past the time your eyes want to you call it quits for the night. I loved the surprise at the end!

If you are one for "closure", this book will not dissappoint. Nicely woven tale to bring storylines full circle and a wonderful twist to end. Good investment in time and money. That being said, I was really left feeling nothing. Nothing tug at my soul or heart after the book.

This is the fourth book by Blayne Cooper that I have finished, and, I think I figured out THE FORMULA and discovered why I feel as I do. See if you'll agree:

1) Glamorous/exotic names: i.e: Blayne, Kayla, Faylinn, Olivia, Bridget, Cyril, Afia, Apollo (the horse), Glen, etc.
2) Always describe what the characters are WEARING, this will take up a good paragraph or two.
3) Always describe how old they are and what they look like, keeping wet and dry hair for separate descriptive opportunities.
4) Always have characters anunciate every sound to provide sound-effects to their current actions. (This got really annoying)
5) Make sure the characters bicker A LOT. Supposedly, these are grown women in adult relationships, yet they seem to pinch, hit, slap, and stick tongues out at each other an awful lot. Very juvenile behavoirs.
6) Make sure the sex is steamy and make the sex very verbal and talkative. Blayne Cooper's women have the most chatty-sex I have ever read. I can tell you, lesbian sex is nothing like the descriptions.
7) Put a bunch of stuff in "italics" and reduce the fonts, it makes the readers pay attention.

Conclusion, I don't think Ms Blayne Cooper is a lesbian. I think she is heterosexual and hence, the many pages where the characters are intimate, they seem very much, awkward. Ms Cooper can certainly weave a tale, a very entertaining tale at most times, however, the love between her characters are not palpable. One can not blame Ms Cooper, she doesn't know.