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Garden of the Moon

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I've long been a fan of Elizabeth Sinclair's paranormal novels. With a deft hand, she creates complex emotional characters that I just love. Garden of the Moon is no exception. It's touching, heartwarming and holds more than a few surprises. Very, very enjoyable read! (And yes, I'm being deliberately obscure about specifics because this is one where you don't want to know a thing about it so you can enjoy the full force and effect.

Her mother believes her paranormal skill is an embarrassing curse; her father does not understand her skill, but cares what happens to his daughter. Sara Wade sees ghosts.

Although their motives differ, her parents concur with Sara moving onto Harrogate, an estate she recently inherited from her late grandmother. She wants to renovate the old house that she realizes she shares with two ghosts. Jonathan Bradford claims she is his beloved Maddie Grayson who is in an old diary Sara found. She believes Jonathan, who sends her back to his era to the year he died 1805. The other spirit in her present wants Jonathan dead while Sara prays she can save the life of her beloved.

Garden of the Moon is an engaging reincarnation romance starring an intrepid heroine willing to risk her soul to go back to save that of her beloved, Jonathan who has waited two centuries for her return while sharing hell on earth with his enemy. Although the moving back and forth between the present and the early nineteenth century feels jarring, fans will enjoy this fine paranormal romantic suspense due to the brave Maddie.

Harriet Klausner

I read a lot of historical romances and I realize that they are rather formulaic. This one, though, just annoyed me. First, Sara travels back in time 50 years, yet makes a big deal about never seeing her family again. Hello! It's possible that she could. Second, she leaves the house to her friend, but wouldn't she and her husband (with their descendants) still live in it in 50 years? The author also incorporated many gothic touches, but many seemed overdone and trite. I read the entire book but did not enjoy most of it.