Siren's Song (Bandit Creek) [Kindle Edition]

D.L. Snow (Author), Carla Roma (Editor)

Book Description

Praise for DL Snow's SLAYER

"This was a wonderful break to my every day life and if you enjoy adult fairy tales this is one you will enjoy." - Theresa Joseph, The Romance Studio

"This was a great story with a sense of humor....A fairy tale of sorts that is definitely worth the read...Loved it!" - Sabine, Manic Readers

After giving up fame, Joss Jones wants a normal life. Maybe she'll find it in Bandit Creek. Or...maybe not. From the moment she moves into the old mansion she inherited, she's stalked by a ghost who torments her before dragging her back in time to Bandit Creek, 1899. Has she gone crazy or is this old mining town, full of saloons, gambling, whoring and fortune seekers her new reality? It feels real enough as does the ghost who brought her here. His name is Morgan Hawes and he is very much alive. Is Morgan the key to Joss finding her way home or is Joss stuck for the rest of her life as the Siren of Bandit Creek?

*This is a 40,000 word novella.


COMING SOON TO BANDIT CREEK:

Penny Candy/Hard Candy by Jade Buchanan
Devil Unknown by Steena Holmes

Check out Bandit Creek Books: banditcreekbooks.com

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
DL Snow has a passion for bringing myths to life. Check out SLAYER, a red-hot fairy tale from Samhain Publishing or learn more about DL at dlsnow.ca.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Siren's Song is a mystery wrapped in a heart-wrenching love story that spans all different times. I laughed, I cried, I gasped, and I raged. Like Joss was pulled into the lake by Kyle, I was pulled into this story by D.L. Snow. I'm glad I didn't pass this one up." ~ Zodiac Book Reviews

"D.L. Snow's writing makes my heart sing...When you sit down to read SIREN'S SONG, get comfortable because you'll be glued to the pages until you reach The End!" ~ Sheila Seabrook, Two Time Golden Heart Finalist

"The way D.L. Snow intricately weaves Native American lore and legends with a very accurately depicted western gold town is what truly makes this such an amazing story!" ~ Trip Williams, Author

From the Inside Flap

Excerpt:
I rubbed my eyes and sniffed when a shadow passed over me and I spun around. The ghost of Kyle Copeland stood behind me.

I picked up a rock. "Go away!" I yelled and threw the rock at him. It went right through. "Can't you just leave me alone?"

He tilted his head to one side and then nodded once and walked right into the lake until he disappeared. All that was left of him was a nearly imperceptible ripple in the water where he'd vanished

From somewhere across the lake, I heard a soft, hauntingly heartbroken voice singing the same melody, the same words as the song I had written just that morning. Meet me in the Promised Land, where all our dreams come true, meet me in the Promised Land, I'll go first and wait for you...

I whipped my head around to try to catch the source of the voice. But there was no one there. Of course there wasn't. How could anyone know my song?

There was only one explanation. I was going crazy.

My hands shook as I splashed my face with the frigid lake water and then splashed again. After drying my face on the hem of my now wrinkled, cotton dress, I looked down into the disturbed water of the lake. Something was wrong. I cocked my head to one side and then the other trying to figure out what it was.

I slowly reached out to touch the strange reflection with my fingertip.
 
Instead of my face being reflected in the glassy surface of the water, it was Kyle's. When I frowned in confusion, Kyle smiled. I gasped but before I could scramble to my feet, Kyle's hands--his no longer transparent hands--reached up out of the water and grasped mine, locking me in his grip.

I tried to wrench my wrists free, but he was too strong. His cold, solid flesh held me and drew me forward. Then, in one powerful heave, he pulled me under.

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Product Details

• File Size: 245 KB
• Print Length: 170 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005Q13DU2
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,429 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Siren's Song makes my heart sing .... October 1, 2011

By Sheila Seabrook

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

D.L. Snow's writing makes my heart sing. I read her for the first time early this year and loved SLAYER so much, I went in search of other titles by this author. With the release of SIREN'S SONG, I'm in heaven. Written from the heroine's point of view, this is the story of a young woman dragged back to 1899, her struggle to adapt to her new surroundings, and her constant determination to return home to her own time. With a blend of action, romance, and ghostly intervention, D.L. Snow's latest release is golden.

This review comes with a warning: When you sit down to read SIREN'S SONG, get comfortable because you'll be glued to the pages until you reach The End!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read time travel story October 1, 2011

By Steena Holmes

Format:Kindle Edition

Another fabulous book in the Bandit Creek series. I like how they come out every two weeks.
Siren's Song is a time travel story that catches your attention from the very beginning.
I've read other stories by this author and I have to admit that this new story is just as good!
A must read.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Siren's Song is a mystery wrapped in a heart-wrenching love story that spans all different times. July 12, 2012

By ZodiacBookReviews

Format:Kindle Edition

(SPOILERS MAY BE PRESENT)

Joss Jones is unsatisfied with her life and just wants some normalcy after a childhood as a teen idol singer. She hopes she'll find that normalcy in Bandit Creek when she inherits her grandmother's house and a 1983 Firebird. But she finds nothing close to normal when she arrives at her new house and she's stalked by the ghost of a young man who seems to have a message for her.

When Joss goes to the James Ellis School for a job as the music teacher, she learns that her ghost is Kyle Copeland, who disappeared from Bandit Creek without a trace ten years ago. After Joss meets some of the students and questions of her accident, that took her mother's life, are voiced, Joss is overwhelmed and runs to the lake. Kneeling at the edge if the lake, crying out her sorrow and frustration, Joss hears the song she'd been dreaming about:

"Meet me in the Promised Land,
where all our dreams come true,
meet me in the Promised Land,
I'll go first and wait for you..."

When she looks down at her reflection in the lake, it isn't her reflection, but Kyle's and suddenly she's being pulled into the lake by a very real and very solid Kyle Copeland. But when she wakes up she's in a very different place, with very different people. But one person looks familiar: Is Morgan Hawes who he claims to be or is he really Kyle Copeland? Will Joss ever be able to get home or will she be forever known as the Siren of Bandit Creek? And if she does make it home, will her heart be forever lost to a man in 1899 Bandit Creek?

I completely fell in love with Siren's Song. I was intrigued by the mystery of Morgan Hawes and his connection to Kyle Copeland, as well as the coincidence (or not?) of Kyle's disappearance ten years ago in Joss's original timeline and Morgan's presumably fatal attack by muggers ten years back in 1889 that he was miraculously saved from.

I could feel Joss's desperation to return home. From accosting Morgan on Main Street thinking him to be Kyle, trying to drown herself in a pond thinking that water is the medium between times, to becoming the Siren of Bandit Creek to gain more freedom to search for a way home. Then her relief when she sees two Native Americans ride into town, one of them wearing modern clothes from her time, only for him to tell her that a traveler must find their own way to where they must go. It was an up and down journey that was interesting to read about. Not to mention the whole time travel occurrence (who would have thought?).

When Joss is separated from Morgan in the mines on Turtle Mountain after accepting his marriage proposal and the mountain continues to move, she knows that she's being sent home and leaves her mother's gold cross necklace with Morgan along with her love. It was completely heartbreaking when Joss wakes up and leaves the mines knowing that she'll never see Morgan again. She sings Promised Land as a heartbroken farewell to the man she'd left in the cave.

I didn't really understand what the Native traveler meant when he said that time was not a straight line but a circle until Joss comes to the lake and sees herself there crying then being pulled into the lake by Kyle. Joss realizes at that point that they are fractured parts of the same person. This is further proved when Joss returns to her house, notices some differences, and finds a sapphire ring, a wedding photo, family photos, and a note to her from herself:

"Never be afraid of living your life. Never be afraid of loving others. Time is not a straight line but a circle of smoke blown in many directions at once."

(HUGE SPOILERS AFTER THIS POINT. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!)

I loved that the song Promised Land is the connection between Joss and Kyle (Morgan) through all times. In Joss's current timeline, Kyle didn't disappear, but is a famous singer whose #1 hit single is Promised Land. i was extremely happy that they got their happily ever after in the end. Kyle even had in his possession Joss's mother's gold cross necklace, which she had given Morgan in the cave before she was sent home.

"You came back," I said.

"No," he grinned. "I've been here, waiting for you the whole time."

Siren's Song is a mystery wrapped in a heart-wrenching love story that spans all different times. I laughed, I cried, I gasped, and I raged. Like Joss was pulled into the lake by Kyle, I was pulled into this story by D.L. Snow. I'm glad I didn't pass this one up.

More About the Author

DL SNOW has a passion for bringing myths to life. Whether it's stories about time travel, reincarnation, Robin Hood or any number of legends, she believes there's magic to be found in the world around us even if we only experience it through our imagination. DL lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with her two dogs, two cats, two children...and one husband. To learn more about her, visit www.dlsnow.ca.