Autumn's Summer
by Felicity TalismanPublish: Mar 25, 2024Paranormal RomanceBook Overview
Autumn’s SummerGreat loves come and go,
profound ones mark your soul,
in ways that take the rest of your lifetime to comprehend.
What if you were given up for adoption NOT because your mother didn't want you, but because she was trying to protect you from a curse?
A mysterious package is delivered by Richard’s solicitors one year after his wife Autumn’s death. What he expected to find, he didn’t know, but he would never have guessed in a million years what was about to unfold.
A beautiful leather-bound diary written in his wife’s hand contains many secrets; that his lonely empty-nester wife’s life changed profoundly after a purely-by-chance meeting in, of all places, a normal, mundane, corner grocery store. She embarks on a voyage of discovery with the spiritualist, Summer, to find new meaning to her life, that, once commenced, transports her to realms and dimensions she never knew existed.
He also learns of a heart-breaking secret and love affair she kept from him until after her death.
Idyllic. That was Richard’s understanding of his marriage. Although often away from their home on Sammamish Lake, he thought that his wife, Autumn, felt the same. But suddenly she develops a cancer as if from nowhere and very soon he is alone.
After a year and a day grieving for his beloved wife, Richard receives a package from their lawyers; her diary. He is to discover many secrets from it, but the first is that Autumn had been conducting an affair only not with a male. With a woman. Her best friend Summer. Richard knew that the friendship, although new, was deep and meaningful, but she was a spiritualist. He thought “deep and meaningful” went with the territory, especially as she was supposed to just be helping Autumn find herself, find a passion for her, now that their two children had flown the nest.
It was just a chance meeting at the grocery store that had led her to Summer, and now he learns that the attraction between them was instant. Apart from the spiritualism, she also claimed to be a psychic, which she proved in part by telling her that she is adopted, which Autumn already knew but had not divulged. She also tells her that she knows Autumn and her husband visit his mother’s grave every Mother’s Day, and that she is drawn to the grave of an unknown woman that she visits whilst Richard sits with his mom.
Autumn’s spiritual journey continues as she discovers that just like her and her new-found siblings, Summer also has a Celtic background.
It is revealed to Autumn that, like Summer, she has a Wolf Spirit, her protector animal spirit.
Summer takes her to a sacred meadow of criss-crossing ley lines to open up her soul.
With Autumn’s spirituality now in full flow, she begins to dream. She finds a stone wall with a locked wooden door, a barrier to her continuing on her journey to find herself. Summer helps her through it and, once through the door, the curse begins that her mother tried to protect her from.
Review
I thought I’d have a quick peek at Autumn's Summer and then finish the book I was currently reading! I was entranced and spellbound from that moment, my current read neglected! Couldn't put it down, read it in one day. Yes, the love scenes were intense, passion blossoms in many forms! I enjoyed this immensely! Shelley Walsh
