Musings of a South African Bookworm

I recently borrowed this book from a friend of mine after reading the back cover and becoming intrigued by the story line. I have to admit to not wanting to put it down. One of those books that you keep reading late into the night even though you have a 5.30am start- and don’t want to end. I think some people may be put off by the whole ‘demon’ side of things, but to me it was just fascinating and very readable. I loved how she combined two stories in one and brought the family line from then until now. How secrets of the past can change a future of a person and the amount of superstition that can be inherent in people.

Meredith is not superstitious at all and I love how her candid no-nonsense attitude is contrasted by the 19th century Leonie.

If you enjoy this sort of thing, I highly recomend it!

I thoroughly enjoyed it. It had drama, intrigue, a love story and secrets. Just what one expects of a good story book. Here is the excerpt from the back cover:

In 1891, young Léonie Vernier and her brother Anatole arrive in the beautiful town of Rennes-les-Bains, in southwest France. They’ve come at the invitation of their widowed aunt, whose mountain estate, Domain de la Cade, is famous in the region. But it soon becomes clear that their aunt Isolde—and the Domain—are not what Léonie had imagined. The villagers claim that Isolde’s late husband died after summoning a demon from the old Visigoth sepulchre high on the mountainside. A book from the Domain’s cavernous library describes the strange tarot pack that mysteriously disappeared following the uncle’s death. But while Léonie delves deeper into the ancient mysteries of the Domain, a different evil stalks her family—one which may explain why Léonie and Anatole were invited to the sinister Domain in the first place.

More than a century later, Meredith Martin, an American graduate student, arrives in France to study the life of Claude Debussy, the nineteenth century French composer. In Rennes-les-Bains, Meredith checks into a grand old hotel—the Domain de la Cade. Something about the hotel feels eerily familiar, and strange dreams and visions begin to haunt Meredith’s waking hours. A chance encounter leads her to a pack of tarot cards painted by Léonie Vernier, which may hold the key to this twenty-first century American’s fate . . . just as they did to the fate of Léonie Vernier more than a century earlier.

To order a copy,just click on the book cover and it will take you straight to Kalahari.net

Happy Reading!