Title:For Everything A Season
Author:Sharon Page
Publisher:Self Published
ASIN:B00LBL7T9W
Pages:231
Not all the witch trials
took place in Salem. And there are people in nearby Rachael Crossing
who believe the abandoned old house in their midst has roots going back
to those awful times.
Determined not to be spooked by vague
rumors, Deborah Colby leases that house for the summer and when she
meets Ethan Burke, she's certain she's made the right decision - certain
her whole life has been leading her there to him.
I started writing stories as
soon as I learned how to put letters together to form words. From that
day forward, writing has been a part of my life whether it was my first
attempt at a novel in seventh grade or the little plays I wrote for my
friends to perform for neighbors and family. After college, when I was
busy teaching French and Spanish to high school students, I was also
writing poetry -- often in French.
After several years, I left
teaching to be a full time mom, and when my two children started school,
I went back to writing. To my delight I found that the muse was still
there, still waiting patiently for me to come around. My first novel,
Ghostfire, was published at that time. It went on to be condensed in
Redbook magazine (the first paperback original the magazine had ever
condensed.) Then came The God Children and The Portal. Redbook also
published my first short story, which was subsequently sold to several
foreign magazines. With two great kids, a golden retriever and a loving,
supportive husband (whom I'd met at the beach when I was fourteen --
but that's a story for another day), I felt like I was exactly where I
was meant to be in my life. But fate had another plan for me, and it
went by the name of "breast cancer."
Looking back, I realize how
fortunate I was that the cancer was discovered at such an early stage,
but at the time it was all very overwhelming. Once I was back on my
feet, I wanted to help other women who were newly diagnosed, worried and
afraid. I became a Reach to Recovery volunteer for the American Cancer
Society and went on to run the program for Nassau and Suffolk Counties
on Long Island. A number of years later, with the help of my surgical
oncologist and two other volunteers, I started Lean On Me, a nonprofit
organization that provides peer support and information to breast cancer
patients. When Lean On Me celebrated its tenth anniversary it no longer
required as much of my time, and I once again found myself free to
pursue my first love -- writing.
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The description drew me in and I was hooked from the first page. Tales
of witches, Salem history, a prophecy what more could a reader ask for?
Debra
goes to Rachaels Crossing as a teacher and there is only one place left
to stay in the small community town , a haunted house. But Debra
doesn't believe in such things.
Ethan a man who comes and goes as
mysteriously as he, himself is but he is more connected to Rachaels
Crossing than Debra realizes.
I had problems staying connected to
the story though once I reached the half way point of the story. It was
hard for me to continue reading but once I got pass the snag it picked
back up and started going the way I thought.
But Debra and Ethan
had plans of their own for how they wanted this story to end. It most
certainly doesn't end the way the reader thinks it will.
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