NONE OF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE! Why would you do that to her? So, right off the bat I'm lost. So they condemned her to a life as an outsider with no one to turn to for answers or explanations. (So how was Morgan supposed to catch up?) What's more, the abilities she was born with didn't go away once she was put up for adoption. Thus, inferring that a lifetime of training really is necessary to do the job. (Seriously? If you're happy, why wouldn't your daughter be?) They then take in a ward who they train all through his childhood, but as an adult he barely knows everything he needs to know to take over the family duty. On having a daughter born with the same abilities they choose to give her up for adoption with the expectation that at twenty-five(ish) they'll invite her home and teach her everything she needs to know to take over for them. They were happy with their lives, even if it was a rough life. But I was annoyed.įirst, I just didn't understand the logic of the bio parents. I'll just put that out there at the forefront.

These may not be the sort of thing that bother everyone. I did have a couple problems with the plot, however.

I liked both the main characters and Rutherford, GA sounds like the kind of place I would love to live. The writing was pretty good and, though I noticed a few typos, it was fairly well edited. Read moreĪs a basic piece of fluffy entertainment I generally enjoyed this. She also provides the artistry that does into covers and accompanying materials for web sites, events, and book signings.Stay up to date on other Shanon Grey books and events by visiting her website at: can also visit Shanon Grey on Facebook or Twitter can write her at would love to hear from you. (Ironically, a neighbor found her marriage certificate in a tree.) She plans to resurrect her original novel one day.She now lives in Georgia, trading the familiarity of the coast for the lush beauty and wonder of the mountains, where her husband fulfilled her lifelong dream-to live in a beautiful cottage in the woods, where inspiration abounds.Having dual careers, one as an author and the other in IT Security, affords her, in her dual personas, to meld expertise from many disciplines and venues into stories that keep her readers coming back for more.Jerry Hampton, the companion attendant to the alter ego, Shanon Grey, provides the discipline and order to the creativity. She found out that her son had salvaged notes and pages of her original novel, Capricorn’s Child, which she thought had been destroyed along with everything else. A major hurricane taught her the fragility of life and the strength of friendship, family, and starting over. Under contract with Crossroads Publishing House and TOVA Publishing House, her books are available in e-format and print at most booksellers.Shanon spent most of her life on coasts, both the beautiful Atlantic and the balmy Gulf.

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The Shoppe of Spells by Shanon Grey