Heaven and Earth
Number 2 in Series
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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- €4.49
Publisher Description
Ripley Todd has a great life. Her job as a sheriff's deputy keeps her busy and she has no trouble finding a man when she wants one. She's perfectly content, except for one thing: she has special powers. And though she tries hard to hide them, she just can't get them under control.
Distraction arrives in the handsome form of researcher MacAllister Booke. He's come to Three Sisters Island to investigate rumours of witchcraft, and he quickly realises there's something extraordinary about Ripley .But before they can dream of a future, the must confront the pain of the past. The island shelters centuries of secrets - and a legacy of danger that could destroy all their dreams.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Roberts (Dance Upon the Air) popularized the romance trilogy, and here she offers up the second installment of her newest trilogy, a conventional saga about three witches who must right the wrongs of their ancestors in order to save their homeland, Three Sisters Island. Ceremonial candles, iris petals and a sprig of rosemary set the scene for magic and romance, but it will take more than mood lighting and witchcraft to lend an air of amiability to the novel's heroine. Hard-edged Ripley Todd is one of the island's two police officers the other being her brother as well as a temperamental witch in denial of her powers. When paranormal researcher Dr. Mac Booke visits the island, Ripley greets him with her customary hostility ("I didn't know they gave out degrees for the study of crapola"). Nevertheless, Mac, a self-proclaimed "rich geek" with a Jimmy Stewart like affability and an athlete's physique, pursues Ripley romantically and professionally. A brief, overly dramatic encounter between Ripley and a possessed, blood-thirsty reporter adds a touch of suspense, but the novel's finale is hardly deserving of all the buildup it receives. Although Roberts is not in top form here, her deft use of metaphor and charismatic hero are sufficient to hold even the most reluctant reader.
