The Lure of the Serpent #1
by Heather James
About the book:
Evelyn Barrett wants to die. As long as her daughter's murderer dies with her, she is ready to go. Why did this man--this stranger--destroy her family? Why has he not been brought to justice? Why is she forced to live a life of anger and grief? Amid a million questions she cannot answer, Evelyn knows one thing for sure: this murderer must be punished for his crime.
Before it all, she was a successful attorney who won all the hard cases.
Now that the case is personal, Evelyn will stop at nothing to seek her own
version of justice. When another girl goes missing, Evelyn plows forward,
ignoring the warnings from police detectives, the pleas of her grief-stricken
husband, and the strange, almost supernatural tingles that tug at her. But as
she follows the stench of evil, Evelyn learns that the hardest thing she will
have to face may not be the death of her child after all. Perhaps the harder
lesson is this: the ultimate truth--of crime and verdict, of life and
death--cannot be swayed by a mother's revenge.
In this first book of a new,
page-turning series, a woman will be brought to her limits before she finally
recognizes the movement of the Holy Spirit and reconnects with the source of
true peace.
My Review:
What can I say. Heather James is my new favorite author. This book made me mad. At the end I cried. This book delves into marital issues like I have never read before. What made it even better for me is that I felt Evelyn was justified in her actions. If someone hurt my child, then I think I would react the way she did in the beginning. I would be broken. She lost her family, her spouse and her child. However Evelyn goes on a downward spiral that leads to death. We are all tempted by the serpent, but Evelyn was more than tempted. She listened.
This was a roller coaster of feelings for me. I could not put the book down. I read it every chance I got. It was well written and easy to follow. I can not wait to read the next book in the series.
I could not believe who the killer was, and I have to mention what a great ending it was. Poor Eddie had a tough time trying to stay married to Evelyn. I liked the secondary characters in this book as well and hope that they all show up in the sequel. ***There is also some sort of a paranormal gift in the book***! I wish people really had it. Would make the world a safer place! I wish I could rate this book higher than a 5. I am giving this book a 5/5 via Amazon review guidelines, but for my own guidelines I am giving this book a 7/5 :)
I was given a chance to review this book from Kregel Publications, however all opinions are my own !
About the
author:
Heather James is a practicing attorney and
contributing columnist for the Bakersfield Californian newspaper, where she
writes on marriage, family, and parenting matters. This is her first novel
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