My Novel Is Out

Words of praise from Anna K. Edwards, author of the Hannah Clare Mystery Series (http://www.mysteryfiction.net)

Hey, paranormal and romance fans! Two stories blended as one in this debut novel by talented author, W. C. Keesey. A different kind of adventure that will hold your attention all the way through.

Some strange things have been happening to Connie Hart ever since a talk with her mother's lawyer when he gave her a mysterious box and said her mother wanted her to have it after her death. Did the box's contents have anything to do with Connie's decision to go to Fredericksburg, Virginia? Who was the old woman on the bus? Why does Connie feel as if she knows the town? Why is she seeing things from the Civil War days?

Connie forms new friendships with Brian, a photographer who is there to photograph Civil War buildings, and a married couple who are involved in reenactments. Among Connie's new friends is also Victoria Brentwell who once lived in the house that is now a bed and breakfast. The problem is that Victoria lived there during the Civil War.

Life becomes very complicated for Connie when she meets Victoria and she is glad Brian is there to offer a helping hand. Who is Victoria and why have she and Connie come together?

A fun read with romantic possibilities blended with visits with a woman from the past as two lives run parallel to each other. The settings are like open doors that offer the reader a look at times past and how the present has changed them.

I'm pleased to highly recommend this tale as an adventure into the unknown on more than one level. Enjoy. I certainly did.

More comments from Donna H. Parker, author of Donovan's Dream
http://donnaparker.w4aw.org

Connie Hart's grief over her beloved mother's death is interrupted by the delivery of a letter and some ancient family heirlooms--one of which plunges her into a situation she wouldn't have believed possible even in her wildest dreams. As past collides with present, a stunned and driven Connie must discover why before she can find peace to go on with her life.

In Lost in the Mist, W. C. Keesey has done a masterful job in her description of the grueling anguish of America's Civil War. Against this tragic backdrop, she has blended past and present to create a story that will intrigue fans of time travel, romance and mystery.

There was more than one unexplained heirloom in Connie's inheritance. Can we hope for a sequel?

What a male reader had to say about Lost In The Mist: review by John R. Lindermuth, multi published author of adventure and mystery novels and short stories. http://www.authorsden.com/johnrichardlindermuth

I’ll admit, romance isn’t my usual reading fare. But Wanda Keesey’s first novel had me hooked from the beginning.

Connie Hart is a freelance writer specializing in the Civil War era. She’s just broken up with a deceitful boyfriend and has suffered the loss of her mother to cancer. She’s surprised when her mother’s attorney hands over a letter and family heirlooms which present a mystery.

Seeking to cope with her grief, Connie heads for Fredericksburg, Virginia, to work on a story assignment. Odd things begin to happen shortly after her arrival but she discounts it as imagination. At the bed and breakfast she again experiences déjà vu and fears she may be having a breakdown.
She meets Brian, a handsome photographer, and is attracted to him but is leery of a relationship because of her previous unsuccessful love affair. Soon, though, as paranormal episodes have her going back and forth in time and interacting with Victoria Brentwell, a young girl who lived in the B&B a century earlier, she comes to depend on Brian and another couple they’ve become friends with and who seem to understand what she’s going through. Somehow Victoria seems familiar to her and neither girl can understand how or why their worlds are connecting.

The developing relationship with Brian is realistically handled and important as Connie’s time travel becomes more and more pressing. The final revelation of her and Victoria’s connection is not really a surprise but that does not distract from enjoyment of the story.

Keesey is a student of the Civil War and her depictions of that tragic period are poignant and accurate.

An intriguing plot, believable characters and a good dose of conflict—what’s not to like?

A Three Cup Review by Maura
Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance
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Connie Hart is a writer who has recently broken an engagement to a philanderer. More recently, her mother has lost her battle with cancer. She is left her many-times great-grandmother’s ring and a carved box, and a determination to find out more about her mysterious ancestor.

Victoria Brewster is a woman living in very difficult times. She was married at the age of sixteen to a man she cannot love, though she once did. The Civil War has brought even more turmoil into her life.

Connie Hart is driven to find out more about her family, and her search brings her to Fredericksburg, Virginia and the Frasier’s Rest B and B. She keeps slipping back in time to different episodes in the life of Victoria Brewster. She feels a connection to the woman and does not know why. She also meets a man interested in the local history, and in Connie. They become very close as he helps her research and keeps her safe during her travels.

I enjoyed this story, though it was slow going in parts. Connie’s slipping back and forth through time is very interesting, as is the coincidental meeting of a fellow time traveler at the inn. I liked both Connie and Victoria’s characters and felt sympathy for Victoria for much of the story; she did not have an easy life. It seemed obvious to me what Connie’s connections to the area and woman were and I did get a little frustrated with her. Connie’s romance with Brian is very sweet and I liked Joe, Tracey, and the Inn’s staff. The author does a good job of describing the area in both time periods and captures the mood of the Civil War well. The Evan character does not seem very likable at first and does not improve.

Maura
Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance
Reviewer for Karen Find Out About New Books