Publisher: Admission Press
Pages: 322 pages
November 1, 2022
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Theresa Kadair, Seattle Book Review
“Julia Daily builds a captivating world by letting her imagination lead the way. The result? A unique story that’s a little Wild West, a little old Mexico, a little ancient history, and a lot rebellious”
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“A novel that combines mystery, suspense, adventure, and a romance that neither hardships nor time can erase between the main characters.”
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“A dignified, passionate, and layered tale in a rugged yet picturesque landscape… This book testifies to the rewards of fighting for enduring connections between
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Daily has written a captivating novel that explores the idea of living in two different time periods during one lifetime. Emma has just finished college at the top of her class and returned home to her destiny. Emma is the only daughter of a line of only daughters who have managed the largest ranch in Texas for generations, the Thorn Ranch. Emma has known her entire life that this is what she was born for, was raised for, and that this is the expectation of her family. She is prepared, well-trained, skilled, and educated but does she want it?
Set in the current time period, Daily has written a fascinating book in which the female protagonist is wrestling with her future when she discovers a hidden village on her ranch that has been a secret for generations. The People, as they call themselves, are very primitive, with their own religion, culture, rules of governing, etc. When Emma enters this secret world they refuse to let her go.
Daily alternates chapters between current Emma and tribal Emma weaving a tale that puts the reader in the story watching every move Emma makes and wondering how this incredible discovery will play out not only in terms of Emma’s life but in how it will affect the future of the Thorn Ranch. Daily uses great imagination and description in setting up the secret ancient village. It becomes so believable that the reader cannot help but be drawn into the reality of Emma’s situation of not being able to get home while at the same time becoming a part of the secret. This is a real page-turner!
Julia Brewer Daily is a Texan with a southern accent. She holds a B.S. in English and a M.S. degree in Education from the University of Southern Mississippi. She has been a Communications Adjunct Professor at Belhaven University, Jackson, Mississippi, and Public Relations Director of the Mississippi Department of Education and Millsaps College, a liberal arts college in Jackson, MS. She was the founding director of the Greater Belhaven Market, a producers’ only market in a historic neighborhood in Jackson, and even shadowed Martha Stewart. As the Executive Director of the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi (300 artisans from 19 states) which operates the Mississippi Craft Center, she wrote their stories to introduce them to the public. She is a member of the Writers’ League of Texas, the Women Fiction Writers’ Association, Women Writing the West, and the Pulpwood Queens Book Club. A lifelong southerner, she now resides on a ranch in Fredericksburg, Texas, with her husband Emmerson and Labrador retrievers, Memphis Belle and Texas Star.
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This book has a fascinating & unusual premise! Can’t wait to get a copy. Thanks for sharing your review.
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