UNDERCURRENTS

Author: Nancy Darryl ISBN: 1897261594 12/2006 SUSPENSE Publisher: CHAMPAGNE BOOKS

Hayley Carmichael has lost everything . can her sanity be far behind? She has no mother, no job, and no home, so Hayley follows her newly acquired fiancé, Brody, to his hometown of St. Augustine, Florida. Brody's not there, but his family is. There's Drake, Brody's sullen twin, identical to his brother minus a little hair; his unhappy wife Meredith, whose marriage is sinking fast; and Eleanor Northwood, Brody's mother, an eccentric old woman with a big heart and an agenda to match, who invites Hayley to stay at her beautiful inn, Plenty O' Peace. But peace isn't so plentiful when Hayley discovers the house may be haunted and Eleanor's sexy step-nephew, Jordan, is getting under her skin.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

Nancy Darryl presents quite an interesting storyline in UNDERCURRENTS. When I started this book, I thought the storyline was slow to develop. However, once I had read a few chapters I found that this is a very complex story with many things occurring involving different characters.

At times, the story was almost overwhelming while attempting to keep up with all of the events that were taking place. But, the characters were well developed, even fun. This novel made me laugh and had me puzzled at times, but was a great read. I have never read this author before and was very pleasantly surprised.

Kym Oetting