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Old 11-22-2016, 12:46 PM   #21
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Well, I apologize for not checking in to the thread until now, but plead "life" and "work". I've been living out of hotels for the last month and a half, and I don't have much time for anything except surviving.

So, Fantasy. First, NO DARK STUFF. And preferably no zombies. I just really don't want to go there right now. So, how about something a bit more fun. I'll nominate Sharon Lee's wonderful Carousel Tides. This is set in coastal Maine, in the fictitious Archer's Beach.

Amazon Blurb:
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Kate Archer left home years ago, swearing that she would die before she returned to Maine. As plans go, it was a pretty good one — simple and straightforward.

Not quite fast enough, though.

Before she can quite manage the dying part, Kate gets notice that her grandmother is missing, leaving the carousel that is the family business untended.

And in Archers Beach, that means ‘way more trouble than just a foreclosure.

At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Goodreads Blurb:
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Carousel Tides pulls you into the chill foggy reality of peeling-paint sand-grit coastal Maine outside of tourist season and then hands you something else -- the hidden world lurking in shadows or under the land's surface or just offshore, where black dogs hunt the night and selkies toss unpleasant truths over their shoulders before diving into the next wave. In the center of this, Kate Archer tends and guards one of the spookiest carousels this side of Ray Bradbury and wonders what has happened to her grandmother. The old woman sent her a letter, left papers deeding over the carousel and old house and the Land (meaning much more than property), and vanished, telling the spirits of the land and sea that she expected to be back before the turning of the year.

Now March has come and gone and Kate must return from self-exile to take up powers and responsibilities she has renounced, or dying will be the least of her problems . . .

Sharon Lee weaves fantasy into reality so deftly that you scarcely notice when you slip across the edge. And once you're there, the story's own magic won't let you turn back from the strong characters, deep mysteries, and even deeper danger.

--James A. Hetley, author of Dragon's Eye, Dragon's Teeth, and Dragon's Bones. (less)


304 Pages, list price $6.99 on Amazon (but I saw it for ~$5.) WhisperSync for Voice for an additional $1.99.

Amazon.com ($5.16)

Kobo ($6.99)

Audible (1 Credit, $1.99 Whispersync, $17.47)

Baen E-Books ($6.99)

This is an enjoyable, fun read of a reasonable length and reasonable price. (No overdrive, however.) Recommended.
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