Books from the Backlog #119

 

Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread.  If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks. This is a fun meme hosted by Carole @ Carole's Random Life in Books.

From international bestselling author Colleen Gleason comes a new take on the modern gothic. In the tradition of Antoinette Stockenberg and Barbara Michaels, a romantic suspense novel with supernatural elements.

When Fiona Murphy inherits a small antiques shop from an old man she met only once, she's filled with surprise, confusion and delight - and a little bit of terror at having a new responsibility in a life she prefers to be free and easy. As she takes over ownership of the quaint shop, odd things begin to happen. Lights come on and off by themselves, even when they are unplugged...and there is a chilly breeze accompanied by the scent of roses even when the windows are closed.

Gideon Nath, III, is the stiff and oh-so-proper attorney who helps settle Fiona's inheritance, and despite her quirkiness and fascination with all things New Age, he finds himself attracted to this fun, sexy woman. After she finds an unpleasant surprise in one of the shop's closets, scares off an intruder in the store, and uses her skill at palmistry to read Gideon's future--of which she appears to play a part--Fiona begins to realize that her free and easy life is about to change...whether she wants it to or not.

I added The Shop of Shades and Secrets by Colleen Gleason to my TBR in April of 2016! I loved Colleen's Gardella Vampire Chronicles and its spinoff series that I still need to read! This series started out a little different for three books and then she revamped it a bit to extend/expand the world. I had just seen Colleen at a signing last year in October and she said there were some things she changed but the bulk of the story stays the same! So I felt good about that as I had forgotten this detail of the tweaking and bought the second and third book in their original forms too! Lol. I think she said it was more the scenery/background type info that got changed from book to book, but the plot stays the same! So I'm good on that front!