Colm McKenna thinks he's the only person in the world who can freeze time, call up the North Wind, and create water spouts on a clear day.  He knows there are secrets about his family and his past that no one's yet told him, but the only remaining member of the family, his aunt Belle, is a hard rock Baptist who wouldn't tell him those secrets if her life depended on it.  What happens when he meets Aidan Gallagher, an elemental witch whose domain is fire, is the heart of this lovely romance.  As they spiral around each other, Colm guarded and mistrustful, Aidan aggressive and undaunted, the author introduces an engaging and vivid cast of characters who make the storyline both interesting and believable.  The fact that the two heroes have met and parted time after time through lives past seems to throw up difficulties and barriers on all sides, but Stone negotiates the shoals with a light touch on the oar and a master's knowledge of craftsmanship, and takes us through the whitewater like a coracle on the tide.

I'm not often found reading paranormal romances.  The majority of them seem to me either unnecessarily horrific or simply beyond credibility.  That Dan Stone wrote a tale so engrossing says much about his skill as a storyteller and his insight into his characters.  I suggest readers go to their nearest independent bookseller and order a copy if it isn't in stock.

The Rest of Our Lives, a novel
Dan Stone
226 pp.
Lethe Press, Maple Shade, NJ, 2009
www.lethepressbooks.com
ISBN 1 59021 147 2 or 978 1 59021 147 2
$14.99

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