Take a long look at this beautiful and fantastic cover. Gorgeous. I can almost feel the power radiating from the amazing animals. That alone made me want to read the book. Be sure and scroll down to read my Review and enter the Giveaway.
MOONLIT by Jadie Jones
Eighteen-year-old Tanzy Hightower knows horses, has grown up with them on Wildwood Farm. She also knows not to venture beyond the trees that line the pasture. Things happen out there that can’t be explained. Or undone. Worse, no one but she and the horses can see what lurks in the shadows of the woods.
When a moonlit ride turns into a terrifying chase, Tanzy is left to question everything, from the freak accident that killed her father to the very blood in her veins. Broken and confused, she turns to Lucas, a scarred, beautiful stranger, and to Vanessa, a charming new friend who has everything Tanzy doesn’t.
But why do they seem to know more about her than she knows herself?
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Praise
“Virginia’s trees look like they’re burning. Most of them blaze crimson or gold, but some still have a chokehold on their green. I wish they’d give it up already. Leaves are more beautiful when they’re dying.”
And so Moonlit begins. From here the story rolls from one twist to another with many vivid characters whose motives are hard to predict. I found myself being suspicious of everyone, wanting to tell Tanzy to be very careful. The deeper I fell into the plot, the more questions kept rising to the surface. But not to worry, all of my questions were answered. Appropriate for all ages, if you love paranormal fantasy mixed with suspense, mystery and other-worldly romance, you’ll love this novel!
~Author Julie Ford
Prologue
The first anniversary of my father’s death was even harder on my mother. Back then, I thought she was haunted most by what she didn’t know. I refused to blame her when she raged above me on our staircase that night, drunk and sad and angry. When she made me promise I’d never ride again. When she hurled a half-full bottle of vodka at my face and it exploded on the wooden stairs at my feet. I hadn’t tried to get out of the way. She had just missed.
I wanted to tell her that knowledge was no solace, that what you know can burn inside you until there’s nothing left but guilt and ash. I also wanted to protect her from losing the only piece of him she had left. So I didn’t say a word.
MY REVIEW
Tanzy thought she saw something in the woods, then she heard the howl. She told herself it was just coyotes.
Tanzy’s father’s death ended life as she knew it. Not only did she lose her father, she lost her mother and her horse, Moonlit. She had not ridden since.
Dana McDaniel has been running the farm. She knows horses and Tanzy trusts her. She didn’t push her to get back on a horse, just left a note saying, “Hopewell needs a ride…..” She mounted Hopewell and felt like she had come home.
It is the anniversary of her father’s death. She receives a call telling her to be careful. She wonders if it is someones idea of a sick joke.
Tanzy had fallen asleep at Dana’s desk and awoke to see Lucas. His eyes were almost black and his face had two scars running down his cheek. She does not know him and is surprised by her immediate attraction to him.
Tanzy took Hopewell on their nightly ride. She had disregarded the warning telephone call and the night would end in a vicious attack on her.
When she awoke after the riding accident, they told her she was lucky to be alive. The only thing that saved her was Dr. Metcher and his miracle drug.
Dana told her, while she was in the hospital, there had been a fire at the farm and there was no sign of the horses. They had not died in the fire, just seemed to vanish into thin air.
She meets Vanessa, Dr. Andrews wife. He is one of Tanzy’s doctors. Vanessa told her she got lonely at home during the nights her husband worked, so she came to read to patients at the hospital and had been reading to Tanzy while she had been unconscious.
Tanzy asks her about Ryan, the medical student who was assigned to her. There was something puzzling about him, but she couldn’t put her finger on what it was.
Tanzy had tried to keep the accident from her mother, but she showed up anyway.
She was brutal when she told her that Tanzy was not hers. She said she was done with her. She is speaking but Tanzy can no longer understand what she is saying. She walks out the door and Tanzy begins to vomit blood and feels like she is dying, again.
Lucas takes her hand and pulls her back, but when she open her eyes, it is Ryan and Dr. Andrews standing over her. She waits for an MRI and Cat scan with Ryan and proceeds to tell him about the golden horseshoes she keeps seeing on peoples palms. But he doesn’t explain.
Vanessa confides in her, telling her about seeing things others don’t. She said it made them special and they had to stick together. She told Tanzy she saw what happened to her. Vanessa explained that her visions had started after a bad car accident.
When Tanzy was released from the hospital, she stayed with Vanessa and Dr. Andrews. She thought it was the kindness of strangers but would soon find out it was so much more than that.
Who can she trust as the world she knows crumbles around her and she finds her true purpose in life?
5 STARS – Would Buy It For Them (lol)
The cover made me choose this book. It is so beautiful. I love the horses. Wildwood, the horse farm in Shenandoah Valley, made me think of Bonanza. Does that date me?
I was amazed by everything in this book. I loved it. It took me places that I haven’t been before and didn’t see coming. It was riveting from beginning to end. I can hardly believe this is Jadie Jones’ debut novel.
This novel has everything and more that you would want in a paranormal story. It was very well written and the characters come alive on the pages. Watch out for the twists and turns and be careful of who you trust.
Even after being warned, Tanzy takes her nightly ride on Hopewell. When someone tells you don’t go in the woods, then don’t. It is not going to end well. I always laugh when I come across this example in the books I read. Don’t open the door. Don’t go down in the basement……….
I was crushed when I realized I wouldn’t find out what happened to Tanzy until the next book. I hope Jadie Jones is a fast writer because I can hardly wait to get my hands on Book II.
I received this book in return for an honest and unbaised review.
ABOUT AUTHOR Jadie Jones
Georgia native Jadie Jones first began working for a horse farm at twelve years old, her love of horses matched only by her love of books. She went on to acquire a B.A. in equine business management, and worked for competitive horse farms along the east coast. The need to write followed wherever she went.
She currently coaches a hunt seat equitation team that competes in the Interscholastic Equestrian Association, and lives with her family in the foothills of north Georgia. When she’s not working on the next installment of the Moonlit series, she is either in the saddle or exploring the great outdoors with her daughter. Moonlit is her first book.
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