When I started reading I couldn't quite get into it and found it difficult to keep the characters apart. I loved the cover and found the blurb on the back interesting. Most unexpected is a handsome stranger who will draw all three women into an Otherworld where, as in Eden, the bite of a single apple can alter the course of reality. Widowed Nell Westray hopes for a quiet life in the place she and her husband spent their happiest moments.Īnd young Ashley Kaldis has come to find her roots.īut when a sudden landslide cuts Appleton off from the wider world-and the usual constraints of reality-the village reveals itself to be an extraordinary place, inhabited by legendary beings and secret rooms. And outsiders are still drawn to the charming village, including three very different American women.Įnchanted by Appleton’s famously ornate library, divorcée Kathleen Mullaroy has left her cosmopolitan job to start anew as the town’s head librarian. Now, though the orchards are long gone, locals still dream of the town’s glory days, when good luck seemed a way of life. Nestled on the coast of Scotland, Appleton was once famous for its apples. Please do not include links in your message.The award-winning author of The Mysteries returns with another captivating novel in which modern-day enigmas and age-old myths come together to bear spellbinding fruit. Due to the number of SPAM containing links, any comments containing links will be filtered out by our system. Just fill out the form below and we'll add your comments as soon as we can look them over. Romantic, intriguing and magical, and without a single battle of any kind, this fantasy is an enjoyable read. Lisa Tuttle weaves much of this research into her fantasy, although appropriating the title of the research text (which is still in print) seems rather arrogant to me.Īn apple a day may keep the doctor away, but embedding yourself in this apple-laden tale will certainly bring your mental health to a pleasure plateau. And apples are deeply embedded into Northern European myth, magic and folklore, as discussed in the original Silver Bough: Volume 1: Scottish Folklore and Folk Belief by F.
The locals know their history, which is closely linked with apples. The dying modern town, Appleton, is firmly tied to its mythological underpinnings.
And the means for crossing the line can be as simple as merely knowing the line is there.
This fine line seemingly can be broached during any time of disruption or even just periodically like Brigadoon. What does appear innately Celtic is the thin line between reality and magic. The town could be located anywhere on a coast in Northern Europe or North America, very little, except the inhabitants' names, is intrinsically Scottish. The feel of a small fishing village attempting to stay alive through minor league tourism is clearly conveyed, although the language used is equally American.
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