About this item
Faith Falls is a snug little Minnesota town constructed over a mystery, a place where the most impressive building is a gorgeous Queen Anne with turrets, cantilevered gables, and a wraparound porch. In a concealed room beneath the twisting stairs of the Queen Anne lies the Catalain Book of Secrets, the repository of the wisdom the Catalain women have gathered since the beginning of time. Ursula Catalain, current keeper of the Book of Secrets, is content to concoct spells in her garden cottage until the ghost of the man she murdered when she was 12 appears at her door in a new form. His return pulls Jasmine, Ursula's daughter, back into the fold. Once believed to be the most powerful of the Catalains, she foreswore her gift to bury a shameful secret.
About the Author
Jessica (Jess) Lourey is best known for her critically-acclaimed Mira James mysteries, which have earned multiple starred reviews from Library Journal and Booklist, the latter calling her books "a splendid mix of humor and suspense." Jess also writes sword and sorcery fantasy as Albert Lea, edge-of-your-seat YA adventure as J.H. Lourey, and magical realism, feminist thrillers, and nonfiction under her given name.
In her popular TEDx Talk, "Use Fiction to Rewrite Your Life," Jess discusses the powerful process of turning our facts into fiction. She now has a book on the subject, Rewrite Your Life: Discover Your Truth Through the Healing Power of Fiction. She is a tenured professor of creative writing and sociology at a Minnesota college. Visit her magical website at www.jessicalourey.com for more information.
