He gave her a gift. Using it could bring her to madness.
Ireland, 1795. Esme Doherty believes the best of everyone. Despite a drunken father, a bullying twin sister, and a failing farm, the impoverished girl refuses to allow her sunny demeanor to dim. But when her grandfather gives her a magical brooch that enables her to detect lies, she finds her idealism crashing towards a pit of despair.
Wanting only for a family amid the newfound darkness in the world, Esme flees with a trader to seek normalcy in a small village. But after her new neighbors accuse her of witchcraft and she suffers multiple miscarriages, she feels helpless to stand against her fiendish sibling’s designs on her magic…
Can Esme recover from life’s vicious blows before a selfish, jealous woman claims her power?
Legacy of Truth is the bewitching second book in The Druid’s Brooch historical fantasy series. If you like determined heroines, emotional intrigue, and fairy enchantments, then you’ll love Christy Nicholas’s moving struggle.
Buy Legacy of Truth for the consequences of honesty today!
The sense of the setting in this story is so evocative. I felt transported to the time period and setting of Ireland immediately. The magic of the world is very cool, and the way Esme is relentlessly optimistic, hopeful, and so resourceful after facing such heartrending losses and difficulty is inspiring and makes her a fantastic character to root for and follow.
Writer’s Digest Self-Published eBook Awards
The writing is smooth and well-edited, with a vivid and detailed concreteness that beautifully supports the enthralling world created by the author, a world that begins in the 1780s in small towns in Ireland. The characters are real and human, with distinct personalities and motives.
Amazon review
History, myth and fantasy come alive in this book. With strong characters that you cannot help but love, this is a family drama with twists of good and bad fortune that weaves in and out, and plays with the fate of lives and feelings in a manner that truly sweeps you along. The flow of events and people is flawless as the story unfolds over the generations, going – not forwards – but backwards!
Amazon review
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