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"A Magical Fantasy"
Reviewed by Cynthia Meidinger
Posted September 25, 2002

Kara O'Keefe is a promising violinist with dreams of studying at Julliard. Her Grandda had left her a remarkable violin that she named Quicksilver. But her father is dying of cancer, and her mother is unable to meet the medical bills, so Kara is helping to make ends Read more...

"Urban fantasy at its' best"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted February 16, 2003

She would do anything for her beloved ailing father so Kara O'Keefe knows she must sacrifice the only asset she owns; her beloved violin given to her by her grandfather years ago, but medical bills for cancer treatment must be paid. Knowing and doing are not the same as Read more...

Summary

Kara O'Keefe had not realized, at the age of eight, how much her beloved Grandda had left her with his passing. All she knew was he would no longer tell her magical tales of ancient Ireland and the Sidhe. He would no longer share with her nature's secrets or push her to find that brilliant swirling point deep inside that made her music magical. All she knew was she had lost her greatest treasure. Once destined for Julliard, but now merely an overly gifted violin instructor, Kara discovers at the age of twenty-three that she was wrong as she is abruptly confronted with the wealth, and weight, of her fantastic inheritance...and the threat of losing her father next. It is at Yesterday's Dreams, a pawn shop tucked away on a quiet Soho street, where Kara discovers her true legacy, her own inner power, and destiny and danger both begin to stalk her. Forced to give up Quicksilver, her cherished violin and the only link with her long-gone Grandda, Kara's selfless sacrifice becomes the key to her fate.. Confused by the radical turn her life has taken and pursued by malevolent forces she does not understand, Kara O'Keefe must trust in a dead man she loved but never truly knew and the living myth charged with helping her to survive. Has she inherited the tenacious strength of her Celtic ancestors, or would she fall beneath the onslaught of uncompromising Fate?