"All I can say is WOW!"

The premise of this anthology is a magic painting called Midnight Magic owned by a shop called Second Chances. For those who want a second chance, when they look into the painting they see what they want to see. Only certain people have the gift to take what the painting offers. These are three stories about a few of those people.

The first story Second Chances by Rebecca York tells us about an antique shop owner whose love of her life died in a freakish accident but when it was investigated was found to be arson. If only Sara could turn back time to be able to warn Matt not to go into the building. When she visits Second Chances, that's just what she gets.

In Ulterior Motives by Susan Kearney, it is Sara's turn to choose someone to have a second chance. She chooses Merline, a mega-superstar singer who has lost her voice. Merline is sent thousands of years into the future where her voice is healed and she meets Tomm who asks her to go to his planet to perform her amazing music but Dubane wants her as well. How will she choose?

The last story Temptation by Jeanie London is an historical about Nina de Lacy who has a rare talent to look into the souls of those she touches. She has only met two men whom she can actually touch without feeling pain and death. Can she convince these two men that she needs them both and that they need to take their second chance?

All I can say is WOW! These stories were exactly the kind of paranormal I enjoy reading all in one book: contemporary, futuristic and historical! I devoured this book in one sitting and highly recommend it!

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted April 25, 2006

Summary

A magical painting, a mystical gateway...

Legend has it that a heartbroken artist used magical paint to create the beautiful "Midnight Magic" - and then stepped into the painting and was never seen again. Or so Sara Drimmon is told when she visits the Second Chance Gallery in Rebecca York's "Second Chance." Sara experiences the magic for herself when the painting sends her into her own past and gives her a second chance with her first love.

Then it's Sara's turn to introduce someone to the painting— and she chooses Merline, a beautiful singer who's lost her voice. In Susan Kearney's "Ulterior Motives," the painting sends Merline thousands of years into the future, where she is no longer a superstar. Is Merline ready to trade stardom for love?

In Jeanie London's "Temptation," an artist urges Nina de Lacy to look deeply into the painting. But Nina has her own magical way of seeing into the souls of men—and now she must choose between the destiny "Midnight Magic" offers her and the two men who wait for her to tell them their future...