A vivid waking dream of giant cypress trees dripping with Spanish moss haunts Anna St. Thais. The trees sit on a black lake that resembles a dark Louisiana bayou with an evocative aura. The dream includes the presence of a man who seems to know Anna all too well and a group of people with strange telepathic powers, sometimes called veiled eyes. An orphan from Texas, she is on her way east to help … help out a friend when she encounters two terrifying things. Psychically, she begins to see and hear things through the eyes of an unknown individual, a man who knows more about her than she ever would have imagined. The second thing is that she has been kidnapped by a sociopathic trucker intent on making her his latest victim. When she is rescued by Gabriel Bergeron, a member of the elusive Lake People in Northwestern Louisiana, Anna doesn’t realize that he is her psychic counterpart and she has been inexplicably pulled to the area. She shares their strange colored gold eyes and their distinctive mental powers. They are a reclusive lot and know that Anna is one of them, but has been isolated by unknown circumstances. She is drawn into their incomparable world, something between that of the Creoles and Cajuns, and much in addition to those. There Anna finds a romantic link with Gabriel and the spine-tingling fear of not knowing who to trust. Her return has disturbed the inner workings of the group and threatens to expose secrets long concealed in the murky Louisiana bayous. There are secrets to be divulged about her past and why she was spirited away as an infant. Anna isn’t safe until she discovers the answers she so desperately requires.
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Absolutely one of the best books I have read. Enjoyed it thoroughly.
Suspenseful with romance sprinkled on top. This book started out with a white knuckle grip and ends that way. Once force your entered the world of Lake People, it’s hard to leave. I found myself sneak reading at work.
Very dark so unless you can handle female abuse I wouldn’t recommend it.
Imaginative
This was a little confusing to begin with, but it was an interesting read. It was a bit unusual but entertaining none the less. Anna and Gabriel were great characters. I liked that I had never even thought, much less read, anything like this. I would recommend this book. It has love, murder and mayhem with paranormal.
Unique & outstanding. I couldn’t put it down. I found it even more interesting since my own extended family shares a portion of the “gifts” possessed by la famille. Excellent description & plotting as well.
This was not what I expected, but at the same time I found I couldn’t put it down .
Kept me interested right through whole book. Well done.
I really couldn’t get into this book. I read about 5 chapters and just gave up. I didn’t think the main character was interesting, in fact, I thought she was just dumb. Her actions were pure stupidity.
Interesting, easy to read, get-a-way.
Not generally my kind of story. A little too much mystery and darkness for my tastes, but it was enthralling.