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The Dear Departed Kindle Edition

by Anne Roebuck (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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The widows of Victorian era San Francisco are dying of decidedly unnatural causes, and to expose the culprit Virginia Paley must partner with the darkly mysterious Jonathan Bradshaw, entering a world of occult rituals and unexplainable phenomena—and magical love.

BEYOND THE VEIL

Young widow Virginia Paley has no interest in attending the séances at The Society for Eternal Love, but the women of the society are dying mysteriously in their sleep, leaving their fortunes to Professor Arthur Chadwick, its charismatic medium. As her aunt might very well become the next victim, Virginia will do whatever she must to ensure that doesn’t happen. She will even join forces with the darkly mysterious Jonathan Bradshaw.

From the moment he spies her, Jonathan is smitten. But romance is impossible. Mrs. Paley is a respectable woman, and he himself is outside of society, an orphan, an ex-thief and a true wizard, able to hypnotize with a word and even separate his spirit from his body. No, he must instead remain focused on his goal, avenging his mentor’s death. But, facing a foe with power over demonic forces and Virginia’s very life in the balance, love might indeed be the only salvation.
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    February 11, 2016
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01BPFTJI2
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Boroughs Publishing Group (February 11, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 11, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 826 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 290 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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Anne Roebuck

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Hi! I'm Anne Roebuck

From my first poem at age 10 and my first short story at age 12, I can’t help writing about my two favorite things – magic and love. An unrepentant nerd, I started out in biomedical research but ended up writing software manuals instead. I spent many years as a member of science fiction and historical reenactment groups and I have been at various times a Renaissance scholar, a druidess, a pirate wench, a saloon floozy, a belly dancer and a chain-mail wearing warrior maiden.

Still, my first love is writing stories. It doesn’t matter whether the story is set in the middle ages, Victorian times, the present day or far in the future. If it has both love and magic in it, I will write about it. I write not only romance but young adult historical fantasy under the name of Ann Finnin.

I'm a native of Southern California, and I live in the hills above Los Angeles with my husband of forty years, Dave (a man who gave me an electric typewriter as a wedding present) and a dog of Indeterminate Breed named Rufus.

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David L. Finnin
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story you should buy it.
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2016
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Well written story with very good details, Download your copy now.
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Kim (_booksarelove)
4.0 out of 5 stars Sexy, Seductive and Mysterious!
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2017
*I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This does not influence my opinion in any way*
I was a bit skeptical of this book when I first read the synopsis..it sounded interesting, but I am still not too sure about the supernatural genre, although I love historical romance, so thought that I would give this book a chance. I am glad that I did. From the very beginning I was hooked, and the more I read, the more I needed to know what happened to the characters.
We follow two main characters, Mrs. Virginia Paley and Mr. Jonathan Bradshaw, as they attempt to stop a medium who is somehow taking the lives of widows soon after they bequeath their fortunes to him in their wills. As they get closer to the truth, the more dangerous the task becomes, and the closer they grow. 
I am a sucker for a good, believable romance. Even more so, if some of the point of view is that of the man's. This book gave that to me in spades. We experience the feelings of both of the characters throughout their affair and I really enjoyed this aspect.
This book is steamy, sexy, intriguing, funny and all-in-all, entertaining. You are torn between wanting more of the romance, or more of the mystery surrounding the deaths of the widows in the group. Luckily the author spends just as much time on both subjects, enough to keep her readers sated. 
This was the first work of Anne Roebuck that I have encountered, and I must say that I am not disappointed. Her writing was effortless and enjoyable, and I am looking forward to reading more of her work. 
If you are like me and enjoy a good romance as well as a mystery then I highly recommend this one, it has everything you are looking for and more!

Thank you to Silver Dagger Book Tours and Anne Roebuck for allowing me to read this book and review it for you.
Until next time, happy reading
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Cranky TBC
5.0 out of 5 stars Engrossing read
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2017
5 stars

Mystery, Magic, and Murder...

Virginia Paley, a pretty young widow, attends a séance at her aunt's behest. But instead of finding messages from beyond the grave, she finds that a charlatan has completely taken her aunt in.

Jonathan Bradshaw, a traveling magician and another new attendee, has his own reasons for being there. Together, they solve many riddles and get a little something extra along the way.

I was completely engrossed from beginning to end, I mean, I read it in one day. The main characters developed throughout the story from lost and lonely to healed and open to better possibilities in life. The story simply flowed, it was hard to put down. A must read from this Cranky reviewer.
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MLC
4.0 out of 5 stars Riveting
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2019
I was gifted this book in a give-away which I entered because I found the cover intriguing. As I began reading I realized the story was much different than I expected as I had not even read the blurb. I thought it would be a period romance, and it was. But, it was filled with dark magic. That is something I find creepy. But, I also found myself wanting to finish the story of Virginia and Jonathan. The author masterfully webbed an intricate tale of cat and mouse with hidden secrets and manipulation. I admittedly skipped over a lot of the black magic scenes and chants because that encroached on my comfort level, but I found the plot riveting.
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