Eva possesses a unique and powerful gift. But is it a curse?
She plays down her beauty, to avoid attention. But it doesn’t work. She has a magnetic quality, a calm, a power of which she is unaware.
Never having known her father and having lost her mother when she was young, Eva believes she’s better off alone. She only connects deeply with animals, they are her first love. But another great love is on the horizon, along with other life-changing discoveries.
When they learn of her gift, the media jackals gather, and Eva is forced into the limelight she’s avoided all her life. Facing challenges at every turn, including her own inner demons, she must fight to protect, even embrace, her newfound ability.
But someone wants her dead.
Best-Selling Author Review: “I was captivated by Eva’s story and riveted to the end. Diane is a beautiful writer who has captured the essence of Eva’s unearthing of her true self. A story that is timeless. Bravo!” Laurie Seymour, M.A., twice a #1 international best-selling author, host of Wisdom Talk Radio, Executive Coach, international speaker and Founder/CEO of The Baca Institute.
Targeted Age Group:: 18-90
What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I came up with the idea for this book 25 years ago during one of my creative writing “What if?” sessions. I was studying for my degrees in nutrition and homeopathy and was pondering how magical it would be, as a true healer, to connect with someone in a meditative state and be able to heal them. And I wanted to include my love of animals in the story. The idea evolved slowly from there.
But I wasn't ready to write the book until now. It's a romantic love story, just tinging on a soul-mate premise, but with suspenseful twists and turns based around Eva’s supernatural ability. There is powerful self-growth for her as she tries to come to grips with that ability. She must deal with the implications of what she can do; the repercussions are severe. Eva is an intensely private person, not wishing for attention, and she must handle the ever-present media when they discover her skill. Her life changes completely.
I have always hidden much of my true self from people, after growing up in a highly critical family. I was lonely. There are universal themes running through this story to which I personally relate: firstly, the yearning for something greater than myself, and secondly, the idea that we may touch that through deep connection with other human beings. We are so disconnected in our modern world and yet I believe we all yearn for connection. And although we hide our real selves from others, it's actually in connecting with other people that we heal the traumas of our lives, or at least deal with them. As I grew to understand this in my own life, I grew more and more determined to write a great novel with that premise floating through it. Not an in-your-face lesson, just a good story. With something that the reader might think about, that might touch her.
There's an inspirational feel to this story, a hopeful optimistic take on humanity. So far, I am happy to report I've had wonderful reviews, where people talk about the beauty and the joy of the message. But there are other readers who simply enjoy the speed of the plot and its twists. People appreciating my novel does my heart good. After 25 years of pondering the idea of this book, I'm absolutely thrilled.
How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
I created characters to will best serve the plot and the theme of the story. Eva is a self-contained, introverted woman, who keeps to herself for many reasons, as revealed in the book. I made her naturally beautiful, but not made up. She tries to play down her looks behind large glasses, and wants no untoward attention.
The male protagonist is a combination of my husband and every women's dream guy! Kind, strong, protective, yet sensitive and supportive. It takes all those qualities to draw Eva out of her shell and into his heart.
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