Butterfly Waltz
Jane Tesh
Silver Leaf Books, Jun 15 2015, $17.95
www.silverleafbooks.com
ISBN: 9781609751241
Ambitious Galaxy News Weekly tabloid reporter Jake Brenner
searches for the supernatural story that will make him famous and wealthy. He knows his only hope at success resides
with his best friend musician Desmond Fairweather, who seems to own a magical
charm that ease people’s natural reluctance to strangers. Jake blackmails Des to come with him to
investigate talking flowers at the Snowden Estate in Maine in exchange for arranging
an audition with the local symphony.
Upon arriving at their destination Jake feels immediately protective
of vulnerable twentyish Christine Snowden. Des plays a composition he wrote on their
host’s piano; his music stirs hidden magical Kalida. Attracted to the pianist, Kalida keeps her
distance for fear that her former Legion compatriots will leave the Caverns to
hunt her down and anyone she cherishes like this Des.
Butterfly Waltz is a charming romantic fantasy in which readers
will believe the Lovin’ Spoonful is right in that the “magic’s in the music and
the music’s in” (Des). The beguiling
romances lead the audience to anticipate two diverse confrontations: one on the
human plane and the other on an esoteric supernatural level.
Harriet Klausner
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