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Ink and Shadows

By: Ellery Adams
Narrated by: Cris Dukehart
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Nora Pennington is known for her window displays, and as Halloween approaches, she decides to showcase fictional heroines like Roald Dahl’s Matilda and Madeline Miller’s Circe. A family-values group disapproves of the magical themes though and wastes no time launching a modern-day witch hunt. Suddenly, former friends and customers are targeting not only Nora and Miracle Books, but a new shopkeeper, Celeste, who’s been selling CBD oil products. Nora and her friends in the Secret, Book, and Scone Society are doing their best to put an end to the strife - but then someone puts an end to a life.

Though the death is declared an accident, the ruling can’t explain the old book page covered with strange symbols and disturbing drawings left under Nora’s doormat, a postcard from an anonymous stalker, or multiple cases of vandalism. The only hope is that Nora can be a heroine herself and lead the Secret, Book, and Scone Society in a successful investigation - before more bodies turn up and the secrets from Celeste’s past come back to haunt them all....

©2021 Ellery Adams (P)2021 Dreamscape Media, LLC

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POSSIBLY THE BEST OF THE SERIES!

Unfortunately I read the series out of order, but with the exception of the third book in the series, (The Book of Candlelight), I THOROUGHLY enjoyed the this entire series, but I think this book was my favorite.

In terms of story lines, I think this one may have been the best. A little scary and a bit sinister, (just the right amount), this book kept me on the edge of my seat trying to figure out who killed two important characters in story (don’t worry — it’s NOT Nora or any of the other three original friends).

Plot twists and just a bit sinister, this story kept me awake LONG past my bedtime!

I hope Ms. Adams is hard at work on the next installment on this series! I feel a little lost now that I have finished all five books in this series (a little like all my friends have moved away)…

Don’t pass up these books. I now want to move to the fictional Miracle Springs and run my own book shop!

KUDOS MS. ADAMS!

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Interesting Character

I enjoyed the setting and all of the name dropping related to books. The main character had depth.

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Nice fall evening cozy mystery read

Well written. Enjoyable characters. Perfect for book for a short trip or a good weekend read.

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I Love this series

I like how all the Characters are developing in this series. I have found the narrator's voice to be calming and very soothing. I did enjoy all the different twists, this one had more than a few.

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Books

This series always reminds me how wonderful it is to hold a hard back book in your hands to read and get lost in a story

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Great Story with an Important Message.

I loved this book! Nora and her friends show what real kindness and friendship mean. The mystery is a really good one too. The narration is lovely and there is a bit of a twist at the end. I really recommend this book!

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Loved this book!

I’ve read her first book but my husband and I listened to this one. He’s hooked too! Can’t wait to download the next one!

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an ok addition

the writer is trying to provide character development to the main people, but it's coming across kind of muddled. there were a LOT of themes in the book and I feel like it would have been more cohesive if it had more focus to it

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Sometimes a Great Listen

If you love books, food, mysteries, and friendships, then you'll adore this author's work! I dare you!

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A spellbinding tale

Each book in this series gets better and better. I can't wait to read the next one.

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