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Moonlight Legacy
by Jewel G. Dartt
reviewed by Marnie Holmes
Rating - 3.5 stars
Hadden cannot believe that this is true. He heads for Miranda's house to confront her with this apparent change of heart. Miranda is at home and writhing in agony. A diary left to her by her birthmother has done a little to explain what is happening but much remains a mystery. Miranda is undergoing a transformation and the changes are lurching far out of her control. Hadden, a man of science and logic, is confronted with something that his rationality and science cannot explain. To his horror and disbelief Miranda is part loup-garou - a shape shifter. On nights of moonlight Miranda transforms to a creature with exceptional abilities of perception and endurance and exceptional appetites. Hadden is determined to do what he can to heal Miranda, the only woman he has ever loved. She is haunted by a gnawing hunger that demands satiation. In the woods she meets Drake Guignard, a dark charismatic stranger. He too is loup-garou. He explains something of their nature and tells her that the hunger can only be appeased by killing and eating fresh meat - preferably human. He also tells her that she belongs to him and that they will wed to fulfil the terms of a contract made many years ago. Miranda rebels against killing and refuses to eat. She continues to resist the changes in her nature and accepts Hadden's help to try to overcome the curse. Hadden enlists the assistance of his friend Steven, the local church minister, who has an unlikely interest in the supernatural and mystical. Their investigations turn up nothing of much use, except some old newspaper reports of a reputed witch, Mary Ellen Campbell, who lives in the mountains. Hadden and Miranda visit the old woman and beg for her assistance to reverse the changes. The old woman refuses and they leave despondently. Miranda's condition worsens. Drake continues to insist she joins him at Damaina. When she refuses he carries out one act of brutality after another on the people Miranda loves in the small community of Silver Valley. Go To Page: 1 2
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