Prepare to be spellbound. Barbara Frances'
long-awaited third novel, “Shadow's Way,” takes you to the coastal, deep
South, where the past and the present mingle in a gothic tale of insanity, murder, and sexual intrigue.
You'll meet the beautiful Elaine Chauvier, former actress and proprietor of Shadow's Way, her family's antebellum home; the esteemed Archbishop Andre Figurant and his fallen identical twin, Bastien; newly arrived Ophelia and Rudy, here to explore their Chauvier roots and their ties to Shadow's Way; and the mysterious Madame Claudine. Under a veneer of piety and graciousness, i.e., the questions: What is good? What is evil? What is reality?
VINE VOICE
Different,
keeps you reading
Format:
Kindle Edition
This was a different type of read
for me, and I wasn’t sure when I started reading if I would enjoy it, but very
quickly I found myself getting pulled into the story. The cast of characters is
very colorful, not just the ex-actress Elaine Chauvier. The author does such a
good job with descriptions, you can see the characters in your mind, hear the
southern drawl, and even smell and taste the coffee as you read. It doesn’t
take long to find yourself wondering what’s really going on in each character’s
mind the author isn’t giving you yet, and the suspense just builds through the
book. If you love southern culture, this book is full of it, so that will be
another thing to draw you in.
Ms. Francis’ novel Shadow’s Way, had me enthralled from page
one, it kept me reading until so late into the night that I used a flashlight
in order not to wake my husband.
I’ve always enjoyed reading gothic tales, but this one went
beyond most that I had read. The synopsis was correct, past and present mingled
and left me on the edge of my seat. Was G – G – Daddy a real paranormal
experience or a figment of Elaine Chauvier’s imagination, which got worse as
she sunk deeper into insanity?
I loved the various characters that Ms. Francis brought into
play as needed to heighten the story. They were well rounded and interconnected
in ways that one has to keep reading to get the full picture.
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