By Nancy Campbell Allen
Shadow Mountain, 2018. 360 pgs. Romance
Dr. Isla Cooper has dedicated her life to serving others, especially predatory shifters that transform into animals on the full moon. Unfortunately, she has been cursed to a death-like sleep at the stoke of midnight each night which makes her job almost impossible. She is desperate to find a way to break the curse before it becomes permanent on the one year mark. She bullies her way onto the private airship of Daniel Pickett, headed to the Caribbean. She doesn't realize that Captain Pickett is transporting three illegal shapeshifters and the despicable Nigel Crowe, who is a government official determined to exterminate every shapeshifter in England. Isla and Daniel must work together to protect the shapeshifters and find the cure for her curse before time runs out.
I'm usually not a big fan of steampunk, but this retelling of Sleeping Beauty was a lot of fun. Isla is a fiercely independent character that must learn to rely on others. Daniel is a handsome knight in shining armor but he has his own secrets to hide. The side characters are well developed and added a lot to the story. This was a great fairy-tale retelling with mystery, magic, adventure and romance. Kiss of the Spindle is part of the Proper Romance line of books being published by Shadow Mountain.
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