The Restorer's Journey by Sharon Hinck (FIRST)

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This month's FIRST blog tour is featuring The Restorer's Journey by Sharon Hinck. This is Book #3 in the Sword of Lyric series, and let me tell you ... I'm looking forward to reading the full story!

I've followed Sharon's characters through Book #1, The Restorer; and Book #2, The Restorer's Son. Both were incredible novels blending the contemporary/fantasy genres beautifully.

The first chapter begins thus:

Chapter One - JAKE

My mom was freaking out.

She stared out the dining room window as if major-league monsters were hiding in the darkness beyond the glass. Give me a break. Our neighborhood was as boring as they came. Ridgeview Drive’s square lawns and generic houses held nothing more menacing than basketball hoops and tire swings. Still, Mom’s back was tight, and in the shadowed reflection on the pane, I could see her biting her lip. I didn’t know what to say to make her feel better.

I ducked back into the kitchen and used a wet rag to wipe off the counters. Clumps of flour turned to paste and smeared in gunky white arcs across the surface. I shook the rag over the garbage can, the mess raining down on the other debris we’d swept up. Broken jars of pasta and rice filled the bag. I stomped it down, twist-tied the bag and jogged it out to the trashcan by the garage. Usually, I hated the chore of taking out the trash. Not tonight. Maybe if I erased the signs of our intruders, Mom would relax a little.

So Cameron and Medea dropped a few things when they were looking for supplies. No biggie. Why did my folks have such a problem with those two anyway? They’d been great to me. I trudged back into the house, rubbing my forehead. Wait. That wasn’t right. A shiver snaked through my spine. Never mind. They were probably long gone by now.

Read the rest of the chapter here.
Read a great review of Book #1, The Restorer here.