Fallen spirit guide Sara-Kate has cocooned herself into an isolating, lonely life on earth. After a series of devastating incidents, she now prefers solitude to contact with others.
Her quiet existence is shattered when one night
outside of her home, Sara-Kate awakens to the sound of a horrible accident, and
finds a man near death. She offers comfort to the dying man before setting off
back home.
Soon after, a knock at the door brings a surprise.
The dead man has somehow managed to follow her home!
Reed Thayer is dead, and doesn’t know it.
"On the surface, "Sara-Kate’s
Spirit" seems like a light little paranormal—it is not. Although it is
novella-size, it is crammed full of emotion and deep character development. The
reader feels for Sara-Kate, for her past pain and her current predicament with
Reed. I welcome that the love scene does not read as a sex manual, but rather a
beautiful act of love. The story is of certain duality between a human life and
a spirit life. You rarely see a spirit guide as a character in a romance, and
"Sara-Kate Spirit" does not disappoint."
5 Star TOP PICK ~ Night Owl Reviews
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Sara-Kate’s peaceful sleep was shattered by
the sound of crunching metal and images of black smoke.
If she were conscious, the decision would
be easy. She would shut out the world and stay in her comfortable bed.
It wasn’t her job anymore to worry about
the welfare of people in trouble. As it was now, she still went above and
beyond what was expected of her.
But often in sleep, the unconscious
overrides common sense, and the emotions of spirit were harder to keep in
check.
Sara-Kate rose out of her body with the
grace of a butterfly. With her feet hovering several inches from the oak floor,
she floated from the bedroom, down the staircase, and through the front door as
if it wasn’t there.
Her instincts carried her through her front
garden, beyond the gate and onto the road—the place she never ventured to in
her human form. Her self-imposed exile wasn’t because she was cold or cruel,
she simply couldn’t face any more heart breaking loss. To stay inside her own
piece of heaven was to keep her heart safe. Besides, there were strict rules
when it came to spirits and the living.
Something looked different.
Even though she never left the sanctuary of
her home, she knew how the road beyond looked, the layout of the houses. This
place was different. This was another dimension.
She died a long time earlier, and could
pass through dimensions with ease. Occasionally, she couldn’t control it—like
tonight. It happened before. Still, no matter where she travelled, she still
managed to find her way home.
Now, there was a matter at hand.
An acrid smoke filled the air, a sure sign
an accident occurred on the unfamiliar road. This was confirmed by the sight of
twisted metal. Bittersweet emotion filled Sara-Kate. While it was true that a
human life was most likely lost, a soul would move on to a new plane of
existence, where peace and love might be waiting.
A plane Sara-Kate never rose to.
She drifted to the car, one time a fancy
little red import, and passed through the window. and into the passenger seat.
By the look at the interior, the car’s airbag failed to deploy, and lurched its
driver forward against the restraints.
Her eyes focused on the driver, by his uneven breathing, he was still
alive, just barely.
Blood bubbled from his nose, and his eyes
fixed to the ceiling. She leaned over and smoothed back his long dark hair from
his face. Laying a gentle hand against his forehead, she tried to instill
healing into the man, but her instinct told her clearly her healing would not
be enough to save him. Instead, she hoped her touch would instead bring him
comfort.
His head turned only enough to connect his
eyes to hers.
Shock rocked her. Could he actually see
her? There was a fear and disbelief in his eyes for sure, but he was focused on her eyes, as well. Even at
the brink of death, no one ever detected her before. Now she thought, he’s
very, very special. He would go on to do amazing things in his next existence,
and that brought Sara-Kate great joy.
“Just let go,” she encouraged.
“I don’t want to die,” he whispered, his
voice thick and raspy.
“It will be better, Reed, I promise.”
“You know my name. You must be some kind of angel.”
She smiled. “Not exactly. I’m just here to
help you transition into your new life.”
Tears poured from his eyes. “Please don’t
leave me.”
“I’m not going anywhere, she said, and sent
as much comfort and love through her hand and into his body as she could
muster, without completely draining herself. Sirens blared off in the distance,
and Reed’s breath became ragged. As he took his final breath, she lifted her
hand from his forehead, and pressed a kiss against his cool skin.
When she saw the flashing red and blue
lights of police and ambulance vehicles, she decided to make her exit from the
scene. There was nothing more she could do now but return home to her own
dimension, to her body and her bed.
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