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Carol McClain Craver is a Texas author whose work has appeared in a wide variety of publications since the 1980s. A former newspaper humor columnist, she has delivered inspiring on-air radio commentaries about the ties that bind the human race through peril and triumph.
Carol says, "SHADOW OF THE FINAL STORM is for the day-to-day people who wake in the night to the memory of a loved one who is gone. It's for those of us who wonder what we are doing here and where are we going. SHADOW OF THE FINAL STORM is for anyone who has ever known shattered dreams, and has stooped to pick them up.
"I recommend you read this aloud to someone you love. Pour the wine and let the words flow around you."
HOT CHOCOLATE, THE STEAMIEST JOINT IN TOWN is being made available on her blog at carolcraver.com
Reviewed by Rabia Tanveer for Readers' Favorite
Shadow of the Final Storm: A Haunting Novel of Death and Life by Carol McClain Craver is the story of a woman who goes back to her hometown and is surprised to find that the things in her past are still alive. Sirena Vestal had no idea that she would be able to meet her past when she moved back to her childhood home in Galveston. She meets a mystic who tells her that her old self is still here. Just because Sirena moved on does not mean that her past self has moved on too. She revisits her past in 1900 when she was a young girl and about to become a bride. That was also the time when a hurricane hit Galveston and devastated its land and people. Sirena will find the answers to all her family mysteries and she will find out things she had no idea she wanted to know.
I have to say, author Carol McClain Craver brought the punch right from the beginning. The way she wrote made me feel like a friend to each and every character in the novel. I was immersed in the story right from the start, there was nothing that I did not like. Everything was perfect, from the setting to characterization to imagery to every single alliteration. Even the cover of the novel was perfect. I could hear every crash of the ocean waves, I could taste the salty spray, feel Herk’s contempt and feel Silas’ longing. A great romance novel that has a bit of everything, but it works somehow. It is, indeed, one of the best novels I have read this year!
