"Fortune" by Erica Spindler

I just finished my third book by Erica Spindler, entitled “Fortune”. The story spans 26 years and spins the tale of several intertwining characters. Griffen Monarch is obsessed with finding his half sister, Skye/Grace, who was taken away by her mother (for her own safety) at an early age. He needs her back, as she has the gift, an artistic ability that will ensure the future success of their jewelry store and because he feels she is his possession. He is seriously sick in the head. He will stop at nothing (including murder) to keep her as his prize. As a child, Grace and Claire/Madeline are on the run, and travel with a carnival. There, they meet Chance, who is also running away. The three strike up a family of sorts. When Claire finds out that Griffen’s family is closing in on them, she asks a friend to pick Skye up and they will reunite when the coast is clear. The friend gets killed in a car accident, and Chance flees with Skye. They spend several years together until he finds a good family to leave her with. They meet up again several years later, and soon find that they are in love. Griffen sets out to ruin Skye’s friendship with a co-worker and ruin Chance’s business in order to have Skye all for himself. Griffen has already killed his father and his great aunt, poisoned Skye’s dog (thankfully, he survived) when he kills Claire to silence her. He also tried to kill Skye, as he believed if he could not have her, then no one could. It has a somewhat happy ending, as Skye and Chance decide to have a future together.

Overall, I thought it was a good story. There were a couple of items that I thought were odd. Claire was a psychic working to help bring missing children back to their families, yet she could never locate her own daughter. Also, she called Monarch’s, trying to get in touch with her daughter, but was intercepted by Griffen. She knew he saw that she had given her number and hotel room to the secretary, and she knew that he’d be coming after here. She wrote out a letter to Skye explaining everything and waited for him. I do not understand why she just accepted the fact that he would be heading her way to kill her and not leaving the premises.

“On Shadow Beach” By Barbara Freethy is up next.

See mew all later!