The Offering
Lisa Frieden
- "...a
- quick
- and
- entertaining
- spy
- romp."
- --
- Kirkus
- Book
- ReviewsCIA
- agent
- Carla
- deVille
- has
- tried
- hard
- to
- leave
- her
- past,
- and
- her
- family’s
- dabbling
- in
- the
- supernatural,
- behind.
- However,
- when
- Carla
- is
- captured
- by
- a
- group
- called
- the
- Illuminati
- and
- almost
- used
- as
- an
- offering
- to
- a
- dark
- force,
- she
- must
- return
- to
- her
- roots
- in
- Santa
- Barbara
- and
- go
- undercover
- as
- a
- civilian
- in
- order
- to
- investigate
- the
- mysterious
- group.
- Her
- journey
- home
- is
- complicated
- by
- the
- reappearance
- of
- an
- old
- flame
- (and
- old
- rival)
- Mark
- Lyons.
- Despite
- Mark’s
- wealth,
- he
- is
- working
- for
- the
- same
- private
- eye
- firm
- that
- Carla
- is
- using
- as
- her
- cover,
- putting
- them
- in
- persistent
- contact
- and
- putting
- Carla’s
- emotions
- in
- constant
- turmoil.
- Yet
- he
- also
- seems
- to
- be
- involved
- with
- a
- shadowy
- firm
- that
- has
- connections
- to
- the
- Illuminati.
- Carla’s
- case
- becomes
- even
- more
- worrisome
- when
- her
- sister
- Gwen,
- who
- is
- being
- initiated
- into
- a
- coven
- their
- mother
- once
- led,
- is
- kidnapped
- and
- ritualistic
- markings
- are
- left
- in
- her
- store.
- In
- her
- search
- to
- find
- her
- sister,
- Carla
- must
- also
- reconnect
- with
- her
- mother,
- who
- has
- been
- confined
- to
- a
- mental
- hospital
- since
- Carla’s
- seventeenth
- birthday.
- More
- coven
- members
- are
- abducted
- and
- more
- ties
- between
- Mark’s
- family
- and
- the
- Illuminati
- are
- revealed,
- yet
- Carla’s
- associates
- and
- Mark
- himself
- claim
- to
- be
- on
- her
- side.
- Carla
- struggles
- to
- find
- out
- who
- she
- can
- trust,
- and
- to
- work
- with
- the
- more
- fantastic
- elements
- of
- her
- case.
- The
- case
- Carla
- pursues
- is
- an
- intriguing
- one,
- carefully
- straddling
- the
- edge
- between
- fantasy
- and
- reality
- so
- that
- even
- the
- reader
- isn’t
- sure
- who
- to believe.
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