Book Review and Giveaway: Descendants of Rose (A Selby Jensen Paranormal Mystery #1) by Juliette Harper

In this debut novel of her new paranormal mystery series, Juliette Harper, author of The Lockwood Legacy books and The Study Club Mysteries creates a cast of characters, most of whom have one thing in common; they don’t have a pulse. The dead are doing just fine by Selby, who is determined never to lose someone she loves again, but then a force of love more powerful than her grief changes that plan.

Join Selby Jensen as she and her team track down a shadowy figure tied to a murder at a girls’ school. What none of them realize, however, is that in solving this case, they will enter a longer battle against a larger evil.

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Excerpt:

Here’s the set up. My business card says “Private Investigator.” Johnny foots most of the bills. He made money in ‘29. Enough said about his investment skills? Since the Internet, he’s become the great-great-great-granddaddy of day traders.If I feel a need to make an extra buck or cover up what we really do? I drag out the telephoto, grab a box of Krispy Kreme, and take pictures of some married guy with a hooker through a motel window. Helps the the wife score big in the divorce, and it’s good sport. Helen calls it shooting dicks in a barrel. Those gigs make me look just sleazy enough and just legit enough that the cops leave me alone.What we really do is kinda paranormal pest control. Most shapeshifters and vamps and things that go bump in the night are just minding their own damn business. I have no problem with what goes bump in the night until bump comes to shove. Truth be told, this “monster” business is pretty racist when you get right down to it.Look at it this way. They get a better cable package than we do. Better reception. We spring for a few premium channels so we don’t miss Big Love. But the monsters tune in the Deluxe Metaphysical Sports Package. But what they’re broadcasting? Pure basic. The monsters like to stay off the radar.

Book Review:

I discovered Juliette Harper when I read their book, Langston’s Daughters and I just fell in love with the authors’ writing style and their expertise in bringing alive a story. Descendants of Rose is another enjoyable read from this author duo and with this book, they have proved that they are good writers capable of switching genres without losing that edge in their writing.

I loved the blurb of this book and it was this along with Juliette’s name that had me picking this book up to read. The cover is also catchy but the best thing is the blurb.

This is a paranormal mystery unlike any other. There are dead people walking here but despite this their is a really brain teasing mystery at play. 

Juliette’s writing style is engaging and had me glued to the book right till the end. The scenarios, events, practices and the characters all look so real and despite knowing in my mind that they are fiction, I could imagine a world with them in it!

Selby is determined, quirky and sassy. I loved her independent spirit and enjoyed her adventures all through the book.

However, despite all the entertainment I need to warn you that this book questions religious institutions and if you don’t feel comfortable with books having these themes then this one is not for you.

All in all, I loved reading Descendants of Rose and strongly recommend it to everyone. 4.5 out of 5 stars to it. Go grab and enjoy this book!

Juliette Harper is a talented author pair and I am definitely going to checkout more of their books in the future.

I received the book from the authors and the tour organizers and I am very thankful to them. The above review is my honest and unbiased opinion and in no way influenced.

About the Author:

Juliette Harper is the pen name used by the writing team of Patricia Pauletti and Rana K. Williamson. Descendants of the Rose is the first installment of Harper’s debut Selby Jensen Paranormal Mystery series.

Pauletti, an Easterner of Italian descent, is an accomplished musician with an eye for art and design. Williamson, a Texan, worked as a journalist and university history instructor before becoming a full-time freelance writer in 2002.

Juliette Harper is also the author of The Lockwood Legacy, a nine-book chronicle of the lives of three sisters who inherit a ranch in Central Texas following their father’s suicide. Four of the novels are currently available: Langston’s Daughters, Baxter’s Draw, Alice’s Portrait and Mandy’s Father.

And don’t miss her hilariously funny “cozy” Study Club Mysteries, a light-hearted spinoff of The Lockwood Legacy. The books, set in the 1960s, take on the often absurd eccentricities of small town life with good-natured, droll humor. The first book, You Can’t Get Blood Out of Shag Carpet is available with the second, You Can’t Put a Corpse in a Parade, coming in Summer 2015.