2026-08-04

This Week's Free Read: Touch of a Vanished Hand

 



Touch of a Vanished Hand  is book 5 in the Oberon series. This is Sinead and Adam’s story. Touch is set six months after book 3, Sound of a Voice that is Still, which is Sinead’s twin sister, Siobhan’s story. That’s also the book where we’re first introduced to Adam. (And yes, both titles are lines from the Tennyson poem, Break, Break, Break).


I had a great deal of fun making them mirror or be opposites of each other. This book is also a total ode to summer and marks the halfway point in the series. When I started writing Touch, I was living in the house that provided the inspiration for Sinead’s farmhouse. I was also working a job that got me up VERY early, which gave me the opportunity to view A LOT of sunrises.  Factors that you’ll probably appreciate more after reading the book. And it’s FREE! for the next week, so what are you waiting for?

  


Touch Of A Vanished Hand
Oberon Book 5.0

Sinead Quinn has always been something of a drifter.   But now, with her ex-husband trying to blackmail her, and her ex-boyfriend's widow trying to put her in jail, she has no choice but to go to ground.  What better place to hide than with your family?   After all, what are sisters for?  Especially when you're a twin.


But the first rule of hiding out, is to keep a low profile.  And that does not mean kissing your sister's boyfriend (even if he can't tell the two of you apart); rescuing a troubled teen; or taking a highly visible job as hostess of Oberon's most celebrated new inn.


Adam Sasso has always dreamed big.  But big dreams beget big complications.  First, his goal to turn the vineyard he inherited from his grandfather into a world-class winery is threatened by a mysterious saboteur.  Next, his plan to run the finest bed & breakfast Oberon has ever seen, is broadsided by a hostess who wants to run him.  Finally, it seems his fondest wish, of finding love-everlasting with the soul mate of his dreams, is about to go up in smoke when he can't convince her that they're destined to be together.


This summer, it's going to take all the wizardry in Oberon to craft a happy ending for the drifter and the dreamer.





p.s. Touch of a Vanished Hand was the first book I wrote that was set primarily at a winery.  Since then, of course, I’ve gone on to write several books in the POUR DECISIONS series along with my friends and fellow authors Kate Davies and Kelly Jamieson. Learn more here: books2read.com/rl/PourDecisions

Kelly also has a pre-POUR DECISIONS winery story. Check out—You Really Got Me—here: https://www.kellyjamieson.com/you-really-got-me


p.p.s. And, while I’m on the subject, Touch of a Vanished Hand also contains a very fun tequila drinking scene. And, as it happens, Kelly visited me in Napa while she was writing her LAST SHOT trilogy, which is set in a tequila bar. So, of course, we had to research that, as well. You can find that series here:  https://www.kellyjamieson.com/last-shot-series

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