Manroot by Anne Steinberg

Anne Steinberg’s latest novel Manroot is the evocative and stirring story of a lonely town in Missouri, and a young woman named Katherine who discovers a mystical side to herself that she’d never known existed. After Katherine falls in love with a complicated man, the violence of dark magic threatens to annihilate all she knows and holds dear. Anne Steinberg weaves together fantasy, romance, and a young girl’s coming of age into a darkly magical story that’s entertaining and, at times, heartbreaking.

Synopsis:

In the spring of 1939, Katherine Sheahan and her father, Jesse, are looking for work in the isolated tourist town of Castlewood, Missouri. Jesse gets a job as handyman and Katherine as a maid at a small hotel. Jesse drinks and neglects his work and eventually disappears, abandoning his daughter. Frieda Broom, the hotel Manager, takes Katherine under her wing, telling her stories of her baby that was stolen by gypsies and teaching her about ginseng, the manroot, and other secrets of the foothills. Katherine discovers that she is a natural healer and has the ability to communicate with spirits, a gift she inherited from her Navajo Indian mother.

Katherine becomes deeply drawn to a regular hotel guest, the Honorable Judge William Reardon. Despite him being much older than her and married, Katherine captivates him. As the pair bond over astrology and gardening, Katherine becomes convinced they belong together – her pursuit of him and what flows from that relationship shapes the rest of the novel. Theirs is a union of like-minded souls, but a dangerous dark magic is released. Can their love survive?

Manroot is a potent tale of destiny, spiritualism and love, written in Anne Steinberg’s signature compelling style. The kindle version was published March 2014 and is available for sale on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Manroot-Anne-Steinberg-ebook/dp/B00J1BPZJA

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