by Melanie Wells
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As nasty as I knew Peter Terry to be, I never expected him to start kidnapping kids. Much less a sweet, funny little boy with nothing to protect him but a few knock-kneed women, two rabbits, and a staple gun…
It’s psychology professor Dylan Foster’s favorite day of the academic year–graduation day. A day of pomp, circumstance, and celebration. And after all the mortar boards are thrown, Dylan and some of her best friends will gather around a strawberry cake to celebrate Christine Zocci’s sixth birthday. But the joyful summer afternoon goes south when a little boy is snatched from a neighborhood park, setting off a chain of events that seem to lead exactly nowhere.
Police are baffled, but Christine’s eerie connection with the kidnapped child sends Dylan on a chilling investigation of her own. Is the pasty, elusive stranger Peter Terry to blame? Exploding light bulbs, the deadly buzz of a Texas rattlesnake, and the vivid, disturbing dreams of a little girl are just pieces in a long trail of tantalizing clues leading Dylan in her dogged search for the truth.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Kept my soul on the edge of my seat for the duration, 2008-12-16
Another slick thriller from Melanie Wells. I look forward to each Dylan Foster page-turner filled with quirky humor, interesting characters and solid plot lines.
Being from Dallas I love the details of the settings around SMU, Parkland and even the seedy Circle Inn.
Melanie is a great story teller and will keep you on the edge of your seat and coming back for more.
I hope to see more!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Grabbed me from the beginning., 2008-12-13
This book held my interest from the first chapter. In the first chapter a sweet little innocent boy is kidnapped and you don't know the outcome of what happened to the little book until the very end.
This book is the third in a series of book so I agree with a earlier reviewer who said it is best to read the books in order. I happened to find the second book at a thrift shop so I read that one first but I think I would have enjoyed the books more reading them in order.
This book is the last in the series and I have only one criticism. We are never informed if Dylan's stuggles with Peter Terry, the pasty demon are over. In the bible demons are hurded into pigs and then the pigs are directed into water by Jesus. I don't understand why Peter Terry could not be exorcised in some way so He wouldn't bother Dylan anymore.
I do hope that this author continues to write more books. Suspense is my favorite genre and I do hope she writes more of the same.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Why is this a Christian novel?, 2008-10-15
I'm not sure why this book is considered a Christian novel. The main character prays, when she feels like it, doesn't expect answers from God,and lies her way though the book. She has a demon who torments her, but there is rarely a mention of an angel who helps her or guides her.
I didn't find it realistic, nor was I able to relate to the main character. She has the world's best boyfriend (too common a theme in Christian novels) and she treats him terribly, yet he keeps coming back. Eventually, of course, he takes her back and all is well.
Dylan Foster is a weak character and I quickly tired of her shallowness and self-absorption. I do not plan on reading another Melanie Wells' novel.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
A good read!, 2008-10-13
Melanie Wells has her hand in many pots, including a private practice as a psychotherapist, as well as being a musician and author. She hails from Texas, where she attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, beginning in music as a violinist. She ended up with a degree in English and obtained graduate degrees in counseling psychology and biblical studies. She has published two prior "soul" books entitled WHEN THE DAY OF EVIL COMES and THE SOUL HUNTER.
Dylan Foster is busy ushering her latest degree candidates from the small college where she teaches psychology. She attends a birthday party for six year old Christine Zocci, a special child of a friend visiting from Chicago. A happy birthday party turns to tragedy when Nicholas, the child of Dylan's friend Maria, is abducted from the park. Christine immediately begins having breathing episodes that nearly kill her, but her "gift" enables the frantic adults around her, including Maria's boyfriend, an investigator in the case, get a handle on just what have happened to Nicholas. A few people help along the way, including a mysterious man who calms Christine at the hospital just before she is scheduled for x-rays:
"Instead, a sixtyish man with close-cropped gray hair, a phenomenal tan, and a bright, affable smile leaned into the booth and tapped Christine on the shoulder. He wore a faded hospital gown, his muscular, browned legs poking out the bottom and set off by a gleaming pair of white athletic socks. The man shot me a quick wave like he knew me and sat on the bench beside Christine. 'Are you afraid?' he said to her."
Melanie Wells combines shrewd acuity towards the human condition with almost a New Age take on angels and their help when we humans least expect it in this snappy suspense novel. Her writing style is mature, and her portrayal of Dylan Foster is just crazy enough to add a light touch to the story. Dylan is a likable, if extremely eccentric; academic who probably couldn't keep her tennis shoes tied without help. But on a deeper level she has a heart of gold; is self deprecating enough to offset what might be academic arrogance in any other character; and is herself on her own mission of redemption. A good read!
Shelley Glodowski
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 A Christian book with demons and angels., 2008-07-30
This book has a likable protagonist, and I really enjoyed the storyline about her relationship with her exboyfriend. The writing style was easy to read; the story about a kidnapped boy could really be a page turner.
My trouble is, I judged a book by its cover. They label this "A Novel of Suspense" on the front, and the back cover mentions a Peter Terry as "nasty" and a "pasty, elusive stranger." The blurb about the author notes that she is the author of two other books. But this jacket is NOT clear that this is a Christian novel based on the belief in angels and demons. In fact, the pasty stranger Peter Terry is a demon. It is not made clear on the cover that this is the third in a series. One Amazon review states that My Soul to Keep stands alone, and I suppose it does in that the start and finish are completed within the book covers, but all the characters and background have been laid out in the previous two books. I don't like to start in the middle of a series, and I have never enjoyed reading about demons. I'll take the responsibility for not reading the reviews before my purchase, but I do have issues with the book cover.
For what she was trying to do, the author has done a pretty good job, and despite my disappointment in the subject matter, I did enjoy the book somewhat. For those of you who fancy angels and demons I recommend this book. If you don't - skip this one.
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