A Review By Frances Smith

Juliet, the heroine of the story, is an investigative journalist who comes to a lovely old farmhouse in the Cotswolds to interview the members of a “New Age” group called “The Wheel of Love”.  Juliet has been alerted to the existence of the group by her sister, Zoe, who seems to have become completely involved with them.  Her journalist’s nose tingling, and worried about her sister, Juliet sets off convinced she will find a group of wierdos and expecting to be able to extricate Zoe quite easily from the bizarre group.  Juliet is completely disarmed by the first person she meets, Don McAllister, father of the leader of the group, Craig McAllister.  Don assures her that everyone at the farm is mad but quite harmless.  As the story continues and the cast of characters grows, Juliet is pulled deeper into the morass of passions that constitute “The Wheel of Love”.  She finds it harder and harder to keep her objectivity and forges friendships and alliances, even, perhaps making enemies without realising it.

 This is a gripping read, if sometimes a trifle long-winded.  But I did want to get to the end to find out who were the ‘goodies’ and the ‘baddies’, as it were, and to know what would happen to Juliet and her sister, but occasionally tighter editing may have helped. Then again, how many books are well-edited these days? The book is written and published by one of our own customers so we are very pleased to be able to support it. Do buy a copy! And see www.scskillman.co.uk