The Bloodstone Brooch

The Celtic Brooch, Book 12

De: Katherine Lowry Logan

Narrado por: Marnye Young, Patrick Zeller

Former Navy SEAL meets childhood crush in 1896 New York City....

Where danger lurks, romance blooms, and old wounds surface.

When Tavis Stuart’s estranged mother calls to ask for his help, he says no until she tells him her goddaughter and Tavis’s childhood best friend, archaeologist Aislinn Kennedy, has gone missing. Then when his mother tells him Aislinn disappeared from the museum in Rome where she was working on a Greek and Roman treasure found in a North Dakota cave, he agrees to help. After consulting with Elliott Fraser, Tavis calls Gabe Moretti, a family member managing MacCorp Wineries in Italy. Gabe breaks into the museum, reviews the security tape, and discovers Aislinn found a Celtic brooch inside an artifact and disappeared in a fog. Now the clan must figure out where she went.

Aislinn Kennedy is immersed in a challenging project in Rome. While examining a white marble steatopygous from 4500 BC, she discovers an ancient brooch hidden inside the fertility figure. The brooch has a stunning bloodstone in the center engraved with a Gaelic chant. When she reads the chant aloud, she is immediately surrounded by a peat-smelling fog that takes her on a whirligig trip through space.

When she emerges from the fog, she’s in New York City in 1896, where she befriends banker Solomon Loeb, who introduces her to Police Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt. No sooner does she accept a job to work as Roosevelt’s secretary than she is reunited with Tavis, rekindling feelings they had for each in high school. Aislinn is ready to go home, but they can’t leave until they find three mysterious objects, which are also being hunted by an ancient, evil enemy set on destroying the MacKlenna Clan. It is possible the objects can’t be found, even with the expert help of two world-renowned archaeologists. And if they can’t be found, the members of the clan will never be safe again. This story contains violence, sex, and profanity.

©2022 Katherine Lowry Logan (P)2023 Katherine Lowry Logan

Another Brooch Adventure

This book was an exciting ride! Many questions were answered about the brooches, but we were left with other even more. There were new characters to meet and fall in love with, as well as the characters we’ve come to know like old friends. The narration was spot on. I can’t wait to see what comes next!

The journey continues

I read all 12 books and can hardly wait for the next one. I think while waiting for the next one I'll go back and start the series over. maybe I pick up things I missed the first time.

Terrific…except

KLL has done it again with great history, suspense, time travel, and excitement. But, I miss the clean people with elegance and charm. There have begun to be way to much swearing, and the sex a little too much a part of the story with words that I don’t find in polite company. And, please, don’t put JC into a different sexual orientation at this late date. Introducing people as gay is cool, it worked for Ted. But, JC has been around for a bunch of books. Why change that now? If we could get more class like Elliot and his wife, Teddy, and a few others of the older generation that would be nice.

The stories are fascinating .

I wish the language was cleaner. Perhaps Ashlyn in the next one, will clean it up a bit.

The best series

If you love the series Outlander you will love these characters and their story. Each book tied to the last but could be read individually

Love this series!

With each passing story, it seems to just get better. The extra sound effects and voice effects work well with the entire story. Very enjoyable listening. Can’t wait for the next book!

Awesome

OMG couldn't stop listening to it. I love this series and can't wait for book 13.

Amazing

I love all of the brooch books, but this one was especially wonderful. I laughed, I cried, and I had my pants scared off.

Cautionary Tale

Love the books so far but I fear future books are going to become too political. Please tell me we are not transitioning from history and family to climate change, woke, & other. I can watch the news for that.

Love the series

I love the series. The narrators are good, and the storyline has all the elements it needs. Love, history, time travel, good, evil, mystery…
It’s disappointing that James Cullen’s sexual orientation appears to be changing for the next book. If he had been presented that way from the beginning, it would be different. But the readers have fallen in love with him just as he is and to throw a curveball at that this far into the series is disenchanting. It messes with the character’s traits that have been built in the reader’s mind. I think things like that need to be introduced at the beginning, when the character is introduced. It worked great for Evelyn and Trainer Ted.