Cliiff of the Ruin by Bonnie McKernan Review

There are three good reasons why dashing Civil War hero and New York lawyer William Teague cannot tell artist Mae Kendrick he''s in love with her. One, she told him he was dull. Two, she is the niece of an important client. Three, she just hired him to find the man she doesn't remember marrying.

As Will manages this peculiar case, the search for Mae's husband unveils a shocking discovery about her childhood, one that shifts the investigation to the place of her birth--Ireland.

But on the voyage overseas, circumstances become increasingly bizarre. Mae suffers ghost-like visions and further memory loss, and Will is seduced by a beautiful stranger who just might be trying to kill him. When Mae suddenly vanishes like her husband, Will is forced to enter a thin place, an ancient monastic ruin leading to Ireland's Celtic otherworld, in what becomes a race against time to find her.

But are Will''s war-honed instincts any match for the alluring forces of Irish legend? Can he distinguish friend from foe? Can he protect Mae from the apparitions of her past? And how far beyond the breaking point can his secret love be tested?

My Thoughts:
Cliff of the Ruin is a story that tells the tale of Mae Kendrick, who lives with her aunt and uncle in New Jersey and finishes in Ireland. Mae hires lawyer Will Teague to help her find her elusive husband, she knows she is married but does not have a lot of memories regarding this. She and her brother go along with Will to Ireland to investigate the disappearance of her husband for the purpose of obtaining a divorce and to find her father who abandoned her when she was young.

Ireland is full of myths and legends and thin places. A thin place is where the veil between this world and the eternal world is thin and that a person is able to pass through these places if conditions are right for this to happen,a very mystical place. The concept of this story is unique in that the author incorporates these mystical places in Ireland, such as Glendalough, the Cliffs of Moher and the Burren for the setting for the last part of the book. I have been to these places so it was easy for me to imagine the people and places. I thoroughly enjoyed this story for not only the setting and storyline,but for the characters as well. I highly recommend it.

I received a copy of this book from the author for review and was not monetarily compensated for my review.