Sunspots, a "Wow of an excellent fiction/ghost read"

Dec. 22, 2012 - PRLog -- Sunspots, is Karen S. Bell’s second novel. Her debut novel, Walking with Elephants  has garnered excellent reviews and is listed at Awesome Indies and was a top-5 finalist in the Kindle Book Review’s Best Indie Books of 2012. In Sunspots, she explores the healing journey of a young woman thrown into the horror of losing a spouse.

“One can never be, and should never be, smug about life,” says Aurora Goldberg. An aspiring New York actress who has never realized her dreams, Aurora keeps herself afloat by doing odd temp jobs where her rich fantasy life helps her get through the day. She sees the world through the lens of characters in literature and film and these fictionalizations are woven into her interpretation of reality. On one of her temp assignments she meets Jake Stein, a man who could “charm the skin off a snake” and she decides to follow her destiny as his wife in Austin, Texas. But Jake’s sudden death after two short years disintegrates her world and Aurora must reevaluate her life and let go of a love that has become an obsession.

Skirting the genres of magical realism and romance, Sunspots, explores the  existence of the afterlife and the paranormal. The story takes the reader on a path of high emotion as Aurora uncovers Jake’s secret life and her own internal conflicts as she matures to self-awareness. Narrated by Aurora, the novel’s tone vacillates from irreverent humor to solemnity as she relates her previous life with Jake and her present challenges. The title refers to the solar maximum which became the backdrop for Aurora’s conception when her hippy parents went to Canada to observe the Aurora Borealis. In name and in spirit, Aurora is connected to the observable and unobservable energy around us.

With the help of friends, family, and the ghost of Viola Parker (her home’s original owner), Aurora accepts her fate and the secrets revealed about Jake’s true character. She realizes that in this life she will finally break the cycle of pain caused by her love for this man, Jake Stein, through the centuries.

5 stars from Awesome Indies who says, "Sunspots is a moving, beautifully-written mystery about the devastating consequences of obsessive love."

Sold at Amazon for Kindle.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ANBR4TQ

Trade paperback coming soon.