A work of great imagination and creative genius, The Hidden Abbey is a tantalizing narrative with great potential to entertain a wide audience. It contains hints of the historical, mystical, and the supernatural. The author paints a vivid setting and pulls readers in with the power of imagery. The characters are elaborately developed and filled with depth; they are relatable, and it is interesting how they evolve through the narrative. The author creates a powerful dialogue between the Christian religion and the ancient mysticism of the pagan world and weaves a narrative that is both uplifting and heartwarming. It is a beautifully crafted story with powerful plotlines, merging the past and the present in an adventure that is exhilarating.
–Romuald Dzemo, for Readers’ Favorite.com
Paperback: 476 pages
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation (December 30, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1401082122
ISBN-13: 978-1401082123
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
The Awakening tells an exhilarating tale of the final days of Atlantis in this finely crafted page turner by Jodine Turner. Shaping characters, cities, forests, and houses in visionary detail (my favorite were the solar crystals used to take the ocean’s chill out of the homes), Turner paints a vivid portrait of political deceit and power-hungry greed that leads to the fall of this formerly utopian society. The Goddess intervenes to come to the aid of a young girl, Geodran, destined to be a high priestess, and to assist her in birthing the new era of civilization for humankind. You will lose yourself in this book and become transported to an ancient, almost forgotten time and place, where very human struggles and triumphs unfold in very familiar ways.
-Susan Dobra, Magical Blend Magazine, December 2003
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation (December 1, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1413470998
ISBN-13: 978-1413470994
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
This second book in Jodine Turner’s “Goddess of the Stars and the Sea” series is every bit as intriguing and captivating as her first, The Awakening. Each novel takes place at a turning point for the spiritual evolution of humankind; The Awakening is set at the destruction of Atlantis and the Keys to Remember in fourth century England. The central character, six-year-old Rhianna, is snatched from her grandmother who practices the “old ways” and raised in a Christian abbey. Shadowy forces and complex motivations intertwine among the sisters of the abbey, the priestesses, and the purveyors of prophecy, and some surprising revelations occur. Rhianna undergoes many a test before she can find love and the fulfillment of her destiny. Turner knows how to weave a story, creating a world both mythical and real in which you’ll find yourself completely and enchantingly immersed!
-Susan Dobra, Magical Blend Magazine, August 2005
Paperback: 280 pages
Publisher: Avalon Publishing
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-9970952-0-3
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
Humanity is in the midst of the greatest crisis in their evolution. Sharay is the one chosen to show the way forward and help humankind move through the fear and dark times of today’s world. Born into a lineage of priestesses in modern day Glastonbury, England, Sharay’s way is blocked by her jealous Aunt Phoebe, who uses black magic against her to steal her fortune and magical power. When Phoebe commits Sharay to a psychiatric ward and accuses her of murder, Sharay struggles with the temptation to fight Phoebe’s vengeance with her own. Through the ancient Celtic ceremony of Beltaine, Sharay experiences profound sacred union with the Welshman Guethyn, who shows her how to open her heart. But Sharay must learn to transform her hatred for her aunt in order to claim the mystery held deep within her cells that will allow her to fulfill her destiny and prove that the ultimate magic is the power of love.
Paperback: 248 pages
Publisher: Avalon Publishing
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-9970952-2-7
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
Born into a lineage of priestesses in modern day Glastonbury, England, Sharay is chosen by the Goddess of the Stars and the Sea to help humankind move through the fear and chaos of today’s world. To do so, she has to face her grief,loss, and her own dark side. Her way is blocked by her jealous Aunt Phoebe,who uses black magic against Sharay to steal her fortune and her magical powers. When Phoebe accuses her of insanity and murder, it’s the elder, eccentric wizard Dillon who sets Sharay on the Celtic ‘Imram,’ a quest designed to awaken her magical abilities as a priestess. And it’s Dillon’s grandson Guethyn who shows Sharay how to open her heart in the Beltaine Ritual, the ancient Celtic ceremony of sacred union. Hunted by the police, stalked by a demonic Tracker conjured by her aunt, and torn from everyone she loves, Sharay struggles with the temptation to fight Phoebe’s dark powers with her own. She must transform her fear and hatred for her aunt in order to uncover the mystery held deep within her cells that will allow her to fulfill her destiny – a secret only she can discover. When separated from Guethyn’s protection, Sharay continues on her Imram alone, in this spellbinding conclusion to Carry on the Flame. 
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