Tess Montgomery, a well-to-do woman of thirty, was thoroughly appalled after her best friend, Belinda, bid on a bachelor at a charity event in Tess' name. Tess ended up "winning" Jaxon Richards, a contractor that Tess' socialite mother would look down her nose at.

What Tess found was an intriguing man who was not only very sexy, but seemed to be able to command people with just the sound of his voice. For reasons Tess could not explain, she was drawn to Jaxon. She was not the snob her mother was, and it did not matter to her that he was not from the same social circle. She had not cared about those things for years. When a hurricane hit Charleston, it was then that Tess found out not who but exactly what Jaxon was. A wizard. As the hurricane was about to hit Tess' house, Jaxon froze the coming swell of water and saved Tess from certain death. Now that she knew he was a wizard, he had no choice but to take her back to the place where the wizards dwelt. Jaxon was duty bound to protect the secrecy of magic and had to keep exposure of it to a minimum. He took her to the place where his guild, the Assembly, resided.

Once among the wizards, Tess was told she could not go back to her world. While she was deeply in love with Jaxon, Tess felt great pain at not ever being able to return to her life and friends in Charleston. She chose to stay with Jaxon and marry him. This began the real journey for the two lovers. They would join the Assembly in a battle against a coven of witches bent on destroying the wizards and taking Tess and Jaxon's unborn child.

INDIGO SPELL is a can't-put-down novel that grabs you from the first page and keeps you flying along with the characters all the way to the end. Rachel Carrington has found a perfect balance between telling a Romance story and a Fantasy story. The magic of the wizards is the perfect complement to the magic of the love between Tess and Jaxon.

Reviewed By: Kathy Martin
© July 2004