She starts to feel comfortable and happy, and when the issue of her past finally rears its head, she deals with it in a mature way. The longer she stays in town and the more in love she falls with Zack, she blossoms. Although Nell doesn’t believe in the magic at first, much less that she’s got power, she eventually opens up completely to her magic potential. There were enough similarities to Sleeping With The Enemy to give me a twinge at times, however the addition of the magic subplot gives the book an original twist. In the beginning of the book, just like the beginning of the movie, Nell hides her belongings in a bag and sets up her death. The house was similar to the house in the movie: lots of white and modern future. The husband was eerily similar to the movie guy: controlling, dragging her around by the hair, crazed with jealousy. The set up and Nell’s back story reminded me of the movie so much. When I first started reading this book, it seemed as if Nora Roberts must have been watching Sleeping With The Enemy right before she wrote it. Air’s story involved her death at the hand of her husband Nell is Air’s descendant. To redeem their ancestors and break the cycle, descendants of the three sisters had to be on the island and break the pattern, or the island would fall into the sea. The loneliness of the island weakened the sisters, and each had a tragic story and end. In the days of the Salem witch trials, three true witches, fearing for their lives, created the island–it detached from the land and floated through the air to a new location.
Three Sisters Island also features a local legend, one that Nell fits into. She eventually has to deal with it and does, but not before she ties herself and Zack into knots. As Nell falls in love and makes a home for herself, the threat of her husband keeps her from truly establishing permanency. Zack Todd, the local sheriff, takes a liking to Nell and decides to get better acquainted with this woman who seemingly is hiding something. She decides to stay for a while after Mia, the bookstore’s owner, shows Nell extreme kindness, not only giving her a job but providing her with a place to live.
She fakes her death and runs off, finally landing on Three Sisters Island where she happens into a job at the bookstore cafe as chef. Nell Channing is on the run from an abusive husband. All that was missing for me was my Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique CD playing in the background. If you liked the movies Sleeping With The Enemy and Practical Magic, you are gonna love this book.
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