With her career path clearly laid out ahead of her and a perfect fiancé waiting to marry her, Olivia Douglass looks to have everything going for her. But looks can be deceiving. Olivia feels like becoming a priest isn’t compatible with the curse surrounding her. And her fiancé ridicules her spiritual calling at every opportunity. Olivia is struggling with these major life crises when she is called upon to pray at the side of a death row inmate. This criminal turns Olivia’s life upside down.
Written with sensitivity and insight, Judy Kelly writes a mystery with just the right amount of suspense. Although predictable, the unfolding story of Olivia’s past blends with Leon’s in an emotional and human way. Although many of us have not experienced the ups and downs that Olivia has, her candor in dealing with these internal struggles is refreshing. Readers will walk away from this book feeling like forgiveness is possible and that there is still good in the world.
If you enjoy a slowly unfolding secret and a delicately blossoming romance, this beautiful story is for you. Blessings and Curses is a story of redemption filled with blessings for the reader.
