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Rainbow in the Mist

Phyllis A. Whitney (1988)

SubgenreContemporary Romance
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SettingContemporary Urban
CSM age16

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentMild
LanguageNone

Hero archetypes

Tortured HeroWidower

Protagonist archetypes

Reluctant Hero

Synopsis

**From the jacket** Christy Loren has come to fear her gift of clairvoyance, an unwanted legacy from her mother, a famous psychic. Without warning, visions envelop her, visions that have guided the police, too late, to the bodies of murder victims. To escape these horrors, Christy flees her home in Long Island to seek peace and safety in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains and the reassuring presence of her down-to-earth aunt. But she finds that even more threatening mysteries await her in those mountains, mysteries that surround a writer's recent death and the disappearance of the unearthly, enigmatic Deirdre. Christy senses secrets locked in the heart of Deirdre's tormented husband-with whom she fears she is becoming too emotionally involved-and haunting Deirdre's troubled son. Caught in this ominous web, Christy must come to terms with her unwanted psychic powers. As she is drawn into the search for Deirdre, she sees with increasing clarity that the mysteries have a connection to a blood-chilling dream that haunts her. In trying to escape her fate, she has unwittingly embraced it. Now, to uncover the truth, Christy must confront her gift of precognition and her dream. The shocking truth will bring her face-to-face with real and terrifying danger.

Tags

Gothic SuspenseParanormal MysteryPsychological Thriller

Is Rainbow in the Mist appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 16 and up.

Parents should know this book contains psychic visions of murder victims, mysterious disappearances, and psychological tension. The romance is mild with minimal physical content, but the suspense elements involve death and potentially threatening situations.

What to know going in

This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include murder, death, and grief (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

Teens will be drawn to the psychic heroine who must use her frightening gift to solve mysteries surrounding a writer's death and a missing woman.