I See Me (Oracle Series #1)

by Meghan Ciana Doidge

Overview

The day I turned nineteen, I expected to gain what little freedom I could within the restrictions of my bank account and the hallucinations that had haunted me for the last six years. I expected to drive away from a life that had been dictated by the tragedy of others and shaped by the care of strangers. I expected to be alone.
Actually, I relished the idea of being alone.
Instead, I found fear I thought I'd overcome. Uncertainty I thought I'd painstakingly planned away. And terror that was more real than anything I'd ever hallucinated before.
I'd seen terrible, fantastical, and utterly impossible things ... but not love. Not until I saw him.
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This paranormal romance/urban fantasy is the first book in the Oracle Series by author Meghan Ciana Doidge. Author's note: The ideal reading order of I See Me (Oracle 1) is between Dowser 3 and 4, but it's not actually necessary to read the Dowser Series before reading the Oracle Series.

WARNING: ADULT (18+) CONTENT

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781927850169
Publisher:	Old Man in the CrossWalk Productions
Publication date:	12/09/2014
Series:	Oracle (Adept Universe) Series , #1
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	614,203
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.60(d)

Editorial Reviews

2017-02-03
In this first book of the Oracle fantasy series, a young woman ages out of a foster-care system only to learn she's a being of great magical potential. An orphan from birth, Rochelle Saintpaul has just turned 19. She's now allowed to leave her Vancouver Residence home and follow her bliss in an RV. Her online business of selling charcoal drawings is successful, but her unknown psychotic disorder (plaguing her since she was 13) produces seizures and visions. The visions—featuring a tall man in a black suit and a blonde woman wielding a sparkling green knife—become the subjects of her drawings. While saying goodbye to her social worker, Rochelle receives a jewelry box that belonged to her mother, who died in a car accident. Inside are a gold necklace and "an antique white rock." Rochelle then buys her RV and heads for Washington state, just as a scraggly local named Hoyt tries once more to befriend her. No sooner does she find a roadside diner across the border than someone asks her, "What are you?...A witch?" The buff, charismatic stranger, named Beau Jamison, notes her tattoo sleeves and alluring eyes. After buying her some pie, Beau wins Rochelle over and returns with her to the RV. Expanding the world of her Dowser series, Doidge (Catching Echoes, 2016, etc.) merges romance, carnality, and supernatural fantasy to lush effect. Her characterization of Rochelle as someone who's earned her place in the world is encapsulated by the line "My entire life had been dictated by other people's tragedies and shortcomings, but now I had a future that was just mine." Later, Doidge hints at the bond forming between her protagonists when Beau "tucked my hair behind my ear...then caressed down my neck and across my collarbone," only to moments later shove readers off an erotic cliff. The fantasy elements, including shape-shifters, sorcerers, and Rochelle's connection to them all, proceed more gradually. The volume ends with a compromise—made for love—that promises dire consequences later in the series. A gift to the author's fans and a compelling introduction to her supernatural universe for new readers.

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