Y'all know I love Gwenda Bond AND the Roanoke Island mystery, right? So it's not surprising that I LOVED Strange Alchemy. Woo!

At the start colonial America, a whole colony of people just disappeared. Some speculate the colony died of illness, others say they just left the area, and the really creative look toward alien abduction. If you're a Supernatural fan, you know they became zombies. Gwenda gives us another theory of the more paranormal variety.

Miranda and Grant both have longstanding history (ahem, legacy) on Roanoke Island, both descendants from the historical colonists. Miranda's family are the town outcasts thanks to some unfair shaming and Grant hears the voices from the past. As you can imagine, this puts them square in the middle of trying to solve a mystery when the same number of current day residents goes missing as their ancestors did many years ago.

To say it doesn't happen easily is an understatement. Together they work as the mystery deepens and more lives, including their own, are at stake.

I enjoyed Gwenda's take on the mystery and how she linked it to the modern day world. I mean, if aliens are on the table, why not alchemy? I won't say more but I enjoyed the paranormal and fantasy elements of the story as much as I enjoyed the characters.

PS Gwenda really likes writing kissing scenes...and she's pretty dang good at it.