Book Review: All the Light There Is (The Healing Edge Book 3) by Anise Eden + giveaway

All the Light There Is (The Healing Edge Book 3)

by Anise Eden
September 12, 2017
Pages: 290
The highly anticipated finale to the Healing Edge series that began with All The Broken Places, recipient of the Paranormal Romance Guild’s 2016 Reviewer’s Choice Award

Psychotherapist Cate Duncan is done with danger. Her training at the MacGregor Group’s parapsychology clinic has brought one crisis after another. So when Skeet, her research colleague, offers Cate and her boss-turned-boyfriend Ben a working vacation at his secluded hunting lodge, they jump at the chance.

But the idyllic Mercier Lodge is teeming with secrets: Skeet’s unorthodox research methods, a tragic death that occurred at the lodge over a year ago, and its connection to Cate’s past.

As they delve into Mercier’s unsavory history, Ben and Cate stick close together, trusting in their love for each other to keep them safe. But when a scheme separates them, Cate must rely on the MacGregor Group’s paranormal abilities, some surprise allies, and her own determination to track Ben down and crack Mercier’s mysteries before the strange place claims any more victims.

The final book in The Healing Edge trilogy, All the Light There Is, finds Cate, Ben and the rest of the MacGregor Group at Mercier Lodge. Skeet invites the MacGregor Group to Mercier Lodge as a part vacation, part working week to discuss the team’s gifts and introduce them to part of Skeet’s team as well. Skeet wants to give Cate her inheritance from her father, who died over a year ago, and show her the beautiful lodge that her father was one-tenth owner in. Ben is overly concerned about letting Cate go to the lodge with all the mystery surrounding Skeet’s research and the possible implications in her father’s death.

This series is easy to read and touches on many of my favorites categories; paranormal abilities, romance and mystery. Cate recently joined the MacGregor group and is dating Ben, her boss. Ben is head over heels for Cate and has made it is life goal to protect her from harm, which Cate has a way of finding without even looking for it. Each member of the group represents a certain paranormal ability and their skills are needed to figure out what is really going on at the lodge.

Even though this is the last book in the trilogy I am hoping that Eden will continue the series as many authors are now doing by starting a new series that focuses on another aspect of the characters and their stories.

Review: All the Wounds in Shadow (The Healing Edge Book 2) 
Review: All the Broken Places (The Healing Edge Book 1)

Getting 5 sheep



Denise B

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Anise Eden spends most of her time tucked away in her writing nook, imagining things that aren't there. On those rare occasions when she emerges from seclusion, Anise may be spotted in coffee shops, staring at her laptop screen and silently moving her lips as she reviews bits of dialogue. She may also be found standing in the middle of grocery store aisles, jotting down plot ideas on the back of her shopping list. Although Anise claims that she's the one in charge, the characters in her head do sometimes make her laugh out loud at inappropriate moments.

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Double Book Review: All the Wounds in Shadow (The Healing Edge Book 2) by Anise Eden

All the Wounds in Shadow (The Healing Edge Book 2)
by Anise Eden
August 23rd 2016
by Diversion Publishing
Pages: 240
Cate's enemies aren't just surrounding her—they're inside her head.

Therapist Cate Duncan has just accepted a job with the MacGregor Group, a unique collective of alternative healers. She’s excited by the prospect of honing her empathic healing techniques among others like herself—aura readers, telepaths, crystal healers, and more. The fact that Cate just started dating Ben, her magnetic new boss, is an added bonus.

Before Cate can settle into her new routine, the poisoning of a prominent neuroscientist draws the entire MacGregor Group into both a federal investigation and an even more insidious threat. Protected by Ben’s former Marine Corps unit, Cate and her colleagues must use their alternative healing methods to solve the crime as their patient clings to life. The responsibility of discovering crucial information falls to Cate and her parapsychological powers.

But for Cate, unraveling the mystery means reopening wounds that had just begun to heal—and in the environment of the Marine Corps unit, differences between Cate and Ben become clearer, straining their budding romance. When a new crisis looms, Cate must trust in her colleagues’ gifts and the strength of Ben’s love, finding the courage to confront her deepest and most terrifying demons—or her own life will be at risk.

Jeanie G.'s Review

Getting 4 "Send me in Coach" sheep!

I am so glad I continued with book 2 of this story.  Cate is still in her training program for paranormals but has officially joined the team organized to help other paranormals in need.  The story seamlessly picked up from book 1 with the same friends and cohorts as she was thrown into a tragic case in just her second week of training.  

I found myself engaged from page 1, gaining more interesting descriptions on their skill sets and how they are put to use.  Confined to a high security government installation, the team must try to get critical information from a comatose scientist regarding his attempted murder.  Wow, if this were only available in real life!  Although Cate was Plan B and was initially just along for the ride, she finds herself front and center in the solution to solve this mystery.  Still being a little headstrong and used to making her own decisions she puts herself in a couple dangerous situations that require her rescue much to the chagrin of her team and the Marines bent on keeping her safe (or corralled.....same thing right?). 

Her now official "relationship" with her boss Ben (Gee...that was quick!) has him pulling his hair to try and keep her safe.  So a little romance is included her but nothing too spicy since one rule of the training program is no intimate sexual contact!  It interferes with the psyche don't you know (well, duh).  

An inviting cast of characters and nice writing style makes me hope to see more of Cate's journey!

Review: All the Broken Places (The Healing Edge Book 1)

Denise's Review

Getting 5 sheep

Cate has decided that she will go to work for the MacGregor Group, a group of alternative healers that she is beginning to call friends. She has started her two weeks of interning to finish off her training and she is excited to learn more about her empathic healing techniques and the gifts the others have. Before Cate can really get started on her internship she agrees to join the group on a secret mission with Ben’s former Marine Corps unit. She is hoping that she will learn more about the man she is falling in love with as well as have a chance to put some of her talents to use. 

The protective nature of Ben is so charming and even though Cate has some fragile features her strength comes out in abundance. A really enjoyable look into the different paranormal gifts and healing techniques that may exist. The passion between Ben and Cate is sizzling while the other relationships in the group are intriguing too. I’m not sure if more books are coming in this series but I sure hope so!

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Triple Book Review: All the Broken Places (The Healing Edge Book 1) by Anise Eden

All the Broken Places (The Healing Edge Book 1)

by Anise Eden
February 16, 2016
Pages: 262
All of Cate’s problems are in her head. That may be her greatest strength.

Cate Duncan is a promising young therapist, dedicated to her work. But after her mother’s suicide, she is seized by a paralyzing depression. To save her job, Cate agrees to enter a program with Dr. Angeline MacGregor, run by her stern son, Ben, and housed in a repurposed church. Cate doesn’t quite understand what the program entails, but she soon learns that the skills she will develop there may not only help her learn how to cope with her own problems, but will also lead her to a much greater purpose.

The MacGregor Group is a collection of alternative healers whose unconventional approaches include crystals, aura reading, and psychics. They know that their life’s work invites skepticism, and welcome the chance to prove naysayers wrong. But they need the unique abilities that Cate can bring, and as she slides ever closer to her own abyss, they will do everything in their power to protect Cate from those who wish her harm―including herself.

Review by Denise B
Getting 5 sheep

Cate has really struggled after her mother’s suicide. She couldn’t leave the house with being overwhelmed. She is a very dedicated therapist that is really connected with her clients. The time off after her mother’s death has been hard for her but she’s secretly been helping them with her special connections and with the help of another therapist and friend Simone. 

Cate is roped into attending a special training program that will help her deal with her special abilities. She didn’t even know her abilities were real but as she gets to know each member of the team she finds out that not only is she an emotional empath but that each member of the team has unique abilities as well.

One of the most intriguing paranormal stories that I’ve read. From the very beginning I was hooked and couldn’t wait to see what would happen next. Part way through the book I was already looking forward to reading book 2. 

Review by Pamela Kinney

4 Sheep

Cate Duncan has abilities---she’s an empath. She is also a therapist and due to her empathic abilities, takes on her clients’ mental and physical problems. Then her mother dies by suicide and suddenly, she is incapacitated, unable to leave her home and writing suicide notes, though she does not act on her darkness. The head of the organization she works for, has her agreeing to do a special program, run by Dr. MacGregor and managed by her son, Ben MacGregor. She meets others with special abilities, there to help her, but she thinks their powers are all woo-woo, and appears to also not want to have control taken out of her hands. But if she stays with the program she may learn to cope with being an empath and maybe even have a future, in more ways than one. 

At first, I admit to not liking the character, Cate. After she enters the programs, knowing she could lose her job if not complete it, she acts like a spoil child. It is also soon apparent that she and Ben are attracted to each other. And she begins to ne smart and finds she likes the others, and that maybe what they can do is not all hogwash. That maybe she can’t do it all alone. My favorite of the book is the gay psychic, Kai. Quite a character and very sweet, too.

Looking for a paranormal to read? Try this first book in a potential series. Instead of the usual werewolves, ghosts, or vampires, instead, it has psychics of all different kinds.

Jeanie G.

Getting 3.5 "fibrous" sheep

Empath healing, crystals, Reiki, acupuncture, precognition and communication beyond the grave; not much not to like in the training program Cathryn Duncan is forced to attend by her boss.  But Cate is not convinced that all that mumble jumbo is scientifically sound.  To keep her job, she must attend a 3 week program that she is adamant that she does not need and she is NOT happy about it.

Good storyline and interesting characters (I loved the fact that they were all adults and comfortable with their paranormal skill sets) make a great foundation for this story. I was interested in the premise from the beginning.  I foresaw a little history on the origination of these skill sets but it never really covered everything it eluded to and I hoped for.  I would like to see a little more character development and substance in the next installment.  There is a lot of "hard head butting" between Cate and most everyone else but especially the possible love interest that goes by the name of Ben....the manager of the program.  The romance felt a little immature and monotonous after a while as if the author had to include it for more spice but it still fed into the story.

Only one week of the 3 week training program was covered in this episode and I am assuming that the others will be covered in future installments or the "training" will become an "orientation" for Cate.  I liked the method of heading some chapters "Day 1", "Day 2", etc.  Helped keep a handle on timeline. 

I will pick up the next installment to see how Cate's journey evolves.

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Anise Eden spends most of her time tucked away in her writing nook, imagining things that aren't there. On those rare occasions when she emerges from seclusion, Anise may be spotted in coffee shops, staring at her laptop screen and silently moving her lips as she reviews bits of dialogue. She may also be found standing in the middle of grocery store aisles, jotting down plot ideas on the back of her shopping list. Although Anise claims that she's the one in charge, the characters in her head do sometimes make her laugh out loud at inappropriate moments.