Inspirational Catholic Mystery Trilogy
Three exciting novels. One amazing author. Regina Doman has taken three timeless fairy tales and rewoven the magical threads of plot, character, and setting into an original, modern mystery trilogy that teens and adults alike won’t be able to put down.
Most refreshingly, Doman’s books have a Catholic flair that is both compelling and convincing. She skillfully tells a powerful, plot-twisting story featuring teens confronting challenges with the help of their faith. Yet the pace is not bogged down with preaching. The characters simply live their faith, and this forces them into many suspenseful situations.
The first book, “The Shadow of the Bear: Snow White and Rose Red Retold,” introduces Blanche and Rose, two teen sisters living with their mother in New York City. After encountering a mysterious stranger one winter night, the girls become entangled in a dangerous plot involving stolen Catholic treasure, an abandoned church, and a dead priest. Once you read this first book, you’ll fall in love with the characters and be hooked on the trilogy.
Book two, “Black as Night,” based on “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” focuses on Blanche and Bear. Blanche, pursued by evil, seeks shelter in a friary while Bear, far away, tries to make sense of his life and where he belongs. When evil closes in and time runs out, a night of death arrives. Who will survive?
The final book in this trilogy, “Waking Rose,” is based on “Sleeping Beauty.” Rose has long loved Benedict (nicknamed “Fish”), but it is an unrequited love that tortures her. Little does she suspect the demons of Fish’s past that prevent him from letting anyone near. But when Rose is involved in a shocking accident, it is up to Fish to rescue her from the nightmare world where she is imprisoned. Will true love conquer all?
With the Christian fiction market saturated with Protestant novels, it is refreshing to read such thoroughly Catholic tales. These books have everything: mystery, action, danger, adventure, humor, romance, and-most refreshingly-moral values. This, combined with clever writing, results in three novels very worth reading!
