Veil of Illusion Book

This book's title has a double meaning. One is the 'veil' that most everyone wears to protect themselves from daily hurts and getting too close until we get to 'know' another person well, and the 'veil' that separates our current life from the lives of those that have passed, or even, in the case of reincarnation, our own previous lives.

This book is both a mystery of a young woman who has just suddenly become a widow and is searching for the reason her beloved was ripped away, and a true romance of a eternal soul seeking out her eternal soul mate.

Ms. Sheehy has very clearly done a great deal of study on the subject of reincarnation and also has studied or experienced the pains and joys of love and loss. It shows in this excellent story. While it is a fictional novel, you can feel the truths pouring from each paragraph. The book reaches our romantic souls as the feeling that , we the readers, have also walked on this journey of Caitlin Saunders.

The mystery portion of the book was amazing in it's complexity. The author lets us readers sneak a glimpse into the solution, yet, her character, Caitlin remains vulnerable and naive. As a reader, I could sense the lesson coming but was shocked by the manner of delivery. I became emotionally invested in Caitlin, Derrick, and Marc. I was saddened but understood the change of relationships throughout the novel. In real life we constantly gain and lose both friends and family as we grow and other's do not.

This book had so many levels upon which I give the five stars. I shall be looking for Ms. Sheehy's other novels.