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Ery Phillips’s muse is MIA. He’s pretty sure his job as a graphic designer is to blame, because let’s face it, what kind of muse wants to draw grocery store logos and catheterized penises?

When Ery’s friends Dylan and Chris head off on a European vacation, Ery jumps at the chance to stay on their farm, hoping a stint in the country will encourage his muse to reappear. To be sure, the farm has attracted a few oddities—Dylan is a werewolf and the place was recently haunted—but Ery isn’t canceling his plans just because his friends warn him that there’s something strange going on in their pond. What he doesn’t expect is Karl, a beautiful naked man who appears at the water’s edge.

With Karl as his inspiration, Ery creates amazing paintings and begins to achieve the success he had previously only dreamed of. But Karl comes with certain challenges, causing Ery to question his own goals. Creating the life of his dreams with an unusual beloved may be more challenge than Ery can handle.

 

Book Review

'Bone Dry' is the sequel to 'Buried Bones', a book that I absolutely loved, and even though my primary guys, Dylan and Chris, are relegated to a more secondary status, I wanted to delve into Ery and find out what new paranormal mischief the author would throw at me. Little did I know it was going to be wonderful, and sad, and melancholy, and exciting, and joyous, and a little like a fairy tale.

Ery's muse is gone. She's vamoosed, and he doesn't know what to do to get her back. His life is pretty lackluster these days, and it seems to have spilled over into his art. It's been weeks since he's been out to the studio that Chris and Dylan built for him. Ery's job as a graphic designer is just blah. Blah. Blah. Blah. Seriously. His creativity isn't being challenged working on a supermarkets chain logo, or drawing anatomically correct figures using medical equipment, for a nursing manual. He's thirty-one years old, he's never been in love, and, deep down inside, he's still waiting for Prince Charming, just like his grandma continues to promise him.

When Chris and Dylan head for Europe on vacation, Ery goes out to the country to try to recapture his muse. Instead, what he finds is Karl. Perhaps I should say, in addition to finding his muse, he finds Karl. If you're dying to know what type of supernatural creature Karl is, you need to read the book, because I'm not spoiling the surprise. Let's just say, he wasn't anything I thought he'd be. Ery and Karl's time together is beautiful, in the way a sunset is, or a clear mountain lake. But Ery's life is in the city, and when Chris and Dylan come home, Ery introduces them to Karl, and then Ery goes back to his dreary apartment, and his evil day job.

As much as I've loved all the books written in this world, I think this one was my favorite. There's something magical about it that just transported me away. I can say, with absolute certainty, that if it wasn't for Dylan and Chris, Ery would've made the worst mistake of his life. The ending was fantastic, and brought a hiccup to my heart, and made me tear up, just a little. A beautiful story with a timeless message of love. Thank you, Kim.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook and print
Length	Novel, 214 pages/68910 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	10-October-2014
Price	$6.99 ebook, $14.99 paperback, $14.99 bundle
Buy Link	https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/bone-dry-by-kim-fielding-4642-b