I’ve been a Morgan Brice fan for a while now. She already had several books published in the Witchbane series when I started reading her; I jumped in to the series at book four. I’m telling you this to let you know that you really can read Signs and Wonders as a standalone story. Morgan always gives you enough background information so that you won’t feel lost if you haven’t read the previous books. I love this about her writing. It really helps a voracious reader like me because I may have read over 300 hundred other books in between her books in a particular series.

In this story we find Seth and Evan continuing their quest to destroy all of the witch disciples who have been murdering the first-born son in each generation of the families who belonged to a sheriff’s posse that hanged a powerful dark witch, Rhyfel Gremory, many years ago.

This tale takes place mainly in West Virginia but Evan and Seth also spend some time in Pittsburgh. I love Morgan’s descriptive writing. The area where most of the action takes place sounds so beautiful, if a bit scary at times. It reminds me of John Denver’s song, Take Me Home, Country Roads.

There is plenty of action in this story and the guys get help from quite a few friends, some new and some old. There’s a new couple introduced (one of them is being hunted by the witch disciple) and it kind of makes me wonder if we might hear from them again. With Morgan Brice you never know; all of her series kind of connect to each other in at least a slight way and sometimes characters crossover from one series to another.

If you like fast-paced action with different kinds of scary characters and a bit of romance thrown in, you should enjoy this book very much.

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“You are dead and buried. This is not your place. Let go and move on to what lies ahead.” Seth continued the ritual, although his heart broke for the young woman whose life had been cut short by a thirst for adventure.

“I don’t want to go.”

Jenny’s spirit no longer attacked, weakened by the sigils Seth had chalked. She looked young and scared, lost in a place between life and death.

“Your family and friends cherish your memory. But you do not belong here. Go in peace, and do no more harm. In the name of that which creates, empowers, and sustains, and by the will of all those who loved you—move on.”

Jenny’s ghost flickered again and then faded as an icy wind swept through the atrium, making dust motes dance in the light.

“Is she gone?” Evan kept his shotgun racked and ready.

“I think so. At least for now, if not permanently. Milo said that if the banishment didn’t send her on, it would sap her strength so she couldn’t hurt anyone again for a while,” Seth replied. “I tried to get one of the local mediums to come with us, but once they found out where we were going, they all said ‘hell no.’”

“Guess we were just dumb enough to do it anyhow.” Evan’s grin made it clear he relished the adventure.

“Sounds like us.” Seth bumped Evan’s shoulder in agreement.

The abandoned Molly Stark Hospital was legendary for its haunts, but the crazed spirit that attacked them wasn’t from the building’s past as a tuberculosis sanitarium. Jenny Summers was a much more recent death, an unfortunate urban explorer who had come to investigate the hospital’s supernatural reputation and fallen to her death through a hole in the floor.

Unlike the hospital’s other ghosts, Jenny’s angry spirit lashed out at security guards and tour guides who ventured too near the building. That made her a hazard, meaning someone had to set her soul to rest. When the head of security couldn’t persuade any of the local ghost hunters to rid the site of Jenny, he had reached out to Seth’s mentor, Milo, who had tapped Seth and Evan since they were passing through the area.

“These old hospitals were built to stand forever, even when no one needed them anymore,” Evan noted wistfully as they slipped out the back door, locking it with the key borrowed from the security chief.

The four-story Spanish Revival hospital dated from 1929, when it had been considered cutting-edge in its amenities. Huge windows, wide verandas, and courtyards were meant to provide sunlight and fresh air to patients. By the time it shuttered in the 1990s, medical advances had left the huge complex behind.

“There are over a thousand feet of tunnels running between the main building and the outbuildings,” Seth said as they slipped through the cut in the chain link fence.

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