Winning 5 stars from every reviewer, Ghost Orchid
draws us into a mysterious and romantic world, where two women who do not know each other are connected by a rare and sensual flower and the man who photographs such beauty…
“Readers will fall under the spell of Christi as she weaves a magical tale of love, betrayal and forgiveness.” —Christy Tillery French, Midwest Book Review
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. Touching romance and adventure story
A haunting love story as rare as a ghost orchid
Here’s the set-up…
In another part of the world an exquisitely beautiful young woman also found peace by immersing herself in nature, capturing its beauty on film for National Geographic. Educated in Europe’s finest boarding schools, Neev became a model at fourteen, but after four years of posing and false smiles she knew she wanted more out of life. She quit modeling to study Philosophy at Oxford University.
Neev’s love of photography brought her to the other side of the camera lens, and to exotic locations around the globe. Working on assignment with famous photographer Roger Andrew, she often trekked deep into the jungle in search of rare flowers. Having a young, beautiful woman as a partner seemed like a good omen, and Roger thought their travels together could lead to a unique discovery. In spite of the age difference, their shared passion soon blossomed into a loving relationship. He wondered why someone so young would crave this nomadic, isolated lifestyle. Although Neev did share bits of information about her family, she always kept parts of her past a secret.
When a Ghost Orchid began to bloom at the Audubon Society sanctuary, Roger knew this was the opportunity he’d been waiting for. Neev was reluctant to visit Florida, for personal reasons, but he convinced her to accompany him on the trip. After a series of odd coincidences, they soon discovered this sensuous flower wasn’t just rare and beautiful, it also had a strange, mystical power.
Ghost Orchid is a lovely story brilliantly depicted through the author’s poetic prose and vibrant descriptives. Characters are well-developed and intriguing, as are the locales portrayed. Readers will fall under the spell of Christi as she weaves a magical tale of love, betrayal and forgiveness.
—Christy Tillery French, Midwest Book Review
Author D.K. Christi says “Ghost Orchid is the story of the human heart and the relationships that give life meaning, including those with the natural environment.” It is based around her real-life sighting of this rare plant in 2007.
So moved was she by the experience she began writing a story – this story. And it shows in the empathy she portrays with her characters, and the way she weaves her story around the true setting of Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary.
Her story has it all, betrayal, loss, love, forgiveness. It is the way she puts them all together that creates the amazing impact upon her readers.
This story has more twists and turns than many mountain switch-back roads. Just when you think you have it all figured out, Ms. Christi leads you off down another avenue. Her descriptions of the sanctuary had me zooming off to search it out online. I found a video of the Ghost Orchid and can understand why Ms. Christi was so influenced by it. That is what reading this book does to you. You want to `be’ there, so you can walk beside her characters. Each and every one of them has an integral and influential part to play in her story.
Her story is unusual in as much it spans many years, both backwards and forwards as the orchid weaves its spell upon each character across the generations. Not everyone can write a story spanning three generations successfully, but Ms. Christi does it superbly.
This is a story where to review the characters in detail will detract from the brilliance of the whole. Still, each one carries its own vibrancy onto the page, and Ms. Christi’s style has its own magic which breaths life into every word she writes as does the beauty of her setting.
–J. Thomas, Top 500 Reviewer
I was always told that you can’t judge a book by its cover, but with Ghost Orchid you can! The story inside is just as beautiful as the cover. Both are as rare as the ghost orchid on the cover. Author D.K. Christi has woven her knowledge of the Florida Everglades and nature into an exquisite, enchanting love story where a rare ghost orchid plays a magical, pivotal role for all the characters.
–Betty L. Dravis, Top 1,000 Reviewer
Author D.K. Christi is a true romantic. Her ability to describe the beauty in nature is only surpassed by the inner beauty she portrays in finding true love. She writes as though she has experienced this beauty. Her characters draw the reader into a web of emotion, anguish and intrigue.
The illegitimate birth of a girl left with foster parents in Germany, takes the reader on a journey to the jungles of Brazil and the Everglades in Florida photographing the beauty of nature. A mystery controls the life of the heroine seeking answers and yearning for an elusive love. Finding a rare flower, a Ghost Orchid, becomes a magnet that brings together lost loves, unfolds hidden secrets and serves to unite and heal. To learn more, read the book synopsis. Better still, read the book. You may discover your own hidden desires.
–Abe F. March, author To Beruit and Back
Before her fiction writing career took off, she lived and worked on nearly every continent as an editor, grant writer, technical manual author and administrator for education and workforce initiatives. Her M.Ed. is from the University of South Florida with post-graduate work at Florida State University and Florida Atlantic University. She speaks Korean, German and a bit of Spanish and French . Always an adventurer, she sailed as a live-aboard in the Caribbean from Ft. Lauderdale to Venezuela for three years, background for her debut novel. D. K. Christi currently lives in Florida and enjoys the Gulf and the Everglades.
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