Mimosa Grove

By Sharon Sala

Like her mother and grandmother, Laurel Scanlon has the gift of second sight. Her day-to-day existence has left her unfulfilled in life and in love, but every night she welcomes the retreat into her dreams and the recurring image of her true love.

When her grandmother dies, Laurel is drawn back to her ancestral home, Mimosa Grove, in the heart of Louisiana bayou country. Here, Laurel’s ways are revered—like her grandmother’s before her—and the community asks her to help find a missing four-year-old girl.

But she’s in for a shock when the missing girl’s uncle, Justin Bouvier, turns out to be the man from her dream. When she learns that Justin has been dreaming of her too, they both realize they are part of something special. Together they face threats both seen and unseen.

Mimosa Grove was first published in 2004 under the name Dinah McCall.

• Language: English
• Publisher: RosettaBooks
• Release date: Mar 27, 2015
• ISBN: 9780795345425

Sharon Sala

Sharon Sala is a member of RWA and OKRWA with 115 books in Young Adult, Western, Fiction, Women's Fiction, and non-fiction. RITA finalist 8 times, won Janet Dailey Award, Career Achievement winner from RT Magazine 5 times, Winner of the National Reader's Choice Award 5 times, winner of the Colorado Romance Writer's Award 5 times, Heart of Excellence award, Booksellers Best Award. Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award. Centennial Award for 100th published novel.

Reviews for Mimosa Grove

[chrissywest · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Mimosa Grove is the first book I have read by Dinah McCall. Dinah McCall is the pen name of Sharon Sala. I loved this book. It was not full of suspense, but I couldn’t seem to put it down. The romance was far fetched, in the sense that, the main characters dream about each other months before they meet. However far fetched, I really enjoyed the characters, they were well developed, fun and they stuck to me from start to finish. I thought the ending was cut a little short, with alot of information within the last few pages. Anyone who is fasinated with the whole thought of psychic powers will enjoy this book. It is well worth the price.

[miyurose_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This was good for modern romance/supernatural/suspense book. It's the second of McCall's I've read, and the second with a woman with "the sight". Is that a trend with her? Anyway, the suspense part was decent, and I even bought into Laurel and Justin's psychic connection and immediate intimacy.

[lyndainoregon · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This supernatural romance follows a young woman who is blessed (or cursed) by Second Sight. When she learns that her grandmother has died and left her the family’s 200-year-old home in Louisiana, she makes a final break with her father and returns there.It doesn’t take long for the Sight to find her again. She is quickly thrust into the search for a missing child, and meets the flesh-and-blood man who has haunted her dreams. There’s also a ghost story weaving around the edges, plus a suspense thread as elements from her father’s life reach out to threaten her.Interesting book, but McCall loses points for a couple of things – the “suspense” aspect is never really developed, and there’s no sense of danger, emphasized by the facile way in which McCall eliminates most of the threats. She also never explains where Laurel Scanlon – a woman who has apparently never worked a salaried job – is getting the money to rehabilitate the disintegrating 1814 plantation house she has inherited. And – okay, this is an extremely personal and picky item – at one point she has a character returning to her tiny home town in Oregon – population 756 – and arriving at her parents’ home by taxi. Trust me -- rural Oregon villages of 700 people do not have taxi services.Combined, these niggling shortcomings dropped my rating from a B+ to a C+. Still an enjoyable read, but it could have been much better.