Dark Legacy by Anna DeStefano

This is a great twisting thrillerby harstan

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August 20, 2009: Twin sisters Maddie and Sarah Temple inherited something paranormal that neither understood and their mom hid behind a facade of denial. The siblings had each other though they were opposites as Maddie was light and Sarah was dark. However, a horrific accident shatters the family as their dad dies and Sarah becomes comatose.

Maddie and her mom move on. However after a decade of not hearing Sarah's voice in her head, Maddie begins to hear her twin. Her mom lied to her re Sarah and now Maddie knows her sister has been part of a government experiment to deploy psychic skills as a weapon. Their effort has released the dark side of Sarah without Maddie's light to mute the evil. Maddie vows to save her sibling and overcome the DARK LEGACY curse that passed through generations of her ancestors including her mother; her boyfriend, Jarrod Keith vows to save both twins.

This is a great twisting thriller starring twins who are yin and yang to one another and a hero willing to die to keep his beloved safe while helping her find her sibling, who is more in the shadows that mute the dark. The story line is fast-paced from the onset especially once Maddie knows the truth about her DARK LEGACY compounded by her mother's betrayal and desertion. She and Harrod make a strong team, but their fight against those who have experimented with Sarah seems like climbing Mt. Everest in high heels (even if we have come a long way).

Harriet Klausner

Read this with the lights on!by The_Reading_Reviewer

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August 09, 2009: Every family has it legends, lore and pieces of history to pass from one generation to another. But what if the legacy you are passing onto your children was evil and sinister and could cause harm. Would you ignore the truth of what has happened in the past to have children for the future - yes if you truly did not believe that evil is an inherited trait.

Maddie and Sarah Temple were twins who had inherited a gift that they never understood and a mother who denied that it existed. Questions were never answered and doors never opened even when things happened that could not be explained or even understood. They were twins in every way but one contrast was very apparent Maddie was light to Sarah's darkness and they fed off of each other's personalities and lived in one another's head. But after a horrific accident that kills their father and puts Sarah into a comatose state Maddie and her mother begin life again, or so Maddie thinks. After ten years of living without the voice of her sister in her head Sarah is back and the nightmare of their life together begins again. Sarah has been a lab experiment on sleep research for the government trying to use her psychic ability to manipulate its enemies. But what they have done is stir the evil that lives within Sarah that is now creeping into Maddie's life and driving her slowly insane.

The one saving grace in Maddie's life is Dr. Jarred Keith who is trying desperately to save her from the nightmares and get her to realize the dream of them together. But with Sarah completely free of her coma, stronger than ever and drawing Maddie into the web of destruction that she has created is any kind of normal life possible for either Sarah or Maddie. Maddie is able to stay in control with Jarred beside her but will he really want to stay when the complete picture of how horrible her family legacy is revealed.

Sarah's darkness is coming and with Maddie and Jarred running will everything explode before the real truth is revealed? Will the legacy become a curse or a salvation for the sisters?

With all the twists and turns in this book every time you think you have it figured out Ms. DeStefano takes another spin around the block. You have to pay attention to get all the details and follow who the specific characters are but the time you take to work it out is worth it since this book is not only entertaining it is downright scary in parts!