In Your Roots, Secrets Lie

On Monday, I introduced you to the main character of Order of Seven, Devi Bennett, in a way that I hope was both mental and visceral. If you missed it, go here.

Eighteen-year-old Devi Bennett is surrounded by mysteries: her unknown heritage, a recurring dream about an African tribal ceremony, an inexplicable attachment to a certain tree and a psychic ability she’ll never understand—unless she finds her biological parents.

“My older brother, Nodin, remembers more than me.

But I have something he doesn’t. 

I have the dream.”

Things take a shocking turn when she meets Baron, an intense and alluring energy healer.

“My mouth finds the warmth of his skin,

the salted-caramel taste of him an elixir.”

Baron receives prophetic dreams which all seem connected to her.

“Two days ago I didn’t even know this man.

Now his absence is an earthquake.”

Devi…