Gideon Bean

Auras & Embers, Book 1

By: Gwen DeMarco

Narrated by: Janine Granda

All Gideon Bean wants is to be left alone to burn corpses in peace. Is that too much to ask?

Nothing exciting happens at Peterson Cremation Services–exactly how Gideon prefers it. All his life, he has seen things–scary and bizarre visions that weren’t really there. Working the night shift at the crematorium and days at Sheryl's Shell Shack lets him keep his head down and ignore the strange world around him. The last time Gideon reacted to one of his hallucinations, he ended up in a psychiatric hold. He can’t let anything like that happen again–it would break his mother’s heart.

Then suddenly, a woman with flaming wings and fiery eyes crawls out of a crematorium oven one night.

Dacey Menet is a Mythical who is reborn in fire. She’s investigating a series of local murders and disappearances, and she is enraged to have been one of the victims. Now Dacey needs Gideon’s help to catch her murderer.

Because it turns out his ‘hallucinations’ are real–Gideon Bean can see magic.

©2024 Gwen DeMarco (P)2024 Gwen DeMarco

Very Enjoyable Story

I really like this story,storyline and characters in this book. Already have the nectone and will start it as soon as I post my review Narrator does afine job with the various characters voices and the entire storyline!!

I’m addicted

I love the characters and how it’s all put together. I finished all of the Sophie books and just finished this one looking for more I highly recommend. I can’t wait for the next one to come out.

Yay.... Back with the mythicals

I was so happy to be in a new world but one that I was familiar with from Sophie Feegle series. This is a great story. Ms. Demarco has great world building skills and the side characters are awesome. So I'm hoping to have follow up stories. Our ML is a crematorium worker that is unaware of his magical abilities. He carries some baggage from years of not knowing the things he was seeing were in fact real. His introduction to this world comes in the form of a phoenix like creature that is reborn once she is placed in the oven and comes out in a blaze of glory. And the story begins. The romance is being built very slowly but the potential is there. This is more about the magical world and the mysteries that surrounds it. It is exciting and unique and I loved it. Give this a listen. It held my interest until the last. And it's a set up for the next book in the series.

love the chemistry between the main characters

Great story! great narration. couldn't put it down. main characters have great chemistry. lots of little plots with people. guessing all through the book. can't wait for book two!

Fantastic start!

Where to start? If you listened to Sophie Ffegle books you know the basics. This is set in the same world. I don’t wanna spoil anything but if you like Urban Fantasy check this book out. Can’t wait for book 2!