{"id":5093,"date":"2021-07-22T09:32:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T15:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/?page_id=5093"},"modified":"2023-03-21T05:16:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T11:16:06","slug":"a-difficult-mirror","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/a-difficult-mirror\/","title":{"rendered":"Difficult Mirrors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;text-align: center;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"big\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"bxwretlind\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Review%3A%20Passage%20to%20Moorea%20by%20B.R.%20O%27Hagan\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"content-3\" class=\"content-left-image-section content-image-left\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" data-label=\"Content\" data-id=\"content-image-left\" data-category=\"content\">\n<div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"content-left-image-imgcol\" data-type=\"column\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/403m3J3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-image\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DM_ad.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<h3 class=\"\">Difficult Mirrors<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\"><a class=\"button color1\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/403m3J3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-icon=\"fa-amazon\">Buy Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bxwretlind.com\/images\/5-stars.png\" width=\"75\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"> \u2013 \u201cCombining horror, fantasy &amp; mystery with elements of the traditional hero\u2019s journey, <em>Difficult Mirrors<\/em> contains a unique &amp; detailed plot, rich characterization &amp; a very real sense of danger\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bxwretlind.com\/images\/5-stars.png\" width=\"75\" \/><span style=\"font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;\">\u00a0\u2013 \u201c\u2026Wretlind conjures visions beyond your wildest nightmares\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-left-image-textcol dynamic-color\" data-type=\"column\">\n<h2 class=\"\">Everyone has a void.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\">Who \u2013 or what \u2013 will fill it? A journey through limbo to the gates of Hell and a way home is wrought with love, loss and pain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">When Marie Evans meets a strange man on a deserted road and a body is found mutilated in the desert, a deep resentment teetering on the edge of release is about to explode. Someone, somewhere has drawn a line in the sand, and when Harlan Reese, Marie\u2019s ex-lover, enters a forest in central Arizona looking for his daughter, that line will be crossed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In a world between Heaven and Hell, the past becomes the present as Harlan and Marie find each other\u2026and so much more. Four-year-old Justine is lost to the world and with her an ability feared by many. An elderly man wanders alone with a deep secret. A broken detective is torn between duty and hopelessness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">And hidden within the void in which they\u2019re trapped, something wants them all dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Facing the past sucks. Life is, after all, a difficult mirror and not everyone leaves that mirror unbroken.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><b>When the past becomes the present, how difficult is your mirror?<\/b><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/><div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;text-align: center;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"big\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"bxwretlind\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Review%3A%20Passage%20to%20Moorea%20by%20B.R.%20O%27Hagan\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Difficult Mirrors Buy Now \u2013 \u201cCombining horror, fantasy &amp; mystery with elements of the traditional hero\u2019s journey, Difficult Mirrors contains a unique &amp; detailed plot, rich characterization &amp; a very real sense of danger\u2026\u201d \u00a0\u2013 \u201c\u2026Wretlind conjures visions beyond your wildest nightmares\u201d Everyone has a void. 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