![The Harmony Scroll (Peacetaker Series Book 2) by [Petrick, Edita A.]](https://i0.wp.com/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51MjdeCuHhL.jpg?w=656&ssl=1)
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Date of publication: May 27th, 2017
Genre: Thriller, Suspense, Mystery
Series: The Stella Hunter Mystery Series: Peacetaker
Ribbons of Death—Book 1 (review here)
The Harmony Scroll—Book 2
The Byzantine Connection—Book 3 (review here)
Arachne’s Challenge—Book 4
Doomsday Hand—Book 5
Seals of Eternity—Book 6
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Goodreads Synopsis:
Book 2 – Stella Hunter Mysteries
Stella Hunter’s adopted son was born with a curse. The curse lies dormant within him and the amulets that awaken it have been destroyed, but the curse is still a death sentence shadowing Gabriel’s life. Stella discovers Gabriel can be free of the curse forever. But the golden scroll holding the incantation that can free him was lost twelve hundred years ago. Now, knowing she can get her hands on the scroll, Stella will go to hell and back to save her son… and heaven help anyone who gets in her way!
This book starts about a year after Ribbons of Death ended. Carter undergoes plastic surgery to fix his face. While Carter is in rehab, he notices something off with a psychologist he is mandated to see. Then he hears that Gabriel and Stella were killed when their house exploded due to faulty wiring. He discovers more to these “deaths” than meets the eye. Stella and Gabe aren’t dead but are held hostage by sinister forces. After Carter frees them, they start on a multi-country jaunt to find the Harmony Scroll. A scroll that can get rid of Gabe’s Peacekeeper curse.
I did like this book. I loved that I got to see a softer side of Carter. I saw some of the romance hinted at in Ribbons of Death.
Stella and Gabe’s dynamic was great too. It evolved into a true mother/son dynamic. He even went from calling her Zee to Mom during the book.
I liked that instead of going all over the US, the characters were taken on a jaunt all over Europe this time. The violence seemed muted, almost. People still got killed, but it was through the police telling Stella and Carter.
The ending was anticlimactic. I thought I had missed something and had to reread the last chapters a few times before the “aha” moment.
I would recommend The Harmony Scrolls to anyone over 16. There is violence and language.
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