This title is part of
The Legend of Blackbeard's Chalice Series.
Book#5

The Chosen : Full Circle
Book 5, The Legend of Blackbeard's Chalice
by Maddie James

Synopsis:

“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always triumphs over experience - laughter is the cure for grief - love is stronger than death”
~ Robert Fulghum

There is a circle to life that we sometimes fail to grasp. Today's world is too busy to notice. But when you stop and ponder the very basic elements of life, it is possible to suspend your disbelief and understand.

In reality, it is quite simple. We come into this world as a spirit, our bodies are simply the house our spirit lives in. Spirits, never die. They just get wiser. The live, they love, they make mistakes, they learn, they evolve, they grow, and they gain wisdom. Sometimes spirits get lost between worlds. Sometimes, in their efforts to grow and gain wisdom, they get sidetracked. Fortunately, for us—for you, Jack, Claire and for me—we've evolved in such a way that we've learned to manipulate elements of time and space and understand the workings of the earth—weather, elements of nature, moon cycles—to help these spirits find their rightful places. To help them find love. Grow. Have families. Become wise.

And to help other the spirits on their way. (from The Curse)

Claire Winslow Porter's mother speaks these words to her just days before her spirit passes into the next world. Her revelation guides Claire's decisions to seek out her own spirit mate across time. She does and finds success. Claire and Jack Porter live for twenty-seven years together on a barrier island off the east coast of the Carolinas before death claims them both within days of each other. Jack dies first, his spirit troubled at watching Claire's heart give out. He does a foolish thing and takes his anguish to the sea, and never returns.

Claire follows not long after and finds his spirit waiting. For some time, they revel in the joy of having their spirits joined in Heaven—without strive, turmoil, or daily struggles to exist—until Claire is chosen.

Spirits often have purposes and Claire's is no different. She possesses a seeking and healing soul. God feels her spirit is needed on earth and delivers her a particular task—to seek out and heal a lost family, to reunite the siblings and bring them peace.

What God doesn't tell her is that this family is her own—those of her children, Jackson, Victoria, and Jeremiah, who are scattered throughout in contemporary times, and know nothing of each other's lives. To complicate things further, God erases any memory of her children, or of their father. He sends her to earth in a new body and with a new name.

Just as he could not bear to watch his wife die, Jack Porter's spirit cannot fathom that his wife has been chosen for a mission from God, and that they will be separated in time once more. He begs mercy with the Heavenly Father only to be told that he should trust and be patient. Jack Porter is not a patient man. His restless soul aches for his lost love and he continues to test God's resolve. So God gives him an ultimatum—he will send Jack back to earth but only under the same conditions as Claire. Jack agrees and God challenges him to the same quest, to reunite his family.

In the next instant, He erases Jack's memory of Claire, their children, and his previous life, gives him a new name and body, and sends him back to earth.

Our spirits have been entwined for eons. We're all trying to find our way back together. Part of making our spirits happy, is finding the one we love—our spirit mates, soul mates. The passage of time often makes it all so difficult. But spirit mates, my child, cannot be denied. The sad part lies when spirit mates have lost knowledge of each other and have no earthly clue how to find their way back together. (from The Curse, book one)

The Chosen : Full Circle

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