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Dead End Date
A woman named Faith is jolted from her simple existence when she learns she is a lightworker, an evolved soul sent to Earth to increase love. Complicating this startling news is the revelation that she hasn't been fulfilling her life's purpose and has one year to prove herself - or be pulled from her assignment! As Faith confronts this daunting task, she faces very human concerns, including releasing her own negativity, searching for love, and even a dead blind date! How will Faith fare as she begins her spiritual journey and finds her gifts tested beyond anything she's known?
- GenresParanormalFantasyFiction
244 pages, Paperback
First published December 9, 2009
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About the author
Caroline A. Shearer
12 books125 followersCaroline A. Shearer is the founder of Absolute Love Publishing, which was born out of a mission to create and publish projects promoting goodness in the world. Known as a fresh, distinctive, spiritual voice, Caroline’s visionary leadership is uplifting, gently blending love and inspiration. Caroline is regularly featured as a luminary in print, broadcast, and online media, offering guidance and sharing positive stories of her personal spiritual journey toward a more abundant, joyful, and light-filled life. Intuitively guided, Shearer has a remarkable ability to unite others along a path of progressing and celebrating the experience of humanity.
A bestselling author, Shearer’s popular books include, “Dead End Date,” the first book in the Adventures of a Lightworker metaphysical mystery series; “Love Like God: Embracing Unconditional Love”; “Love Like God Companion Book”; “Raise Your Financial Vibration: Tips and Tools to Embrace Your Infinite Spiritual Abundance,” a min-e-book™; "Raise Your Verbal Vibration: Create the Life You Want with Law of Attraction Language," a min-e-book™; "Raise Your Vibration: Tips and Tools for a High-Frequency Life," a min-e-book™; "Where Is the Gift? Discovering the Blessing in Every Situation," a min-e-book™; and "Women Will Save the World." www.absolutelovepublishing.com
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A bestselling author, Shearer’s popular books include, “Dead End Date,” the first book in the Adventures of a Lightworker metaphysical mystery series; “Love Like God: Embracing Unconditional Love”; “Love Like God Companion Book”; “Raise Your Financial Vibration: Tips and Tools to Embrace Your Infinite Spiritual Abundance,” a min-e-book™; "Raise Your Verbal Vibration: Create the Life You Want with Law of Attraction Language," a min-e-book™; "Raise Your Vibration: Tips and Tools for a High-Frequency Life," a min-e-book™; "Where Is the Gift? Discovering the Blessing in Every Situation," a min-e-book™; and "Women Will Save the World." www.absolutelovepublishing.com
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July 13, 2011
Adventures of a Lightworker series mates chick lit and metaphysics
Dead End Date, the first book in the Adventures of a Lightworker series by Caroline A. Shearer, is an entertaining romp through metaphysics and relationships. The tone is light and fun, and the pairing of spiritual concepts and the narrator's relationship challenges helps make the book both amusing and insightful.
Spiritual/metaphysical content: High. Faith’s life purpose is to be a lightworker, which Shearer defines as an evolved soul sent to Earth to increase love. Metaphysical concepts such as trusting intuition, looking for signs, staying mindful, and connecting with guides (angels) are a substantial part of the book’s theme. For example, she demonstrates meditation fundamentals and energy work, including the real-world challenges of both. Practical advice includes energy work such as how to do a space clearing and basic feng shui. An important theme she emphasizes is the interconnectedness of everyone and everything; the story line demonstrates how our smallest actions can have wide-reaching effects on everyone around us.
My take: I enjoyed this book. Using the popular chick lit genre, Shearer weaves basic metaphysical concepts such as mindfulness and energy awareness into her philosophical musings about whether men are worth the bother. Although some of the plot points are forced, the end result is a feel-good mystery that strives to both entertain and enlighten. Note that this is Shearer’s first book; I expect that the quality and consistency of the writing will improve over time. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
For more reviews of new age novels, see Fiction For A New Age.
Dead End Date, the first book in the Adventures of a Lightworker series by Caroline A. Shearer, is an entertaining romp through metaphysics and relationships. The tone is light and fun, and the pairing of spiritual concepts and the narrator's relationship challenges helps make the book both amusing and insightful.
Spiritual/metaphysical content: High. Faith’s life purpose is to be a lightworker, which Shearer defines as an evolved soul sent to Earth to increase love. Metaphysical concepts such as trusting intuition, looking for signs, staying mindful, and connecting with guides (angels) are a substantial part of the book’s theme. For example, she demonstrates meditation fundamentals and energy work, including the real-world challenges of both. Practical advice includes energy work such as how to do a space clearing and basic feng shui. An important theme she emphasizes is the interconnectedness of everyone and everything; the story line demonstrates how our smallest actions can have wide-reaching effects on everyone around us.
My take: I enjoyed this book. Using the popular chick lit genre, Shearer weaves basic metaphysical concepts such as mindfulness and energy awareness into her philosophical musings about whether men are worth the bother. Although some of the plot points are forced, the end result is a feel-good mystery that strives to both entertain and enlighten. Note that this is Shearer’s first book; I expect that the quality and consistency of the writing will improve over time. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
For more reviews of new age novels, see Fiction For A New Age.
December 13, 2010
Faith is a lightworker and she hasn't quite lived up to her potential. She finds out that she has one year to make headway on her life's mission or her journey will end. Not knowing what exactly she is supposed to do, she begins to live her life. Dating and love have not been a great experience for Faith and her willingness to jump into the dating world is sluggish, to say the least. Bridget sets her up on a blind date with Dick, who stands Faith up. Upset at the fact she was stood up, Faith damns him, only to find out that he died sometime before their date. Shocked by the news, Faith feels compelled to solve the mystery surrounding Dick and his death. Will Faith make enough progress to save herself and live up to the expectations of a lightworker?
Shearer has concocted a truly authentic story laden with mystery for a debut. The characters, although fictional, are completely realistic. At any given moment, you could genuinely relate to a thought, feeling, or experience they were having. It was nice to see that Faith remained normal throughout the story, considering the powers she possessed. Her willingness to help the others was refreshing.
Faith's spiritual journey adds to the intensity of Dick's mysterious death and the investigation. There is a perfect blend of humor, life, love, and spirit within the pages of this novel that make you think of your own life and the choices you make. This is the first book in an exciting new series with a plot like no other. I highly recommend you read it.
Shearer has concocted a truly authentic story laden with mystery for a debut. The characters, although fictional, are completely realistic. At any given moment, you could genuinely relate to a thought, feeling, or experience they were having. It was nice to see that Faith remained normal throughout the story, considering the powers she possessed. Her willingness to help the others was refreshing.
Faith's spiritual journey adds to the intensity of Dick's mysterious death and the investigation. There is a perfect blend of humor, life, love, and spirit within the pages of this novel that make you think of your own life and the choices you make. This is the first book in an exciting new series with a plot like no other. I highly recommend you read it.
August 18, 2010
For being about a difficult subject, a murder, this really was a "light" book. The mood wasn't too heavy and it had some parts that really made me laugh. There were a few tense scenes, but it didn't ruin the mood that I got from this one.
I really liked Faith. She was such a great character because she was real. I could see myself having her thoughts, her ideas (well some of her ideas... LOL). She was just a normal person. I think the problem with characters who have the kind of abilities that Faith has is that they come across as being wacky or kooky.... And I've known a few people like Faith, and none of them are kooky (wacky sometimes yes...). So this was a very real representation. I liked that a lot.
The writing was very good. Like I said earlier it had a very light feeling to the book. There was humor, but it wasn't poking fun at anything. I was able to connect with the main characters. This made it very easy for me to get drawn into the story. I wanted what they wanted, and could understand what they were going through.
The book really focuses on Faith's spiritual journey. She's a lightworker, which means she needs to connect to her spiritual side before it's too late for her. Her finding of herself goes through some ups and downs, but really it's her ability to connect to people in special ways that makes the story what it is.
Since this is the start of a series I'm really looking forward to what Faith gets herself into next.
I really liked Faith. She was such a great character because she was real. I could see myself having her thoughts, her ideas (well some of her ideas... LOL). She was just a normal person. I think the problem with characters who have the kind of abilities that Faith has is that they come across as being wacky or kooky.... And I've known a few people like Faith, and none of them are kooky (wacky sometimes yes...). So this was a very real representation. I liked that a lot.
The writing was very good. Like I said earlier it had a very light feeling to the book. There was humor, but it wasn't poking fun at anything. I was able to connect with the main characters. This made it very easy for me to get drawn into the story. I wanted what they wanted, and could understand what they were going through.
The book really focuses on Faith's spiritual journey. She's a lightworker, which means she needs to connect to her spiritual side before it's too late for her. Her finding of herself goes through some ups and downs, but really it's her ability to connect to people in special ways that makes the story what it is.
Since this is the start of a series I'm really looking forward to what Faith gets herself into next.
October 1, 2013
This was a fun and refreshing book that combined elements of spirituality, humor and mystery. Many of the spiritual concepts were new to me and I found myself never bored while reading Dead End Date.
I loved the main character Faith. The author made her seem very real and I loved Faith’s sense of humor. She didn’t take herself so seriously and it made her appealing. The setup was also great: Faith is given a year to start bringing more love to Earth and fulfill her duties as a Lightworker. During this journey, she becomes embroiled in a mystery when her blind date never shows up for their night out because he’s murdered.
One of the complaints I would have is the cover wasn’t very appealing to me. It seemed a little amateurish and it wouldn’t make me buy the book. Also, I felt like a few of the parts came off as little hokey like how much is devoted to eating organic and Feng Shui. However, I was highly entertained by a lot of Faith’s inner monologue and her man troubles as well as trying to figure out what happened to Faith’s dead date Dick.
All in all, Dead End Date is a very good book with memorable characters and a very unique storyline. This is part of the series and will certainly attract readers looking for something new that delves into spiritual concepts.
Rating: 4/5 Stars
I was given a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review
I loved the main character Faith. The author made her seem very real and I loved Faith’s sense of humor. She didn’t take herself so seriously and it made her appealing. The setup was also great: Faith is given a year to start bringing more love to Earth and fulfill her duties as a Lightworker. During this journey, she becomes embroiled in a mystery when her blind date never shows up for their night out because he’s murdered.
One of the complaints I would have is the cover wasn’t very appealing to me. It seemed a little amateurish and it wouldn’t make me buy the book. Also, I felt like a few of the parts came off as little hokey like how much is devoted to eating organic and Feng Shui. However, I was highly entertained by a lot of Faith’s inner monologue and her man troubles as well as trying to figure out what happened to Faith’s dead date Dick.
All in all, Dead End Date is a very good book with memorable characters and a very unique storyline. This is part of the series and will certainly attract readers looking for something new that delves into spiritual concepts.
Rating: 4/5 Stars
I was given a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review
July 16, 2010
I won Adventures of a Lightworker: Dead End Date here on Goodreads. When I first started the book I was not sure at all if I would end up enjoying it. The book includes a great deal about spirituality, organic foods, and a few other things that I'm generally not really into. However, I decided that I would give it a chance. I'm so glad that I did as after about 30 pages the mystery began and I literally didn't put it down except to eat from that point on. The main character Faith really grew on me, as did her compatriot, Bridget. The book included humor, suspense, romance (which, being a guy, I wasn't too sure about either). It included a great deal about the paranormal, a subject that I am very interested in. I am looking forward to reading more about Faith in the future. I'm really hoping the author is working on more adventures for her. I'm especially interested to find out who the recipient of Faith's phone call was. A very good book. I recommend it to anyone.
June 24, 2013
"Dead End Date" is a joyful mix of Sophie Kinsella's "Shopaholic," mixed with a dash of "I Love Lucy," if Lucy & Ethel solved mysteries. The narrator, Faith, tells the story as though writing a letter to a friend; the tone is warm even as Faith grapples with issues of learning to live in the moment, listening to her heart, and fulfilling her life's purpose to help others in difficult situations. In the case of this book, that difficult situation is the murder of a would-be blind date. The city of Austin is as much a character to the story as the setting, and provides the sunny backdrop for solving the dark crime. The heart of the book, though, revolves around our own struggles to manage and care for all of the relationships in our lives: with our friends, our lovers, and ourselves. Ideal book for a fun beach read!
July 14, 2010
I won a copy of this book through Goodreads First Reads. This is an excellent debut book from a promising author. I thoroughly enjoyed the mystery and spirituality in the book. At times I laughed and at times the story nearly brought me to tears. I can’t wait for the second book in this series!
January 16, 2012
I enjoyed this book very much. The characters were very real, I felt like this story was about my friends :) It was such a fun mystery to get into. I can't wait for the rest of the series to come out, I am looking forward to see what Faith and Bridget get into next!
July 19, 2010
A fun, light read. I'm curious about where Faith goes in the next book.
February 11, 2014
Interesting and light read - in a language that all my healer / lightworker friends will totally enjoy
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March 22, 2015Definitely will read! I entered to win & read the new book coming out in April...the excerpt is amazing! I cannot wait!
November 25, 2017
Here's what I really liked - that the author is stepping into a different framework and sharing gifts that now seem abnormal, and in time will be totally normal. Thanks for shifting our perceptions to add this flavor to the work. It's like reading a step in our common development, and enjoying that step forward.
January 24, 2012
Adventures of A Lightworker: Dead End Date was such a wonderful and easy read. The main characters were well developed and had great senses of humor. The plot grew thicker and thicker, bubbling right up until the last few chapters of the book. The suspense was almost unbearable yet so very exciting! Each chapter was unique, added to the story-line and the conclusion was just magnificent. The underlying story of finding a deep self-love was motivational and inspiring and did not take away from the main plot at all. I would suggest this book to anyone who likes a good mystery!
April 11, 2010
It was amazing! Great insight into spirituality with a nice touch of a mystery novel!
November 26, 2012
decent read
August 3, 2016
This is a fun read with a likeable main character.
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