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Breathings of the Moon

4.1 32 ratings on Amazon
ratings on Goodreads

In Zoe’s quest to discover her mother’s killer, she’ll find the most powerful memory she has is her own. And it’s all a lie.

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“—the perfect mix of tangled family dynamics and suspense as Zoe unearths a cache of buried family secrets—and learns that the best kept memories often prove the most dangerous.” Publishers Weekly BookLife

“Rich and reflective” Clarion

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Memories refuse to stay buried in this haunting story about loss, family, and lies that span generations in this enthralling magical realism novel.

Zoe is a memory keeper, with a gift passed down through the generations. It’s allowed her to shift into other personalities, and form a new life far from her controlling family. 

But when her mother’s body is discovered twenty years after her disappearance, she must return to unravel her mother’s mystery and learn the truth about the family legend which gifted their enigmatic powers.

There is a reckoning long overdue, and blood must pay to redress it. Perhaps her own.

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“Nash’s firm grasp of magical realism weaves the practical with the surreal— (Making) Breathings of the Moon richly symbolic— the story clips along at a brisk pace, leading to a surprising and satisfying conclusion that marries the past with the present.” Publishers Weekly BookLife

“In the exhilarating mystery novel, a daughter pieces together her family history, exploring loss and the redemptive power of love.” Clarion

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Ideal for fans of Adrienne Young (Spells for Forgetting, The Unmaking of June Farrow); The Last of the Moon Girls (Barbara Davis); Kate Morton (The Secret Keeper, The Lake House); Cheril Thomas (Eastern Shores Mysteries); The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan; and Sage Parker’s The Smoky Mountain Retreat series.

Editorial reviews by Clarion and the Booklife A Rating. View and download the Bookstores and Libraries Wholesale Sell Sheet

This standalone is suitable for 18+, contains one murder scene, mild cursing, and a couple of Open Door scenes with willing adults.

What Readers are Saying

“Byrd Nash has the ability to drag you directly into the book and feel the characters as if they are old friends.”
Bronwyn K
Amazon
“The use of magic, memory and historical significance was blended perfectly!”
Kaileigh S
NetGalley
“Zoe’s journey interrogates how identity fractures when memories are borrowed, stolen, or rewritten… Fragmented timelines mirror the protagonist’s disjointed psyche, demanding (and rewarding) attentive reading.”
Sarah J
NetGalley
“This book really had it all; mystery, a dysfunctional family, loyalty, love, hate, trauma, hero, villain, growth, magic and I twist I never saw coming and I loved every second it took to read it!”
Cathryn
Goodreads
“As for the rest of the family, they are always squabbling and controlling and peacocking, which reminds me of the rest of my family. Once they get going, all chaos breaks loose.”
Giselle S, Author
Goodreads
“A memory keeper that everyone claims is crazy/a freak with an overactive imagination. If we were to say what really happened or how we feel, no one would believe us or they would get defensive. We are someone who got away and everyone keeps trying to pull back so they can control, label, change, and insult. Someone always wants something from us, never thinking about what we want or desire.”
Giselle S, Author
Goodreads

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