THE ROAD ONCE TAKEN

Jacinda Harper just wants a vacation &mdash, a little time to spend with an old friend and her new baby. But a speeding car on a rain-slicked road crashes just ahead of her, and alters her life forever.The last wish from the dying woman in the wrecked car sends Jaci to a lonely mansion, where she finds a mysterious grandfather clock, a cryptic diary, and a strange key... and magic...Unwittingly transported into a fantastical world of ominous castles, wild forests, and rebel swordsmen &mdash, a world ruled by a ruthless sorcerer whose quest for world domination has long been thwarted by the loss of a magical key stolen from this world long ago &mdash, the key that Jaci has just brought back into his reach...Jaci must find a way back to her own world before the sorcerer finds her._,