The wild ways

Summary: The Gales canchange the world with the charms they cast, and they like to keep all this power in the family. Some people might describe them as witches, and that might not be inaccurate if you are willing to be a bit flexiable about your definition of a witch. No one would deny that folk magic works for them, and there are the occasional broom flights... Most of their neighbors have long since learned that it's not a good idea to get the Giles riled up, especially at certain times of the year. The Gale Aunties are in charge of the family, or at least they think they are. And Allie and Charlie often find themselves beset by too many Aunties trying to control them, bother personally and magically. Now that Allie has settled down with her husband Graham and has her own Gale circle established in Calgary, the Aunties are focusing way to o much attention on Charlie, attention she doesn't want or need. After all, Charlie has a steady job with an up-and-coming country and western band and a great home in Calgary with Allie and Graham. Unfortunately, Charlie Gale is a Wild Pwer and there's nothing wild about the life she is living. So she ditches it all and heads east to join a Celtic Rock band on the summer festival circuit. All Charlie wants to do is play music and have a good time. She has no plans to get involved in a local fight agianst offshore oil drilling...fought by an extended family of Selkies against an oil company willing to employ the most horrific means possible to get what they want. They ahve hired one of the Gale Aunties to steal the Selkies' sealskins. To return the skins to their rightful owners, and stop a potential environmental disaster, Charlie will have to face off against Auntie Catherine, another of the family's Wild Powers. Auntie Catherine manipulated the family west to face the Dragon Queen and is no less strong, sneaky or ruthless here in the East. To defeat her, Charlie will have to learn what born to be Wild means in the Gale family - and the teach it to Jack, a dragon prince trying to be a real boy - all while attempting corporate espionage with a seal-wife who won't stop crying... and the help of evry fiddle player in Nova Scotia.

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