Meanness only makes her stronger! What does a witch, a night stalker and a recurring nightmare all have in common? After a deadly accident in Airborne School, Jan Wishart returns to West Point under a cloud of suspicion. Branded a "witch" by some at the military academy, she becomes the recipient of creepy markings and objects. Jan also loses the precious commodity of sleep due to a masked nighttime intruder. Or is that just another one of her nightmares? Furthermore, she's trying to save a freshman woman from the influences of her classmate, a bad seed. But he's not the only threat. There's another, more deadly foe who's trying to take her out. Jan Wishart's third year at West Point may literally be her last. What doesn't kill you...can still cause a lot of damage. 5-star Reader's Favorite Review, March 2017 GOLD AWARD WINNER-Literary Titan! The Gray Girl Seri es depicts authentic experiences of the early years when the United States Military Academy first admitted women cadets. Jan Wishart is both heroine and troublemaker. She and her friends sometimes create their own dilemmas but mostly solve the larger issues they face while at West Point. Witch Heart: Leadership Always Requires Sacrifice is the third book in the Gray Girl Series . For more information, go to www.SusanISpieth.com The Literary Titan Book Awards are awarded to books that have astounded and amazed us with unique writing styles, vivid worlds, complex characters, and original ideas. These books deserve extraordinary praise and The Literary Titan is proud to acknowledge the hard work, dedication, and imagination of these talented authors. Gold Award Winner: Witch Heart , by Susan I. Spieth. The Gold Award is bestowed on books that we found to be perfect in their delivery of original content, meticulous development of unique characters in an organic and striking setting, innovative plot that supports a fresh theme, and elegant prose that transforms words into beautifully written books. Readers' Favorite is one of the largest book review and award contest sites on the Internet. The Readers' Favorite International Book Award Contest featured thousands of contestants from over a dozen countries, ranging from new independent authors to NYT best-sellers and celebrities. Readers' Favorite recognizes "Witch Heart" by Susan I. Spieth in its annual international book award contest. Readers' Favorite is proud to announce that "Witch Heart" by Susan I. Spieth won the Honorable Mention Award in the Fiction - Military category. Reviewed By Kris Moger for Readers' Favorite Witch Heart: Gray Girl Book 3 by Susan I. Spieth is a mix of the author's real life events and a suspense-filled mystery. The main character, Jan, is entering her training at the Army Airborne School at Fort Benning. With few other options to get an education without sinking into debt, she is determined to do her best and graduate from West Point. Despite the issues of the previous year, she faces the challenges and her rivals with stubborn grit. Though she has her friends by her side, someone is stalking her and others are trying to get her dishonorably discharged. Are they one and the same? Or is she a witch who attracts trouble wherever she goes? Though Witch Heart is not the first book in Susan I. Spieth's Gray Girl series, it did not take me long to mostly catch up with the story. There were a few things I would like to clarify, so I would recommend reading the previous books first, but the writing is so good that it is easy enough to enjoy Witch Heart on its own. The journey that Spieth describes for Jan is filled with realism and frustration as she weaves in misogyny, bigotry, and betrayal. I can't say that I always liked Jan and her friends, especially certain comments they make about one of the other soldiers, but I don't know the exact nature of their history with her, as they happen in the previous books. Despite not always liking the characters, the writing kept me wanting to know more and follow them to the end, proving that not all main characters have to be likeable for readers to enjoy a story. I was a cadet at West Point from 1981-1985 and my books in the Gray Girl Series depict authentic experiences from the early years with women cadets at the United States Military Academy. While fictional, my books contain many true to life episodes of the harassments, humiliations, hardships and highlights of those years. Gray Girl: Honor Isn't Always Black and White depicts Jan Wishart's plebe (freshman) year, trying to survive an Honor Trial and a predator. Area Bird: Duty Doesn't Always Follow the Rules follows Jan in her yearling (sophomore) year as she fights the system that is hard-wired to eliminate women cadets. Witch Heart: Leadership Always Requires Sacrifice is about Jan's cow (junior) year when she has to deal with a masked intruder and a sanctioned, secretive program. Fall Out: Courage Always Stands its Ground will test Jan's resolve in her last year
