What happens when a spirited South Carolina woman unwittingly plays host to a powerful being from another dimension? That's the question that Kim McLendon explores in her debut novel, Izzy and the Crystal of Power. In her forties, single-again Charleston accountant Izzy Schotzky has found contentment at last. Her leadership of the Galactic Guerillas-a group of energy workers devoted to creating harmony in the Carolina Lowcountry-gives her a sense of community and purpose. Copious amounts of sweet tea carry her through the workday, and the breathtaking goodnight hugs from her tattooed, gourmet-cooking, stubbornly celibate artist friend, Kye, fill her with...hope. But Izzy's world is rocked after she uses her mysteriously surging paranormal abilities to bombard a local "scumbag" to within an inch of his life. Removed from command and banned from energy-working, Izzy must use her wits and intuition to regain what she's lost-and discover the true origin and purpose of her extraordinary new powers.