"A heck of a ghost story!"

This book grabbed me from the very first sentence and didn't let go. I read it in a matter of hours, blocking out any and everything until I'd finished reading it.

Captain Sullivan Fouquet cursed his very best friend Tyree St. James with his dying breath before he ran him through with his sword. Tyree inadvertently shot Sully's woman and mad with grief, Sully only wanted revenge. Now Tyree has been a lost soul for 200 years. In one week he will either go to heaven or hell as the time of his curse will be over.

Then Mrs. Yates, the caretaker of Tyree's cottage, invites Clara Fergussen to stay at Rose Cottage so she can research her ancestor, Sullivan Forquet. Tyree just knows he can hang on for one more week, can't he? He doesn't count on Clara being able to see him though or thinking he's her dream lover. Whew! Now what does he do?

When Clara finds out that Tyree is a ghost, she thinks he's delusional but she still goes along with him so he won't get all upset with her. She decides to see what she can do to help him. Tyree doesn't think he needs any help but the longer he spends time with Clara the more he isn't sure he really wants to leave on Saturday.

This story had all of the elements that I love reading about. I enjoyed everything about it except one thing. I'm fervently hoping that Nina Bruhns has Sully's story in the works because I won't be satisfied until I get 'the rest of the story'.

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted September 2, 2004

Summary

Could the gorgeous man she'd found in her bedroom — in her bed, to be precise — really be who he claimed to be? The infamous pirate Tyree St. James caught in a curse for the last two hundred years? And after one night in his arms, did Clara Fergussen really care?

Tyree knew better than to let a woman — even a woman like the adventure-seeking Clara — into his heart. Hell, he'd had two hundred years to consider the consequences. Nothing could change the fact that he only had one week left — and that any woman who fell for him would risk losing much more than just her heart....