"terrific paranormal romance"
Producer Victoria McKinnon is exhilarated that her wealthy
brother Thomas is allowing her to produce Hamlet at his
Thorpewold Castle in England. Victoria thinks a genuine
old castle adds flavor to the staging of the Shakespearean
masterpiece. However, Thomas failed to inform Victoria of a minor
problem, Connor MacDougal, the grumpy resident ghost who
not only opposes people especially women because he was
betrayed by his wife when he was alive eight centuries
ago; he also is irate that they plan to butcher the Bard.
Victoria is not one to back down from a specter, but is
outraged that her sibling failed to warn her. Still on
with the show, but instead of causing further trouble,
Connor finds himself attracted to Victoria and wants to
help her achieve her goal because he finally has met his
true love; alas there is a slight problem as she is mortal
and he is dead. Few writers if any can merge humor with the supernatural
inside a star-crossed romance as well as the incomparable
Lynn Kurland can consistently does. If you believe that
just try this novel, MUCH ADO IN THE MOONLIGHT, or Ms.
Kurland's terrific time travel tales like DREAMS OF
STARDUST; you will be a fan after reading any of those.
Her latest entry is a terrific paranormal romance starring
a crusty creaky ghost and the enthusiastic human female
who brings him to life for the first time in his
existence. Sub-genre fans will curl around this one
sitting treat. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 24, 2006
SummaryAward-winning and USA Today bestselling author
Lynn Kurland "consistently delivers the kind of stories
readers dream about." (The Oakland Press) Now, she
pens a wonderfully romantic tale about an
eight-hundred-year-old ghost and the modern woman who turns
his plans for a peaceful afterlife upside down...
When Victoria McKinnon's brother offers to finance her
production of Hamlet, she leaps at the chance. She can't
imagine anything better than staging Shakespeare's
masterpiece in an honest-to-goodness English castle. There's
just one problem: the place is haunted—by a grumpy,
gorgeous Highland warrior who's furious that anyone dares to
invade his home.
Connor MacDougal has no intention of relinquishing his
authority over Thorpewold Castle to anyone, let alone a
McKinnon. But then he catches a glimpse of the beautiful
intruder—and suddenly he can't help but wonder why it's
taken eight hundred years into his afterlife to find the
love of a lifetime...
Leslie Tramposch - Copyright © 2006
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