"reprint of two delightfully haunting Draycott Abbey tales"

Bridge of Dreams. In 1794, the fifth Earl of Ashton Gabriel Montserrat disappeared soon after he was accused of killing his fiancé Geneva Russell. Five generations of earls later, Dominic Montserrat finds Gabriel's remains along with a case of rare Sauternes wine inside a recently discovered secret room in Draycott Abbey. To inherit the wine, Gabriel must spend a week with Geneva's descendent Cathlin O'Neill at Draycott Abbey. Neither is prepared for the attraction between them nor the tragic nightmares starring their star-crossed ancestors that haunt them.

Enchantment. In 1991 Kacey Mallory comes to Draycott Abbey searching for a valuable missing rare painting. There she meets the current earl Lord Nicholas who she is attracted to and he seems to reciprocate her deepest feelings. However, she also wonders why he is her costar in her dreams and nightmares because they feel so real as if they are memories not fantasies.

This is a reprint of two Christina Skye's delightfully haunting Draycott Abbey tales. If you have not read them or have back in the 1990s, these pass the test of time as they remain some of the better romantic fantasies available.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 25, 2007

2-in-1 reissues

Summary

Enchantment (originally published in the anthology, Haunting Love Stories, October 1991)
The search for a rare painting drew Kacey Mallory to Draycott Abbey—the lure of untold passion holds her there. Could enigmatic Lord Nicholas be the key to her past...and the promise of her future?

Bridge of Dreams (originally published May 1995)
1794
Rake and reckless hero, Gabriel Montserrat falls prey to blackest treachery—his death a mystery to be locked away forever in the deepest recesses of Draycott Abbey.

1994
American-born beauty Cathlin O'Neill finds herself named in a strange bequest. But to claim her legendary treasure, she must spend seven days—and nights—in the hauntingly beautiful British Abbey where her mother was murdered years before.

Her co-inheritor is Dominic Montserrat—arrogant ex-royal bodyguard and confirmed cynic—who must now protect Cathlin...and help heal the secret pain of her wounded heart. For grave danger prowls the abbey's ghostly halls—where Cathlin and Dominic must confront the dark shadows of a mysterious past... in the sacred cause of a love too long unfulfilled and a passion too long denied.