"An intriguing paranormal story for St. Patrick's day"

Colleen McBride has been having recurring dreams for a while now. She always dreams of a house, a door with a shamrock on it, and a door mat with a golden claddaugh on it. Lately, these dreams have taken an urgent turn, and she feels that if she doesn't find these places in her dream soon, it will be too late. But too late for what?

Colleen decides to go out on a limb, quitting her job and going on a journey to find this dream place. In her travels, she meets Ronan O'Shea and something about him strikes her, drawing her to him in some unexplainable way. She finds the shamrock door and meets an old woman who tells her a shocking tale. She and Ronan are reincarnations of young lovers from long times past, cursed to be apart forever. Colleen is almost out of time to break that curse, but how does she tell a virtual stranger that he is the key to the happiness of this past couple... and hers as well?

What a fascinating tale! This is the latest addition to Ms. Wilde's Tempting Fate series, and the first paranormal one. It has the trademark sensuality this reviewer has come to expect of Ms. Wilde's stories, without being overdone. Colleen's plight over her dream and her fate, are intriguing, drawing the readers in, making them long for the happy ending the star-crossed lovers of her past life deserve. Colleen and Ronan are both believable characters and the spark between them at their first meeting is electric.

Ms. Wilde is a master of building sexual tension in her stories, making one get drawn into the story, and feeling everything along with her characters. When the tension finally culminates, the passion is so strong it can cause spontaneous combustion. One gets a good feel for the story too, and why Colleen and Ronan and what drives them. When the final scene unfurls, the reader will give a great sigh of happiness and satisfaction that it ends the way it does. Only bad thing? That it does end.

© Kelley A. Hartsell, April 2004. All rights reserved

Reviewed by Kelley Hartsell
Courtesy Love Romances
Posted May 3, 2004

Summary

Little did Colleen McBride suspect that the reoccurring dream which haunted her nights, and plagued her days, would lead her to an age old curse which only she could break and her window of opportunity for doing so was rapidly running out.