"Well done!"

Since her husband's death last year, though she hates hearing this, jewelry designer Jillian Llewellyn lives and breathes Llewellyn Enterprises. In fact she's so engrossed in producing this year's Yuletide winner, Jillian has not even met the company's newest partner Robert Marston.

Following a personal tradition that she has done for years on Halloween, Jillian and her long time friend and her administrative assistant Connie goes Christmas shopping. However, unbeknownst to the designer, this is the beginning of a personal nightmare. Accidents start to happen and bad dreams commence to haunt Jillian. Somehow Robert seems to always be there to help her. He claims her family wants her out of the way insisting he is heeding the advice of the paranormal species, a book, and other objects. Surprisingly even as he frightens her, Jillian feels comfortable and perhaps in love with Robert in a déjà vu way, but wonders if he is the cause of the danger that threatens to engulf her at any moment.

Heather Graham is a sure shot for providing the audience with the best in romantic suspense. Her most recent novel, A SEASON FOR MIRACLES, uses paranormal elements to tell two stories, one from the past that parallels the second in the present. Though tricky to move back and forth through the (p)ages, Ms. Graham easily navigates the peril of disruption through a strong story line containing a consistent and veritable cast including a likable heroine in peril. Readers have quite a novel to luxuriate with while escaping the frantic pre-Christmas season.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted October 15, 2001

Summary

In a time long ago, in a land under siege, the fury of revolt pushed a knight and a lady of the manor into a secret, forbidden love -- until treachery destroyed it all in a fiery cataclysm that shattered what could have been . . .

Heiress to a powerful family empire, jewelry designer Jillian Llewellyn is envied by women, desired by men and fiercely protected by her loyal, gregarious family. Since her husband's death a year ago, Jillian has withdrawn, focusing only on her work. But this yuletide season, something unimaginable is going to shatter her safe world, drawing her into a web of danger and desire.

At the center of the storm is a handsome stranger, Robert Marston, the new silent partner at Llewellyn Enterprises. Dark, powerful and disturbing, he is as formidable as he is intimidating . . . as mysterious as he is familiar. The connection she feels is bone deep -- as if they've known each other before.

As the Llewellyn family celebrations move from Manhattan to their elegant Connecticut farmhouse, several bizarre accidents strike Jillian -- and a chilling fear that someone wants to harm her begins to grow. She recognizes this terror from a memory she can't explain or understand. But who at Llewellyn Enterprises would want her dead? A co- worker? A member of her own close-knit family? Against her will, she is drawn to Robert, unsure whether he is her salvation . . . or her damnation. Perhaps he is both, but only he can prevent the nightmare from happening again.

As the ghosts of the past are resurrected, Jillian and Robert must unlock the timeless secrets of passion and betrayal . . . clashing once again in a drama of murder and intrigue. Three hundred years ago, two lovers were damned by the fires of treachery. In another lifetime, the man Jillian loved tried but failed to save her. Now, in this season of magic and miracles, two lost souls are being given a second chance.