"One of the best paranormal historical romances I've read!"

Katherine MacDougall Pudding receives news she's inherited Castle Blackstone in Scotland, so she packs up and leaves her New York City life for life as the laird of Blackstone and the MacDougall holdings. What she discovers in Scotland is a grungy, rundown castle in need of endless repairs and no way to afford any of them. And there's another surprise in the castle she wasn't expecting - a tall, handsome ghost who seems to have taken a fancy to her.

Duncan MacDougall's diaries are hidden somewhere in the castle. Cursed at the young age of 30, Duncan died of an infection and spent the next 600 years waiting for the person spoken of in the curse to come and change his fate. He finds Miss Pudding most intriguing and wonders if she's his rescuer.

One stormy night, Katherine powers up the motorboat to travel back to the castle from the village. Half way across the rough sea, her boat capsizes. At the point of death, she's transported to a time she can neither comprehend nor believe, especially when she awakes to find her handsome Scottish ghost very much a flesh and blood warrior.

This book is one of the best fleshed-out and well-plotted paranormal historical romances I've read. Ms. Blair has a flair for writing witty language and sexy characters. I highly recommend this book.

Reviewed by Shayne Sawyer
Posted August 16, 2004

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Award-winning author Sandy Blair has slept in castles, dined with peerage, explored the great pyramids and fallen (gracefully) off a cruise ship. No wonder she's already earning kudos for her ability to convincingly deliver her readers to European settings--and make them chuckle, as well. A MAN IN A KILT, a light paranormal set in 1408 Scotland, won RWA's 2003 Golden Heart for Best Paranormal Romance.

Summary

Duncan MacDougal, the laird of Blackstone, was cursed centuries ago to wander as a ghost within the echoing walls of his island castle—and only one woman can free him. Can it be the new mistress of Blackstone, just arrived from over the sea? Duncan has heard that pretty Miss Elizabeth Pudding is no more than a cook—and she hails from a barbarous land called the Bronx. But she must learn the ways of a lady all the same—and she must stay at Blackstone for six long months to inherit. 'Tis time enough to teach her—and time enough to woo her...

An Enchanting Lady

Beth has seen the handsome specter from the day she crossed the threshold of Blackstone. Duncan MacDougal is a tall, translucent figure with black hair and piercing blue eyes. Yet a mist separates him form the land of the living ...a mist as strong as cold steel. It is said that only love can dissolve it—and bring the man of her dreams to warm, breathing life...