"Gothic at its best!"

"After The Music" Even though this was a novella in an anthology, I didn't feel as if I was shortchanged in this captivating story.

Ever since Jessica's mother died under questionable circumstances, she's watched Dillon's twin children. Then unexplainable accidents start to happen. Now she feels as if she has no recourse except to take them to Dillon's private island where she knows they will be safe.

Dillon hasn't been the same since his wife and her cohorts died in a horrible fire and he ran back into the house to save Jessica and his children, not knowing that Jessica had already gotten Trevor and Tara to safety. He is now horribly scarred and he'll never be able to play the guitar like he used to be able to.

Dillon's band has asked him to put together some music to record. They all need the money so Dillon invites them to his island not knowing that Jessica is on her way also. When everyone arrives, strange things start happening with no explanation. Can Dillon and Jessica figure things out before things go too far?

I am an avid fan of gothics and Christine Feehan has written a gothic novella that is not only a page turner but is highly recommended!

"The Lady In The Locket" This story had it all. It was gothic in nature, had a time traveling Highlander, an eerie castle and a malevolent ghost. I was enthralled throughout the whole story.

Rachel Hudson is on a mission to bring her parents' ashes back to their beloved Scotland. While there she stays in Glengarren, a Scottish castle where her parents met long years ago. While Rachel is there, very eerie things start to happen and one night during a fierce storm, Duncan MacGregor's portrait comes to life. He cannot fathom why he's there but he and Rachel fall in love and he has to battle the ghost of his most hated enemy.

This book is a must read. I thoroughly enjoyed both stories!

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted November 19, 2001

Summary

"Lady of the Locket" by Melanie George . . . The echoes of history and romance lure Rachel Hudson to Glengarren, the Scottish castle where her parents met many Christmases ago. But it is the portrait of the fierce Highlander Duncan MacGregor that sparks an inexplicable yearning inside her. On a storm-tossed night, as lighting cracks across the castle's turrets, Rachel finds herself face-to-face with MacGregor, astride a mighty stallion. Now, stepping into Rachel's time - and her heart - the warrior from the past is pursued by an ancient evil enemy . . . "After the Music" by Christine Feehan . . . Terrified by mysterious threats, Jessica Fitzpatrick spirits away her twin wards Tara and Trevor to the remote island mansion of their father, world-famous musician, Dillon Wentworth. Ever since the fire that claimed his troubled wife's life and left him horribly disfigured, Dillon has shut out the world. With Christmas approaching, the spark between him and Jessica might light the future, but there are those who shared DIllon's wife's love of the occult and their evil machinations threaten everything.