"The last gift is given........"

The last of the gifts is given.......Passionata, daughter to the King of the Gypsies, is bestowing another gift to one of Lucille Steele's decendants. With these gifts, three young men's lives would change through the power of gypsy magic.

Ten years had passed since Kate Beltrane last saw the only man she has ever loved. Their relationship ended bitterly and now he was back in town. Yet, this time he was no longer a young boy, he was a full grown man who wielded weath and power. But, Kate has other problems as well. Her father's recent passing left her with a mountain of debts on his mill and house, ones that she could ill afford to pay.

Chase Servin had returned to the town that spurned him in his youth. He had always been the "town drunk's son" and thought of as worthless. Chase had c ome back for revenge to hurt those who had once hurt him.He wanted to hurt Kate most of all, the woman who still haunted his nights but, had betrayed him on that fateful night.

Chase wants to purchase the mill and house, but, for all the wrong reasons. He wants to humiliate Kate and make her feel the pain as he once did. However, Chase soon finds out that revenge is really bitter sweet. Instead of the intense pleasure he thought he would derive from hurting her, he found he was only hurting himself.

As events unfold Chase finds the true reasons for what he thought was Kate's betrayal. Not,of course, without the gift of a very special of a jewel encrusted golden egg does he realize the truth. Passionata's gift makes him see the true sacrafice of Kate's "betrayal".

So many secrets and deeply wounded hearts make Chase and Kate's struggle for true happiness an uphill battle.

A SANDALOUS MELODY is the third and final book in Linda Conrad's GYPSY INHERITANCE SERIES. The entire series was superbly written and well thought out. The details put into the three dimentional characters, emotions and settings did not go unnoticed. It provided the pull that keptme emotionally connected to these books the entire time. I am sad to see this fantasic series end. But, with each ending is a new beginning and I can't wait to see what Linda Conrad has in store for us next!

Reviewed by Tami Sutton
Posted September 26, 2005

Summary

Rich and powerful Chase Severin had returned for revenge on the town that had once cast him out—and the woman who had scorned him. Years ago, he and heiress Kate Beltrane had scandalized everyone with their forbidden romance—until Kate had betrayed him, tattering her own reputation and leaving Chase to a bitter fate. Or so he thought....

Kate's shock at seeing Chase again gave way to panic as he outlayed his plans to take down what was left of her once-proud legacy. But there were things Chase didn't know...things that might, with a little help from the mysterious music box he'd received from an old Gypsy woman, release the passion sleeping in both their shattered hearts.