"Superb paranormal contemporary romance"

Just outside Philadelphia, Hecuba "Horry" Willikins is enjoying sex with his housekeeper Lily Paige when he suddenly dies with a smile on his face. A few days later in Pittsburgh, his beloved niece Darcie Reed is being sexually harassed by her boss when she learns that her uncle died. She quits her job and heads to Shangri-la Horry's wild Cliff House home for the reading of the will. Her former fiancé Cameron Pierce is being sexually harassed by a female vulture when he finds out that Horry wanted him to attend the reading of his will.

Attorney Clark Humboldt shows the video will in which Horry provides for his "Little Lily Pad" and informs Cameron and Darcie that they have joint custody of his estate in trust for his cat Lucky for one month. If either leaves early, everything goes to his half-brother Edwin. At the end of the month they will decide who gets Lucky, the house, and the estate. Cameron and Darcie reluctantly agree the terms of Horry's will. However, someone wants them to fail by causing trouble between them.

Though a little communication between the lead couple would have solved some of their differences, fans will appreciate this superb paranormal contemporary romance. Horry the otherworldly matchmaker through the will and somewhat as a ghost mostly observes the human foibles and communicates with Lucky. The cast is solid as the secondary characters including the intelligent feline bring out the best and worst in the dueling duet as they struggle with one another, the ghost, someone wanting them to leave, and just being STUCK IN SHANGRI-LA for a month together of no sex though both want it.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted October 17, 2005

Summary

Stranded with her sexy ex . . . it's deja vu all over again Even in a place called Shangri-La, shacking up with her gorgeous ex-fiancé wasn't career-driven Darcie Reed's idea of fun. But thanks to her crazy uncle's will, she has to live with Cameron Pierce for thirty days in the old homestead -- or watch a sizable fortune go to a talking cat named Lucky! Tacky lawn ornaments, a homicidal housekeeper, her uncle's ghost and the damn cat are just the beginning. The real trouble in Shangri-La begins when sparks start to fly between Cameron and Darcie -- and the undeniable attraction they once shared threatens to come back to life with a vengeance. Thirty days in Shangri-La just might be the longest month of Darcie Reed's tidy little life!