"entertaining romantic suspense fantasy"
Palm Beach millionaire Terrence Sanford hires Zachary
Robinson, known for locating lost treasures, to find his
sixty years old missing brother William who vanished with
his yacht Blue Heron off Grand Ferandino in the
Caribbean. Zach prefers to use his regular crew as he is
uncomfortable with strangers, but has managed to hire two
experienced sailors from the local Florida area. However,
the diver Jose panics when they enter the sunken Blue
heron; later he claims he saw Pagor the war god of the
island's Vadiana deities. Not long after that Zach meets a magician-psychic Anna
Ridgeway, who has fled Denver for Grand Fernandino to
perform for enigmatic Etienne Bertrand at the Sugar Cane
Club and to escape a dangerous situation in the States,
but fears the danger followed her. When she and Zach
meet, they share an impossible inexplicable telepathic and
emotional link that neither can resist. However, Anna's
hunch that danger followed her proves true as local
shopkeeper and black magic practitioner Raoul San Donato
has plans to make Anna his and remove Zach from the
triangle. The second "Beyond" tale (see BEYOND CONTROL) is an
entertaining romantic suspense fantasy with plenty of
action in and out of the boudoir. The cast makes the
story line fun as Zach is a bit of a hermit, Anna is in
hiding so she is limiting personal contacts, Bertrand is
strangely "off" kilter, and Raoul is a dark magician.
Much more romance than fantasy or suspense, sub-genre fans
will enjoy this tale from Beyond. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted November 2, 2007
SummaryAnna Ridgeway's mind-reading nightclub act takes her to the
Caribbean Island of Grand Fernandino. She knows she's being
stalked by sinister forces. But she doesn't realize that her
destiny hangs in the balance when she meets diver Zachary
Robinson. Zach and Anna are inexplicably and powerfully
drawn to each other—sexually and psychically. And as
the physical intimacy between them deepens, so do their psi
talents. But island shaman Raoul San Donato has plans of his
own for Anna. Already a powerful force on Grand Fernandino,
he plans to kill Zach and bind Anna to him in a shocking
ceremony that will make her his consort and consolidate his
hold over the island.
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