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Summary: Suspenseful, passionatly romantic and a real nail biter!
Review: :) A fabulous work about a young female writer,Devon James, who is haunted by angry ghosts in an old hotel room in the small town of Stafford. She tries to discover what mysterious act had occured to deny these souls their peaceful sleep. But as she delves farther into the lives of these spirits, she meets the handsome hotel owner,Jonathan Stafford. Unfortunatly, as their passion grows he becomes more and more resolute in trying to prevent her goal of publishing what she discovered that night.
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Summary: absolutely did not want to put it down
Review: Actually I never read romance,I enjoy the suspence of the paranormal and when I bought this book I didn't realize that it would be a romance along with the suspence.After I began to read it I wasn't sure I would finish it because of the romance,but I got pulled into it so I could not stop reading and when I did have to put it down I couldn't wait to pick it up again. I really did enjoy it !
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Summary: Not Quite A Kat Martin Story
Review: Although I did enjoy this book it really was not up to Ms. Martin's level.Devon and Jonathan are two people that I had a hard time "seeing" as a couple. Devon is a well-known author and after one terrifying visit to a B&B owned by Jonathan she becomes obsessed with writing a story about her experience there. Jonathan is a private man and will do all that he can to keep the secret of the Inn and of his family quite. No matter what he has to do even if it means seducing Devon. There is plenty of plot twists and the secondary characters are likeable but it still is lacking her magic. The story is still worth reading but don't expect the same magic that you may have encountered in her other books.
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Summary: Not Quite A Kat Martin Story
Review: Although I did enjoy this book it really was not up to Ms. Martin's level. Devon and Jonathan are two people that I had a hard time "seeing" as a couple. Devon is a well-known author and after one terrifying visit to a B&B owned by Jonathan she becomes obsessed with writing a story about her experience there. Jonathan is a private man and will do all that he can to keep the secret of the Inn and of his family quite. No matter what he has to do even if it means seducing Devon. There is plenty of plot twists and the secondary characters are likeable but it still is lacking her magic. The story is still worth reading but don't expect the same magic that you may have encountered in her other books.
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Summary: Completely satisfying ghost story & romance
Review: Here is the story of Devon James, a successful writer with a relationship that is on the rocks. Deeply unsatisfied with her personal life, she develops writer's block. She has a deadline for her next book looming in the near future and a relationship that is suffocating her. To solve the two problems, she books a weekend at an old bed and breakfast on an island off the state of Connecticut. The trip there is gloomy with rain, an impatient fiancé, and what turns out to be an old Victorian house in the midst of renovation. Devon and her fiancé Michael try to make the best of it and they stay overnight in the house against their better judgment. That evening they make love and Devon can sense a spirit in the room with them actually participating in their lovemaking. (No, this isn't a graphic love scene.) Well after fiancé Michael falls asleep, Devon has a terrifying vision of another spirit in the room and is so terrified by it that she is unable to go to sleep for fear that she'll be injured by the malevolent ghost. Michael sleeps restlessly beside her while she is awake the entire night. When they wake up they resolve to leave as quickly as they can.
They return to New York City and Michael wants everything to go back to normal, but they never do because Devon is so fascinated by the old house and the ghosts she encountered there that she begins to research what happened at the old house. Rather predictably, she breaks up with Michael, who, though not a bad guy, never took her writing seriously. He wants her to settle down and become the perfect corporate wife. She has known she doesn't love him and gives up trying to make things right with Mr. Wrong.
During the course of the research on the old house, Devon meets the wealthy Jonathan Stafford, owner of the old house. He lives in New York running a huge conglomerate. His son is at a special hospital, crippled from the waist down. Jonathan is very protective of his son and as the owner of the old haunted house, he bristles at Devon's research. He's afraid that something in his family history will come out to embarrass him and more importantly, to embarrass or traumatize is crippled son. We don't find out why his son is wheelchair bound until the conclusion to the story so I won't say much more there.
Jonathan will use any means possible to persuade Devon to drop her research of the old house and the history of his family on the island. Devon has a complete and justified mistrust of Jonathan's motives. In spite of that, a relationship develops between the two characters. Now that I've set the stage for the story I can tell no more as it would ruin the suspense. This was a very chilling ghost story mixed with a sizzling romance. The ghost story is so well done that it could have easily stood on its own without the romantic element. The romance is so well done that it'll send you looking for your husband or significant other. This was a very satisfying read.
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Summary: Very slow moving
Review: I always try to finish a book once I start it but with this one I simply couldn't. Every time I sat down with it my mind started to wander and I found myself skipping over sections simply picking up dialogue in hopes that the plot would pick up. It started out interesting with the ghosts in the old house, but soon fell apart when she returned home to New York. I felt the main characters were rather cold and distanced from the reader. The relationship between the hero and heroine seemed staged rather than heartfelt. After about three hundred pages I couldn't stand it anymore. Too much pointless talk and descriptions and not enough action. Perhaps if she had cut the five hundred pages back to three hundred it would have been better. This is one I will definitely trade into the used book store so that I can pick up something more interesting.
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Summary: Modern Romance
Review: I did not enjoy this book at all. I dont like modern romamces and I bought the book because martin always writes historical romances, so i didnt bother reading the synopsis and just bought the book. well, that was a mistake, i couldnt evem get past the third chapter of the book before i gaveup on it. i dont recomend this book at all.
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Summary: Good read
Review: I enjoyed this book, I really did. I just found my mind wandering and thinking about how much better it could be.
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Summary: don't bother with this one
Review: I have read all of Kat Martin's historical romances. This was her first foray into the contemporary genre. She'd be wise to stay with the historicals. I could not find any redeemimg quality with the hero, and the heroine was unworthy of the story itself. I do not recommednd that a first time buyer of any Kat Martin work purchase this novel. For that matter, I don't think anyone should spend their money on this book at all.
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Summary: A page turner from the start
Review: I have read all of Kat's historicals, and being one of my favorite authors, I look forward to any of her works. I was not disappointed! I found Kat's treatment of the romance to be up to her usual high standard, with both strong characters having major issues to work through. I was delighted with the "ghost story" and found myself tense at times and enjoying the research end of parapsychology. I already passed this book on, but plan to keep it on my "keeper shelf." Thanks again Kat.
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