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Summary: Ghost Story with a Twist
Review: 1799 - Derry O'Riordan, the tenth Earl of Kilmartin is imprisoned on a slave ship bound for Austrailia. He is taking the place of his brother Timothy, who was part of a rebel uprising, but because he had a wife, a child and another on the way, Derry pulled strings and switched places with him. Derry's beloved, Annie was lost to him and he felt that he had nothing else to live for. A violent storm blows the ship off course, into the rocks along the Massachusetts coast and Derry, manacled in heavy chains manages to make it to shore, but dies of exposure and injuries received.1998 - Present Day - Katie Coyle has accepted a position to teach Irish studies at East Bay college in a small town on the Massachusetts shore. Along with the position comes a charming cottage overlooking the sea that Katie Katie had an immediate attraction and a sense of `coming home' to that included on the grounds a ring of standing stones that had Celtic writings on them. After some very sensual dreams Katie founds herself walking in the ring one day, and she happened upon Derry! This was a ghost story with an amazing twist, that most will find quite interesting. A ghost that when within and a short distance from the ring of stones could be seen by all, not just a few, who was to all intents and purposes solid. Derry was the missing Earl of Kilmartin, a mystery that academia's had been trying to prove for some time and one of Katie's colleagues who was intent on fabricating proof to show him as a traitor. Couple this intense plot with an amazingly tender and beautiful star-crossed lovers seduction and you have a sure fire winner in this paranormal genre!
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Summary: Ghost Story with a Twist
Review: 1799 - Derry O'Riordan, the tenth Earl of Kilmartin is imprisoned on a slave ship bound for Austrailia. He is taking the place of his brother Timothy, who was part of a rebel uprising, but because he had a wife, a child and another on the way, Derry pulled strings and switched places with him. Derry's beloved, Annie was lost to him and he felt that he had nothing else to live for. A violent storm blows the ship off course, into the rocks along the Massachusetts coast and Derry, manacled in heavy chains manages to make it to shore, but dies of exposure and injuries received. 1998 - Present Day - Katie Coyle has accepted a position to teach Irish studies at East Bay college in a small town on the Massachusetts shore. Along with the position comes a charming cottage overlooking the sea that Katie Katie had an immediate attraction and a sense of 'coming home' to that included on the grounds a ring of standing stones that had Celtic writings on them. After some very sensual dreams Katie founds herself walking in the ring one day, and she happened upon Derry! This was a ghost story with an amazing twist, that most will find quite interesting. A ghost that when within and a short distance from the ring of stones could be seen by all, not just a few, who was to all intents and purposes solid. Derry was the missing Earl of Kilmartin, a mystery that academia's had been trying to prove for some time and one of Katie's colleagues who was intent on fabricating proof to show him as a traitor. Couple this intense plot with an amazingly tender and beautiful star-crossed lovers seduction and you have a sure fire winner in this paranormal genre!
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Summary: Tremendous Chemistry!
Review: I loved this heroine, Katie Coyle, and was so glad that she found someone better than the stuffed-shirt boyfriend she starts with. When sexy Derry O'Riordan shows up, there's no contest. Her dreams become filled with a heat and energy Mr. Stuffed Shirt could never ignite. It's only a matter of time before dreams of Derry turn into realtime mating dances within the mysterious circle of Stones which stand in the woods behind Katie's charming new home. The irresistable visitor from Ireland always seems to be waiting for her when she walks through the forest... but a few things don't add up. Who is he, really? And why is he so curious about a 19th century nobleman from Ireland who disappeared mysteriously? Some local intrigue at the college where Katie teaches, along with transoceanic help from her twin sister in Ireland, move this plot along and makes for a fascinating story. Don't miss the hot connection between this cool ghost and Katie Coyle. It's a winner.
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Summary: A Faint Scent Of Bay Rum
Review: Katie Coyle takes a teaching position at East Bay and finds herself embroiled in the cutthroat politics of Academia. She meets Alistair Proser, a stormy academic of questionable repute, who is applying for the Sean Seamus Clancy Award, an award Katie also covets. Proser tries to court Katie until he discovers that she is writing a rival paper on the missing Earl of Kilmartin, who disappeared without a trace in 1799. Proser intends to annihilate his character by branding him a traitor who sold out his own brother during a rebellion in Ireland. What Proser doesn't know is that Derry O'Riordan, the Tenth Earl of Kilmartin, is a close personal friend of Katie's. He haunts the property Pond House sits on, having washed ashore after a shipwreck and perishing on the beach from exposure. Katie becomes determined to write a rival paper and defend her ghostly love's reputation. O'Riordan's ship was supposedly bound for the Australian Penal Colony but got blown off course in a storm. I have serious trouble with it wrecking in Massachusetts, since the sailors would be following established southern shipping routes that would hug the European and African coastlines. They'd be some mighty poor sailors to have blown across an entire ocean especially with England being Mistress of the Seas at the time. The author also mentioned a possibility of him being bound for a penal colony in Canada. The only North American British Penal Colony I've been able to uncover was Georgia. There was another minor technical detail that I found fault with. She mentioned the local library staying open later in the summer and closing earlier in the winter. I haven't been to a library yet that wasn't open later in the winter due to school being in session. Since Katie is a teacher, it only stands to reason that this detail should have been correct in the first place. If you can get past the questionable research, the novel is well written with an interesting paranormal twist at the end. The love between Katie and Derry is intense and the love scenes are hot!
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Summary: A Faint Scent Of Bay Rum
Review: Katie Coyle takes a teaching position at East Bay and finds herself embroiled in the cutthroat politics of Academia. She meets Alistair Proser, a stormy academic of questionable repute, who is applying for the Sean Seamus Clancy Award, an award Katie also covets. Proser tries to court Katie until he discovers that she is writing a rival paper on the missing Earl of Kilmartin, who disappeared without a trace in 1799. Proser intends to annihilate his character by branding him a traitor who sold out his own brother during a rebellion in Ireland. What Proser doesn't know is that Derry O'Riordan, the Tenth Earl of Kilmartin, is a close personal friend of Katie's. He haunts the property Pond House sits on, having washed ashore after a shipwreck and perishing on the beach from exposure. Katie becomes determined to write a rival paper and defend her ghostly love's reputation. O'Riordan's ship was supposedly bound for the Australian Penal Colony but got blown off course in a storm. I have serious trouble with it wrecking in Massachusetts, since the sailors would be following established southern shipping routes that would hug the European and African coastlines. They'd be some mighty poor sailors to have blown across an entire ocean especially with England being Mistress of the Seas at the time. The author also mentioned a possibility of him being bound for a penal colony in Canada. The only North American British Penal Colony I've been able to uncover was Georgia. There was another minor technical detail that I found fault with. She mentioned the local library staying open later in the summer and closing earlier in the winter. I haven't been to a library yet that wasn't open later in the winter due to school being in session. Since Katie is a teacher, it only stands to reason that this detail should have been correct in the first place. If you can get past the questionable research, the novel is well written with an interesting paranormal twist at the end. The love between Katie and Derry is intense and the love scenes are hot!
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