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Snow in Summer (Haunting Hearts)

Snow in Summer (Haunting Hearts)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Superb supernatural romance casts a spell on readers
Review:

In 1592 Scotland, Aragon the Spaniard betrayed his compatriot Kit Gallatin, the Earl of Swanfort during a battle. As was the custom of the time, Kit's brother removed his heart from his corpse. This allowed him to properly bury part of the deceased Earl on the family estate even though a saddened Barrett considered his older sibling a traitor. Four centuries later, a spectral Kit, who has learned how to become corporal, still searches for his missing heart, which has crossed the ocean and the American continent. He has followed and knows that allegedly his heart and his story have been featured at many Renaissance Fairs.

This time he feels his organ is in the possession of Andi Fairfield of Sparrowgrass, California. He soon learns that loving Andi is dangerous to one's health. Apparently, two men seeing her tragically died. Kit figures that this is not a problem for him so he bravely rents a room from Andi, who likes her new boarder, but fears for his life. Even as the species-crossed duo falls in love, an Aragon plans to use the heart to pay off his debts. No one, including a ghost, will dare stop him.

SNOW IN SUMMER is a deep, but dark supernatural romance that demonstrates the talent of Tess Faraday to cast a spell on her audience. The story line is filled with layers of depth and anguish as this ghostly romance will entrance fans of the sub-genre. With this novel and previous books (SEA SPELL and SHADOWS IN THE FLAME), readers know how good this author has become. No one today has come as far Ms. Faraday in entertaining her audience with thrilling supernatural romances that strike a real chord.

Harriet Klausner

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Not easy reading, but worth the effort.
Review: Boy, this turned out to be tougher to read than I'd thought! The author's style is convoluted, with the entire case of characters literally thrown at the reader in a very few pages. I had to go back and reread parts of the beginning in order to properly identify the characters' relationships to one another, and the secrets in the plot are only hinted at for a fairly long time. Once I got over my surprise at how difficult the reading was, I could appreciate the story. I found myself thinking about the characters even when I wasn't reading the book, a sure sign that they were drawn well and with depth. The author draws out the sexual tension between the two protagonists in a way that keeps the reader going for more. The villain is a nicely created sociopath with little conscience; just when I thought he was a harmless bother, he turned homicidal without a second thought! I even found a metaphor contained within the story, something I don't normally find in this genre - one's heart is where the love is, not in a box. I recommend this book, but don't expect to be able to read it in one sitting. It's a little too complicated for that.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Not easy reading, but worth the effort.
Review: Boy, this turned out to be tougher to read than I'd thought! The author's style is convoluted, with the entire case of characters literally thrown at the reader in a very few pages. I had to go back and reread parts of the beginning in order to properly identify the characters' relationships to one another, and the secrets in the plot are only hinted at for a fairly long time. Once I got over my surprise at how difficult the reading was, I could appreciate the story. I found myself thinking about the characters even when I wasn't reading the book, a sure sign that they were drawn well and with depth. The author draws out the sexual tension between the two protagonists in a way that keeps the reader going for more. The villain is a nicely created sociopath with little conscience; just when I thought he was a harmless bother, he turned homicidal without a second thought! I even found a metaphor contained within the story, something I don't normally find in this genre - one's heart is where the love is, not in a box. I recommend this book, but don't expect to be able to read it in one sitting. It's a little too complicated for that.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A GREAT READ!
Review: I just love a book that deals with the supernatural and a passionate love. What a combo! This is a fantastic book worth your time and money. Trust me!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Snow in Summer
Review: I really enjoyed this book! The chemistry between the hero and heroine was really great. Kit, the spirit-hero, really works his way under your skin. Ms. Farraday also creates great heroines. They're always strong women who can stand up for themselves, but can also admit that they have weaknesses, too. Tess also does a great job of describing her story's settings so the reader can feel like they are really there. Good job Tess Farraday!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This is a great read!
Review: I really enjoyed this book! The chemistry between the hero and heroine was really great. Kit, the spirit-hero, really works his way under your skin. Ms. Farraday also creates great heroines. They're always strong women who can stand up for themselves, but can also admit that they have weaknesses, too. Tess also does a great job of describing her story's settings so the reader can feel like they are really there. Good job Tess Farraday!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Snow in Summer
Review: This book was an exasperating waste of time. The author has a very disjointed, difficult-to-follow style of writing. It is frustrating to pick up a book for light reading and then find yourself having to go back over sentences - or even pages - to try to figure out how the author got to a particular point. And the story line didn't make the effort worthwhile, either.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Don't read this book if you are looking for romance!
Review: This book was awful, half the words in the book were not even in the dictionary. I didn't even want to finish it beacause it was so terrible! This book is not even worth a star, let alone a good editorial review. Romance from haunting hearts have been great except this one! If you like the Haunting hearts series of books, I suggest the book by Sally Steward called Ghost of Summer! Really worth looking forward to! This book isn't worth anything, read Ghost of Summer!!!!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Don't read this book if you are looking for romance!
Review: This book was awful, half the words in the book were not even in the dictionary. I didn't even want to finish it beacause it was so terrible! This book is not even worth a star, let alone a good editorial review. Romance from haunting hearts have been great except this one! If you like the Haunting hearts series of books, I suggest the book by Sally Steward called Ghost of Summer! Really worth looking forward to! This book isn't worth anything, read Ghost of Summer!!!!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: This book was an exercise in frustration
Review: This has to be one of the most frustrating books I've ever read. It starts out with an obscure prologue that had me shaking my head but that was only the beginning. Once the story got into gear it became incoherent and nearly impossible to stick with. Character motivation isn't explained and as a result most of the characters come across as little more than cardboard cutouts. Secondary characters pop out of nowhere with little or no introduction and only serve to muddy up the plot further than disappear never to be heard from again. And, because there are so many constant interuptions, the love story suffers greatly and is forgotten for chapters on end The couple have almost no time to get to know each other before they are declaring their undying love to one another. Sorry, I just didn't buy it.

And totally unromantic sentences like this one did not help to endear the hero to me at all: "His tender feelings didn't scatter, as he remembered her fingernails scoring his back, and the most marvelous words a man in rut can hear - Don't stop."

A man in rut? Ugh, is this a hero or a pig?

The author had some good ideas but sadly her writing style had me reaching for my king sized bottle of Advil.


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