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"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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Kelly Steed, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Fantasy/Magic
Yes
Fantasy/Magical Lover
Yes
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Has unusual powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- invisibility
How sexual is this person?
- several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- sensitive
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- teacher
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- not very romantic
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- a better lover
- blissful
- mature
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 50%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 3-4 sex acts
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