"Enjoyable paranormal tale"
Silhouette Intimate Moments gives us another in the series
in the Family Secrets: Next Generation, written by
different authors. This one is by Kylie Brant and it's a
strong tale, but the editors at SIM need to be careful. I
am seeing a slightly disturbing "muting" of talented
writers' voices. There are some great talent turning out
series for Silhouette, but their distinctive voices are
being overlaid with the editors own voice in order to get
these tales down to the shorter length of SIMS. It's making
all the books "sound" as if they are written by the same
person. It's hard for writers to take the story "bible" the
characters laid out by a line, the plot lines and let their
own inner magic shine, but Kylie Brant delivers a good
solid tale in this line. In this one, Cassie Donovan, Hawk
Donovan's twin, is in love with Dr. Shane Farhold. She has
long known her dreams were not just dreams but visions. And
she is terrified the dreams of seeing Shane shot, possibly
killed, push her to warn him against his trip oversees to
help in Afghanistan. He does not listen to Cassie's
warning. When at a fair, a Gypsy fortuneteller warns of the
same danger, he accuses Cassie of setting the whole thing
up. They have an argument, and break up. Shane goes on to
Afghanistan and is shot. Weeks later, he returns to find a
note from Cassie saying they must talk. Cassie is at Hawk's ranch alone when a man and woman come
to the house, asking Cassie to show them the horses.
Something warns her of going with them, but seeing Shane's
truck coming down the road, they rush off. Cassie dismisses
the strange incident, because she has to face Shane with
the news she is pregnant. She knows Shane never wanted to
see her again, but she feels he has a right to know about
the child. As she is breaking the news to him, Hawk calls
frantically trying to warn her to run, to get away from the
farm. He warns her about a woman who is going to try and
kidnap her. When Hawk learns Shane is there, he tells him
to take Cassie and run. The call is interrupted; someone
cut the phone and electrical lines. Cassie and Shane are forced to flee the ranch on horseback,
with the kidnappers on their trail. Shane still does not
want to believe Cassie about her ability, but he must learn
to turn in things that cannot be seen if he is to save
their lives. Posted November 21, 2004
Reviewed by Deborah Macgillivray
Posted January 17, 2007
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Family Secrets
Cassie Donovan can see into the future, and the future she sees is her own--filled with murder! For Cassie, her power was frightening. To Dr. Shane Farhold, it was a curse, and his skepticism had dampened their torrid affair, leaving Cassie with a broken heart and a baby on the way. But someone saw her ability as a gift worth killing for. When battle-scarred Shane rescued her from a kidnap attempt, Cassie was thrust into his arms once again as they ran for their lives. Determined to protect Cassie and their child at all costs, Shane stayed close--and they soon shared rekindled passion and new understanding. But with danger at their heels, not even Cassie could predict a happy ending....
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