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"A warm enchanting paranormalromance"

Last year, Washington State resident Kent Stuart and Illinois citizen Lindsay Jackson fell in love during a short summer fling.  However, geography proved stronger than their feelings and their relationship ended with no recriminations.  Kent turned his attention to fellow Northwesterner,  Lindsay's cousin Sarah Emerson, who had hired him to renovate a cottage she purchased. Kent and Sarah are to marry with Lindsay serving as a bridesmaid.  However, when Kent and Lindsay see each other, they realize they still love one another, but neither want to harm Sarah.  Unbeknownst to Kent or Lindsay, Sarah has fallen in love with the ghost who haunts her cottage.

SPIRIT OF THE HEART is a warm paranormal romance that will provide much enjoyment for sub-genre fans.  The story line is invigorating as the two pairs of couples struggle to sort out their feelings and a "minor" disability.  The feelings of the four characters and their  interrelationships seem genuine which is quite an accomplishment when one realizes that Barbara Cary manages to make ghosts seem real.  This enchanting novel is a delight that the audience will appreciate and request more tales by Ms. Cary.

© Harriet Klausner / December, 2000
for ParaNormal Romance Reviews 

Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted October 1, 2002

Kent Stuart knew he loved Lindsay when she swept into his life and swept him off his feet in four short days the previous August. But misunderstood intentions, unspoken fears, and a four-month, two thousand mile separation doomed their fledgling relationship.

As the wedding day approaches, however, Lindsay and Kent realize they still want, need, and love each other. Yet because of their mutual care and concern for an emotionally fragile Sarah they struggle to remain silent and apart. More distressing still, are hints that Sarah might have learned about their secret love - through the whisperings of a man sixty years dead.

Neither Lindsay nor Kent is aware another love, a spirit of a heart stronger than death and infinite as time, has a scheme of its own that will forever change destiny for both of them.