Monday, June 18, 2007

Life Without Raine


Michele Bardsley gives us another passionate and steamy story in Life Without Raine. It is a captivating story about a gentleman that, finds out something bad is going to happen to his new wife. Not wanting that to happen to her he goes to her grandmother who also happens to be a witch. She weaves a spell of betrayers and lovers until bonds are broken and justice is served. So things go on for Eight hundred years until Ms. Raine Sinclair receives a letter, letting her know that she had inherited a castle. The castle is in England and she must come and claim her inheritance before May 12th. Michael Conners her handsome host has revealed to her that there is a small task that must be preformed before she can claim the castle and all in it. But what he has not told her is that he believes her to be the long lost Raine. Nor has he told her that he is Connor from the story of her ancestors either. Raine gets the feeling that the housekeeper Mrs. Welter doesn’t like her very much may not want her there, and also feels she has a severe case of jetlag, as she keeps loosing parts of her days with her memory. She also feels that something is not on the up and up about Mrs. Welters daughter Fiona either. Michael shows Raine the picture of her ancestor and Connor and she sees that Raine could almost be her twin and agrees as well, and again fades off losing part of her memory. Something does keep telling her to watch out for Michael that something bad is going to happen to him.

Michele Bardsley weaves a very suspenseful and romantic story in a Night Without Raine. It is peppered with her usual medieval steamy romance with a bit of suspense and mystery thrown in for good measure. Bardsley never ceases to amaze or astound with each story and you will not be disappointed with this book either. This is definitely another for the keeper shelves.

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