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Someone To Love

by Jude Deveraux



      Wealthy businessman and young scion of the Montgomery clan Jace is still mourning the death of his fiancée Stacy. When he finds a cryptic note written on the back of the photo of a house, he goes to England - and buys it. Now the owner of Priory House, he is determined to discover why Stacy should have committed suicide rather than marry him, and what the house has to do with it. But Priory House has more than one mystery about it, and its notorious ghost, the shade of a 17th century highwaywoman, has scared off previous owners.

I just love Ms Deveraux’s books, especially her later ones which have contemporary settings and a touch of fantasy and mystery. This one is no exception, keeping the reader wondering why Stacy killed herself, about the identity of the ghost (or ghosts), and various other things that would be plot spoilers if mentioned here. Jace makes for a sensitive hero, and Nigh is a lively heroine - characters suitable for modern readers tired of alpha males and wimpish or brattish females! With her usual skill - the skill of a practiced novelist - Ms Deveraux balances romance, mystery and fantasy to make a book that ought to please quite a wide range of readers. This same juggling act also manages to make the book just the right length, with continual plot developments to keep the reader’s interest. If I needed reminding why I enjoy this author so much, this book would do the trick.

The Book

Pocket Books (Simon and Schuster)
7 January 2008
Paperback
1847391389 / 978-1847391384
Romance / Contemporary / Margate, England
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Excerpt
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The Reviewer

Rachel A Hyde
Reviewed 2008
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