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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780515141276
ISBN number: 0515141275
Label: Jove
Manufacturer: Jove
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 464
Printing Date: April 25, 2006
Publishing house: Jove
Sale Popularity Level: 270532
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Award-winning and USA Today bestselling author Lynn Kurland pens a wonderfully romantic tale about an 800-year-old ghost and the modern woman who turns his plans for a peaceful afterlife upside down.
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Love all Lynn's work. I guess you have to know your history to appreciate the story line...excellent as always!
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Victoria McKinnon is more than a little suspicious when her pain-in-the-neck brother Thomas offers Thorpewold Castle for her upcoming performance of Hamlet. Who could turn down the chance to direct Shakespeare in a honest to goodness English castle? Of course if you've read "Three Wise Ghosts" (little sister Megan's novella) or MY HEART STOOD STILL (Thomas' own story) then you are in on the joke. If not then you'll just have to find out along with Victoria.
Following Thomas McKinnon's return to America with his new bride Iolanthe, Connor MacDougal has assumed control of the castle as its laird. He is not unfamiliar with the responsibility, having been the laird of his own keep before his untimely murder in medieval Scotland. He is in the process of interviewing a motley crew of shades for the position of his Captain of the Guard when he is brought the news that yet another pesky MacKinnon is on the way to plague him. Connor hates all McKinnons and is determined to send this V. MacKinnon packing with "his" tail tucked between "his" legs at the very first opportunity.
What he hadn't expected was that V. MacKinnon was a beautiful and spirited woman. She's a canny one as well. Taking the presence of ghosts both at the Inn and at the castle in stride, she exacts a promise from Connor not to haunt her cast during their stay by promising him a part in her play. Connor like many born in his own time had never learned to read, and finds himself at the mercy of the Boar's Head Trio, the most devious group of matchmaking ghosts you'll ever come up against.
Victoria, who is otherwise savvy, is blinded by her leading man who is vain and self-serving and completely oblivious to her interest in him. Connor soon finds himself loathing the man. Although he has promised to behave himself around her cast and crew the other ghosts have promised no such thing and when one of Victoria's erstwhile relatives "several generations removed" frightens away her costume man, her Grandmother throws herself into the breach.
It is Grandma who actually sets things in motion inadvertently by disappearing during a picnic. Victoria's leading man turns up missing shortly afterward. Brother Thomas contacts Jamie MacLeod, who has appeared in numerous Kurland offerings as well as his own story (A DANCE THROUGH TIME), and is an expert on "mysterious disappearances" (i.e. time travel gates). With Jamie's aid, the MacKinnon's learn exactly where the two have gone and Victoria becomes determined to retrieve them. Mere moments after she arrives in the past, she begins to understand the perils of time travel. By the time she returns Victoria is completely disillusioned with her leading man, but she suspects she might be harboring strong feelings for yet another man she can never have. It's an impossible situation, or is it?
Lynn Kurland is a consummate storyteller. With an incorporeal hero, she must rely on sexual tension alone to fuel the romance and she succeeds in doing so beautifully and with a great deal of humor. Much Ado in the Moonlight will keep the reader on the edge of their seat unable to put the book down until the very last word.
Younger sister Jennifer is introduced in this story as an active participant in Victoria's adventures. She is single, and had been an extremely talented actress and musician. For a reason no one else is aware of, Jennifer had suddenly dropped these pursuits to assist her mother with her baby clothes business. Something is definitely awry, and knowing that the Boar's Head Trio are not about to leave any of their young descendants alone and unhappy, I have a feeling there will be a romance in store for her in the near future. Since Jennifer is not in the dark about the existence of her matchmaking ghostly relations as her siblings had been, I am waiting with breathless anticipation to see how Ms. Kurland handles that story.
Reviewed by Leslie Tramposch for PNR Reviews
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I was sorely disappointed in this book. I am a long time fan of Kurland's books, but this one was very boring for me. It felt a lot like she just rehashed the plot from one of her prior ghost stories and just changed the names and added a few extra bits to make it different. It did not have the feeling of an original work at all.... If you are just starting out reading Kurland's work, I'd suggest start with one of the earlier books instead of this one, as it isn't a very good example of her work.
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I must say that "Much Ado In the Moonlight" has been added to my Favorite Books list. As an English Lit major I enjoyed the Shakespeare tie-in. I highly recommend all of Lynn Kurland's books, of which I have read and own most of them. She is one of the best of the best.
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I am a huge Kurland fan. Although her last few books didn't quite hit their mark with me.
This one, however, seemed more in line with her older work. It was an entertaining tale. The characters were interesting. I enjoyed the humour in the story. The book was pretty long, maybe a bit longer than need be, but worth reading.
I recommend this book. Because Kurland is following along with characters from previous stories, I would recommend you read her books in order. Its more enjoyable to understand the characters that are reintroduced.
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