Key to Forever [Mass Market Paperback]

The successful Draycott Abbey series continues with this book. Ancient weaponry expert Joanna Russell and British Earl Alexei Cameron join forces to solve the puzzle of the lost Cameron sword. With the hot-blooded passion of his Gypsy ancestors, Alexei pursues Joanna and the answers he must have. But Joanna has secrets that haunt her soul, and only through love can the pair release the past and lay claim to the future. This is a remarkable story filled to the brim with passionate characters, unforgettable ghosts, and authentic detail. Don't miss the other books in the series: Hour of the Rose, Bridge of Dreams, and Bride of the Mist.

"Amaster...Christina Skye delivers wonderfully unique and spellbinding tales." -- -- Romantic Times

Once raised to defend a doomed Scottish queen, the Cameron sword lies hidden, guarded by a deadly curse. Only the bravest dare seek the fabled blade--and the rare treasure it contains.

A British earl with Gypsy blood, in his wild youth Alexei Cameron shared an extraordinary night with a beautiful stranger who vanished with the dawn. Now she is back in his life--bound to him in a chilling mission.

A tour guide at beautiful Draycott Abbey and an expert on ancient weaponry, Joanna Russell had good reasons for abandoning Alex after their unforgettable night of passion. But she must forget her haunted past to solve the puzzle of the lost Cameron sword--confronting dark secrets and an enemy who knows too much.

To find their treasure, Alex and Joanna must fulfill their destiny, set centuries before. For the key to an ancient mystery lies in a passion reborn. . .and in a haunting love too long denied.

Once raised to defend a doomed Scottish queen, the Cameron sword lies hidden, guarded by a deadly curse. Only the bravest dare seek the fabled blade--and the rare treasure it contains.

A British earl with Gypsy blood, in his wild youth Alexei Cameron shared an extraordinary night with a beautiful stranger who vanished with the dawn. Now she is back in his life--bound to him in a chilling mission.

A tour guide at beautiful Draycott Abbey and an expert on ancient weaponry, Joanna Russell had good reasons for abandoning Alex after their unforgettable night of passion. But she must forget her haunted past to solve the puzzle of the lost Cameron sword--confronting dark secrets and an enemy who knows too much.

To find their treasure, Alex and Joanna must fulfill their destiny, set centuries before. For the key to an ancient mystery lies in a passion reborn. . .and in a haunting love too long denied.

Chritina Skye has eaten snake meat in Shanghai and armadillo in Canton. A Ph.D. graduate in Chinese literature, she has translated for Chinese generals, dissident poets, and fifth-generation puppet masters. In 1981 the Ohio native was nearly arrested when a businessman she was working for insisted she help him smuggle two "ladies of dubious virtue" into Peking's prestigious State Guest House.

The armed PLA soldiers at the gate were not amused, shenotes. But these days Skye's greatest love is England,especially the fog-swept southeast coast. Here she firstencountered the portrait of a proud-faced, sad-eyed aristocratand a great gray cat sitting protectively beneath it. Adrian andGideon haven't given her a moment's peace since.

Two Draycott novellas later (one appeared in Avon Books'Haunting Love Stories and one in Bewitching Love Stories),the award-winning author of four historical romances is deepat work on a new novel set at magical Draycott Abbey.

A descendant of Revolutionary War hero Adam Helmer,Christina Skye currently lives with her husband and youngson in New Jersey, where she prudently avoids snakes andanything that resembles an armadillo.