- Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Avon (Oct 28 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0380800233
- ISBN-13: 978-0380800230
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.7 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #361,631 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
A woman of rare passion
When Maggie Kincade arrives at Draycott Abbey, she is stunned to fell that the weathered stone walls offer a safe haven fron the dangers of her past. The tranquil English manor soothes her troubled soul'until her peace is shattered by the tall, sexy Scotsman who claims he's been sent to protect her. From the start, Maggie bristles under Jared MacNeill's piercing scrutiny'yet his very touch jolts her, heart and soul.
A highland hero with a granite code of honor
Jared arrives at the hauntingly beautiful abbey under protest vowing this assignment will be his very last. But he is enchanted by the breathtaking American assigned to his care, for beneath her bravado he senses a woman desperately in need of help. Despite all his honorable vows, Maggie's bravery intrigues him and her slightest touch enflames his deepest passions. When an old danger stalks Maggie to the high hills of Scotland, Jared swears to move heaven and earth to keep her safe.
About the Author
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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Draycott Abbey series,
This review is from: Perfect Gift (Mass Market Paperback)
The Perfect Gift as in all the Draycott Abbey series is GREAT.I have one complaint though!!!I dont see any new books for this series and i can't get any old ones either!!!I would be really ecstatic if I could get more books out of print re-printet.CHRISTINA SKYE could you PLEASE wright more books on Draycott Abbey series or at least re-print the old ones??????
5.0 out of 5 stars
Back to the begining....,
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This review is from: Perfect Gift (Mass Market Paperback)
I have loved the books in this series! And I am disappointed that Christina Skye seems to have stopped using Draycott Abbey as the setting for her most recent works. And I do wish that the two earliest novellas, which I can't locate, would be re-released! Several other authors in the same field have done just that, taking one of their earlier work, expanding it and releasing it a second time.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another Great Draycott Abbey Book,
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This review is from: Perfect Gift (Mass Market Paperback)
This was another entry in the Draycott Abbey series that is again another chapter in this wonderful creation by the gifted Christina Skye.Our hero, Commander Jared MacNeill, is connected to the abbey through an association of having served in the Royal Marines and having had his life saved by Nicolas Draycott. So, when a personal favor was requested by Nicolas to ask Jared to 'check out' a proposed artist he and his wife were planning to commission for a specific venture they would be sponsoring - Jared felt compelled to grant this one last favor - before he died. Through a special 'sixth-sense gift' Jared, had seen his own death and by touch, he can read another persons thoughts. Highly independent since her father's supposed death and jewel theft, Maggie Kincade's life had left her vulnerable and wary of anything and anyone that smacked of 'reporters'. She was attempting to carry on with her life relying solely on herself when this Scotsman, Jared, invades her mind and sends signals to her body that are quite unsettling. Arriving at the Abbey, she has no idea why it somehow feels familiar and why she has the feeling that someone is always watching her. What follows is the highly sensual attraction that our two main characters have with Jared quite vocal with his admiration and Maggie not quite understanding or believing her feelings. The fact that Jared knows what she is thinking drives her crazy! Then of course you have the mystery of why someone is trying to harm Maggie and whether her father is really dead. As always, you get to see Adrian and Gideon, the abbey's guardian ghosts - who help out when the going gets tough and you get to visit other characters from previous novels who you have come to know and love. This is not to say that you need to read the previous Draycott books as this does stand entirely on it's own plot although your sense of 'family' will be more than satisfied as you do get to find out how 'old friends' are doing. Great entry - lots of suspense and hot sensual scenes.
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