| Gavin St. John has a rather unique line of work. He
spends his life ferreting out the secrets of the dead. He
doesn’t talk with them but he can feel their presence, and
with some research can usually figure out what needs to be
done to help them move on. When he is summoned to the
Bloodstone Manor, one of the most notorious in England for
haunting, he jumps at the chance. The problem is that this
haunting has a feeling of evil to it, so much so that part of
the house has been closed off. Carlotta Stone is the Dowager
Duchess and Mistress of the Bloodstone Manor. She was widowed
young, and married even younger in an arranged marriage. She
is drawn to St. John and while she is shocked by the turn of
events when he arrives she still wants to do what is needed to
free the Manor from the evil spirit. The problem is will the
spirit go without harming another?
I found The Bloodstone Affair
a riveting page turner (or scroller as the case may be). The
premise of ghosts lingering until they have finished their
business is not a new concept, especially in old English
manors, but the way Emma Wildes handled it in The
Bloodstone Affair, was new to me. I found this story
to have some very sensual parts as well as wonderful character
development. If you like a few ghosts in your romances you
will enjoy this story. |
