A NIGHT OWL REVIEWS BOOK REVIEW | Reviewed by: Silvermage
Professor Hillary Bennett is at Glendon House Manor. Glendon House Manor is a Victorian house in a small village named Culcraig. Agnes, the woman Hillary was going to visit has died. Hillary wanted to speak to Agnes about some journals. This situation leads to Hillary in the buff and Agnes’s nephew getting an eye full when he goes into the wrong room.
Hillary soon learns more about Caid. He is a troublemaker and a suspense novel writer. They see each other at Agnes's funeral and Caid has a argument with his parents. His father did not get the manor or the money. Agnes left it to Caid, while his father thinks it should have gone to him.
Hillary goes around town and soon meets Caid again. He offers her the chance to pay to look at the journals and stay at the manor while he is going to try and repair it.
Add in that the pub owner thinks Agnes was a witch and the discovery of witchcraft in the journals and you have an interesting suspense.
I thought this was a good story with excellent characterizations. The chemistry between Caid and Hillary was done well and the plot kept on course. The paranormal element also enhanced the story.
Jan 13, 2010 | 1-60154-618-1
5 - Rare Top Pick | 4.5 - Top Pick | 4 - I Liked It | 3.5 - Enjoyable | 3 - OK | 2.5 - It just didn't click
Book Blurb for The Curse of Culcraig
Romantic Suspense Crimson Rose
Rating: Spicy
Page Count: 328
After a devastating personal tragedy, history professor Hillary Bennett seeks refuge in the quaint Scottish village of Culcraig, hoping to research a legend and salvage her career. Instead, she finds her hostess dead and her hopes for the future pinned to the woman’s black sheep heir.
The last thing Caid Douglas needs is a decrepit manor house to remind him of his estranged family, but he does need the money selling the house would bring to pay off his debts. In desperation he offers to honor his great aunt’s arrangement with Hillary—if she pays him to stay at Glendon House and view his ancestor’s journals, he’ll have the money to fix up the family mausoleum and sell it.
But an ancient curse hovers over the village, and the secret to lifting it lies in the journals. Will Caid and Hillary realize what they have and uncover the truth before a twisted killer silences them forever?
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