Kit can run, but she can't hide. Squelching a guilty conscious from a nasty break-up years earlier has reached a climax. Someone demands closure. Just as she thinks she's settled into the perfect life with a new job, a new boyfriend, and a new best friend, strange things begin to happen, and her blissful existence unravels one thread at a time.
Worse, she finds herself caught in a desperate love triangle, and must choose between two men. She makes her choice, but he's not what he appears.
Kit has it all going for her--a job she loves, her cousin's childhood home that now houses the Historical Society, and an adoring new boyfriend. Then things start to unravel. First, it seems she is being haunted by the ghost of her high school boyfriend. Then her cousin caves in to pressure from a local developer to sell the Stothwell Mansion so he can demolish it and build new condos. Finally, a mysterious new man enters her life and disrupts the cozy relationship she has with Dwight. As she and her coworkers fight to save the historic mansion, she begins receiving threatening messages and packages. She has to figure out who is threatening her before it's too late.
This is a fairly fast-paced story that kept me turning pages even after declaring that I needed to stop reading for the night. For the most part, I enjoyed the suspense and the mystery that weaved their way through the plot. The paranormal elements were well-written and not overdone, so they were quite believable.
My only real irritation was Kit herself. I wanted to smack her around over her involvement in the love triangle she had with Dwight and Steven. At some points she was quite physical with both of them, which really made me question her character a bit. Without revealing the ending, I was pleased that she finally ended up with the one she did. I have to admit, I kind of suspected what would happen with the other man, but that resolution was well done as well.
Beautifully written and unrelentingly fast paced, this novel draws you in from the beginning The twists and turns show up without warning making this a very intriguing read. I really enjoy the relationship between Kit and Irene. Favorite passages:
"Still close, but far enough away from the call of olden times,where time stopped, trapped as if someone had placed the world in a glass globe, and only a brisk shake from a child's hand made the difference between calm and turbulence"
"When they touched, a surge of emotions welled up at once,a mix of joy,excitement and confusion,topped off by a sharp pang of sorrow."
Lots of mystery too!
