The Wolf of Haskell Hall (Book One Shelly Holmes Trilogy)
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (903 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0996941614 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 278 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
classic gothic romance A Customer In 1878, already an heiress through her father, Denver resident Delilah "Lil" Trent sails to Cornwall to gain her inheritance from her mother's side, Haskell Hall. Lil realizes that Colorado polite society never accepted her or her father as nouveau riche is beneath the "blue bloods". She feels England should provide her with a new start. Everyone welcomes Lil to Cornwall because they feel she can bring the funds needed to help the villagers and her estate that her predecessor simply le. Tasha B. said NOT a Gothic Romance. I agree with some of the other reviewers for this book that it lacks "that good gothic tension," as romancefanatic put it. In fact, it lacks any tension whatsoever, gothic or sexual. Before even page thirty, the hero and heroine are in his bedroom, ready for the literal roll in the hay! As for any danger the hero might exude, we already know he's a big, bad wolfy, so no major surprise there.Something that truly mystified me were the secondary characters. Why are they there? There seems . "A werewolf's menace & passion!" according to Carolyn Christy. The Wolf of Haskell Hall is a thoroughly enjoyable read. It is filled with danger, mystery and spine-tingling meance. I could not put it down until I had read the very last page.The Haskell women and Griffith men have been linked together for centuries. Linked, that is, through a curse. Delilah Hortense Haskell Trent is the last known female heir. She travels to Cornwell, England to claim an inheritance. There at Haskell Hall, she encounters Ian Griffith, the estate manager.The attracti
After college, when she married and was expecting her first child, she used a scrap computer to write her first romance. . She wrote her first short story at age eight, and began her first handwritten romance on the bus at age fourteen. She sold it herself in less than a year to a major New York publisher, began a new career at twenty-six and has never looked back.She now has sold eighteen titles, has wel
In the process, she must help the hero overcome his own demons or lose the only man she will ever love to the call of the wolf. Aiding her will be her estate manager, Shelly Holmes, a female Sherlockian character who will help solve the gory murders only to face her own demons in the process.. In this romantic paranormal retelling of The Hound of the Baskervilles, the last heiress of Haskell Hall must face the demons hunting on the moors of Cornwall, killing Haskell heirs one by one, or see the entire village her estate supports left bereft