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Draycott Abbey #0.6 & 5
Draycott Eternal:What Dreams May Come & Season of Gifts
Forever fated to wander within the grounds of his beautiful English abbey, Adrian Draycott has given up all hope of peace. But when Gray Mackenzie appears with all her secrets and charm, the winds of danger and earthly desire suddenly find this sexy spirit turning all-male flesh and blood.
American heiress Jamee Night returns to the Highlands of her ancestors, determined to put her dark memories to rest. But when danger closes in, only rugged Scotsman Ian McCall can protect Jamee from her disturbing dreams…and an icy killer bent on revenge. Now, a generations-old promise, with some otherworldly help, is pulling them toward a powerful and timeless destiny.
American heiress Jamee Night returns to the Highlands of her ancestors, determined to put her dark memories to rest. But when danger closes in, only rugged Scotsman Ian McCall can protect Jamee from her disturbing dreams…and an icy killer bent on revenge. Now, a generations-old promise, with some otherworldly help, is pulling them toward a powerful and timeless destiny.
480 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 2008
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Christina Skye
51 books341 followersAKA Roberta Helmer
Roberta Helmer is an American writer of Chinese art and culture and as Christina Skye is a best-selling USA Today and Publishers Weekly writer of over 23 romance novels. Her romance book have been translated into 8 languages.
Roberta Helmer was born in Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A., an is a descendant of Revolutionary War hero Adam Helmer. She attended the University of Pennsylvania and obtained a doctorate in classical Chinese literature at Ohio State University, where she learned to speak fluent Chinese, French, and Japanese. Later, she worked as translator and as a consultant to the National Geographic Society and the American Museum of Natural History. She lived in on the western slopes of McDowell Mountains in Arizona.
Roberta Helmer is an American writer of Chinese art and culture and as Christina Skye is a best-selling USA Today and Publishers Weekly writer of over 23 romance novels. Her romance book have been translated into 8 languages.
Roberta Helmer was born in Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A., an is a descendant of Revolutionary War hero Adam Helmer. She attended the University of Pennsylvania and obtained a doctorate in classical Chinese literature at Ohio State University, where she learned to speak fluent Chinese, French, and Japanese. Later, she worked as translator and as a consultant to the National Geographic Society and the American Museum of Natural History. She lived in on the western slopes of McDowell Mountains in Arizona.
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February 17, 2021
Fabulously written
March 16, 2021
3.5 Stars What Dreams May Come
4.5 Stars Season of Wishes
4.5 Stars Season of Wishes
September 8, 2016
3.5-4 stars
This book contains two books in the series, although not back-to-back.
What Dreams May Come is one of my favorites in the series - easily 4 stars, because we meet Gray Mackenzie - friend to Kacey Draycott and future companion to Adrian Draycott. Yep... it's quite the story! Of course, it's full of suspense and danger, but it's got such a wonderful happy ending that I can't fault it.
Season of Wishes is a sweet, wonderful tale of Ian McCall, a Scottish lord and Security International's most seasons kidnap negotiator. But the curse of the McCall's is taking its toll on him, and Ian fears he won't be able to continue physically or mentally much longer. Which, to him, means he'll have to give up his ancestral home, too.
Jamee Night is a free-spirit and heiress to the Nightingale fortune, along with her 3 adopted brothers. When she was 17, Jamee was kidnapped and held hostage for months in a small, dark, hot closet, until she was able to escape with her life. Since then, she's tried to put the experience behind her, but she still suffers night-terrors where she strips her clothes off to avoid the small, hot, dark space of that closet. And Jamee's still a target, as her brothers Adam and William know. They ask Nicholas Draycott for advice on who to hire to protect and guard Jamee from the lastest threats without her knowledge - she gets more than a little miffed to have her space and life crowded or to be reminded of the past she's trying to get beyond.
Ian doesn't want to take the job, until he hears Jamee's exuberance and life on the phone... and sees video of her in a sleep study, trying to overcome her night terrors. Reluctantly, Ian takes on the job, and follows Jamee to Scotland, where she's supposed to visit Dunraven Castle to show her textiles to Kara and Duncan MacKinnon.
But Jamee makes a stop to pay tribute to her deceased parents - a stop where she encounters Ian, trying to keep his cover as part of his contract. The two are quickly fogged in by the unpredictable weather, and Ian's knowledge of the area help him to lead Jamee to a cabin where they can take shelter. The fog and weather prevent their cell phones from working very well or at all; they're trapped until the fog lifts, which ends up being days.
While Ian tries to avoid feeling anything for Jamee, she's starting to finally feel something for Ian. Jamee's struggled with intimacy issues, resulting from her kidnapping and her night terrors. Ian knows that the enemy is out there, just waiting to pounce, and he tries to keep his focus on protecting Jamee, preventing them from getting her, and keeping his cover. But he feels badly for having to lie to her, especially since she abhors deception of any kind.
When the enemy sets fire to the cabin, Ian leads Jamee out and to safety... ending up at Dunraven. But the mystery doesn't end there... nor does how the present and past lives of Ian and Jamee interweave and impact them.
Then there's the totally unexpected discovery at Ian's ancestral home... wow!
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I didn't quite feel the chemistry between Ian and Jamee - I did, but... I think because it's not clear how old Ian is compared to Jamee's relatively young 20s, the romance didn't quite feel right to me. Personality-wise, I got it. But I couldn't help but wonder if he was 20-some years older than she? Again, it's unclear or I missed the clues.
Regardless, always good to see Nicholas, Marston, Adrian, and Gideon, and a real treat to be back with Kara and Duncan at Dunraven and see what's happened to them.
This book contains two books in the series, although not back-to-back.
What Dreams May Come is one of my favorites in the series - easily 4 stars, because we meet Gray Mackenzie - friend to Kacey Draycott and future companion to Adrian Draycott. Yep... it's quite the story! Of course, it's full of suspense and danger, but it's got such a wonderful happy ending that I can't fault it.
Season of Wishes is a sweet, wonderful tale of Ian McCall, a Scottish lord and Security International's most seasons kidnap negotiator. But the curse of the McCall's is taking its toll on him, and Ian fears he won't be able to continue physically or mentally much longer. Which, to him, means he'll have to give up his ancestral home, too.
Jamee Night is a free-spirit and heiress to the Nightingale fortune, along with her 3 adopted brothers. When she was 17, Jamee was kidnapped and held hostage for months in a small, dark, hot closet, until she was able to escape with her life. Since then, she's tried to put the experience behind her, but she still suffers night-terrors where she strips her clothes off to avoid the small, hot, dark space of that closet. And Jamee's still a target, as her brothers Adam and William know. They ask Nicholas Draycott for advice on who to hire to protect and guard Jamee from the lastest threats without her knowledge - she gets more than a little miffed to have her space and life crowded or to be reminded of the past she's trying to get beyond.
Ian doesn't want to take the job, until he hears Jamee's exuberance and life on the phone... and sees video of her in a sleep study, trying to overcome her night terrors. Reluctantly, Ian takes on the job, and follows Jamee to Scotland, where she's supposed to visit Dunraven Castle to show her textiles to Kara and Duncan MacKinnon.
But Jamee makes a stop to pay tribute to her deceased parents - a stop where she encounters Ian, trying to keep his cover as part of his contract. The two are quickly fogged in by the unpredictable weather, and Ian's knowledge of the area help him to lead Jamee to a cabin where they can take shelter. The fog and weather prevent their cell phones from working very well or at all; they're trapped until the fog lifts, which ends up being days.
While Ian tries to avoid feeling anything for Jamee, she's starting to finally feel something for Ian. Jamee's struggled with intimacy issues, resulting from her kidnapping and her night terrors. Ian knows that the enemy is out there, just waiting to pounce, and he tries to keep his focus on protecting Jamee, preventing them from getting her, and keeping his cover. But he feels badly for having to lie to her, especially since she abhors deception of any kind.
When the enemy sets fire to the cabin, Ian leads Jamee out and to safety... ending up at Dunraven. But the mystery doesn't end there... nor does how the present and past lives of Ian and Jamee interweave and impact them.
Then there's the totally unexpected discovery at Ian's ancestral home... wow!
---------------
I didn't quite feel the chemistry between Ian and Jamee - I did, but... I think because it's not clear how old Ian is compared to Jamee's relatively young 20s, the romance didn't quite feel right to me. Personality-wise, I got it. But I couldn't help but wonder if he was 20-some years older than she? Again, it's unclear or I missed the clues.
Regardless, always good to see Nicholas, Marston, Adrian, and Gideon, and a real treat to be back with Kara and Duncan at Dunraven and see what's happened to them.
March 4, 2017
What Dreams May Come - 3/5 - This is where things start to get confusing. To the best of my knowledge, Adrian Draycott lived in the 1700s or something...but apparently he remembers a prior previous life in which he loved Gray Mackenzie. I have lost track of Adrian Draycott's previous incarnations, what he did in them and who he knew in them...I give up and accept whatever the author tells me. And while I understand why this particular book had to end as it did, I still wasn't particularly happy about it.
Season of Gifts (Wishes) - 4/5 - Another novel in the Draycott Abbey series - we see the paranormal primarily in the presence of an Abbey ghost and his cat, but otherwise there isn't really any paranormal happenings. As in every story thus far, Jamie and Ian have an instant attraction/connection that sort of propels them together but they fight it as long as they can. Gotta have some angst, right? And, as usual, things end in a showdown with the villain and the angst between the H and h is drawn out as long as possible. Cameos of previous characters included as well. Although it seems to be formula now, it works. The characters have chemistry and some steamy love scenes, the action and suspense keep me turning the page and I like seeing how previous characters are doing. It's a good book (actually the whole series is pretty good).
Season of Gifts (Wishes) - 4/5 - Another novel in the Draycott Abbey series - we see the paranormal primarily in the presence of an Abbey ghost and his cat, but otherwise there isn't really any paranormal happenings. As in every story thus far, Jamie and Ian have an instant attraction/connection that sort of propels them together but they fight it as long as they can. Gotta have some angst, right? And, as usual, things end in a showdown with the villain and the angst between the H and h is drawn out as long as possible. Cameos of previous characters included as well. Although it seems to be formula now, it works. The characters have chemistry and some steamy love scenes, the action and suspense keep me turning the page and I like seeing how previous characters are doing. It's a good book (actually the whole series is pretty good).
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August 1, 2010
The first story is that of Gray and Adrian. Adrian Draycott is the ghost of one of the previous earls of Draycott Manor and, though dead, had stayed to protect his ancestral manner and the current family. He also wants to protect the woman who is currently commissioned to create a painting of the manor, Gray MacKenzie. She is easily startled because her ex-husband, who she had helped put in jail, has recently escaped. When he comes looking for her, Adrian has to find some way to help.
Season of Wishes, the second story in this book is that of heress Jamee Night and the man hired to save her after a threat against her life. Ian McCall doesn't want to be a bodyguard, he's losing his eyesight and is falling in love with his charge. Jamee is a weaver by trade and had traveled all around the world trying to find the perfect fabric, but she's never encountered a man like this.
Season of Wishes, the second story in this book is that of heress Jamee Night and the man hired to save her after a threat against her life. Ian McCall doesn't want to be a bodyguard, he's losing his eyesight and is falling in love with his charge. Jamee is a weaver by trade and had traveled all around the world trying to find the perfect fabric, but she's never encountered a man like this.
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July 12, 2012I was so sad for Jaime. Who wasn't but she made it through which is the good part. Another Ian! I'm a sucker for characters with names that are Ian. What can I say it's so lovely. :))
So Back to this, The story plot is okay, i guess or better than others. I smiled at Jaime's bothers. There is Travis! Oh Travis, He still watched over Jaime ♥
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March 26, 2008
I read these short stories years ago, but bought this compilation anyway. I love the Draycott Abbey stories.
May 6, 2008
These 2 books were really good, i enjoyed reading them!! Not to give anything away...but they both had very happy endings!!!!!!!
February 11, 2009
This book is like two stories in one. Finished the first one.. working on the second.
September 18, 2009
Come on Chuck, give me more.
December 25, 2016
Please see individual stories for review.
April 12, 2009
Romantic and touching.
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