One House. Three Generations. Continuing Passions.
Nealanna was only seventeen when she came to Emerald Station as the bride of Gareth Kennelly. Even then Emerald Station, the great, brooding, stone house carved from the rugged New England Hills, was cursed. Romances, feuds, and curses echoed through its halls and lingered to haunt those who dwelled there. Now sudden death and impending doom are threads woven into the tapestry. After three generations is the curse of Emerald Station too strong for even the beautiful, passionate women and the strong, determined men of the Kennelly dynasty?
Daoma Winston was a prolific writer of Gothic romance and horror/thriller novels. All of her novels have a strong occult theme and usually feature ghosts, witches, demons or magic. (Not "Golden Tramp.")
I read this book probably over 20 years ago now. For some reason, there are books that stick with you. Emerald Station was one of those books for me.
I'm not as "into" gothic-type romances as I used to be, but sometimes it's just the thing. This reading experience was accompanied by a sweet nostalgia. Although with the wisdom of years I have to confess that this work isn't particularly special, the fact that it was still memorable nearly two decades after my first read, is something monumental.
More murder mystery than gothic romance, this book hits the spot even through three generations of Kennellys.
Very disappointed in this as I have read some other books by this author that were excellent and I expected a typically good read; however, this book was just a joke - truly… the author went from one tragedy to another to another and that was basically the “plot”.
Absolutely zero character development and, as a result, I didn’t care about any of the characters. The main character should have been one the reader was invested in but she was just bland and a tool for forwarding these ridiculous tragedies one after the other.
I actually got to about the middle of the book but didn’t want to pick it up and just didn’t care so I did a DNF.
I've read (or rather, tried to read) several of this supposedly popular author's books and honestly can't get into any of them. Every one was a DNF. The stories sound like they should be interesting (some really sound macabre) but they just fall flat and the characters don't have any depth.
Ms. Winston's books remind me of the "Seinfeld" series, when asked what it's about people say: "Nothing".