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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780778320746
ISBN number: 077832074X
Label: Mira
Manufacturer: Mira
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 432
Printing Date: September 01, 2004
Publishing house: Mira
Sale Popularity Level: 252053
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- Heather Graham is a New York Times bestselling author of contemporary and historical romance. - Graham's most recent paranormal title, Haunted (Mira Books, 9/03), spent five weeks on the New York Times extended bestseller list, reaching #19, and reached #33 on the USA Today bestseller list. - Hurricane Bay (Mira Books, hardcover, 4/02) debuted at #20 on the New York Times extended bestseller list. - Night of The Blackbird (Mira Books, 10/01) spent three weeks on the New York Times extended bestseller list, reaching #21, and hit #14 on the Publishing houses Weekly bestseller list. - Her latest hardcover, Picture Me Dead (Mira Books, 3/03), achieved an NSR of 68%.
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Wanna spend the afternoon with a good mystery? If so, you gotta read THE PRESENCE. Toni Fraser and a group of friends have rented a Scottish Castle and are giving skitted tours, featuring the ancestral owner. Toni believes she has created the tale but when the descendant of her play arrives, she is made aware that her ghost story is factual on many levels.
This is my very first experience with Heather Graham's writing and I loved her book. Her writing style is easy to follow, she paints the scene with a skilled hand, and her characters are fantastic. She also weaves subplots and blue herrings throughout her story that will keep you guessing until the end.
Although it took me a while to keep all of the characters straight, I was drawn in immediately to the story and found it difficult to stop turning the pages. THE PRESENCE has made me a fan of Ms Graham's work, and I will look for more of her books.
CarolASpradling.com author
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Heather Graham has embarked on a series that touch on the supernatural. In THE PRESENCE she continues with this subject and creates an interesting but somewhat predictable tale.
Toni Fraser and her friends rent a rundown castle to house their shows. They reenact the history of a local laird and Toni thinks she's created a story that turns out to be true. Seems the original laird was rumored to have strangled his wife in a fit of rage while his enemy was approaching the castle centuries ago. When the real life current laird shows up during one of their performances, life changes drastically for the group.
Toni and Laird Bruce McNaill hit it off after a stormy introduction and romance is soon a focal point of the story. Mixed in is the fact that Toni is a medium and sees the old laird who is determined to get her to understand something with which only she can help. Added to the history aspect of the story, a serial killer is on the loose and disposing of the bodies of young prostitutes in the forest surrounding the castle. If that weren't enough subplots, add to them the fact that Bruce McNaill did not rent out his castle, seems the American group was fraudulently leased his castle. A few too many subplots make it at times confusing as to the main theme of the story.
Character development is very good, although the sub-characters appear to be a bit less detailed which in the end leads the reader to wonder as to the identity of the villain. Actually if you're a mystery buff, you'll not be fooled with the blue herrings and will only wonder if you're wrong for a very short time. The clues thrown in to mislead you are so obvious they are easily tossed out as not being feasible.
Toni and Bruce were both well developed and enjoyable. The others were a bit of a mystery. Gina and Ryan, husband and wife team, were given a scant description but not much else. David and Kevin, the gay couple of the book, were described in a bit more detail but also not well developed. Thayer, the Scottish cousin of Toni, was the least developed of all. Other characters who remained vague were Jonathan, the town constable, as well as Eban, a caretaker of the castle. It would have been so much more enjoyable if more information had been given on these characters.
One of the biggest disappointments in the story is the bouncing from subplot to subplot. Just when I was focused on the history of the castle and wanting to figure out what the old laird was trying to tell Toni, I was tossed back to the murders or the fraud aspect of the story. It was a bit disconcerting.
Overall the story was enjoyable even if Graham can't seem to shake her early romance foundation. The mystery portion was lacking but did keep you entertained. It was a better than average story with enough variety to keep most readers enthralled until the end.
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This is the very first book I have read by Ms. Graham, and I will give her another try. This story started out with a dramatic and spooky bang, but quickly fizzled and settled into a cross between the Hardy Boys Meets Gone With The Wind. It had all the elements in the beginning to be a "keep you on the edge of your seat" story. It quickly became a love story with a ghost thrown in to keep your attention. The thing that kept me reading the book was that it is well written and had just enough intrique to make me want to know how it ended.
If you are looking for the thrills of Kay Hooper, you will not find them here. If you are looking for a light, airy love story with alittle booga-booga thrown in, you might want to try this one.
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Ms. Graham's "The Presence" offers a little something for everyone. This is a paranormal, historical, contemporary romance that will entertain readers with wonderful details and characters.
Toni Fraser and a few of her good friends have combined all that they have in order to rent a true Scottish castle. There plan...to entertain tourist with a tragic story regarding the castle and it's Laird. They have put a lot of work into their dream and just when they start doing well with their tour and then the impossible happens. The Laird returns. Toni's made up Laird is actually a flesh and blood man, and the history she has created is eerily real. But, when bodies of young women are found murdered and Toni's dreams seem to be just to lifelike to ignore questions start to be asked. Just who is this man and could he have anything to do with the murders?
This was a well paced read, and Ms. Graham combined a lot of different aspects into a well rounded read. They mystery surrounding the plot of the murdered women will keep the reader engaged, and if that's not enough, the chemistry between Bruce and Toni will. Her descriptive prose will transport you to Scotland both present day and past. This is one read that I recommend for fan's of both Paranormal and Suspense genres.
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Before reading this book I had read "Haunted" and greatly enjoyed it so I decided to read another one of Graham's books. I have to say, I was somewhat disappointed with this one. From the beginning it was so predictable that Bruce MacNiall and Toni were the Laird MacNiall and Annalise from the past. I also didn't understand why at some points in the book, there were instances where Ryan and Gina discussed what they should do about Toni. What happened with this? Also, what was Thayer hiding? There was a suggestion that he wasn't really Toni's cousin but this storyline also went no where. I think the author tried to add things to lead the reader astray but then in the end, these instances were never explained. Overall, this book was entertaining but left too many questions for me.
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