Greenwood Manor
Shannon LeighParanormal erotic romance
Available from Amber Quill Press
ISBN: 1-59279-433-5
October 2005
| Laura Flannery was all prepared for a week long vacation. This vacation was going to be different than her last. She refused to be talked into taking care of her neighbor's cats for the week. She had received a postcard inviting her to the grand opening of Greenwood Manor in New Orleans. Every time she set the postcard down it seemed to find its way to where she would see it. She was beginning to think someone was playing a practical joke. Whatever it meant she decided she had to go. When she arrives at the manor she has an immediate sense of de'ja vu. The elderly butler leads her to a bedroom that makes her feel like she is home again. The maid at the manor seems to float as she walks. Something is going on here but she don't know what. She begins to catch glimpses of a man that talks to her and calls her by name. He claims he is her husband Barnaby. She will have to decide if the house is haunted or if she has lost touch with reality.
Greenwood Manor the title of course comes from the home in the story. This is an interesting story in how all the characters end up where they do. Laura is a levelheaded person with a good job. She is open and willing to listen. Barnaby, grief stricken, makes a deal that is easily imagined. The theme of the story is to reunite lost loves and it does so beautifully. The dialogue in this story is well written and does well in communicating the thoughts of the characters. The words are fluid and easily followed. This is a highly passionate erotic story with graphic details. The feeling of intimacy is accompanied by a feeling of knowing one another. The sex is detailed in its description and choreographed in such a way as to make it easily visualized. The setting of the manor is interesting because of how it is seen by different people in the story. 'Greenwood Manor is an emotionally powerful story that shows how far someone will go for love. This is a sweet story that has a happy ending and leaves the reader smiling. Shannon Leigh has written a wonderful highly erotic paranormal romance that will be enjoyed by all who read it.
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Reviewer: Anita |
