Jennifer St. Giles, Darkest Dreams

Darkest Dreams

Jennifer St. Giles

Berkley, December 2006, $6.99

ISBN: 042521303X

In 1879, Andromeda Andrews comes to Dartmoor's End to see her recently married sister Cassie, who wed Sean Killaren. Her arrival upsets the cold war balance between Sean and his twin Alexander, as it reminds both of the prophesy curse in which one will kill the other, and the "accident" in which the Andrews' cousin Mary dies at sea near Dartmoor's End.

Andromeda is attracted to Alexander, who cannot hide his bitterness towards Sean. Like Cassie, she wants to know more about Mary's death and the sibling she is falling in love with, though also like her sister, she fears her beloved is a cruel soulless killer who she has doubts about whether she can trust him with her heart, her life, and her soul.

DARKEST DREAMS, the sequel to the magnificent MIDNIGHT SECRETS is a superb paranormal Victorian romantic suspense thriller with Gothic overtones. The storyline is action-packed, but as with Cass' saga, Andromeda is the key to the wonderful plot. Her "sight" skills tell her to run away and towards Alex, especially in light of her belief that she is the next Druid sacrifice and he might be the one to perform the ritual. Fans of Gothic and paranormal romances will want to read this beguiling tale.