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| Stardust of Yesterday (Haunting Hearts Series) | 
| Author: Lynn Kurland
Publisher: Berkley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  92 reviews
Sales Rank: 61121
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 042518238X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780425182383
ASIN: 042518238X
Publication Date: April 1, 2001
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Amazon.com Review
I hope you haven't missed this classic debut novel from 1996. Lynn Kurland writes with the same charm and flair as Jude Deveraux, and this clever and original ghost story is akin to the fabulous, Knight in Shining Armor. The book has garnered award nominations from Romantic Times and Romance Writers of America, and will definitely be a fixture on my "keeper" shelf. When Genevieve inherits a castle, she isn't expecting the incredibly sexy 13th century knight that accompanies it. Unfortunately, he's a ghost, so fantasy is all Genevieve and Kendrick de Paiget are able to share until Kendrick actually becomes corporeal, and Genevieve has to overcome her fear of the flesh. Hardly your normal problem with a ghost!
Product Description
Inheriting a castle--and a ghost to go with it--Genevieve Buchanan finds herself falling in love with the spectre of Kendrick de Piaget, an arrogant thirteenth-century knight.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 87 more reviews...
 Not one of the better Kurland books February 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Based on my love of This is all I ask, I am making my way through Kurland's stories. This book started out well, but after Kendrick lost his ghost status, the story dragged. I didn't like Genevieve as much as I wanted to. She was child-like and not strong.
 Stardust of Yesterday November 10, 2007
I am an avid reader,(mostly not romance novels) and I love this book. For those of us who used to sit around and wait for our knight to rescue us and take us back to his castle to live happily ever after, this is the book for us.
Makes Me Want to Inherit a Castle and Meet a Ghost! October 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I hadn't even heard of this book until I read Cindy Miles' Spirited Away and saw it mentioned in the reviews. I am so glad I read reviews! This book...I don't even know what to say about this book. I couldn't get enough of Kendrick. Genevieve bugged me a little with her incessant crying at the idea of being with Kendrick, though. You're with an unbelievably handsome man who loves you more than life itself - I'd be loving life! I've been looking for some good ghostly romances and haven't been able to find too many, but this book is first on my favorites list from those that I have read. Kendrick and Genevieve (minus her crying lapses) would have to be one of my favorite couples, and even the secondary characters were enjoyable. I don't usually read a book more than once, but I plan to read this one more than once, possibly more than that!
 mixed feelings June 27, 2007
The story was perfect, but a little more explicit then her other PG,PG-13 books. I read her books because I know I can count on a clean story without too much descriptive sex. This story was perfect except for one or two paragraphs that left me disappointed in Lynn.I understand this is her first book so she had to do things the publishers way........I just wish that after reading all her other books that I didn't have to find an unexpected surprise in the last one i read.
This is what dreams are made of!! February 22, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Reading through some of the previous reviews, I'm struck by some of the comments. One, Amazon's review calls it akin to Devereux's Knight in Shining Armor. Stardust of Yesterday is MUCH MUCH better. They are not in the same league at all. Two, this is not a realistic story; it is a work of fiction. It shows great imagination. You're not supposed to read so much into it. Just read and enjoy. Three, Genevieve can be annoying and is child-like in her innocence but that only adds to the story. So she may not be the most relatable heroine. So what! You are better able to see and appreciate Kendrick's character for falling in love with her, just as she is. Yes, she just happens to be the only woman around but who wouldn't wish that they could captivate someone enough that they wouldn't think or care about anyone else? Kendrick was known as a womanizing knave in his day. He could have had his pick for a bride. If he wasn't a ghost stuck at Seakirk or if he had met Gen in his time, he wouldn't have given her a second glance. Now, that he has no other prospects he is able to see with his heart and soul rather than focusing solely on a physical attraction.
This story is beautiful. It is full of life and imagination. Only in your wildest dreams could you believe that someone could fall in love with a ghost. Their romance is bittersweet. The sacrifice of falling in love and wanting to be with someone you could never touch, kiss, embrace is heart-wrenching.
Stardust of Yesterday was my first book by Ms. Kurland and now I have read it four times! It never gets old. It's like seeing old friends again, full of memories and shared smiles. All of Ms. Kurland's stories are like that. I don't usually re-read books but these I have and they are all wonderful, each and every time. She has a great talent for imaginative, fun, charming romances.
If you're looking for explicit love scenes and blatant sensuality, look elsewhere. Those details are better left up to your imagination; they only take away from the beauty of the story. Ms. Kurland's books are sweet romances not bodice-rippers. I can honestly say that I am never disappointed and impatiently wait for her next installment.
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