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HUNDREDS OF YEARS TO REFORM A RAKE

Hundreds of Years to Reform a Rake, September 2007
by Laurie Brown

Sourcebooks Casablanca
Featuring: Josephine Drummond
400 pages
ISBN: 1402210132
EAN: 9781402210136
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"When a ghost hunter goes back in time, she will have to make a decision which could alter her life."

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HUNDREDS OF YEARS TO REFORM A RAKE
Laurie Brown

Reviewed by Leanne Davis
Posted February 10, 2008

Paranormal | Romance Paranormal

Josie Drummond is a struggling psychic investigator who is invited to Castle Waite to prove the presence of the ghost. Amelia Thornton has hired her to prove the castle is haunted so she can draw the tourists in. She is in dire need of the money to maintain the castle.

During her stay, Josie has seen no signs of the ghost. There have been some periodic problems with her equipment but nothing indicates that the castle is haunted. Until, her last day there when the ninth Earl of Waite appears and proposes an exchange.

If Josie will return to the past with him and prevent his mother from being swindled by a fake psychic, he will do everything he can to provide the proof Josie needs that ghosts exist.

Josie knows that time travel isn't possible so she goes along with the idea. After all, she has nothing to lose.

Only when they take a carriage ride away from the present and return to the past, Josie finds her world is turned upside down. Ths small amount of training she received isn't enough to prevent her from causing trouble. The ghost runs into difficulty when it turns out that he can't be in the same room as his phyical being.

The time is running short and Josie is having trouble proving that the medium is fake. At the last minute, not only will Josie be able to prevent the swindling psychic from stealing the heritage of the Earls, she will find a treasure which will entirely change the course of the family.

As the ghost is pulling her toward her own time, the Earl will present her with a dilemma which could change the course of many lives.

I really loved this story. Ms. Brown has done a fabulous job of making time travel seem possible without boring the reader with scientific detail. The characters were interesting. The story has a light heartedness to it that kept this reader engrossed.

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SUMMARY

A modern career woman thrust back in time into the glittering Regency period and the arms of an unscrupulous rake

Josephine Drummond is a professional paranormal researcher (aka, a ghostbuster) hired to prove that the ghost of Lord Deverell Thornton, the very handsome Earl and a notorious rake in his time, haunts the crumbling Waite Castle. But the ghost drags Josephine back to the Regency period to help him try to prevent the swindle that impoverished the Earl and threatens to turn his castle into a most undignified
modern-day tourist attraction.

Josephine has to contend with being a modern career woman trying to navigate the complex social scene of the Regency period, make sure no one discovers her real identity and unmask a charlatan. But all of these are easier than resisting her undeniable attraction to the Earl, who is clearly determined to sweep her off her feet.

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