Lesley Campbell has always been that little bit different
from
everyone else. With an opal stone, that has been handed
down
through her Scottish family, Lesley has the ability to
dream
small snippets of the future. Having no control over this
ability, Lesley struggles with this power, which is both a
gift and a curse. Hoping to find some help, Lesley turns
to
the Institute for Parapsychological Research. Giving
evidence
of some of her predictions, she meets their lead
investigator,
Craig Ritter.
Craig is cynical and doesn't believe her
abilities, so once again Lesley finds herself alone and
vulnerable. After a terrifying break in, Lesley meets Jon
Hollister, and her life changes before her very eyes.
Caring
and comfortable to be around, Lesley soon becomes
enamoured by
the older widower, and finds herself married and moving to
his
isolated home in Iron Ridge. But it is not long before the
cracks in their relationship begin to show, and Lesley
feels
that he his hiding something from her. With strangers
hiding
in the woods surrounding their home, a locked tower hiding
secrets within, and disturbing tales concerning the death
of
Jon's first wife, does Lesley really know the man she has
married?
THE OPAL LEGACY by Jane Toombs (writing as Fortune Kent)
is a
short paranormal tale. Enjoying the premise of the
plotline, I
did find the story slightly rushed and disjointed in
areas,
and I would have liked more information on Lesleys
heritage
and childhood, so that I could fully understand her
present
day reasoning. All in all THE OPAL LEGACY by Jane Toombs
(writing as Fortune Kent) is just a little short for me
and I
would have enjoyed a little more detail.
Is he saving her from her demons…or introducing her to his
own?
When the Institute for Parapsychological Research answers
Lesley Campbell’s letters, at first she hopes there’s a
light at the end of her long, dark tunnel. A tunnel
haunted
by terrible premonitions and her grandmother’s enigmatic
words about a stone handed down through generations of her
family.
“The opal has been our curse and our salvation.”
But the IPR turns out to be just another dead end…and her
hasty retreat sends her straight into the arms of Jon
Hollister, a man whose gentle manner makes her feel
something she hasn’t felt in a long time. Alive. Uneasy,
restless. But alive.
She hopes to find safety at Iron Ridge, Jon’s remote
estate.
But something lurks in the desolate wilds of the Upper
Peninsula. Something sinister. A scarred man walking the
windswept shore. An ominous tower full of secrets. The
tragic death of his first wife.
And Lesley begins to wonder if love compelled Jon to sweep
her off her feet…or a desire as deadly and powerful as the
stone she carries.
This Retro Romance reprint was originally published in
1975
by Ballantine.
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