Named of the Dragon, by Susanna Kearsley
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Named of the Dragon, by Susanna Kearsley
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A haunting tale of intrigue from New York Times bestselling author Susanna Kearsley.
SOMEWHERE IN THE HEART OF LEGEND LIES THE KEY TO HER TERRIFYING DREAMS
The charm of spending the Christmas holidays in South Wales, with its crumbling castles and ancient myths, seems the perfect distraction from the nightmares that have plagued literary agent Lyn Ravenshaw since the loss of her baby five years ago.
Instead, she meets an emotionally fragile young widow who's convinced that Lyn's recurring dreams have drawn her to Castle Farm for an important purpose--and she's running out of time.
With the help of a reclusive, brooding playwright, Lyn begins to untangle the mystery and is pulled into a world of Celtic legends, dangerous prophecies, and a child destined for greatness.
PRAISE FOR A DESPERATE FORTUNE "A grand adventure... Susanna Kearsley just keeps getting better and better." -LAUREN WILLIG, New York Times bestselling author "Enchanting! Beguiling! Gorgeously romantic! A truly brilliant book." -KATE FORSYTH, Award-winning author of Bitter Greens"Susanna Kearsley deftly conjures a contemporary heroine as unique as she is memorable." -DEANNA RAYBOURN, New York Times bestselling author
Named of the Dragon, by Susanna Kearsley- Amazon Sales Rank: #58662 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-06
- Released on: 2015-10-06
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.90" h x 1.00" w x 5.10" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 336 pages
Review "Susanna Kearsley delivers a cozy yet atmospheric novel of love, loss and Arthurian legend set in Wales." - Shelf Awareness Reader
From the Inside Flap The invitation to spend Christmas in Angle, on the Pembrokeshire coast, is one that Lyn Ravenshaw is only too happy to accept. To escape London and the pressures of her literary agency is temptation enough, but the prospect of meeting Booker Prize nominee James Swift - conveniently in search of an agent - is the deciding factor. On holiday she encounters the disturbing Elen Vaughan, recently widowed and with an eight-month-old son whose paternity is a subject for local gossip. Elen's baby arouses painful memories of Lyn's own dead child/ and strange, haunting dreams, in which a young woman in blue repeatedly tries to hand over her child to Lyn for safekeeping.Who is the father of Elen's baby? What is the eerie, monstrous creature of Elen's dreams that tries to ensnare her son, and what makes her so sure that Lyn has been sent to protect him? As she begins to untangle the truth behind the stories, the secret she discovers leads Lyn to an encounter with the past that will change her life forever.
About the Author New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and RITA award winner, Susanna Kearsley is known for her meticulous research and exotic settings from Russia to Italy to Cornwall, which not only entertain her readers but give her a great reason to travel. Her lush writing has been compared to Mary Stewart, Daphne Du Maurier, and Diana Gabaldon. She hit the bestseller lists in the U.S. with The Winter Sea and The Rose Garden, both RITA finalists and winners of RT Reviewers' Choice Awards. Other honors include finaling for the UK's Romantic Novel of the Year Award, National Readers' Choice Awards, and the prestigious Catherine Cookson Fiction Prize. Her popular and critically-acclaimed books are available in translation in more than 20 countries and as audio books. She lives in Canada, near the shores of Lake Ontario.
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49 of 51 people found the following review helpful. Now what do I do? By OLT I've read them all. That means everything Susanna Kearsley has written (with the exception of her 2 very first novels which, on her website, she discourages her fans from looking for or reading). Well, The Firebird will be out in June 2013, so that's less than a half year to wait for another Kearsley fix. (If I were living in the UK I'd have the new book by Jan. 28, 2013. Is it worth the move?)This particular book from 1998 is her 4th successful novel, following 1994 Mariana, 1995 The Splendour Falls, and 1997 The Shadowy Horses. It is not my favorite of all she has written. That would have to be 2008 The Winter Sea, but it is an enjoyable read nonetheless.The setting is Wales, the small town of Angle, near Pembrokeshire and historic Pembroke Castle. (BTW, do go to this book on the author's website to view photographs of this historic place. They're lovely.) The heroine Lyn is a widow still grieving the loss of her baby 5 years ago. She's a literary agent invited by one of her authors to spend Christmas at the home of another famous British author. She also discovers that a very famous reclusive Welsh playwright lives nearby.Add to the mix Lyn's disturbing dreams, an emotionally-fragile widow Elen, who's fearful for her infant son's life and believes Lyn has been sent to protect him, legends and prophecies with ties to King Arthur, Merlin and dragon kings, and you've got another Kearsley novel with a bit of romance, a bit of the paranormal, and a bit of history. As has been stated by many a reviewer, Kearsley is probably the modern writer closest to Mary Stewart in topic and style of writing and that's a big part of the reason I'm so fond of her work. Reading Kearsley is almost a nostalgic trip down the memory lane of my teen years when I loved Mary Stewart so.As I said before, this is not my favorite of her books but it is quite good. The mystery and paranormal element is the weakest part of the book. I enjoyed it more for the characters and their interactions and for the history of the locale. And now there's that wait for the next book.
54 of 60 people found the following review helpful. A wonderful, suspense-filled story set in Wales. By Brenda Lyn is a literary agent who has been haunted by the death of her baby for a long time. Lyn's friend Bridget writes children books. Bridget is tough, mad about men and loves to create scandals. She invites Lyn to spend Christmas in Wales with her and two other writers, James and Gareth. Bridget has her reasons for inviting Lyn along, but my impression is that a power much stronger than a best selling writer has something to do with her trip. Lyn feeling a trip would do her good accepts Bridget's offer. Once there she meets a neighbor who swears Lyn was sent to be a guardian and a writer who believes she is only there to convince him to sign with her company. Lyn finds herself pulled into a mystery that is beyond her control. Now her dreams are not just disturb by the haunting cries of her own lost baby, but by someone else's child as well. What do they want? Why does she keep seeing people in her dreams that do not exist?Susanna Kearsley's writing impressed me greatly! The first page captured me immediately; once drawn in I couldn't let go. Although Named the Dragon is a contemporary novel, the historical aspects of Wales, its castles, its myths and its royalty, along with the quotes at the beginning of each chapter by Shakespeare, W.B. Yeats, and Lord Tennyson made the read that much more delightful for me as a historical buff.Susanna Kearsley's writing has been compared to Barbara Michaels and Mary Stewart. I have to agree - it is that good.
28 of 31 people found the following review helpful. romantic suspense in the tradition of Mary Stewart By Michele Susanna Kearsley's books never disappoint. With her evocative descriptions of place, her engaging characters, her special gift for dialogue and a dash of suspense thrown in, they are always fun and entertaining reads: fast can't-put-down-until-it's-finished books.In Named of the Dragon she takes us to a little corner of modern-day Wales, to Castle House in the village of Angle. In looking up Angle on Wikipedia I discovered that Castle House is a real place; in fact, the picture on the cover of this book looks to be taken from an actual photo of the place. And indeed, in the Author's Note at the end, Kearsley explains that she once spent at winter at Castle House and that its owners invited her to write about it. Cleverly, she used the names of the owners -- Ralph and Pam -- as the names of the owners in the book.The heroine is a young widow who, five years later, is still grieving and having nightmares about the baby she lost at birth. At the invitation of a client she goes to Wales to spend Christmas, and there her constantly-recurring nightmares take on ever-new twists as they become entwined with the story of a young widow living at Castle House who lives in fear that someone is trying to take her baby boy. Added to the mix is a dose of Arthurian legend, as the young mother, who most consider half-mad, constantly refers to the prophecies of Merlin and mysteriously believes that Lyn (the heroine) has come to save her baby.If this sounds a bit melodramatic and over-done, it does verge on that at times. However, Kearsley rescues her book from going completely over the top by her engaging and witty characters. Although the dialogue wasn't quite as sparkling and witty as in The Shadowy Horses, she still manages to create people you wished you knew.The romance was a weaker element in Named of the Dragon, as Lyn and her would-be love interest spent the entire book sparring with each other. He wasn't handsome, he wasn't intriguing, in fact he was a jerk most of the time. But by the last five pages or so it was evident that in the near future they would finally get together.Named of the Dragon isn't Kearsley's strongest book, but it is an entertaining, fast read recommended for her fans, or fans of Mary Stewart.
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