Diane Wylie

The setting for this book is 1989. The characters are a psychiatrist, Dr. Juliana Nelson, and someone brought into her clinic by the police – a magician named Richard Blackstone who claims to be immortal and a knight of King Edward III.

The idea of the immortality of a knight who is also a magician is intriguing. I enjoyed the story but felt some of the actions of the characters a bit unrealistic. I can’t imagine a psychiatrist going to the home of someone she has seen once based on curiosity and falling so quickly for a person that she considers perhaps out of touch with reality. I also found it difficult to believe that a man who has lived for over 500 years would fall so quickly for the psychiatrist and her tactics. This story included romance, immortality, magic, ghosts, a quest, and a search to become mortal – and I wondered why the two would want to be mortal. Anyway – I am thankful for the opportunity to have read this story and found it a light easy read.… (altro)

This is the story of Julian, a psychiatrist, and Richard, a magician. Richard has lived for approximately 500 years because of a pentacle he stole from a fellow magician. He meets Julian after someone slips him a date rape drug into his drink and he is brought in by the police for a psychiatric evaluation as he was claiming to be a knight. Richard and Julian fall in love and Julian discovers Richard's secret to long life. Richard must face his past before going on to the future and Julian is very ready to help.

I found the plot of the story interesting, although I found the characters shallow and without depth. It was a light easy read with a nice romance mixed in.… (altro)

Adam’s Treasure (an Historical Romance that will keep you turning the pages) – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat


‘Oh, my! What have I done? To ride away with a man who had put his hands under her skirt, tried to steal her prize, and broke into her bedroom didn’t make much sense. However, staying there with that other man, Dawson, coming after her had not been a possibility. But had she been kidnapped, or had she gone willingly? The lines were blurred. To be sure, she had not fought Mr. Skelding after he dumped her out the window. Where could she go but with him? Her mother had taught her, better the devil you know, than to meet the devil you don’t. She had made a split-second decision to go with the agent.’

Put yourself in Marilla Logan’s position. She had left New Jersey after the deaths of her family, finds herself working in Smythe Tavern, deep in the south, shortly after the end of the Civil War and there laying on the floor is a packet that just might be her ticket out of this nasty job and town. Little does she know but this “little ticket out” becomes a “big ticket to trouble.” Apparently a group that calls itself the Knights of the Golden Circle are in the process of organizing another up rise within the south. And the man with his hand up her skirt, trying himself to retrieve the packet, is none other than Pinkerton Agent Adam Skelding. His mission – find the hidden monies and treasures before it can be used to finance this uprise. His problem, other than Marilla – the letters contained in the packet are in code.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Adam’s Treasure. I never skip to the back of a book when reading and since the resources were listed at the back, I had no idea as to how much research and actually facts went into the writing of Adam’s Treasure. I know why the book was so believable. If you enjoy Historical Romances, you will love this book.

2009
The Wild Rose Press
Publishing History
303 Pages
ISBN# 1-60154-753-6

Review Stir, Laugh, Repeat at Amazon.com Stir, Laugh, Repeat… (altro)