Stars: 3 / 5
Recommendation: Too bad that this did not come as it’s own and perhaps Ruth am make it a full-fledged novel. It was sweet, happy, sad and content all at the same time. It was a simple reincarnation generic plot too. It was surprisingly good though.
The Unforgiven is the fourth novella in The Unquiet anthology book in January of 2011 in which Nora published her novella with four of her recurring authors – Mary Blayney, Patricia Gaffney, Ruth Ryan Langan and Mary Kay McComas. This novella is written by Ruth Ryan Langan.
In this short story, Ruth takes us on a journey of Mrs. Brianna “Bree” Kerr, a widow who comes to Scotland to claim what is left of her dead husband’ s inheritance that she foresees to use to compensate the massive debts he left her with. She did not expect to come face to face with the spirit of dead Jamie Kerr, an ancestor from early 1600s who after dying remains as an angry spirit.
The romance between Bree and Jamie is there, and I can believe one loves a ghost or spirit. But, making love to one is hard to believe. But it reminds me of 2007 novel The Dead Room by Heather Graham where the protagonist, Leslie MacIntyre feels her fiancé Matt Connolly who was killed in an explosion. Just like Bree lost her husband and found the angry spirit of Jamie Kerr.
Too bad that this did not come as it’s own and perhaps Ruth can make it a full-fledged novel. It was sweet, happy, sad and content all at the same time. It was a simple reincarnation generic plot too. It was surprisingly good though.
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