Harmony [Paperback]

Jayne Castle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2, 2002

Harmony is a planet in the far future, aglow with an amber light and the psychic energy of its inhabitants. It is here that Jayne Castle casts her spell-over the men and women brave enough to love in a world unlike any we have ever seen before. In this unforgettable volume are two very enchanting tales set on Harmony...

After Dark...The New York Times bestselling novel of romantic suspense with a paranormal twist. A para-archaeologist and one of the most dangerous men on the planet heat up a murder investigation with a passion that cannot be extinguished-or denied...

Bridal Jitters...From the national bestselling anthology, Charmed. An official marriage-of-convenience between paranormal business partners is almost called off-because of love.

"Jayne Castle, one of the pioneers of the futuristic sub-genre, continues to set the standard against which all other such books are judged." (Affaire de Coeur)

"Writing under Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz takes her trademark combination of witty, upbeat action, lively sensuality, and appealing characters to [a] unique, synergistic world." (Library Journal)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Readers who like their tales romantic, suspenseful and spiced with "a paranormal twist" will welcome Harmony, which includes the 2000 novel After Dark and the 1999 novella "Bridal Jitters" by bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz writing as Jayne Castle. Both take place on Harmony, a future world of psychics and ghost hunters: a para-archeologist and a studly dissonance-energy para-resonator team up to solve a murder and uncover mutual passion in the former; in the latter, a woman considers calling off the upcoming wedding that will cap her two-year marriage of convenience to a business partner ("a tough, sleek male") because she loves him but he, too, has hidden desires.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Jayne Castle is a pseudonym for Jayne Ann Krentz, the New York Times bestselling author of Smoke in Mirrors, Lost and Found, Eclipse Bay, Dawn in Eclipse Bay, Soft Focus, Eye of the Beholder and other novels. She has been featured in such publications as People and Entertainment Weekly, and is also widely known for her books written under the name Amanda Quick. A former librarian with a degree in history, she is also the editor of an award-winning essay collection, Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance.

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade; First Edition of This Printing edition (July 2, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425184773
• ISBN-13: 978-0425184776
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #111,106 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

When a curtain opened allowing travel between Earth and a new world, it was a tourism opportunity like no one could have envisioned. Travelers moved back and forth between worlds with ease until...the curtain closed.

Abandoned on the new world with no access to Earth technology, the unexpected colonists had to learn to survive. And survive they did. JAYNE CASTLE chronicles the lives of their descendants in her best selling HARMONY SERIES. Turns out folks on HARMONY are starting to exhibit paranormal abilities and -- wouldn't you know it -- some of those people with psychic talents descend from members of the ARCANE SOCIETY (a bestselling series that Jayne writes under her two other pen names, JAYNE ANN KRENTZ and AMANDA QUICK).

Jayne is busy working on CANYONS OF NIGHT, Book 3 in the LOOKING GLASS TRILOGY due out in Summer 2011. Writing as JAYNE ANN KRENTZ she will release Book I, IN TOO DEEP, in Winter 2011. And writing under her historical pen name, AMANDA QUICK, she will contribute Book II in the trilogy, QUICKSILVER, in Spring 2011.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

63 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not a reprint of Amaryllis or Zinnia, March 2, 2004

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J. Townsend "rhyannon" (Tooele, Utah USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harmony (Paperback)

While this book is a reprint of two former excellent works by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle) it is NOT Amaryllis or Zinnia. Those two books are set on the fictional planet of St. Helens in the city-state of New Seattle and are part of a trilogy ending with Orchid.

After Dark, the first in the Harmony duo, is the first story in a new series about para-archaeologist Lydia Smith and her mate Emmett London. The second in this series is the newly printed After Glow another excellent futuristic by Castle.
These stories are set on another planet named Harmony.
I recommend these stories highly... if nothing else, read the stories to meet Fuzz :o)

Bridal Jitters is from the former Charmed Anthology... it is also based on Harmony Planet, but is not part of the Lydia Smith series.

57 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is NOT a new book. It's a re-release of old stories., July 25, 2002

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T.L.Bussey (Moody, AL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harmony (Paperback)

I love the Jayne Castle series of books and look forward to each new release. I bought Harmony because I thought it was the newest release. Unfortunately, it's a repeat of an prior novel and an earlier short story version of a prior novel

34 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but misleading, July 8, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Harmony (Paperback)

I found that the title was misleading. It sounds like you will be getting a new story from this great author. But in fact it's a reprint of two different stories. Both stories are fantastic but are not new.