My Heart Stood Still [Hardcover]

Lynn Kurland (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 434 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Books (2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739420593
• ISBN-13: 978-0739420591
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,791,775 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging ghostly love story, October 10, 2001

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Heart Stood Still (Mass Market Paperback)

In 1382 on the Border, her half-brother and their father tell her to go with the Englishman because she has been bartered to forge an ally for the clan. They insist he will treat her right, but instead all he wants is the secrets of her father's keep. Since she knows nothing, the Englishman murders Iolanthe MacLeod even as she lies thinking will nobody remember her name. As she dies Iolanthe believes that one day her love will come to free her.

In 2001 Maine, Thomas MacLeod McKinnon feels he can do anything. His college degree at twenty, his Manhattan multimillion-dollar business, and his feats at mountain climbing prove he is right. He now owns a dilapidated Scottish castle, which he has decided to renovate. However, when he arrives at his new abode, Thomas surprisingly meets the ghost of Iolanthe. The Yank and the medieval Scottish spirit fall in love, but though he may be the man she waited for all these centuries, their chances for a relationship together seems impossible.

Lynn Kurland is attaining quite a reputation for her paranormal/time travel romances. Her newest entry, MY HEART STOOD STILL, is an engaging ghostly love story that her audience will devour. The tale is warm as Thomas struggles to find a way to be with his soul mate, who shares his desperate feelings. Ms. Kurland provides another powerful notch to her high standing among sub-genre readers with this entertaining novel that showcases her abilities to provide fans with quite a story.

Harriet Klausner

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars To love a ghost!, March 14, 2002

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Phillip Schoppy "nightraven14" (Marion Hts, Pa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Heart Stood Still (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the first book by Kurland that I have read and it was indeed a good story that kept me interested for the most part. The romance between Thomas McKinnon and Iolanthe MacLeod is a good old fashioned love story with a twist--Iolanthe is a 600 hundred year old ghost!

The story begins quick and alot of characters (some ghosts)are introduced in the opening chapters and add substance to the story. Thomas has the ability to see spirits that other people cannot and he strikes up friendships with many of them. The setting is England/Scotland and after reading this tale I have a strange desire to learn Gaelic!

However, there are some bad points in the tale. For one stories that were being developed in the beginning were left hanging in the end and many questions went unanswered (I hate loose ends!). The story also seems to speed up near the end and some good ideas were never fully developed. Since this is part of a larger story by Kurland, I am thinking that maybe these questions were answered in previous books or will be answered in future ones. I do highly recommend this novel and I will probably read more Kurland in the future.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too long, February 13, 2008

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B. Kirby (Oakland, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Heart Stood Still (Paperback)

A hundred pages could have been snipped out and the story would have been a better read. It was easy to see why Iolanthe would be attracted to Thomas, afterall, she was a ghost and had never received any such attentions from a man before. But, I didn't really see why Thomas fell so quickly and completely in love with Iolanthe.