Silken Shadows (Killdaren Series) [Paperback]

Jennifer St. Giles (Author)

Book Description

Series: Killdaren Series | Publication Date: December 4, 2007

New from the award-winning author of Darkest Dreams.

In search of a vicious killer, a woman of psychic abilities and a sea captain are thrust into the realm of the supernatural. There they must trust in their own passion to survive the killer's thirst.

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About the Author

J.L. Saint is the pseudonym for USA Today Bestselling Author Jennifer St. Giles and Jennifer Saints. She is a nurse and mother of three. She has won a number of awards for writing excellence including, two National Reader's Choice Awards, two time Maggie Award Winner, Daphne du Maurier Award winner, Romance Writers' of America's Golden Heart Award, along with RT Book Club's Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Gothic/Mystery. Website: jenniferstgiles.com jlsaint.com  Books: The Mistress of Trevelyan 8/04, His Dark Desires 11/05,  Touch A Dark Wolf 9/06, The Lure of the Wolf 7/07, Kiss of Darkness 4/09, Bride of the Wolf 5/09. Wild Irish 6/09.  Smooth Irish 6/09.  Point of No Return: Mammoth Book of Vampire Romances Book 2 9/09. Collateral Damage 12/10, Midnight Secrets re-release 4/11, Darkest Dreams re-release 8/11, Silken Shadows re-release 12/11. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (December 4, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425217949
• ISBN-13: 978-0425217948
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,737,842 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

J.L. Saint is the pseudonym for USA Today Bestselling Author Jennifer St. Giles and Jennifer Saints. She is a nurse and mother of three. She has won a number of awards for writing excellence including, two National Reader's Choice Awards, two time Maggie Award Winner, Daphne du Maurier Award winner, Romance Writers' of America's Golden Heart Award, along with RT Book Club's Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Gothic/Mystery. Website: jenniferstgiles.com jlsaint.com Books: The Mistress of Trevelyan 8/04, His Dark Desires 11/05, Touch A Dark Wolf 9/06, The Lure of the Wolf 7/07, Kiss of Darkness 4/09, Bride of the Wolf 5/09. Wild Irish 6/09 Smooth Irish 6/09 Point of No Return: Mammoth Book of Vampire Romances Book 2 9/09. Collateral Damage 12/10, Midnight Secrets re-release 4/11, Darkest Dreams re-release 8/11, Silken Shadows re-release 12/11.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars St. Giles is Golden in Silken Shadows!, December 7, 2007

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This review is from: Silken Shadows (Killdaren Series) (Paperback)

Length:: 3:25 Mins

A historical paranormal that pits a ghostwhisperer against an evil entity and comes out as one of the best mystery books I've read in a long time! Gemini wants to use her secret power to speak to the dead in order to help stop some terrible murders. She stows away on Dev's ship where their romance starts to heat up.
Dev is haunted in his own way and Gemini looks to help him with his own ghosts while he looks to help her get back home safe. He is not happy to have her wanting to work on a murder and they battle the whole thing out through most of the voyage.
I love the paranormal element in this and the mystery to it. It really kept me guessing right up to the end.
Jennifer St. Giles is a talented author and has many more books you should try!The Shadowmen: Touch A Dark Wolf (Book 1)

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous with an amazing couple, July 14, 2011

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Melissa (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silken Shadows (Killdaren Series) (Paperback)

Jennifer St. Giles has written a novel which I thought I would never enjoy because it involves paranormal elements and is told in first person. Yet I have to say I was captivated by this story. Her leading lady is an amazing heroine.

Gemini sees ghosts and has since she was a little girl. When women are viscously killed, Gemini knows she can be of assistance. Her great love is Dev Jansen, a ship captain who is also searching for the killer. Gemini sneaks aboard his ship to assist in this quest and it becomes a voyage to remember.

This is a truly romantic and passionate couple. Gemini fully explores her love for the captain and when they team together to solve the murders, Dev becomes quite the knight in shining armor. Even though told in first person I felt I knew Dev by the heroine's insights into his character.

Gemini is fearless but not reckless; she and Dev work together to solve the murders. They are imminently loyal to each other. Additionally Gemini wants to clear Dev's name tied to a scandal that occurred years earlier and with the help of a couple of funny and protective ghosts she sets out to prove that Dev is the honorable man she knows him to be.

This book is stellar and Gemini is admirable in her selfless nature. She undergoes both physical and mental anguish to help find the murderer and she is determined that no one else will suffer under his madness. With Dev by her side they seem unconquerable and their passionate natures went way beyond the physical to encompass all areas of their lives.

5.0 out of 5 stars Gothic Romance, February 14, 2009

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Virginia S. Whitton (Asheville, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silken Shadows (Killdaren Series) (Paperback)

The novel starts with a series of Jack the Ripper type deaths, and a beautiful young woman with extraordinary power to talk to ghost. The love story is so beautifully told you hate to see the book end. You cheer for the heroine and the hero. It is a gothic novel like no other leaving the reader wanting more and more.....thank goodness there is a series!
Jennifer St. Giles has outdone herself, she is up there with Margaret Mitchell, Sadie Montgomery and Diana Gabaldon!