The Haviland Touch [Kindle Edition]

Kay Hooper (Author)

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Product Description

It's been ten years since Spencer Wyatt jilted Drew Haviland for another man. Now she is free--and Drew will do anything to get vengeance and take what's been promised to him. But closer inspection tells him that Spencer is in dire straits--and in desperate need of his help.

About the Author

Kay Hooper is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of many suspense and romance novels. She lives in Bostic, North Carolina.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 321 KB
• Print Length: 308 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0515140406
• Publisher: Jove (November 29, 2005)
• Sold by: Penguin Publishing
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001QNVPEU
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,183 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

KAY HOOPER is the award-winning author of Sleeping with Fear, Stealing Shadows, and more than ten other novels of suspense and intrigue along with dozens of other books. She lives in North Carolina.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another amazing book by Kay Hooper!, May 11, 2006

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Jessica Marie (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Haviland Touch (Mass Market Paperback)

This is yet another amazing book by Kay Hooper. This book follows Drew Haviland, an antiquities buyer who helps Spencer, a woman he once fell in love with, find the legendary Hapsburg Cross before her father dies. I loved how she briefly brought back Tyler and Kane from the previous book "Enemy Mine". Just like her other books, it has romance, suspense, and action. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who reads books by Kay Hooper or is even remotely considering this book.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Reissue, December 25, 2005

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AK "Bro" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Haviland Touch (Mass Market Paperback)

Spencer Wyatt's burning need in life is to fulfill her father's dream of finding the Hapzberg cross before he dies, thus redeeming him from being labeled a fool. As she sells off her family treasures, Spencer attracts the attention of Drew Haviland, the man she once loved and rejected. Neither has been able to forget the other, and Drew can help Spencer's dream come to pass, but will he? Will she let him share in the achievement? He believes terrible things about her, but nonetheless, can not allow the woman who captivates him to go off on an Indiana Jones adventure alone. So, though it's dangerous on multiple levels, Drew and Spencer team up to find the greatest treasure of all.

Adventure and romance combine into a thrilling story that will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers. Ms. Hooper tells just enough, never getting too graphic, so even the most gently minded readers can enjoy this tale. At times, the angst gets heavy, but that's a minor quibble.

Amanda Killgore

4.0 out of 5 stars Shadows of future work, October 6, 2007

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Wyvernfriend (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Haviland Touch (Mass Market Paperback)

It's a fun read, though it does show some elements that appear in her later "Bishop" series, only here they're more of an echo that the strong psychic element in the others.

Drew Haviland is an antiquities collector who is approached to buy a necklace. He recognises it immediately as that of Spencer Wyatt, a woman who rejected him and married another man, only to divorce that man almost as quickly, he wonders why she's selling up. His opinion of her is coloured by their past and he's convinced of her duplicity. When he digs a bit deeper he finds more mystery than certainty and when she decides to go hunting for the legendary Hapsburg Cross - a lifelong quest of her father - he feels compelled to help her.

In some places it's pretty predictable but it does show how far Kay has come in her writing and it also has shadows of some of the themes she uses to great effect later. I did enjoy it as a light read.