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Much Ado In the Moonlight
 
Much Ado In the Moonlight
Author: Lynn Kurland

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Publisher: Jove
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780515141276 - ISBN-10: 0515141275
Publication Date: 4/25/2006
Pages: 464

Book Description:
Award-winning and USA Today bestselling author Lynn Kurland "consistently delivers the kind of stories readers dream about." Now, she pens a wonderfully romantic tale about an eight-hundred-year-old ghost and the modern woman who turns his plans for a peaceful afterlife upside down...

When Victoria McKinnon's brother offers to finance her production of Hamlet, she leaps at the chance. She can't imagine anything better than staging Shakespeare's masterpiece in an honest-to-goodness English castle. There's just one problem: the place is haunted by a grumpy, gorgeous Highland warrior, who's furious that anyone dares to invade his home.

Connor MacDougal has no intention of relinquishing his authority over Thorpewold Castle to anyone, let alone a McKinnon. But when he catches a glimpse of the beautiful intruder, suddenly he can't help but wonder why it's taken eight hundred years into his afterlife to find the love of a lifetime...

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Dan & Annette A. (Armstrong) wrote on 11/16/2007...

4 member(s) found this review helpful.

This is the story of Victoria McKinnon, sister of Thomas McKinnon from another Lynn Kurland favorite (My Heart Stood Still). It is a tale that stands on its own, yet has plenty of references to other Kurland books that will make you want to re-read to get the full story...A thoroughly engaging read; fun and an opportunity to appreciate anew quotes from the Bard.

katzpawz wrote on 6/27/2007...

4 member(s) found this review helpful.

OF COURSE the hero-lady is going to fall in love with the big, burly Scot warrior/ghost. OF COURSE he hates everyone in her family from the beginning of time. OF COURSE he is going to fall in love with her. It's been done, it's been done, it's been done! Then why did I like it so much?!? Probably because it is so well written that I could smell the woods,feel the drafts in the castle and taste the warm ale in the pub! Great read!

Summer A. (lsuteeth) wrote on 9/18/2007...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

I have been dreaming about Connor since I read this book...yummy!

Leslie H. (teyahstone) wrote on 5/28/2007...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

My first Lynn Kurland novel. I adored the story including time-travel and ghosts as well as comedy! This is the story of Connor MacDougal and Victoria McKinnon and their romp through different times while falling in love. Connor is one of my favorite characters of all Lynn's books. This story prompted me to become hooked on her stories.

Issa S. (Issa-345) wrote on 8/28/2007...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

This book was good and different in a way that is hard to explain. Most books have one problem/issue/mystery and it is over when that problem/issue/mystery is resolved. This book kept going. One issue is resolved satisfactory, then you realize there are still seventy pages left. So it moves into the next issue...into the next issue, etc. It was a different experience. With some books you get to the end and think "well, that was good, but I wish there had been a little more." This one has that "little more." It is a bit cliche, but funny and warm hearted at the same time. I enjoyed our ghost hero and his lady heroine. It is a bit slow going in the beginning, but I hung in there and found I was pleased by the end.

Ana K. (Ana) wrote on 6/7/2007...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Another wonderful time-travel/ghost story from Lynn Kurland (no relation). This time is Thomas' sister Victoria who travels to Thorpewold to produce Hamlet. There she is haunted by Connor MacDougal, and promptly falls in love with him.

D. S. F. (Dodie) wrote on 6/4/2007...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Victoria McKinnon travels to England to produce "Hamlet" in an honest to goodness English Castle. However, the castle is haunted by a grumpy, gorgeous Highland warrior who falls in love with her and havoc ensues. Very entertaining. A good read.

Dianne D. (WestieMom) wrote on 8/22/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

This book was so much fun. Just when you think they've resolved their issues the book takes another turn. This book is great as a stand-alone; but it appears that it is one in a series so I will be reading about the rest of the ghosts and the matches they make. Lynn Kurland at her best!

Penny M. wrote on 6/17/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Captivating and entertaining. It left me in stitches - a great read!

Dhyani T. wrote on 3/29/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

"When Victoria McKinnon's brother offers to finance her production of 'Hamlet', she leaps at the chance. She can't imagine anything better than staging Shakespeare's masterpiece in an honest to goodness English castle. There's just one problem: the place is haunted by a grumpy, gorgeous Highland warrior who's furious that anyone dares to invade his house."


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Tracey S. (Aerlinn) wrote on 4/27/2009...


I got suckered into trying this by the premise of a haunted production of Hamlet. But ... This book read like a Three Stooges film. There were moronic ghosts. There was idiotic behavior, there were prat falls, there was screaming and running and fainting. There were random acts of violence played for laughs. There was a sword pole vault. I'm a little stunned there were no kilt wardrobe malfunctions, but then I stopped reading around page 60, so anything's possible.

It was evident from constant references that the writer flatters herself that anyone picking up this book will have read whatever others she has written. I didn't know she'd written any, haven't read them - and have no desire to ever do so. This book is an object lesson in how *not* to continue a series: don't assume your reader knows who all the players are. Don't assume your reader knows which are dead and which are not. Don't blurt out the key points to your other books' endings, because that takes away a great deal of the motivation to read them if one hasn't.

Even aside from the above, the characters were unlikeable (I'm expected to accept that the "heroine" will continue to nurse a passion for a moron who has shown himself to be outrageously rude? Welcome to the 21st century...?). They were alternately insecure, smug, or simply annoying, and, in the case of the ghosts, caricatures. (Now that I've mentioned the Stooges, one of the ghosts is, no offence to the human, very like Moe.) The undead were horrendous parodies of characters the writer read about somewhere else, and the living characters... Evidently the ghosts' primary reason for continued existence is to play matchmaker. If these mortals couldn't find mates for themselves, they would do far better to refrain from breeding.

I adore Diana Gabaldon; she created a wonderful, wonderful series - but she has a great deal to answer for in the massive amounts of trash written to grab onto her coattails.

(Guinan) wrote on 10/12/2006...


Not my favorite of Lyn Kurlands books but definitely still a good read. I think My problem has more to do with part of the resolution of the story, which I won't reveal and spoil the story. Many characters from other stories make brief appearances, including Jamie, my absolute favorite Highlander.

Even if you've never picked up a Lyn Kurland novel you will not be lost as she weaves just enough of previous events to bring you up to speed but not so much as to bore her regular readers.

If you like paranormal romance with a touch of humor, and a smidge of time travel this and her other novels are definitely for you.

Sandra S. (Doss) wrote on 8/20/2006...


It started out really slow so I had some trouble getting into it. But I'm glad I continued. I cried a lot and smiled a lot.

Ward K. (koalabearkid) wrote on 8/11/2006...


A new selection. The story of an 800 year old ghost and the modern woman who turns his plans for a peaceful afterlife upside down.

Enter, Victoria McKinnon, director of plays, et cetera.

Connor MacDougal has no intention of relinquishing his authority over Thorpewold Castle to anyone, let alone a McKinnon, but when he catches a glimpse of the beautiful intruder, suddenly he can't help but wonder why it's taken eight hundred years into his afterlife to find the love of a lifetime.

Karen L. wrote on 7/27/2006...


Best book yet! Can't wait to read more about the McKinnon family

Shelly G. (BondGirl) wrote on 6/11/2006...


Once again, another great read from Lynn Kurland. I would definitely recommend this book as well as the author.

Lisa A. wrote on 5/27/2006...


Another great book by Lynn Kurland! It wasn't my absolute favorite, but it was very good- I savored each chapter!

Julie P. (cindersatin) wrote on 5/24/2006...


I just love these stories...this one was especially intriguing. The love story was just beautiful and the characters so well developed. A great read.

Pat H. (Patois) wrote on 5/20/2006...


Many of the characters who have played major roles in her last few books return in this story. And Shakespeare has a cameo appearance as well!

Sarah M. (Fizzimajig) wrote on 4/19/2006...


Delightful and so sweet, just like all her novels. Another winner.


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