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[[Category:Debut Novels]]
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[[Category:Paranormal]]
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[[Category:Ghost]]
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[[Category:Curse]]
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[[Category:England]]
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[[Category:Northumberland]]
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[[Image:Kurland Stardust of Yesterday.jpg|thumb|right|150px|6th printing, 1997]]
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* '''Series''': [[de Piaget]] #9
 
* '''Author''': [[Lynn Kurland]]
 
* '''Author''': [[Lynn Kurland]]
* '''Publisher''': [[Berkley Jove]]
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* '''Publisher''': [[Berkley]], [[Haunting Hearts]]
* '''Year''': 1996
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* '''Year''': April 1996 (ISBN 0-515-11839-7)
 
* '''Editor''': [[Gail Fortune]]
 
* '''Editor''': [[Gail Fortune]]
* '''Amazon Listing''' : []
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* '''Setting''': Contemporary England, Northumberland
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* '''Amazon Listing''' - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0515118397/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 Stardust of Yesterday]
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== Book Description ==
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Genevieve Buchanan inherits a castle - and, to her surprise, a cranky, bored 13th century ghost comes as part of the deal. Kendrick de Piaget has been biding his time, scaring live humans, and plotting revenge for the past several centuries. Now he has a woman - a woman who refuses to leave ''his'' castle - to contend with. On the bright side, getting rid of Genevieve, the last of the Buchanans, might allow Kendrick to break the curse that keeps him bound to the castle.
  
 
== Awards ==  
 
== Awards ==  
 
* [[1997 RITA® Winners & Finalists|1997 RITA®]] for [[RITA®: First Published Book Category|First Book]]
 
* [[1997 RITA® Winners & Finalists|1997 RITA®]] for [[RITA®: First Published Book Category|First Book]]
 
* [[1997 RITA® Winners & Finalists|1997 RITA®]] for [[RITA®: Speculative (Paranormal) Romance Categories|Paranormal Romance]]
 
* [[1997 RITA® Winners & Finalists|1997 RITA®]] for [[RITA®: Speculative (Paranormal) Romance Categories|Paranormal Romance]]
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* [http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=2&year=1996 1996 RT Reviewers' Choice Award Winner] - Contemporary Fantasy Romance
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== Related Titles ==
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* #1 in the [[Lynn Kurland#de Piaget|de Piaget]] series
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* Kendrick is the second son of Robin de Piaget, Earl of Artane, and Anne of Fenwyck, hero and heroine of [[If I Had You]]
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* Colin of Berkhamshire, hero of [[From This Moment On]], is part of Kendrick's ''ghostly garrison''
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== Reviews ==
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This award-winning title is frequently cited as a classic romance by readers; however, some readers find the virgin heroine and her avoidance of physical intimacy to be irritating.
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* [http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?book=2812 Romantic Times]
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== Other Editions ==
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* '''Publisher''': [[Berkley]]
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* '''Year''': April 2001 (ISBN 0-425-18238-X)
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* '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/042518238X/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 Stardust of Yesterday]

Latest revision as of 22:28, 2 August 2021

6th printing, 1997


Book Description

Genevieve Buchanan inherits a castle - and, to her surprise, a cranky, bored 13th century ghost comes as part of the deal. Kendrick de Piaget has been biding his time, scaring live humans, and plotting revenge for the past several centuries. Now he has a woman - a woman who refuses to leave his castle - to contend with. On the bright side, getting rid of Genevieve, the last of the Buchanans, might allow Kendrick to break the curse that keeps him bound to the castle.

Awards

Related Titles

  • #1 in the de Piaget series
  • Kendrick is the second son of Robin de Piaget, Earl of Artane, and Anne of Fenwyck, hero and heroine of If I Had You
  • Colin of Berkhamshire, hero of From This Moment On, is part of Kendrick's ghostly garrison

Reviews

This award-winning title is frequently cited as a classic romance by readers; however, some readers find the virgin heroine and her avoidance of physical intimacy to be irritating.

Other Editions