Magnificent Folly

Lily Deslin was a survivor. She had fallen in love with a man who was a serial killer who murdered her mother. Devastated by her poor choice in men, Lily continued her college career, got artificially inseminated and showered all of her love, care and affection on her beloved daughter, Cassie. Lily put her feelings on deep freeze and kept everyone else out of her life. As Cassie grew older, she became known as a musical prodigy and was well known for both her compositions and her magical performances. When both Lily and Cassie rented a small cottage on the beach for a well-deserved vacation, they had no idea that their lives were about to change...Andrew Ramsey had waited for years for Lily to be ready to meet him. He was the sperm donor for Cassie and had watched them from afar since she was born. When he first met Lily and told her who he was, she scoffed at him and told him that his dreams of living together as a family would never come true. But Andrew had not waited so long and so patiently for Lily to just throw him out. There was plenty of physical attraction between the two of them, attraction that Andrew fed until Lily couldn't deny him a part in her life. But Andrew was forced to tell Lily more than he wanted to when Cassie was suddenly kidnapped. Lily wanted to call the police, but Andrew knew that the police could do nothing for Cassie. For Andrew was Clanad, a group of humans who had found refuge in the remote desert kingdom of Sedikhan. They were experimented on generations before and gifted with increased intelligence and mental powers like healing, mind control and others. And there were people who would do anything to get their hands on them...Magnificent Folly is the 3rd book in the Sedikhan series by Iris Johansen. In the first book, Last Bridge Home, the heroine was pregnant with Andrew, so it was fun to see him all grown up and falling in love on his own. If you read them in order, you get more background information, but I read Magnificent Folly first and didn't have any trouble understanding what was going on. This is my favorite in the series and I just love Andrew's character. He is truly a gentle hero who is not afraid to fight for what he wants, but would rather persuade and woo. Lily was a tough heroine who had to deal with a lot of challenges in life, but it was her toughness and survival skills that attracted Andrew to her in the first place. Well written, fast paced, with hot romance, this is a book not to be missed for Iris Johansen fans!

Andrey Ramsey was watching Lily Deslin's daughter, Cassie, from afar. Lily confronts him and discovers a secret that scares her. Andrew is Cassie's biological father. Lily was artifically inseminated. Now she's afraid he's come to take away her child. Andrew has returned to watch over Cassie; to protect her from greedy men who want to use her special psychic abilities that she has inherited from her father. Lily must learn to trust this enigmatic stranger and the love he offers. This story follows some years after "Last Bridge Home", which is an even better story.