Ghost Gifts, Book 1
Synopsis: All Aubrey Ellis wants is a normal life, one that doesn’t include desperate pleas from the dead. Her remarkable gift may help others rest in peace, but it also made for an unsettling childhood and destroyed her marriage. Finally content as the real estate writer for a local newspaper, Aubrey keeps her extraordinary ability hidden—until she is unexpectedly assigned the story of a decades-old murder.
Rocked by the discovery of a young woman’s skeletal remains, the New England town of Surrey wants answers. Hard-nosed investigative reporter Levi St John is determined to get them. Aubrey has no choice but to get involved, even at the terrifying risk of stirring spirits connected to a dead woman’s demise and piquing her new reporting partner’s suspicions.
As Aubrey and Levi delve further into the mystery, secrets are revealed and passion ignites. It seems that Aubrey’s ghost gifts are poised to deliver everything but a normal life.
Review: I started this book without knowing anything about the author or the book itself.
From the first pages, we are immersed in Aubrey’s tormented teenage life. We discover her gift with all the disadvantages that accompany it, and the universe in which she evolves. It is also in this context that we discover her adult life between her gift, her journalistic life and her private life.
She is endearing and over the chapters, I was intrigued and wanted to know the rest of her adventures in her encounters with ghosts. During a murder investigation, Levy, a journalist joins the little newspaper where Aubrey works and she finds herself obliged to work with him on this subject.
The novel is easy to read and the story is interesting. Once into the novel, it was impossible to put it down. The narration is between the present and the past of the two main characters as well as that of the victim of the murder. We thus discover the evolution of each one over time and history shows the communications between Aubrey and the ghosts in parallel of the investigation.
Sophia Rose
I love that she sees ghosts and there is a murder mystery. Thanks for sharing about this one, Melliane.
Sophia Rose
My apologies, Etincelle not Melliane. 🙂
kindlemom1
This sounds like it would be fun for this time of year!
Melanie Simmons
This sounds like a really interesting story and great for Halloween season. Great review.
Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer
This sounds good and I love books with supernatural elements this time of year.
Braine
We all love those unputdownable books for sure! I’m on a fantasy kick myself, here’s to more awesome tales like this, cheers!
Joy // Joyousreads
It’s great that the story hook you in almost instantaneously. Makes for a timely read, for sure.
Mary Kirkland
That sounds great for this time of yer.
blodeuedd
I do love easy to read!
Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum
Oh, this looks spooky! I want to know more about the ghosts!
Carole Rae
Interesting find!
Carole @ Carole's Random Life in Books
I do like the sound of this one. There is something about a book with ghosts that I cannot resist.
herding cats burning soup
Sounds pretty good. I don’t think I’ve seen this one before.