Genre:
Humor/ Paranormal Romance/ Ghosts
Description:
“Desperate
to pay the bills, 29-year-old Sophie ignores the advice of her stuffy
spirit-friend, Marmaduke Dodsworth, and takes a job with the handsome
Dr. Callahan, an optometrist with a desperate situation of his own.
The good doctor's problem? He has a spirit-friend as well: one with a
fiery crush and a vicious jealous streak. When chemistry starts to
brew between Sophie and Dr. Callahan, his green-eyed ghost wreaks
some bad-tempered havoc, scaring away his patients and putting Sophie
on edge. Will Sophie give up the ghost and quit the new job, or buck
up and find a way to rid Dr. Callahan of his pesky specter, freeing
their romance to find a life of its own?”
Author:
In another
life, before Karen Cantwell started writing full time, she had a
different, very rewarding job – a vision therapist. She decided to
give her male romantic hero a profession that was more specific than
just, a lawyer, or a doctor, or a coffee shop barista. They say write
what you know, and one thing she knew very well, was vision therapy.
Her own husband is an optometrist in this specialized field, and the
reason why she became a vision therapist, herself. Hence, the
decision was made, Cal Callahan would be a developmental optometrist
– an eye doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating patients
(by and large, children) with Learning-related Vision Disorders.
To learn
more about Ms. Cantwell and her successful Barbara
Marr Murder Mystery series,
the check out her website or follow her on Facebook.
Appraisal:
I have read
several of Ms. Cantwell’s books, the Barbara
Marr Murder Mystery series is
one of my favorites. When I heard she was writing a ghost story I was
pleased to see her branching out into the paranormal; one of my
favorite genres. She has an easy-going style to her writing that
makes it a pleasure to read.
I dearly
loved Marmaduke. He is such an English gentleman, and I think the
author pulled off his verbose English dialect quite well. I found
Sophie and Marmaduke’s dialogue thoroughly entertaining and I loved
their relationship. I was glad to learn he is sticking around for a
few more books. The chemistry between the reserved Dr. Callahan and
Sophie was charming and natural. The story setting and characters are
unique which set up the book to be an interesting and educational
read. As with all of Ms. Cantwell’s writing there is a mystery to
unravel with unexpected twists in the plot. The humor flows well and
is not over-the-top or slapstick. I was also pleased that Sophie is a
fully-fledged character in her own right; she is not a rewritten
Barbara Marr, but I like her just as well. This is a light, fun,
quick read that leaves you feeling satisfied in the end.
FYI:
I
think this book will teach us all to stay away from internet magic
spells. Keep Me Ghosted
is book 1 in the Sophie Rhodes
Ghostly Romance series.
Added
for Reprise Review: Keep
Me Ghosted was a nominee in
the Paranormal Romance category for B&P 2014 Readers' Choice
Awards. Original review ran May 1,
2013
Format/Typo
Issues:
I found no
significant issues with editing or formatting.
Rating:
***** Five stars
Reviewed
by: ?wazithinkin
Approximate
word count: 55-60,000 words
2 comments:
I loved the characters in this book. Sophie and Cal just seem to go together. The fact that they have ghosts in their everyday lives just makes the story more intriguing. Well written with a nice flow of suspense and emotion. I kept turning the page to see what was next. Great job Karen Cantwell.
Mariz
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Thanks for stopping by and commenting, Mariz Denver. Sounds like you enjoyed this book as much as I did. :) That is always good to hear.
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