Posts Tagged With: Theme Week – Ghosts

Ghost Week Review: Dead in the Desert by Lou Harper

Posted on September 13, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Dead in the Desert
Author: Lou Harper
Series: L.A. Paranormal #3
Heroes: Jon Cooper and Leander “Andy” Thorne
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 111 Pages
Publisher: Lou Harper
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Jon Cooper used to think he wanted a life free of complications, but that was before he got involved with his roommate, Leander. Jon knows that the only thing he can’t lose is what he doesn’t have, but where does that leave him?

Leander Thorne, on the other hand, is an easygoing bookworm, with an addiction to books and cooking shows, and a soft spot for Jon, despite Jon’s grumpiness. He also happens to be a psychic specializing in finding lost pets and—more recently—lost people. He’s good at it. Too good if you ask Jon,

Unsolved crimes, missing people and bodies buried in the Mojave Desert make Jon’s and Leander’s lives anything but uncomplicated. Jon is forced to dig into his soul and find a way to let go of his past if he wants to keep Leander.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2013, Theme Week | Tags: Art School, Cat, Dead in the Desert, Desert, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Location - L.A., Location - Mexico, Lou Harper, M/M, Nerd, paranormal, psychic, roommates, Self-Published, Series - L.A. Paranormal, The Blogger Girls, Theme Week - Ghosts, widow | Leave a comment

Ghost Week Review: Shadowdance by Kristen Callihan

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Heather C

Reviewed by Heather C

Title: Shadowdance
Author: Kristen Callihan
Series: Darkest London #4
Hero/Heroine: Jack Talent/Mary Chase
Genre: MF Paranormal Romance, Historical
Length: 427 Pages
Publisher: Forever
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Once a heart is lost in shadow…
Life has been anything but kind to Mary Chase. But the Society for the Suppression of Supernaturals has given her purpose. Now she’s been tasked with catching a vicious murderer dubbed the Bishop of Charing Cross. But someone is already on the case—and the last thing he relishes is a partner.

Only someone who lives in darkness can find it.

Jack Talent has been alone with his demons for many years. He never expected to have the willful Mary Chase assist him on the Bishop case. Their age-old rivalry reaches new heights—even as their desire for one another reaches a fever pitch. Though he aches to bring her close, Jack’s dark secrets are a chasm between them. With dangerous enemies closing in, Jack must find the strength to face the past…or risk losing Mary forever.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Heather C's Reviews, M/F, Published in 2013, Theme Week | Tags: Angels, demons, enemies to lovers, Forever, ghosts, Kristen Callihan, lies, MF, paranormal, Partners, secrets, Series - Darkest London, Shadowdance, shapeshifter, shifter, Steampunk, The Blogger Girls, Theme Week - Ghosts, Victorian, voyeurism | 1 Comment

Ghost Week Review: Ghost Layer by Robin D. Owens

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Ghost Layer
Author: Robin D. Owens
Series: Ghost Seer #2
Heroine/Hero: Clare Cermak/Zach Slade
Genre: M/F Paranormal Mystery
Length: 320 pages
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Available at: Berkley, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: What lies beneath…

Clare Cermak’s adjusting to a new man in her life—and a lot of ghosts. The passing of Clare’s aunt gave way to a sizeable inheritance of not only money, but also the ability to communicate with the dead. At the same time, she met Zach Slade, a private detective with a rough past, and just like Clare, he’s not yet ready to accept her gift—or his own.

But Clare has another matter to look into. A multimillionaire needs her help after relocating an old ghost town to his mountain estate. The bones of a murdered prospector are making nightly appearances in his guests’ beds. When the gold miner’s ghost contacts Clare, she promises to help find the name of his killer—but someone doesn’t want the past revealed and might find her first…
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Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Book Review, M/F, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014, Theme Week | Tags: disability, existing relationships, Ghost Layer, ghosts, injury/recovery, M/F Paranormal, mediums, MF, mystery, Penguin/Berkley, private investigators, Robin D. Owens, series, Series - Ghost Seer, The Blogger Girls, Theme Week - Ghosts, working together | Leave a comment

Ghost Week Review: The Ghost on My Couch by L.A. Gilbert

Posted on September 10, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Trish

Title: The Ghost on My Couch
Author: L.A. Gilbert
Heroes: Alex/Sid
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 168 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Alex Tanner is a male nurse who divides his time between his job and his television schedule. His idea of the perfect partner, like so many other people’s, is a tall, dark, and handsome man. Preferably alive and breathing. Surely that’s not asking too much? Then an uninvited guest—a ghost, of all things—forces Alex to question what he’s always looked for in a lover and his definition of what makes a person so beautiful.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2011, Theme Week | Tags: Dreamspinner Press, ghosts, Guest Reviewer - Trish, humor, L.A. Gilbert, M/M, paranormal, The Blogger Girls, The Ghost on My Couch, Theme Week - Ghosts | 1 Comment

Ghost Week Review: Dead in L.A. by Lou Harper

Posted on September 9, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Dead in L.A.
Author: Lou Harper
Series: L.A. Paranormal #1-2
Heroes: Jon Cooper and Leander “Andy” Thorne
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 104 Pages
Publisher: Lou Harper
Release Date: December 11, 2012
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Trouble comes in deceptive packages

Still recovering from an accident that left him emotionally and physically battered, Jon’s goal is to lead a simple life, free of complications and attachments. His new roommate—a happy-go-lucky bookworm—seems to fit into his plans fine at first. He doesn’t find out till later that Leander’s also a psychic, specializing in finding lost pets. Jon’s a skeptic when it comes to the supernatural, so he’s convinced Leander’s a nut job.

Jon’s beliefs are challenged when Leander has to track down a missing teenager and he ropes Jon into assisting him. Soon the two of them are knee-deep in a decades-old murder case. The hills and valleys of the City of Angels hold many buried secrets, and Leander has a knack for finding them.

Jon’s hopes for a trouble-free life go out the window as he’s drawn deeper into Leander’s psychic sleuthing. Digging into the past poses many dangers, but the biggest risk Jon faces is putting his bruised heart on the line.

Warning: Men loving men, skeletons, and an unlucky Chihuahua.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2012, Theme Week | Tags: Art School, Cat, Dead in L.A., Desert, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Location - L.A., Lou Harper, Nerd, psychic, roommates, Self-Published, Series - L.A. Paranormal, The Blogger Girls, Theme Week - Ghosts, widow | Leave a comment

Ghost Week Review: Fish and Ghosts by Rhys Ford

Posted on September 8, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Fish and Ghosts
Author: Rhys Ford
Series: Hellsinger #1
Heroes: Tristan Pryce and Wolf Kinkaid
Genre: M/M Urban Fantasy
Length: 240 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 30, 2013
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: When his Uncle Mortimer died and left him Hoxne Grange, the family’s Gilded Age estate, Tristan Pryce knew he wasn’t going to have an easy time of it. He was to be the second generation of Pryces to serve as a caretaker for the estate, a way station for spirits on their final steps to the afterlife. The ghosts were the simple part. He’d been seeing boo-wigglies since he was a child. No, the difficult part was his own family. Determined to establish Tristan’s insanity, his loving relatives hire Dr. Wolf Kincaid and his paranormal researchers, Hellsinger Investigations, to prove the Grange is not haunted.

Skeptic Wolf Kincaid has made it his life’s work to debunk the supernatural. After years of cons and fakes, he can’t wait to reveal the Grange’s ghostly activity is just badly leveled floorboards and a drafty old house. The Grange has more than a few surprises for him, including its prickly, reclusive owner. Tristan Pryce is much less insane and much more attractive than Wolf wants to admit and when his Hellsinger team unwittingly release a ghostly serial killer on the Grange, Wolf is torn between his skepticism and protecting the man he’d been sent to discredit.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2013, Theme Week | Tags: Dreamspinner Press, Fish and Ghosts, ghosts, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, humor, I see dead people, Inn, Investigation, Location - San Francisco, Polar Bears, Rhys Ford, Salt, Series - Hellsinger, The Blogger Girls, Theme Week - Ghosts, urban fantasy | Leave a comment

Ghost Week Audio Review: Among the Living by Jordan Castillo Price

Posted on September 7, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Among the Living
Author: Jordan Castillo Price
Narrator: Gomez Pugh
Series: Psycop #1
Heroes: Victor Bayne/Jacob Marks
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: Gomez Pugh
Publisher: JCP Books
Release Date: August 8, 2014
Available at: JCP Books, Amazon and Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Victor Bayne, the psychic half of a PsyCop team, is a gay medium who’s more concerned with flying under the radar than in making waves.

He hooks up with handsome Jacob Marks, a non-psychic (or “Stiff”) from an adjacent precinct at his ex-partner’s retirement party and it seems like his dubious luck has taken a turn for the better. But then a serial killer surfaces who can change his appearance to match any witness’ idea of the world’s hottest guy.

Solving murders is a snap when you can ask the victims whodunit, but this killer’s not leaving any spirits behind.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published Before 2010, Published in 2014, Theme Week | Tags: Among the Living, Awkward MC, Detective, ghosts, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, JCP, JCP Books, Jordan Castillo Price, M/M, Murders, mystery, paranormal, psychic, series, Series - Psycop, Shape-Shifter, The Blogger Girls, Theme Week - Ghosts | Leave a comment

Ghost Week Review: Across the East River Bridge by Kate McMurray

Posted on September 7, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Gyn

Title: Across the East River Bridge
Author: Kate McMurray
Heroes: Finn & Troy
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 77k words
Publisher: Loose Id
Release Date: October 11, 2011
Available at: Loose Id, Amazon, All Romance eBooks and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: When Finn’s boss sends him to a museum in Brooklyn, the last person he expects to see is his old rival, Troy. Although Finn and Troy have undeniable sexual chemistry, Finn still blames Troy for sending his career off the rails but Troy has research Finn needs. Troy also has an intriguing story; the museum he curates is haunted by the ghosts of two men who died under mysterious circumstances in 1878. Troy strikes a deal: he’ll help Finn if Finn helps him find out what happened to the men who died.

From diaries, police reports, and newspaper articles, Finn and Troy piece together the lives of the two dead men–and the romance that bloomed between them. As it becomes clear that the men were murdered, it also becomes clear that the ghosts are real and are capable of manipulating the dreams, thoughts, and actions of the living. When Finn and Troy start falling for each other, Finn worries that it’s all an illusion concocted by the ghosts to keep them working together to solve the mystery, but Troy is convinced the love between them is real. But how can he get rid of a couple of ghosts and prove it?

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