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.
GHOST GIFTS The summary of this book sounded interesting, I read thirty percent before I skimmed to the end. The first chapter was good, a thirteen year old dealing with communicating with the dead. Then we have an adult Aubrey still talking to the dead while trying to hide her ability from everyone else. My problem with the book is the main character. I didn’t like or dislike her, she just seemed rather bland. I also thought the book was a little too wordy.Â
An Intriguing Story that Starts Slow but Really Picks Up! It’s Worth It to Keep Reading! I always look forward to the Kindle First picks of the month because I enjoy branching out of my normal preferred genres of contemporary romance, historical fiction, and New Adult fiction. I was drawn to this book because it appeared to be a combination of several genres (mystery/suspense, romance, and paranormal) and I was intrigued by the story line. Ghost Gifts is the first book I’ve read by Laura Spinella and I have to say, for the most part, I enjoyed it! This book intrigued me enough to…
I see ghosts, again. I really wanted to like this book and in places I succeed, but not often enough to give it a high rating. Aubrey is a small town reporter who has been cursed with the ability to interact with ghosts. A twenty year old body is discovered and she must work with coldly rational fellow reporter on the case. I can think of three current series with similar formulas. Nothing wrong with formula, but it must be will done. In this case choices are made by the author that just don’t work. First, she…