The Ghost and the Graveyard
by Genevieve Jack
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BLURB:
Left destitute by an unscrupulous ex-boyfriend, Grateful
Knight takes her father up on his offer to live rent-free in a house he hasn't
been able to sell. Desperate to make a new start, Grateful tries to overlook
the property’s less desirable features, like the graveyard that stretches to
her back door. On the bright side, the unbelievably gorgeous cemetery
caretaker, Rick, is dead set on helping her feel at home. She vows to take things
slow, considering her recent disastrous relationship, but is baffled when she
literally can’t keep her hands off of him.
When things in Grateful’s house start moving on their own,
another man enters her life—a sexy ghost with a dark secret. Magical forces are
at work in the tiny town of Red Grove and they're converging on Grateful.
Solving this ghostly mystery won’t be easy and with the caretaker becoming
increasingly jealous of her spectral relationship, Grateful will be forced to
choose between the ghost and the graveyard.
EXCERPT
"What exactly happened last night? You came to my door screaming
and then passed out. I carried you home."
"Bad dream," I said. I wasn’t sure how much I should share
with Rick after what I saw the night before. He was into some weird stuff. I’m
not the judgmental type, but the human skulls were a definite red flag. I mean,
where did he get them? They weren’t exactly handing them out at Red Grove
Grocery.
"Are you sure it wasn’t something more? Has anything unusual
happened since you’ve been here?" He tilted his head toward the house.
I narrowed my eyes. It almost sounded like he was digging for
information about my ghost. He’d brought up the possibility of a haunting his
first time here. I was suspicious.
"Not at all," I answered. He looked at me skeptically, so I
threw him a curveball. "Well, maybe seeing all that weird stuff in your
house."
"What weird stuff?"
"You know, the candles, the skulls…"
"Grateful, had you been drinking last night?"
"No!"
He stood up and offered me his hand, his long, graceful fingers
beckoning me. "Come, come with me." His gray eyes twinkled beneath
thick lashes, the sun glowing behind his head like a halo. Inexplicably, an
avalanche of attraction rumbled down my spinal cord. Deep inside my muscles
clenched, compelling me to accept his grasp. I allowed him to lead me down the
porch steps, my stomach fluttering the whole way. My senses were on overload. A
slight breeze was a taunting caress.
AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
Genevieve Jack grew up in a suburb of Chicago and attended a high school
rumored to be haunted. She loves
old cemeteries and enjoys a good ghost tour. Genevieve specializes in original,
cross-genre stories with surprising twists and writes a best-selling young
adult series under a different name. She lives in central Illinois with her
husband, two children, and a Brittany named Riptide who holds down her feet
while she writes.
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ReplyDeleteGreat cover, great excerpt, great blurb. Whats not to like about this book.
ReplyDeleteIve read it and loved it. Never a dull moment, non-stop action and a hot romance!
ReplyDeleteI love a good ghost story.
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I can't wait to read grateful's story!
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Genevieve...We have some great old cemeteries and haunted tours in our old downtown. One of our local attractions, the Battleship North Carolina, has been featured on the TV series Ghost Hunters. There are LOTS of ghost tours of the ship...and they are so much fun.
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Sounds like a really good read. bluepooh1@hotmail.com
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