Sophie Love

Book 233 - Sophie Love - The Ghostly Grounds : Murder and Breakfast

A cozy mystery with ghostly goings on in this delightful short novel in another new series. It is a delight to come across stories that are brief, clever, witty, intriguing and oh..so much more.

When Marie Fortune has enough of pampering pets and discovers her boyfriend has been cheating on her…she suddenly feels lost until the death of a favourite relative leads her to a coastal town and a house she has many happy memories show more in…that is now hers.

Her dream was always to open a bed and breakfast and now she can…after all what does the city have to offer ?

Thus begins a journey of discovery…a pet left with the house and some mysterious noises along with a doll that seems eerily able to appear where it wasn’t left, starts a wonderfully open and just a little creepy tale.

When a shocking murder takes place suddenly everyone is a suspect. Are there actual ghosts ? Who killed the guest in such an unbelievable way and what did they all see on the video footage is part of the wonderful telling and unraveling of this ghostly tale. show less

Marie Fortune is nothing like her name. In just a few short hours, she quit her job, got rid of her two-timing boyfriend and received a call from police that they had found your great-aunt June dead in her house. Fortune had nothing to do with her day. June packs a bag and head up to Point Bliss. Her one hope at that time is that whoever ends up with her aunt’s house will let her have one last walk through. At her great-aunt’s funeral a lawyer approaches her. He hands her three show more envelopes. The first one informs her that she is the new oner of her aunt’s house. The second one informs her that her aunt left her a surprise. The surprise ends up being a dog named Boo. The third envelop contains the keys to the house.
After spending a night in the house Marie decided to make her childhood dream a reality. She will turn her grandmother’s house into a bed and breakfast. The first customer she has booked arrives only to realize they booked the wrong place. The second call she gets is someone looking for a place in the area because of a job he has. Brendan Peck is a paranormal investigator. He is investigating a nearby lighthouse. On a tour of the bed and breakfast he is videotaping a couple of areas and finds what seems to be a ghostly appearance. Overly eager, he posts the video to Twitter and it goes viral. The calls start pouring in. This includes a call from Alfred Ryker. He is known around the world for debunking paranormal activities. After filming all night he comes down and informs Marie he has proof to debunk the ghost in her place. Later that day he is murdered. Who would kill him and why?
This book was absolutely awesome. So much so I bought the rest of the series to read. It was a great murder mystery. There were some ghostly elements along the way. I loved her dog Boo. He has an important role in this book. It kept me guessing all the way through. I literally sat and read in in three hours. So good. I love when I find a new to me author and can recommend them to others. show less

This is a very well written book describing the struggle of a woman (Emily) to find her true identity. After finishing a long term relationship that was leading to nowhere, Emily quits her oppressive job in New York and goes to Maine, to an old family house where she used to spend her vacation when she was a child. The initial idea was to spend the weekend over there. What she found there is an abandoned house, a community that is not so receptive and a mysterious caretaker. Her father had show more vanished on thin air twenty years ago, after divorcing her mother. Both did not know how to handle the death of her sister. The caretaker has more in common with her than she initially thought. And a relationship starts to grow.
The author did an amazing job with the creation of the characters and her description of the environment. The characters that compose the small Maine community are also fully developed. The romance is there, but not overdosed. Kudos to the author for this amazing start of a series that promises to be very entertaining.
I recommend this book to the permanent library of all readers that enjoy a very well written book that will keep them entertained for some hours.

I received an electronic copy of this book from the author for reviewing, and I was not requested to provide a positive review. Opinion expressed here is my own. show less

It's a storyline that has been used over and over so don't expect much in the way of originality. Someone, usually a relative, dies and either leaves money or big old house to a relative they have almost no connection to except a far-reaching bloodline. The said relative doesn't seem to have the sense that God gave green apples and proceeds against all common reasoning, to open a Bed & Breakfast, a cafe, or a cupcake shop...you've seen them all if you've read much of the cozy mystery genre. show more I have to admit I don't like cozy mysteries and what actually made me pick this one up was the house on the cover and the promise of a cute dog that had more common sense than the niece from the very start. The dog was adorable but didn't make up for the lack of a plot line or any twists or surprises. I hate to say bad things about any book that someone spent time writing, but needless to say, this series is not for me. show less