Title: Give Up The Ghost
Series: Phantoms #2
Author: Kelly Moran
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Published: May 26, 2015
Publisher: Entangled
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Synopsis:
Paranormal investigator Kerry Baker has seen it all. But nothing in her work with the Phantoms team prepares her for the most terrifying ghost of all―seeing her doppelganger. Rumored to be a foreshadowing of one’s death, the spectre shakes Kerry to the core…sending her into the arms of her best friend and fellow Phantom cast member, Paul Leake, for comfort.
Until a kiss changes everything.
Paul has been in love with Kerry for ages, unwilling to compromise their friendship. As their investigation in a ghost town grows more intense, however, so does the chemistry between Paul and Kerry. With her life in danger and their jobs on the line, giving into their attraction couldn’t be a worse idea―and yet they can’t bring themselves to stop it. Even if it kills her…
Read on for my thoughts on Give Up The Ghost. No true spoilers, promise.
Just about everyone loves a good ghost story. Whether everyone believes in ghosts or just wants a good scare is often in question. An elite group of paranormal investigators make up the team for the television show Phantoms. Each one has their own reasons for exploring the unknown and bringing their discoveries to the public.
Kerry is scared. She’s seen or spoken to ghosts her entire life, so the regular, run of the mill ghost isn’t going to scare her. No, but seeing her exact duplicate, doppelganger, her own ghost when she is standing here perfectly alive terrifies her… with good reason. She calls her friend and team mate, Paul, incoherent with fear. As Paul dashes through the streets of New York City toward Kerry’s apartment – Kerry is on the floor, huddled in terror. No matter how normal seeing ghosts is to a person, they never, ever expect to see their own image in ghostly form!
Of course, by the time Paul has run the few blocks to Kerry the ghost double has gone… leaving no footprints in the snow where Kerry saw her outside of her window. As Paul comforts Kerry, we begin to see the attraction on Paul’s side for Kerry. Their contracts on Phantoms has an enforced no dating team members clause and Paul has kept his feeling hidden from everyone, including Kerry. They are best friends and Paul is trying very hard to keep that relationship in place. He doesn’t feel a southern beauty like Kerry could ever have romantic feelings toward a nerdy guy like him. So he is, if not happy, at least content to hold on tight to her friendship.
Cain, a new member to the team has some knowledge of doppelgangers and begins to research this type of sighting. As the team gears up to start their new season with a shoot in a ghost town in Arizona, worry is beginning to flow through the team for Kerry. What they are learning about seeing your own ghost is not good… not good at all.
Give Up The Ghost was an intriguing ghost story that I could not put down. I finished it in one setting and wanted more. This story was fun, tense, involved, definitely sexy, entertaining and it kept me riveted to the pages of my Kindle. Since there were a couple stories lines going on I was never bored or distracted from finding what was happening to Kerry, would Paul’s love for her be enough and where was the treasure buried?
I enjoyed this novel very much. I’m heading to Amazon to pick up the first novel – and there is another one on the way later this year to look forward to. Even if you don’t believe in ghosts, I’d highly recommend Give Up The Ghost to anyone who simply wants to be entertained and drawn into the story. That will definitely happen in this story. Enjoy.
*I received an e-ARC of Give Up The Ghost from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. That does not change what I think of this novel.*
~Any review is just one person’s opinion. You might feel the same or totally different. The only way to know for certain is for you to read it. This was my opinion of this particular book.~
Give Up The Ghost is available for the Kindle
