Daniel Van Doren was once a renowned writer, until he was blinded in the car accident that killed his lover. Now, all he sees are ghosts in need of help. They follow him everywhere, and the only way to be rid of his ethereal visitors is to help them resolve their unfinished business here on earth so their spirits can find peace. Ghostwriter Logan Riley is assigned to pen Daniel's biography. He plans to reveal him as a fraud, but when they meet he's struck by Danny's quiet sincerity—and a growing attraction. Which makes sticking close to Danny to find out the truth more than a little distracting. When they are attacked by a violent poltergeist Logan begins to believe Danny's not just telling the truth, he's in grave danger. A spirit has learned how to harness the energy of the living to break through the barrier between worlds to harm Danny. And Logan may be the one to blame… 68,000 words
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2.75
Suspend disbelief all ye who enter here and I don't mean about the ghosts. Maybe I should be better versed on what certain imprints put out, this was a Harlequin, but I really can't be all that bothered with those distinctions so I kind of go with blurbs, covers and a little bit of reviews here on GR and elsewhere, but just a bit. In any case this turned out to be something way different than what I was expecting or hoping for.
Danny became blind after an accident and has since been able to see ghosts, particularly those with unfinished earthly business. This leads him to on more than one occasion work closely with the Police Department which has garnered him some notoriety which makes a publisher send a writer to expose him in the guise of writing a book about his abilities. Either the tell or the working with the police were good enough premises to have me hooked and I was enjoying the ride for about the first half of the book ... and then I felt like the rug was pulled out of me.
THIS MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY SPOILERISH BUT I CAN'T HELP IT
Danny solving crimes with his ex brother-in-law cop or proving his abilities to Logan, the writer who's trying to debunk them, gets dropped by the wayside or is merely window dressing and what we get is a story about a love so INSTA your head will spin and a guy so perfect that the Madonna pales in his presence. Danny is so beautiful and almost saintly that in spite of having been blind for like 2 years preserves clear hazel eyes that don't look sightless. WHAT??? Also though he's still basically stumbling along, learning how to move with a cane etc. he has some how kept a rock-hard gorgeous body. Uh huh. Sure. Once he and Logan meet all they can think about is humping and how perfect and gorgeous the other one is. I believed it for about ten minutes if I'm being generous. These are two guys who had both been denying their sexuality to the world and are now so over the moon for each other that while being chased almost naked from a house by a vengeful and powerful poltergeist and having to hide out in a motel bloody and bruised can only think about how hard they are for each other! Sweet baby Jesus that is one powerful erotic pull. These guys would be happily humping in The Exorcist house.
I don't know. I just didn't buy it. I don't mind INSTA but you've Gott tomato me believe it. Danny's perfection, beauty, and general Princess in need of rescue thing. Perhaps some of my meh factor had to do with the narration. I did an Audible by Malachi Mars and while he was very good there was also this whole southern Tennessee Williams vibe, a Blanche DuBois in need of rescue tone that just made me crazy after a while.
To sum up: according to Amazon this is 175 pages but to me it felt like a tome. I was hoping the poltergeist would win and as a side note I don't think the poltergeist was entirely wrong in wanting revenge.
