Continuing with Because Readings Boo-calious blog event, Spooktacular, today the theme is ‘ghosts’.
In truth, I haven’t read that many ghostly books or series. It’s not that I don’t love the woo-woo and clank of chains, but I have a low tolerance for getting spooked out. I can read ghost stories, but they can’t be the real hair-raising sort.
Here’s one series that falls within my comfort zone: The Ghost Seer Series by Robin D. Owens
I was frustrated and amused in turn with this unlikely heroine who inherited the family’s rare gypsy magic that allowed her to see and communicate with ghosts with the help of her spirit familiar and her detective boyfriend.
See the blurb:
There’s just something about Clare. Apart from the ghosts…
When her eccentric aunt passes away, no-nonsense accountant Clare Cermak inherits more than just a small fortune. She receives the gift of communicating with ghosts. While Clare may not believe in spirits, it’s hard to overlook the shadowy talking dog appearing on her bed or spectral cowboys tipping their hats to her in the streets of Denver. And when she locks eyes with sexy—and living—Zach Slade, there’s certainly no ignoring him either.
A former deputy sheriff, Zach is leaving a painful past behind in Montana for a new life in Denver as a private investigator, a job that has him crossing paths with beautiful Clare. Not that she minds. After the restless ghost of a Wild West gunman demands her assistance, Clare finds herself needing Zach more and more—and not just for help.
Find the series:
Further ghostly recommends:
- Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries by Angie Fox
- Beechwood Harbor Ghost Mysteries by Danielle Garrett
- Frostbite by Stacey Kennedy
Books/Series That have been recommended to me:
- Ellie Jordan Ghost Trapper by JL Bryan
- Ghost Planet by Sharon Lynn Fisher
- Downside Ghosts by Stacia Kane
Enjoy an easy peasy Halloween Craft courtesy of Happiness is Homemade blog:
Supplies for Coffee Filter Ghost Lollipops:
- Rounded Lollipops (we used Tootsie Pops, but Original Gourmet lollipops would be great, too.)
- Coffee Filters
- Small Rubber Bands
- Thin Ribbon or Baker’s Twine
- Black Sharpie Marker
How do you like your fictional ghosts? Not at all? Caspar sweet? Or poltergeist freaky?
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looks like some good books and i like my ghosts in all shapes, forms and personalities. 🙂
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Sounds like you can take them all on, Sherry. 🙂 You might enjoy these ghostly mysteries. 🙂
Oh I’m with you on the creep factor for my tastes Sophia Rose. I love the Karen White Tradd Street series
Yeah, I can’t tolerate much scaring. 🙂 Cool, thanks for the rec, Debbie!
I love a good ghost story and depending on the time of day and if I’m alone, the scarier the better. Just not late at night and by myself. I even like the not so scary ones. The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James was super scary and also her The Broken Girls as well.
Haha, yep, need all the lights on and people around for the really scary ones. The Sundown Motel has caught my eye before. I might have to give it a try.
I remember trying book 1 but I wasn’t a fan so I never tried more
Yeah, Clair got me good and mad quite a few times in this series and I was never sure if I was going to keep reading or not. 🙂
I like the Robin Owens and Danielle Garrett ones. Downside Ghosts was recommended to me also but I haven’t managed to read it. I did SoS on Ghosts a couple years ago.
I’ve got most of the Downside Ghosts series on my shelf and just need to read it. 🙂
Those lollipops are adorable. I’m not one that gets overly spooked so I don’t usually mind ghosts in books but I do tend to favor the lighter ghost tales.
Thanks for the recommendations, I’m adding them to my list!
Those lollipops looked cute to me, too. Yay, glad I could recommend some for you.
I love ghost stories. The scarier the better. Thanks for the recommendations I think I will add some of these to my reading list.
Aha, you like the really spooky ones. Glad to give you some ideas for fun ghostly stories, Nadene.
I’m not a fan of ghost romances, because how can they really have a happy ending unless the living person dies, that is, which I guess isn’t really a happy ending now, right? Ghost stories as in spooky ones I like.
I do like the ghost aspect in the Mercy Thompson series. I did read the first book of the Robin D. Owens series but didn’t continue.
Yeah, ghost romances are a bit iffy from the start. I can’t say that I’ve read more than one and that had a twist that made it different. Love the way ghosts are used in the Mercy Thompson series. This one I spotlighted was a hit or miss for me all the way through, but I needed one I’d read. LOL
I’m picky with my ghost stories.
Yeah, I can’t read any and all of them either.
I’m the same with ghosts – I like fun ones, not scary ones. When I started reading your post, I could only recall one ghost-centric series I read, thinking no one would have heard of it, but you listed it! The Frostbite series by S. Kennedy. Overall I liked that one, but I had a huge issue with the big twist revealed in book 2 (I think). Anyhow. I also adore Danielle Garrette’s series. I’m sure I’ve read another book or two with ghosts (heck, even Dresden had a whole book with all the ghosts), but I can’t recall right… Read more »
If it’s the twist I’m thinking of, it felt a bit like a copout to me, but I was vested by that point so finished the series. I’m pretty sure I’ve read some other books with ghosts in them that are part of other series, but I couldn’t think of them. One of these days I’ll start the Dresden Files.
Yes. I did still enjoy the series and glad it all worked out. It was a fun one. But the twist should have come in the first book – how is it that she was with his friends and no one bothered to tell her the truth? Anyhow, it was a good series!
Yeah, I was hazy on the details since it’s been years, but that was a big thing that others who knew him well didn’t say anything to her. 🙂
Cute lollipop ghosts 🙂 poltergeist freaky ones – in fiction only!
I spotted those a few years back and thought they were adorable. 🙂
Haha, yeah no real life ghost stories for me, either.
I loved book one, but not two. Maybe I should try again.
I had a love-hate with this series all the way through, but I couldn’t stop reading them. 🙂