Bookish Thursday - A Shadow of Love by Amy S. Cutler
Just in time for a bit of a spooky Halloween read is A Shadow of Love by Amy S. Cutler and hosted by Wow-Women on Writing.
Book Summary
When Annabelle flees her abusive husband and moves into an 1860's farmhouse, she soon learns that she is not alone; she shares her home with Christian, the ghost of a poet who killed himself in 1917. Christian, wanting nothing but solitude, tries to scare Annabelle away, but once they come together while she is dreaming, they fall in love. The clock is ticking for Christian, for moments after his hanging his fiance magically cursed his spirit to be stuck on earth for one hundred years, and his time is almost up.
With Annabelle's ex threatening her and the spirit she has fallen in love with on the verge of disappearing, Annabelle becomes obsessed with staying with Christian, and will do anything to be with him.
Being in love with a ghost is bad enough, but for Annabelle, discovering that her true love will be crossing over at any moment pushes her over the edge of reckless behavior.
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
ISBN-10: 1684339402
ISBN-13: 978-1684339402
ASIN: B09NXMRHV2
Print length: 163 pages
Purchase a copy of Shadow of Love on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Bookshop.org. You can also add this to your GoodReads reading list.
Now for my opinion...
First, the book has a reference to being like The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. That was enough for me. Growing up, I was in love with the tv show and primarily the Captain. Of course, that led to watching the 1947 black and white movie with Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. What's not to swoon over - and do a bit of crying.
Secondly, I love the idea of being in an old house with a ghost. And hopefully it would be a nice ghost and not one wanting to make me a ghost too. But that's not the case here. And I have been in buildings where you can 'feel' something that isn't quite there and you know something or someone else is there besides yourself. So, especially now that I'm an empty nester, a ghost or two might not be so bad.
And third, when you throw in 'bad' love, new love, a deadline and a love curse, what could be better? Especially at Halloween.
More of a novella (that's what anything less than 600 pages feels like these days), this is a cozy afternoon curled up on the couch in the fall read.
You can get your copy here...
Amazon (plus right now it's free on Kindle Unlimited)
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