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Haunted Hearts
"Love knows no boundaries..."
Ian Holt was an illustrious architect and confirmed bachelor in life. An earth-bound and lonely spirit in death.
Paige Stanfield is an up-and-coming artist searching for peace and someday love, though one person stands in the her angry ex-husband.
When Paige moves into Ian's Monterey Peninsula home five years after his death, he thinks he may have found his destiny. But how can a spirit and mortal woman become lovers? And how will he protect Paige when her ex-husband comes seeking revenge?
Phantom Lover is a dramatic and sensual story where breaking all the rules of here and the hereafter are a must.
Ian Holt was an illustrious architect and confirmed bachelor in life. An earth-bound and lonely spirit in death.
Paige Stanfield is an up-and-coming artist searching for peace and someday love, though one person stands in the her angry ex-husband.
When Paige moves into Ian's Monterey Peninsula home five years after his death, he thinks he may have found his destiny. But how can a spirit and mortal woman become lovers? And how will he protect Paige when her ex-husband comes seeking revenge?
Phantom Lover is a dramatic and sensual story where breaking all the rules of here and the hereafter are a must.
146 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 1, 2011
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About the author
Kelly Wallace
182 books44 followersEverything Kelly writes about stems from personal experience. Her nonfiction books are based on decades as a professional psychic counselor and various health challenges. What about her romances? Yes! They contain scenes and characters she's known, witnessed or fantasized about, and places she's been.
Kelly was born and raised in Southern California. After 32 years on the west coast, she moved to the east coast and absolutely loved the changing seasons. However, she soon found herself in the Arizona desert for eight years. While the sunrises and sunsets could never be surpassed, she felt she left her soul behind and is once again, blissfully, living in Maryland. She has five grown daughters, various pets and grand-pets, sons-in-law, and one special guy who's become her muse.
Kelly was born and raised in Southern California. After 32 years on the west coast, she moved to the east coast and absolutely loved the changing seasons. However, she soon found herself in the Arizona desert for eight years. While the sunrises and sunsets could never be surpassed, she felt she left her soul behind and is once again, blissfully, living in Maryland. She has five grown daughters, various pets and grand-pets, sons-in-law, and one special guy who's become her muse.
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December 29, 2013
This isn't a finished novel; it's a first draft - and a lousy one at that.
The dialogue is forced, the antagonist is over-the-top and without motivation, the characterisation is inconsistent, there was hardly any plot to go with the cliches, and it was so overly sentimental that I wanted to gag.
Aside from that? If you decide to write about abuse, you'd damned well better understand it because, if you don't, you come across as ignorant and phony. It absolutely enraged me that the answer to abuse in this novel was to buy a gun. What. The. Fuck. Not healthy. Not realistic.
Also, if you're writing a love story that involves ghosts, don't go for the happyily-look-he-got-a-body-ever-after ending. That's bullshit.
The dialogue is forced, the antagonist is over-the-top and without motivation, the characterisation is inconsistent, there was hardly any plot to go with the cliches, and it was so overly sentimental that I wanted to gag.
Aside from that? If you decide to write about abuse, you'd damned well better understand it because, if you don't, you come across as ignorant and phony. It absolutely enraged me that the answer to abuse in this novel was to buy a gun. What. The. Fuck. Not healthy. Not realistic.
Also, if you're writing a love story that involves ghosts, don't go for the happyily-look-he-got-a-body-ever-after ending. That's bullshit.
June 3, 2013
Sooo hmm this book reminded me a lot of the movie Ghost with Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze. Just the way the story unfolded kept returning me to that movie, which I guess in a way was not bad at all, after all I did love the Movie. It had some annoying moments, such as her not being strong enough and having a ghost be someone who she fell in love with and needed to make stronger instead of being strong on her own, that may be my own feminist coming out, lol But it was a sweet story and also had fun moments that made me really enjoy it.
The ending was kinda, huh? really? It was very very almost too sweet and predictable. But again it was a fast paced read which I needed.
The ending was kinda, huh? really? It was very very almost too sweet and predictable. But again it was a fast paced read which I needed.
October 10, 2011
Title: Phantom Lover
Author: Kelly Wallace
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-1-59578-813-9
Genre: paranormal romance
Length: 88
Rating: 3 1/2 diamonds
Heat Level: sensual
Other: n/a
Reviewer: Brecken Stevens
Date: July 19, 2011, 2011
Killed one random evening in his new home, Ian Holt was far from done with his life. ‘The Voice” keeps him on earth in ghost form, but only in his home, which sits empty for years after his death. Paige Stanfield escaped an abusive relationship after a decade of marriage. She wants peace and to regain her confidence, but her ex-husband continues to terrorize her. Ian and Paige form a plan to keep the ex at bay, but when feelings grow between human and ghost, both know no good can come. What sort of future can Paige really have with a man who isn’t really there?
Phantom Lover takes a lot of classic ghost elements and adds interesting spins. I enjoyed the change up with the ex-husband and the abilities Ian had. The mother in law was also a really interesting character. For the most part the plot was very predictable and though there were some new things, I had moments of de ja vu reminding me of many other ghost lover type stories I’ve read in the past. Still, it was a nice story and hit all the right notes for someone looking for a sweet and sexy ghost story.
Author: Kelly Wallace
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-1-59578-813-9
Genre: paranormal romance
Length: 88
Rating: 3 1/2 diamonds
Heat Level: sensual
Other: n/a
Reviewer: Brecken Stevens
Date: July 19, 2011, 2011
Killed one random evening in his new home, Ian Holt was far from done with his life. ‘The Voice” keeps him on earth in ghost form, but only in his home, which sits empty for years after his death. Paige Stanfield escaped an abusive relationship after a decade of marriage. She wants peace and to regain her confidence, but her ex-husband continues to terrorize her. Ian and Paige form a plan to keep the ex at bay, but when feelings grow between human and ghost, both know no good can come. What sort of future can Paige really have with a man who isn’t really there?
Phantom Lover takes a lot of classic ghost elements and adds interesting spins. I enjoyed the change up with the ex-husband and the abilities Ian had. The mother in law was also a really interesting character. For the most part the plot was very predictable and though there were some new things, I had moments of de ja vu reminding me of many other ghost lover type stories I’ve read in the past. Still, it was a nice story and hit all the right notes for someone looking for a sweet and sexy ghost story.
May 6, 2012
I'm a little on the fence on whether to bump my rating up to 3 1/2 stars. There were parts in the book that really had me turning pages. The sexual tension and longing for the untouchable were really well described and my favorite parts of the story. On the other hand, there were a couple of times when the storyline got a little too unrealistic and something you thought could be important to the story seemed to just get dropped. (I kept asking myself why certain things were included.) The main character, Paige, although I really liked her, did some pretty stupid things and could have been a stronger. Overall, it was a freebie for me so I did enjoy it.
December 21, 2011
Otro de esos libros culposos que amazon tiene gratis... Paige es una mujer abusada por su marido que huye de el y encuentra refugio (y algo más) en la antigua casa de Ian, un arquitecto que fue asesinado mientras dormía..
La idea de este "amor paranormal" me llamó la atención y lo consideré una ridiculez pero me ayudó a perder el tiempo mientras tosía y estornudaba.. :P
La idea de este "amor paranormal" me llamó la atención y lo consideré una ridiculez pero me ayudó a perder el tiempo mientras tosía y estornudaba.. :P
June 7, 2013
2.5 stars
I enjoyed it overall, however I think the reader was expected to push aside too much logic while reading, there was too much implausibility. This was a very solid attempt at contemporary romance, but the paranormal aspect was liking. That being said, I am not opposed to reading other works by this author in the future.
I enjoyed it overall, however I think the reader was expected to push aside too much logic while reading, there was too much implausibility. This was a very solid attempt at contemporary romance, but the paranormal aspect was liking. That being said, I am not opposed to reading other works by this author in the future.
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November 11, 2012
VERY SPICY!
June 3, 2013
So this was the BOTM for Bookaholics Anonymous, it was OK, I probably wouldn't have read this if it wasn't the BOTM, but I thought I'd give it a go, you jusf never know what you will stumble on.
June 5, 2013
I liked it. It was short and sweet. A very interesting story.
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