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Haunted Harlem #2
A Little in Love with Death
Only love can face down those things not dreamt of in our philosophies
Ten years ago no one -- not even the man who said he loved her -- believed Sankofa Lawford's claim she had been brutally attacked by a ghost. Ten years later an assault on a new victim brings her back to Harlem to a mother going mad, a brother at his wits’ end and a former love who wants a second chance. Sankofa longs for her family to be whole again, for love to be hers again, but not if she must relive the emotional pain created by memories of that night.
Mitchell Emerson is convinced science and reason can account for the ghostly happenings at Umoja House. He resolves to find an explanation that will not only satisfy him but earn back Sankofa’s trust and love. Instead, his own beliefs are shaken when he sees the ghost for himself.
Now reluctant allies, Mitchell and Sankofa learn her family was more than a little in love with death. Their search for the ghost draws them together but discovering sixty years of lies and secrets pulls them apart. As their hopes for happily ever after and dispersing the evil stalking Umoja House slip beyond their grasp, Mitchell and Sankofa find an unexpected source of help: the ghost itself.
Hamlet had it right: there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophies. A Little In Love With Death is a romance that wrestles with what they might be and the role love plays not only in understanding, but conquering them. If philosophical musings, encounters with the supernatural and second chance romances make your day, this is your next must read story.
Ten years ago no one -- not even the man who said he loved her -- believed Sankofa Lawford's claim she had been brutally attacked by a ghost. Ten years later an assault on a new victim brings her back to Harlem to a mother going mad, a brother at his wits’ end and a former love who wants a second chance. Sankofa longs for her family to be whole again, for love to be hers again, but not if she must relive the emotional pain created by memories of that night.
Mitchell Emerson is convinced science and reason can account for the ghostly happenings at Umoja House. He resolves to find an explanation that will not only satisfy him but earn back Sankofa’s trust and love. Instead, his own beliefs are shaken when he sees the ghost for himself.
Now reluctant allies, Mitchell and Sankofa learn her family was more than a little in love with death. Their search for the ghost draws them together but discovering sixty years of lies and secrets pulls them apart. As their hopes for happily ever after and dispersing the evil stalking Umoja House slip beyond their grasp, Mitchell and Sankofa find an unexpected source of help: the ghost itself.
Hamlet had it right: there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophies. A Little In Love With Death is a romance that wrestles with what they might be and the role love plays not only in understanding, but conquering them. If philosophical musings, encounters with the supernatural and second chance romances make your day, this is your next must read story.
97 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 31, 2020
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December 19, 2020
This is the second book of the Haunted Harlem series I've read and I requested this one in exchange for a fair review.
Sankofa Lawford returns to Harlem, which she fled years ago after an attack. Her mother is in the hospital. Mitch Emerson is her lost love and one of the few people Sankora's mother in her decline trusts. The house she grew up in has injured more people.
On the surface, it's a ghost story with a second-chance romance. But when you dive in it's so much more. How can so many important things be packed into one book? The response is a lot. So yes, there's lost love. As you continue it delves into the pages there's also mystery, history, mental illness, abuse, conflict of faith. About how choices parents make affects the lives of their children even after they are grown.
I look forward to the next in the series.
Sankofa Lawford returns to Harlem, which she fled years ago after an attack. Her mother is in the hospital. Mitch Emerson is her lost love and one of the few people Sankora's mother in her decline trusts. The house she grew up in has injured more people.
On the surface, it's a ghost story with a second-chance romance. But when you dive in it's so much more. How can so many important things be packed into one book? The response is a lot. So yes, there's lost love. As you continue it delves into the pages there's also mystery, history, mental illness, abuse, conflict of faith. About how choices parents make affects the lives of their children even after they are grown.
I look forward to the next in the series.
December 6, 2020
r/suggestmeabook: I want a novella about a deadly haunted house that came between lovers.
This is the story of a couple haunted by the past—more literally than most. Sankofa and Mitchell were the loves of each other’s lives until the incident in haunted Umoja, the house Sankofa grew up in. Reunited at Sankofa’s mother’s bedside, they have to decide how to confront the past, which includes confronting some ghosts.
The pain of the separated lovers provokes any pain of separation in your heart, as Anna M. Taylor’s skillful descriptions burrow in past your defenses. It’s hard not to root for the couple to reunite, even though you can feel the frustration of each side’s point of view. In many ways, this novella is more romance than ghost story, although the ghost story is intrinsic to the couple’s problems.
For the complete review, check out Bibliostatic at https://bibliostatic.com/2020/12/06/a...
This is the story of a couple haunted by the past—more literally than most. Sankofa and Mitchell were the loves of each other’s lives until the incident in haunted Umoja, the house Sankofa grew up in. Reunited at Sankofa’s mother’s bedside, they have to decide how to confront the past, which includes confronting some ghosts.
The pain of the separated lovers provokes any pain of separation in your heart, as Anna M. Taylor’s skillful descriptions burrow in past your defenses. It’s hard not to root for the couple to reunite, even though you can feel the frustration of each side’s point of view. In many ways, this novella is more romance than ghost story, although the ghost story is intrinsic to the couple’s problems.
For the complete review, check out Bibliostatic at https://bibliostatic.com/2020/12/06/a...
March 9, 2021
Review: A Little in Love with Death
This is the second book I’ve read in Anna Taylor’s Haunted Harlem series and I continue to be delighted with how she infuses contemporary Harlem with Gothic ambience and seamlessly weaves current social justice issues into an old-fashioned mystery steeped with romance and love that lives on beyond the grave. When Sankofa Lawford overcomes her fears to return to Harlem and the haunted house that was her childhood home, where she was attacked by a ghost ten years earlier, she reconnects with a mother going mad through grief and guilt, an aunt brimming with mysterious secrets, and a former lover, Mitchell Emerson, who is determined to take advantage of this opportunity to find redemption, healing, and a second chance with the woman who has long owned his heart. Ms. Taylor’s characters jump off the page and into a family and community trying to navigate the mysterious and mundane, sacred and profane, while they strive toward a future with hope. A thoroughly enjoyable read! I’m looking forward to more gothic romances from this author!
This is the second book I’ve read in Anna Taylor’s Haunted Harlem series and I continue to be delighted with how she infuses contemporary Harlem with Gothic ambience and seamlessly weaves current social justice issues into an old-fashioned mystery steeped with romance and love that lives on beyond the grave. When Sankofa Lawford overcomes her fears to return to Harlem and the haunted house that was her childhood home, where she was attacked by a ghost ten years earlier, she reconnects with a mother going mad through grief and guilt, an aunt brimming with mysterious secrets, and a former lover, Mitchell Emerson, who is determined to take advantage of this opportunity to find redemption, healing, and a second chance with the woman who has long owned his heart. Ms. Taylor’s characters jump off the page and into a family and community trying to navigate the mysterious and mundane, sacred and profane, while they strive toward a future with hope. A thoroughly enjoyable read! I’m looking forward to more gothic romances from this author!
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