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Date read: July 28, 2022
Ghost Hunters
0.5. Bridal Jitters
1. After Dark
2. After Glow
3. Ghost Hunter
4. Silver Master
5. Dark Light
6. Obsidian Prey
7. Midnight Crystal
8. Canyons of Night
9. The Lost Night
10. Deception Cove
11. The Hot Zone
12. Siren's Call
13. Illusion Town
14. Guild Boss
15. Sweetwater and the Witch - Hardcover | Kindle
Jayne Castle (AKA Jayne Ann Krentz)
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
If there’s something Ravenna Chastain knows, it’s when to end things. And after she almost winds up the victim of a cult that believes she’s a witch, it’s easy to walk away from her dead-end career, ready for a new start. But where to find a job that would allow her to use her very specialized skill set? The answer is clear: she becomes a matchmaker.Thoughts on Sweetwater and the Witch: We're back with the Sweetwater clan for this installment and I like them. Ethan is very aware of his family's history, but the Sweetwaters have changed the family business up a bit since settling on Harmony and he's really just a very good engineer now. Or at least that's what he tells people. In reality, he's gifted, not afraid to get his hands a little dirty, and he's pretty much unfazed when dangerous things happen around him. Which is something Ravenna appreciates since she seems to be a danger-magnet lately.
But even a successful matchmaker can’t find someone for everyone, and Ravenna considers Ethan Sweetwater her first professional failure. After nine failed dates, Ravenna knows it’s time to cut Ethan loose. But Ethan refuses to be fired as a client—he needs one final date to a business function. Since Ravenna needs a date herself to a family event, they agree to a deal: she will be his (business) date if he will be her (fake) date to her grandparents’ anniversary celebration.
What Ethan fails to mention is that attending the business function is a cover for some industrial espionage that he’s doing as a favor to the new Illusion Town Guild boss. Ravenna is happy to help, but their relationship gets even more complicated when things heat up—the chemistry between them is explosive, as explosive as the danger that’s stalking Ravenna. Lucky for her, Ethan isn’t just an engineer—he’s also a Sweetwater, and Sweetwaters are known for hunting down monsters…
But before Ravenna reaches the appreciation portion of their relationship, she has to face the facts that Ethan just might be unmatchable. At least by her and the matchmaking company she works for. When he digs in his heels and demands his final contracted date, Ravenna decides to use him to help her out of a potentially awkward family gathering. As you might imagine, things don't go exactly as she plans. Mostly because Ethan is more than he seems (and more than he'll admit to) and Ravenna has people gunning for her left and right.
There's (more than) a little danger, a touch of subterfuge, a family who like their dramatic relationships, a little steam, and bad guys setting up pieces behind the scenes. Fortunately for the people of Harmony (and Illusion Town), the Guild and the various people they contract to help them (like *cough* the Sweetwaters) are doing what they do best to keep the bad guys from resurrecting an old, dangerous enemy. Good stuff all around!
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