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Date read: October 28, 2023
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Molly Harper
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
When Nina Linden is hired to landscape a private island off the New England coast, she sees it as her chance to rebuild her failing business after being cheated by her unscrupulous ex. She never expects that her new client, software mogul Deacon Whitney, would see more in her than just a talented gardener. Deacon has paid top dollar to the crews he’s hired to renovate the desolate Whitney estate—he had to, because the bumps, thumps, and unexplained sightings of ghostly figures in nineteenth-century dress are driving workers away faster than he can say “Boo.”Thoughts on Better Homes and Hauntings: My love for run-down places on isolated islands (although, to be fair, it could be a run-down place anywhere and I'd probably be all over it) holds true! The decaying estate Deacon has hired Nina and the others to bring back to life is a sweet, sweet locale. Sure, it's not sweet to the group when they're dealing with unexplained occurrences and visions and other odd situations, but I'm in!
But Nina shows no signs of being scared away, even as she experiences some unnerving apparitions herself. And as the two of them work closely together to restore the mansion’s faded glory, Deacon realizes that he’s found someone who doesn’t seem to like his fortune more than himself—while Nina may have finally found the one man she can trust with her bruised and battered heart.
But something on the island doesn’t believe in true love…and if Nina and Deacon can’t figure out how to put these angry spirits to rest, their own love doesn’t stand a ghost of a chance.
So. As part of his plan to bring the moldering family estate out of it's, uhh, moldering phase, Deacon has hired Nina (the landscaper), Cindy (organizer extraordinaire), and Jake (architect and family friend) to get the place into tip-top shape. They're joined by Deacon's cousin Dotty before long and soon it isn't just Nina experiencing odd things. Deacon doesn't necessarily disbelieve the experiences of the others, but he tends to look for logical solutions. Even when he starts getting in on the experiencing action.
Throw in a TERRIBLE interior designer who has her eye on Deacon (and his fortune), Nina's ex who is exhibiting STRONG stalker-esque tendencies, some fabulous lady-friendships (or at least the start of them), the mystery of what happened to the lady of the manor in its heyday, and some truly terrifying memories/visions and this group has a lot going on. Did I like? INDEED I DID!
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