Emma Lee Raines sees dead peopleProprietor of the Eternal Slumber Funeral Home, Emma Lee can see, hear, and talk to ghosts of murdered folks. And when her high school nemesis is found dead, Jade Lee Peel is the same old mean girl—trying to come between Emma Lee and her hot boyfriend, Sheriff Jack Henry Ross, all over again. There’s only one way for Emma Lee to be free of the trash-talking … Lee to be free of the trash-talking ghost—solve the murder so the former prom queen can cross over.
But the last thing Jade Lee wants is to leave the town where she had her glory days. And the more Emma Lee investigates on her own, the more complicated Miss Popularity turns out to be. Now Emma Lee will have to work extra closely with her hunky lawman to get to the twisty truth.more
I love this series! I have read it in order but I believe you could get away with jumping in anywhere. These are written in a way that you might be curious about a previous book you haven’t read but you wouldn’t be completely lost.
This book finds Emma Lee fixing to attend her school reunion. If that isn’t nerve wracking enough, her nemesis is a celebrity! When Emma Lee starts hearing Jade talking without seeing her, we know something is up. Emma’s Funeral Trauma only affects her when someone is dead. Was it a murder or a suicide though? If trying to find the answer to that doesn’t keep Emma Lee busy enough, Charlotte Rae is determined to have Jade’s Funeral at Hardgroves, (and is trying to get her hands on an heirloom from Eternal Slumber). Will Emma Lee be able to stop her? Or will something else happen?
I had such a good time with this book. I laughed out loud several times. Fortunately my dog loves this series too and was laughing along with me. She thinks Emma Lee is a hoot, especially when her Funeral Trauma sets in. By the time I got to this one, most of the folks in Sleepy Hollow were my friends. I find that reading these books is equal to sitting in the porch swing, sipping sweet tea and listening to folks talk. I read this one in one sitting without noticing the time flying by. There isn’t much racy, (language, sex, violence), about it so it’s fine reading for just about anyone in the family who has a hankering to hang out with a dead body or two and try to figure out who did what, (and what was just gossip).
It all started when a large plastic Santa fell off the roof and knocked Emma Lee for a loop. She starts seeing the ghosts of murdered people. People in town thinks she’s gone round the bend when they spot her talking to something that isn’t there. She’s getting used to that.
What she’s having trouble with is the newest ghost, Jade Lee, a prom queen diva with no manners and an ego as big as Texas, who has her eyes on Emma’s man, the sexy Sheriff Jack Henry Ross. Emma wastes no time diving into the case, more then ready to send Jade on to greener pastures. But Jade has other plans and the fun begins.
I live in a small southern town and every time I dive into another book in this series I feel like I’m welcomed with open arms. Tonya nails it with her descriptions of a southern town. Her character’s are the perfect blend of eccentric, opinionated, charming, and did I say eccentric. LOL And the mystery is rib ticklin’ fun and as sticky as a humid afternoon.
Keep ’em coming, Tonya. This southern gal would love some more, please.
“A Ghostly Reunion” earns 5/5 Jeweled Homecoming Tiaras!
This fifth book in the Ghostly Southern Mystery series is just as entertaining and engaging as the previous books, so fans will be delighted. But newbies will not be left out because the story provides enough little bits to bring them up to speed and encourage them to check out the whole series from the beginning. Tonya Kappes, a Southern Belle herself, shares with us her southern culture of manners, neighborly attitudes, and Granny’s southern sweet tea. The mystery, ok, murder, is clever and develops slowly—cathartic for those of us that had a ‘mean girl’ issue in high school. It gives you the time to invest in the characters, enjoy their lives, holler at some of their stupidity and selfishness, and enjoy the ins and outs of a murder investigation.