This compilation contains ALL 3 chilling Haunted Florida novels by author Gaby Triana at ONE boxed set price. Read the 3 full-length novels of ghostly tales, family drama, and haunted old homes that people are calling “Florida Gothic” and “Goosebumps for Adults.”1 – ISLAND OF BONES (Key West)A haunted Key West resort. Ghosts off the Cuban coast. A deadly hurricane.When Ellie Whitaker leaves her … hurricane.
When Ellie Whitaker leaves her dead-end job and ex behind to spread her grandmother’s ashes in tropical paradise, the last thing she expected was to face more ghosts. Darkness lurks inside her grandmother’s former home turned resort, and Ellie’s presence stirs up its energies. As a hurricane creeps closer to the island, she must hurry to discover long-buried truths or risk becoming a ghostly resident of haunted Key West forever.
2 – RIVER OF GHOSTS (Everglades)
A ghostly pirate ship. A haunted cabin rotting in the swamp. Gladesmen from the Everglades’ checkered past.
Avila Cypress gives airboat tours of the Everglades with a little something extra—tales of the supernatural. When a ghost adventures production crew offers her money in exchange for her guiding them to the abandoned Villegas House, a haunted depot with a murderous past in the middle of nowhere, Avila must decide if the opportunities are worth upsetting her traditional Miccosukee Indian family. The deeper they delve into the cabin’s past, the more they stir up the evil energies. Guests begin turning on each other, and Avila wonders if she made a mistake in coming. Can she develop her untapped gifts in time to save the crew from self-destruction? Or will she become another spirit to wander the River of Grass forever?
3 – CITY OF SPELLS (Miami)
A haunted Old Florida home. A ghostly woman in white. Witchcraft from Miami’s darker side.
When a mysterious old gentleman enters Queylin’s trendy new age shop, she hopes he’ll buy incense, sage, maybe a nice rose quartz pendulum for his wife. Instead, the man enlists her help getting rid of La Dama de Blanco, a ghostly woman in bloody white dress who’s been haunting his 100-year-old Palmetto Bay estate.
But Queylin’s rituals and spells uncover terrifying secrets hidden in the walls of the estate when she realizes La Dama de Blanco is only the beginning of the haunted home’s evil legacy.
Praise for the Haunted Florida series:
“Gaby Triana’s ISLAND OF BONES is a devious mystery with plenty of dark secrets, unexpected twists and a very satisfying payoff. Highly recommended!” -Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of GLIMPSE and V-WARS
“Very well written, highly engaging…enjoyable and fun, defying several genre expectations.” – Christine Morgan, The Horror Fiction Review
“On the surface, ISLAND OF BONES provides a drama-packed battle with the evils of human jealousy and greed against the backdrop of a swirling assault of ghosts and nature. But scratch away the veneer and you will uncover a reminder that supressing your true potential can be detrimental to your mental wellbeing. So be you, face your ghosts and pursue your passions just as Gaby Triana has done with this novel.” – Vicki Camps, Nightmarish Conjurings
“With Island of Bones, Gaby Triana’s nuanced story-telling enthralled and terrified me. I couldn’t put down this pulse-pounding horror story until I’d devoured it in one sitting.” – Virna DePaul, New York Times bestselling author
“I’ve read about one hundred books over the last year, from giants like Stephen King, strange novels by Clive Barker, and indie novels from across the genre spectrum, but few have been as evocatively human as Island of Bones.” – D.S. Black, horror author and reviewer
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I almost stopped reading when she left her cat behind. But I kept reading and enjoyed the book, love the trip to Florida and will have nightmares of gators.
Awesome Hauntings!
With this being a triple omnibus of three horrifying novels I am breaking them down book by book with thoughts for each book.
Island of Bones:
The story revolves around Ellie wanting to go to Key West as her grandmother use to live there and after her grandmother passes on, she decides to take her grandmother’s ashes to spread them on the island. But little does she know that her journey to Key West is going to be just a nice trip down memory lane. There is a mystery surrounding Ellie’s past as her grandfather disappeared off the coast back in 1951.
What entails is a mystery that is so deep that no one wants Ellie to know anything of the past and Ellie has to endure not only a hurricane that is barreling toward her, but she has to endure a nutty motel manager, visions of the past (Ellie has visions), and hauntings at the motel.
Thoughts:
I really liked this book as it involved mystery, pirates, a haunting, and suspense!
This book just takes off from the first chapter and it barrels quickly all the way to the end. There are lots of twists, turns, danger, suspense, and action wrapped up tightly within its pages. I was very impressed with this book and I loved how the author just brought it all together!
River of Ghosts:
Avila Cypress takes people on airboat tours out to the Everglades and weaves ghost stories of hauntings along with telling the story of a haunted house deep in the Everglades named the Villegas House which is known for having a bad past with murders. Avila is approached by a crew of ghost hunters that have a tv show and they are willing to pay whatever price for her to take them out to the haunted house.
Against her better judgement and against her tribes warnings from the past about not setting foot on the island where the house is located, Avila decides to go ahead and take the tv crew out there.
Things seem to go awry the minute they set foot on the island as an unspeakable evil seems to permeate their surroundings and they can feel a heaviness in the air, but it is when they approach the house that things become weird as all is quiet until they hear something drop in the house as the house “knows” why they are there and it is about to show them that sometimes things are better left to the past!
Thoughts:
This story starts off a little slow as there is some world and character building, but once I got to the 30% mark things seemed to slowly start happening within the house and by the time I made it to the 50% mark the book started escalating with the haunting. There is really more to the story but without giving away spoilers it is best to keep it under wraps as there is more of a past tie-in with one of the tv crew and with Avila, but to find out more you will need to read it for yourself.
There is suspense and nail-biting tension along with whispers on the wind, ghostly voices, and lots of haunting atmosphere within this book but there is lots of twists and turns the further that I got into the story to the point I ended up reading the last 40% of the story within a few hours as I just could not put it down!
City of Spells:
Queylin and a couple of friends runs a new age shop that sells sage and incense but they also will do psychic readings for people that need it. When an elderly man (Dr. Rivera) comes into the shop he has more than thoughts of buying something in mind as he needs help with getting rid of a ghost that is haunting his home.
When Queylin finds out that the home is the Harding Estate is when she has a tiny inkling of fear as she has heard rumors for years about the place being haunted and try as she might she doesn’t really want to go there to investigate, but when Dr. Rivera is most insistent and he tells her that he will pay her a hefty fee for coming out to the house her friends tell her to try it and see if she can open up her psychic ability to the otherworld.
What Queylin doesn’t realize is that there is more to the house than just ghosts and when she ends up staying out there to help she finds out that all is not what it seems with the doctor too as he is hiding a terrible secret and it is a secret that he will keep private no matter what the cost!
Thoughts:
This story started out a little slow as there was a little bit of world building, but once I reached the 30% mark the book started slowly escalating. The mystery of the ghosts, the house, and the doctor just deepened as there were lots of twists and turns within the story. I never knew where the author was going to take me next from chapter to chapter as tiny things were revealed at a slow pace until after the half way point pieces of the puzzle were coming together.
The last 20% of the book there was a startling revelation and a major twist that I did not see coming! It shocked me out of my shoes! Which the pace picked up for me and I read the last of the book within just a few hours as I wanted to see how it all ended!
Total thoughts for the trilogy:
Out of all three books in this trilogy the last book was the whip cream of them all as that story just finished the whole trilogy on a high note for me! I wasn’t expecting to finish this omnibus before the new year, but I just could not break away from the story. I had to finish it even I stayed awake for 24 hours to get it done! I am so glad that I did finish it up and I was satisfied with the ending!
All of the books though together are full of mystery, suspense, ghosts, and spine shivering chills which kept my insomnia fueled for about a month! Lots of sleepless nights with these books! 🙂 Giving this trilogy five Haunted Horror stars!
I never got past the first book. If you are going to go on and on about coquina, maybe you should Google it. It’s not a type of limerock. It’s animal shells. So, if you can’t research in the information age, go away
Great books. Hard to put down. I am ready to move to florida