WANTED:Housesitter for Cavendish House, an expansive medieval manor in the Highlands of Scotland. Must love country living and have maintenance skills. Decent pay for right applicant.Sounds spectacular, doesn’t it? Sadly, what the ad should’ve said was -WANTED:Idiot willing to live in abject misery for two months in the middle of nowhere Scotland. Must love ten-year-old dust bunnies, complete … of nowhere Scotland. Must love ten-year-old dust bunnies, complete isolation, and have the courage to weather the nightly visits of the Blue Lady – the resident ghost. Great job for the right sucker!
And even that couldn’t prepare me for the Cavendish heir, Branson Douglas. Branson is infuriating! Stubborn, smug, and worst of all, infuriatingly handsome. My god, that smile! Branson doesn’t want me around and makes no secret of it, but there’s one thing I have that might help him save Cavendish House from the auction block – I’m a force of nature with a hammer. Now, it’ll take us both working together, day in and day out to get it done. If only I can keep from falling for the handsome bastard between now and then.
With every mystery of Cavendish we uncover, Branson’s secrets come to the surface, and soon I see a whole new side to this beautiful creature – secrets that make my heart helpless to him. The way he looks at me – am I right to think he wants me too, or will the worst house-sitting job I’ve ever had turn into the hardest goodbye I’ll ever have to say?”
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Impenetrable heart lock. Must repel heart stopping smiles and Scottish charm. Please include money back guarantee.
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Shake Off the Ghosts – This is my first book by this author and I couldn’t stand Corinne’s character and her unnecessary use of vulgar language. What really offended me was the lower case usage of God and the fact God was in almost every paragraph. Besides the misuse of God, the book needed some editing to catch the inconsistencies, although the previous mentions aside, this is better edited than most books today. For a contractor, Corinne is soft; the executor of the estate and her disappearing boyfriend walk all over her. She should be used to dealing with people like that since she’s a contractor. Bran is OK, just a typical guy, but it was weird that he tried to hide who he was from the locals who knew him and his family.
I didn’t finish the book because the language and the horrendous misuse of God kept distracting me and getting in the way of whatever the book had to offer. It’s like a screaming kid in a movie theater, annoying. I liked the idea of what the story could have offered otherwise, which is why I wanted to read it. I found this book on Booksprout.co. 3*
A Song For the Sea – This is my second and final book by this author. I looked forward to reading this book since the witch portion intrigued me. But the story dragged on and then the dialog between the hospital co-workers was so heavy with vulgar language that I couldn’t take any more. I didn’t care about any of the characters, especially the Craig woman. While better edited than most books nowadays, the author needs an editor; she can upper case diabetes, but not God? There are other corrections needed. I found this book on Booksprout.co. 3
Needs more ghosts
I smiled at some scenes, but it was kinda ho hum read. Corinne Turner is an American and also is a professional house sitter. So a guy Christopher Menzies that she has as a contact in Scotland got her this job house sitting at Cavendish House in Scotland for two months. She is to clean it and give it a little maintenance. A man named Branson Douglas who says he’s the owner is there too. So they start working together to get the house repaired and cleaned up before the inspectors come to check it out in a couple of months. Corinne is supposed to be getting paid by the estate and that person in charge is Jocelyn Read. So far she’s only received one payment and she owes her two more. Then she meets Callista who is Branson’s sister. Plus all the townspeople around the mansion.
This has a lot of secrets that are uncovered, quit a few backstabbing too. All in all there is a relatively happy ending.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
3.5 stars
When Corinne, an international housesitter (something I’d never heard of before, but am intrigued by now) arrives at her new gig in Scotland, she’s not pleased to find her employer is nowhere to be found. Unfortunately, the only person in residence is apparently the owner of the castle, Bran (Branson), who isn’t any more thrilled to meet her than she is to meet him. She agrees, even though he’s pretty reluctant, to stay and help him get the castle in working condition so he can claim his rightful due. However, things are not all as they seem. There seems to be a ghost in residence, the man she came to Scotland in hopes of being with is turning out to be less than she had hoped, and she just might be falling for the grumpy owner of the castle. What’s a poor housesitter to do?
I thought Shake off the Ghosts was a nice little read. I didn’t like it as much as I liked Writing Mr. Right, but I still enjoyed it. I do wish, honestly, though, that the ghosts in the title had been a little more prominent in the story, but they did serve a purpose and were a great element of the story. Corinne and Bran weren’t really standout characters, especially Corinne, but they weren’t bad. The story itself, though, is entertaining and fun.
Once I started this book I was not putting it down until I had finished it, a well-written story that I enjoyed reading. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.