Haunted
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- £8.99
Publisher Description
Past and present meet in the most notorious ghost town in Arizona when two murders – one in present day and the other in 1828 – dovetail and connect in New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin’s captivating, twisty tale for readers of J.A. Jance, Anne Hillerman, and Nora Roberts.
1898: Robbery, prostitution, and violence are commonplace in the fabulously rich copper mining city of Jerome. But a brutal murder sets the stage for a series of strange events that will echo far into the future.
2024: Jenny Spencer’s Copper Star Saloon and Hotel is one of the best-loved attractions in the popular tourist destination, but eerie occurrences in the newly renovated wing are souring business.
Cain Barrett, the wealthy owner of the nearby Grandview Hotel, has his eye on Jenny. He’ll help her any way he can, but Cain has problems of his own . . .
A brutal murder at the Copper Star, entries in a dusty journal, and ghostly sightings at both hotels . . . is the connection a figment of Jenny’s imagination, or a threat to her life? And who is causing trouble for Cain?
As they work together to solve the mystery, Cain vows not to let anything, or anyone—living or dead—stand between him and the woman he has come to love.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Tepid sex scenes and clichéd characters sink this absurd romantic thriller from Martin (The Ghost Illusion). In 1898 Arizona, miner Boris Koblinsky fatally strangles sex worker Jenni Bauters in the Copper Star Saloon after she objects to his rough treatment. The story then skips ahead to the present, when the saloon has been converted into a successful hotel managed by spunky Jenny Spencer. After dashing millionaire Cain Barrett offers Jenny a temporary position helping him set up his own hotel nearby, the two swiftly and predictably fall in love. As Jenny's infatuation grows, however, she starts having ghostly visions, and soon learns that the Copper Star was the site of other hauntings 15 years earlier. Then a flurry of unexplained events throws things further out of whack: Cain stops a biker from assaulting Jenny, a male guest is found dead in his room at the Copper Star, and someone steals one of Cain's valuable stallions. Unfortunately, those mysteries are frequently sidelined in favor of lukewarm erotica ("Jenny moaned, and Cain just kept kissing her, taking what he wanted, the rush growing stronger, his arousal strengthening"), and Martin's flat characterizations don't help matters. Even bodice ripper fans are likely to be bored.
