Nell Dixon's entry involves a crumbling castle with ghosts and a hidden passageway. Her heroine, Fae, wants to host a television show about haunted places in the United Kingdom. She is trying to film an audition piece, aided by her longtime admirer Flash and her sister Izzy. The castle owner does not want her filming. Her sister resembles the portrait of the mysterious ghost lady. The headstrong Fae refuses to back down and continues her search for the spirit.

The third selection is a more traditional romance. Brandi Krason lives in the small, gossipy town of Daphne, Georgia. She works at the library and helps her aunt and uncle with their boarding house. Bad boy Rob Johnson returns to town after a ten year absence, perhaps because he was beckoned there by his mother's ghost.

Three enjoyable spook stories. Dixon's story is perhaps the scariest, with the spunkiest protagonist. But while the crumbling turrets and ancient stone passages made sense, she could have told us more about the bathrooms they used in the old castle. More details about the structure, and the owners plan for it, would have been interesting.

Lattimer's misty spirit is the most benign. Her characters are also the most developed. Rob must come to terms with a very disturbing childhood. And Veronica pursues her teenage crush.

Holloway's ghost is the hunkiest, but these stories are not about physical passion. They are pleasant stories of the supernatural with believable modern characters.

Overall rating:
Sensuality rating: Sweet

Reviewer: Lynn Bushey
November 7, 2006