Getting Rid of Rosie
Lynda SimmonsParanormal romance
Available from Berkley Publishing
ISBN: 978-0-425-22792-3
August 2009
| Rosie Hughes wasn't the nicest person to be around even when she was alive. Now that she's dead she finds even more ghoulish ways to wreak havoc in the lives of people around her. Husband Michael can't seem to move on. Hard to do with your dead wife whispering in your ear. Samantha Marcello feels like she's put Michael's past betrayal behind her until he walks into her pub. She's hurt but can't pass up a second chance to win the only man she ever loved, no matter who or what stands in her way.
Lynda Simmons pens a novel that's full of angst, laughter and life. We get to know Rosie through Samantha's memories as well as the fact that she's the only living person who can see the games Rosie plays with those around her. It's funny as she teases strangers. I'm thinking it will get the reader's emotions working in a different direction when she does her little ghostly thing on Michael or daughter Julie to get her way no matter what the cost to them. Excellent dialogue and character studies that show how relationships can be built or destroyed help this become a believable and memorable tale of friendship and love. Eva, Sam's tattooed, bald chef has her own story to tell that deepens the content. Johnny, the wanna-be Shakespearean actor who doubles as a bus boy, Loretta, Sam's well-intentioned grandmother, and others like Derek, Michael's brother, enhance this already enchanting tale. It's great when a few characters who makes us want to grit our teeth in frustration are offset by others who we'd like to hug. Ms. Simmons tells the kind of tale I really like reading in a way that's sure to keep anyone's attention from first page to last
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Reviewer: Dee Dailey |
