Ghost in the Rain by Marie Treanor6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() I really liked Julie, for her go-getter attitude and her refusal to be played a fool. ![]() It’s a delicate balance, and works extremely well here, primarily because the chemistry between the hero and heroine was already off the charts by the time the truth is exposed. She doesn’t accept it blindly, but at the same time, there’s not a ton of time wasted over her agonizing about it all. ![]() This novella benefits from having a heroine with just the right amount of skepticism about what she’s being told. They’re helped when characters act and react in what I consider intelligent ways. Ghost stories always require a measure of suspending disbelief in order to work. It’s not until she starts to suspect that he’s crazy because he thinks he’s a ghost that problems arise. The lack of information on who he really is doesn’t bother her that much, since he’s funny and gorgeous, thoroughly charming her very quickly. She assumes it’s the owner, but speaking with the housekeeper later proves that wrong. She goes to work on it, and in the library meets a man who spends most of his day reading. The owner is eager to sell as he’s convinced the house he’s inherited is haunted. Her new boss, a man she resents for taking the job she wanted, punishes her for a minor indiscretion by assigning her to catalog a new collection that’s become available to them. Julie Macbeth works with rare books for the National Library in Edinburgh. ![]()
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