FROM THE DESK OF
DONA PENZA TATTLE,
ESQ.
AND
ASSOCIATE WRYE
BALDERDASH
Greetings,
Tattle sweeps into the office
dressed as a ghoul. "Five hundred
count sheet!"
"And you put two holes in
it?"
"I needed to see, y'know. Besides, they are just about as old as I am,
but they held up well."
"Just like you."
Tattle crinkles up her nose, not
knowing if she had been complimented or not.
"Well... errr..."
Decides to let it go, and instead says, "What do ghosts eat for
breakfast? Scream of wheat!"
"Ha-ha, not giving me a chance
to answer, eh?"
"Nope. What do ghosts eat for dinner?"
"I give."
"Spook-ghetti! And what
is a ghost's favorite dessert?
Wrye does his own iconic eye roll,
round and round and off to the right. "Ice scream! You know I've heard them all when I was about
eight."
"Me too, but thought it a good
way to introduce our spooktastic review."
"You are strange."
Ignores. "You may be right, m'literary Love of
Literature leaper. Ready?"
"Let's go!"
"While reading LINDA RETTSTATT's paranormal,
woman's contemporary THE SPIRIT we
experienced goose bumps, chuckling, speculating, and breath catching in a
continuous sequence of enjoyment."
"A
grand story indeed. Jessica Windsor is a
prolific romance author and single mom who just got dumped as in kicked to the
curb, unloaded, ditched, abandoned, deserted, plain ole forsaken, and not once
but twice, her son's father took a hike as well." Offers a woebegone
expression. "Poor lass."
"Life
isn't fair, and unfortunately, the dumping has produced that most dreaded of
all afflictions ... for a writer that is... writers block! Da da da daaaaa!" Tattle offers a two-step to prove her point.
"And
she has a deadline to finish a book, she can't seem to write. Her agent is dogging her like an old hound
gnawing on a bone." Wrye picks up
Bodie's doggie rag and pretends to chew.
"In desperation, she leaves her teenage son at her parent's farm
for the summer, to milk cows, her son's words, and rents a cabin in the hills
of Pennsylvania."
Flings
her ghostly attire aside and with dramatic flair booms, "A haunted
cabin! Da da da daaaa!"
"Enough
with the sound effects."
Tattle
pouts but continues. "Haunted by
Andrew McCabe, a famous mystery writer that the world thinks just disappeared. However, Andrew had been murdered and now
wants the truth to be known, his lost love Laura to be found, and the murderer
brought to justice. Since Jessica is the
very first person who has been able to see him, in a not quite solid sort of
way, he wants her to be his hands, ears, and spy to bring it all to
light."
"Meanwhile,
there is Ben, a hunky, yummy artist and handyman with his own bear-load of
troubles, not the least of being an ex-con.
Jessica is the first woman he had been attracted to since his unjust
incarceration and his wife's desertion.
Simultaneously, Jessica finds her broken heart being tugged and wrenched
by the kind, caring man."
"But...." About to implement another sound effect, she
restrains herself. "Jessica, having
struck a bargain with Andrew to uncover all, has been asking one too many questions
about his disappearance, putting herself in all sorts of danger."
"Da
da da daaaaa!" Wrye exclaims.
"Hey!"
"Is
for horses, but this book is a wild ride that keeps pages turning and
anticipation churning. You never know if
you are in for a laugh or a bump in the night, and not all the bumps are the
ghostly kind. The characters interact
well, and keep you cheering them onward to their resolutions. Ben and Jessica have that meant-to-be aura,
but there is also that fear they may be doomed or star-crossed."
"Secondary
characters are three dimensional and you find yourself either liking them
immensely or hating them totally. All
are well-drawn and real. Then there is
Andrew, the very charismatic specter with a tragic love-lost back story that
has one bemoaning his demise." Tattle
pulls out a hanky and dabs at her eyes.
"Linda
has created her own romantic mystery genre with this story. It has just the right mixture of romantic
tension, mystery, and humor. Everything
in life was ignored until I read the last page, and then I was off looking for
more books by the author."
"Her
style is fast paced and clean. It is a
book to be enjoyed and savored. Would
love to see more like this."
"Thumbs
up, Linda! Keep them coming."
Readers, it has been a delight to share our
Love of Literature Leap with all of you.
Until next time, keep reading!
Dona
Penza Rutabaga Tattle, Esq. and Associate Wrye Balderdash
of
Blather City, Wannachat
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