Naomi moves to a ranch shortly after marriage. She begins having haunted visions of ghosts. Are they real or is she imagining them?
Naomi & Jason Sanders, move to Pacific Cove Ranch shortly after their wedding. Prior to her graduation from college, Naomi’s younger sister is killed in a hit and run accident. Naomi is having a hard time accepting her loss, and the isolation of her new surroundings bring a new type of terror; haunted visions that keep her on edge terrifying her.
Is Naomi being tormented by her own inner demons or some new type of ghostly visions that haunt the Pacific Cove Ranch? Can she survive or will they drive her mad?
Can she convince her family that she isn’t just grieving for her sister, but that these ghosts are trying to tell her about a secret she is supposed to discover? Will she figure it out and prove to her family she isn’t imagining things?
Professional Reviews
past secrets haunt us in more ways than one
Naomi has had a bit of a rough time in life, starting when her sister died at the tender age of 13. Now, Naomi is married to Jason Sanders and the couple have moved to Pacific Cove, a ranch just outside of the town of West Haven. Naomi feels like her life is finally beginning to settle in and happiness is going to be hers. Strange visions of ghosts only she sees are making the happiness impossible and Naomi is going to find hidden secrets of the past have a direct influence on the present. I enjoyed this short story and think the author has a great writing style. I would love to read a longer tale and see what this author has to share.
spirits and love. Loved the surprise ending
A well written novel of loss, healing, spirits and love.
Loved the surprise ending.
Nice Little Ghost Story
I enjoyed this short story very much. Naomi is a sweet, kind, likable character. Her husband, Jason, maybe is a little less developed but serves his purpose as a supportive presence in Naomi’s life. Their ranch neighbors add a nice, wider range of characters to the story. The setting of the ranch and the little town is beautifully described, and it all had a very homey feel.
Most of the story focuses on Naomi’s internal struggles with death, loss, and coping. I thought the author had a very honest approach to the topic, especially with Naomi openly needing to take medication, and it felt very realistic. How the author represented Naomi’s struggle made you really hope Naomi was going to be okay.
Then there is the ghost story element to the story. It added a different spin to an otherwise western-romance-feeling book. The parts where the ominous ghost confronted Naomi were suspenseful without being overly horrific. The parts with the other ghost trying to get Naomi’s attention were equally suspenseful and added some mystery to the story. (Not to give too much away.) I liked how the author used all this to push Naomi to the edge but then showed her inner strength as she bravely tried to figure it all out.
Overall, this book was very nice. It would be fine for a younger audience, but there’s enough here to keep an adult’s attention for the short time it takes to read it. The writing felt like it could have been crafted a little bit better (a LOT of sentences started with “She”) with more variety in sentence structure to make a more pleasurable read, but the descriptions and dialogue were quite nice.
Book eight in my Belinda Lawrence Classic Mysteries. Mysteries confront amateur sleuths, Belinda Lawrence and Hazel Whitby in the Somerset village of Milford.
Among the eccentrics is the shadowy Madam Malefic.
