In the small town of Glenmont, a vacant, forgotten house sits atop an overlooking bluff.
William and Emily Broadmoor are in dire strait when the economic implosion puts a severe dent in their small home renovation business. When all hope seems lost, William is approached by a man with an unrefusable offer—the chance to fix a dilapidated stone mansion in Maine. Initially, the details of the offer seem too good to be true, but with nowhere else to turn, William and Emily decide taking a look can’t hurt.
The Haunting of Quenby Mansion
Mystery and horror surround the seventeen-room vine-covered plantation house. What was thought to be the solution to all of Evelyn Carr’s problems is only the beginning of her nightmare. Creepy neighbors arrive unannounced, the town hates her for inexplicable reasons, and there’s something inside of the basement. As a determined private investigator, Evelyn is hell-bent on learning the truth before the house tears her and her husband apart, figuratively and literally.
The Haunting of the Briar Rose
Jules is recovering from a recent failure when her mysterious uncle makes her an offer she can’t refuse: restore his bed and breakfast the Briar Rose.
When Jules inherits the Briar Rose bed and breakfast from her strange and mysterious uncle, she thinks it will be the opportunity of a lifetime for her and her husband, Paul. But Jules and Paul soon discover that the Briar Rose holds many secrets: one of them about the murders that took place a year prior, when two of the guests never checked out.
The author employed stiff, formal writing for the retelling of the first book. In addition to the almost complete absence of the contractions used in ordinary speech, there are tense inconsistencies and phrases with words missing that would have completed them.
And, yes, the title is misspelled on the image of e book cover!!!!
These three stories were better than I had expected. Only the first book seemed to have glaring grammar issues. Each story was told differently and I enjoyed that. I would probably rank them in reverse order. 3, 2, 1. If you love haunted ghost stories, I would recommend this series.
The first story included in the book draws you into the suspense of what happens in the mansion. The characters are a bit quirky but fairly believable. I enjoyed the story. The second story appeared to be written by someone else. There were many inconsistencies to the point that it really detracted from the story line. A few examples - a number of times a ghost is described as having bright emerald green eyes, but when one of main characters meets the mother of the ghost she is described as having bright blue eyes like her daughter, the ghost. Dates of deaths for some of the characters are changed from the beginning of the book to the middle - initially a character dies the end of June and then it changes to June 8th. It causes the whole solution to the mystery to fall apart because it doesn’t fit with the reasoning of the main characters. There’s many more which a decent editor should have caught.
I didn’t really like the first story, Gabbingdon Mansion, but the other2 were very good. What I didn’t like about Gabbingdon Mansion was 1) it seemed like the son was just there to be mentioned every so often and he was just a presence to fill space in the book. 2) it seemed things happened too quickly & felt as if the author just wanted to get that story over & done with. 3) should have had the owner more involved by checking on the remodeling progress vs. leaving the characters to themselves 4) it seemed the characters gave up on the remodeling as soon as the wall showed the message. They should have kept it up while investigating.
I found this boxset to be, not only an awesome bargain, but a great read! The first story I had not read before & was sucked in from the first chapter. The second story, I found that I had actually read previously, but dove in again & discovered things I had not caught during the first time around, loved it all over again! The third story started out as being familiar, but as I got into it, I discovered that I had not read it before, again, a great ghost/haunting story. Highly recommend this boxset!
Poor writing, poor editing. I could not finish. I love a good ghost story, but at 20% in, I gave up. The stilted conversations, misspellings, and poor grammar were too much. Based on other reviews, the story must be good, but plodding through is not worth it.
I lived in the Colorado area for many years. It brought my time there back thank you and I am happy to know my feeling for cementries is known by others.tell you what you keep writing them and I will keep reading them sincerely christinedunne Harlingen Texas
The story line is unique in its own way. The characters are well written. I was really sorry the get to the end. I would have liked another book or two.