Afraid of No Ghost: A Paranormal Reverse Harem of Scarem Romance (Haunted House Rehab Book 1)

First off, I really want to start this by saying I quite enjoyed this book. However, it took me quite a while to get into it.It is a very slow burn RH book. So much so that at times I really didn’t think I’d plough through. BUT, in between those moments there were these real little gem of chapters which really clawed their way through to grab my attention and keep me enraptured in the story.By the time I got to 50% i was so invested in how this story played out that I didn’t care that it started off slow. The end result actually had me thinking how great a book it actually was and how I need to read the second book.The only other downside to this book was the overuse of comma’s. I don’t know who edited it but there were comma’s in sentences that really didn’t need it. I will admit to being frustrated at seeing these and a sigh would automatically leap out whenever one was placed incorrectly. I think a little editing spruce up would polish this off nicely.However, all in all, I will continue with this series. It really did grip me into finding out what else Nancie and her harem are up to.

While trying to find something to read I came across this gem. It’s quirky , sexy and mysterious. I love how the main character is a very strong willed woman . Nate , Drake and Georgio are sexy , funny and so different from each other this woman as it all

Great book. Loved the cover, the plot, the world building all entertaining. Loved it. I need more like now

A spin on the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys stories given a wicked twist by Rae Stapleton. Really engrossing with plenty of twists, steamy passages, mystery, suspense and magic. Being left with a cliffhanger is always frustrating but this one could have been so much worse. Can’t wait to read the next instalment.I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

This is book one of the Haunted House Rehab series and the main character is Nancy Dru, yes she was also known as Nancy Drew in some parts due to her love for investigating mysteries from a young age and her name does sound pretty much the same as well! She and her occasional friend with benefits, Georgio Vayne, have agreed to rehab an old mansion currently being used as some sort of sex hotel, with rooms decorated to particular themes, but very outdated, things such as shag carpet and hideous wallpaper should dress the scene. Her boss Dominic has arranged this with the reluctant owner Richard, who has a few odd fetishes of his own, and wants her to dress up in some very skimpy outfits, like the other female staff, to excite him and the other guests. She has been brought in two weeks early on Richard’s suggestion, to clean the mansion a bit, before all the guests have finally left and the rooms will all be available for her to refurbish, using her interior design skills. What is expected of her in the two weeks before she can get stuck in, is not necessarily going to be pleasant. The house is also famous for being haunted, having been owned by a magician who was blamed for killing his assistant and leaving her body in a large trunk, then killing himself. It made the house famous and a favourite haunt of ghost hunters. A group of paranormal investigators have been hired to look into the ghostly sightings people have seen there. This group is headed up by Drake Hearty, someone from Nancy’s past that she can’t remember!The contractor hired is Nate Nicholson, a former boyfriend of Nancy and her sister Annette. Nancy first met Nate when they were both homeless, after she left her father and sister’s home, fed up with their treatment of her, when she was just fourteen! Nate suddenly disappeared on her after they had got together and she hadn’t seen him since. To find out he lives next door to the haunted house she is to rehab, is quite a shock, and that he has relations living on the other side too! It seems even Drake has close relations nearby and he knows Nancy from the summer when she was fourteen as well, but her memories of that time and beyond seem to have been hidden behind a solid wall in her mind, apart from a brief flashback or two. Georgio and Nancy saved each other in the past and are lovers when they feel the need. He fancies both sides of the coin but has come to realise he needs her in his life and he has always loved her. All three of these men are smitten with her and have been for years. Each tries to protect her in their own way, but there are a lot of secrets surrounding her past and others, as well as a killer or two in the area.She has to deal with being stalked by her unbalanced sister as well as a ghost she refuses to even acknowledge is there, but which one of the ghost hunters can see beside her all the time. She may not have seen the ghost the house if famous for, expect maybe in glimpses of a woman’s figure running up the hill outside, but there is a weaker ghostly figure of a young woman that tries to get Nancy to follow her. The ghost is trying to tell her something but she can’t figure out what. The old building has some secret spaces and a creepy dungeon and there are some places that it is better not to go into all alone, when there is a killer about. First one man is killed and it is made to look like an accident. A private investigator goes missing whilst looking for a missing young woman and there are stories of young women and girls entering the house, never to be seen leaving it! There are far more dead bodies and it seems Nancy keeps finding them, making her a main suspect. Suspicion also fall son each of the men around her, all of who had ample opportunity to be the killer and to be playing games and leaving clues. Add in a jealous and deranged ex-girlfriend of Nate, Callie, and all gloves are off! Lots of lost spirits for the ghost hunters to lead to their final resting place and a killer in league with a ring of sex trafficking and drug running. A complex tale that was difficult to wander through at times, when Nancy and her sister were both described in the same way and the memories of the men are of the complete opposite. There is much more to be found out about Nancy’s past and Annette’s real role in her being with her and Carter Dru, which will be in the next book. Once you get to the final part of the book, it is much easier to follow along, as a simple murder mystery with ghostly hints and lots of missing people to be uncovered. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.