Unhallowed Ground By Heather Graham

Unhallowed Ground back cover synopsis.

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When Sarah McKinley is finally able to buy and restore the historic Florida mansion that she has always loved, she dismisses the horror stories of past residents vanishing and a long-dead housekeeper who practiced black magic. Then, in the midst of renovations, she makes a grim discovery. Hidden within the walls of Sarah's dream house are the remains of dozens of bodies—some dating back over a century.

The door to the past is blown wide open when Caleb Anderson, a private investigator, shows up at the mansion. He believes several current missing-persons cases are linked to the house and its dark past. Working together to find the connection and stop a contemporary killer, Sarah and Caleb are compelled to research the history of the haunted house, growing closer to each other even as the solution to the murders eludes them.

But there is one who knows the truth…a spirit who follows every move they make. Soon Caleb begins to fear that if he can't stay a step ahead, he could lose Sarah to a killer with an ability to transcend time in a quest for blood and sacrifice.

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I know, I know.... I need to read something NOT Graham or Lyon.... but I loves them soooooooo. I think tomorrow I'll be making a trip to GoodWill to go book crazy... I really want all the Grahams I haven't read though.... *sigh* This book was super good. Loved it. Nothing tickles me more than when I'm CERTAIN I have it figured out, then BAM! someone else done it! Which I know is the point, but not all authors pull it off.... or it's just a pathetic fake and switch at the end. Not so here.


I'd also like to say that she writes crowds well. This isn't the first time that I've been exposed to one of her characters surrounded by a mob of crazy (hahaha) friends. And I have to say, she nails it. A lot of other stories try this, but the people aren't real... or at least, not in my life... These people getting together at the bar, goofing off. These could be my friends.

I will say, I've never met a man, been suspicious of him, then fallen in love and started shacking up with him in less than a week, but I suppose we're working with a certain amount of pages and need to fit it all in. Really analyzing it, the only part of that I have issue with is the fact that they're in love so quick, and the proof is in the shower. You can bump uglies, you can shack up, but it takes a certain amount of familiarity to climb into someone's shower..... or maybe I'm just weird....... I don't climb into peoples showers... as I have an aversion to jail time.

Good Book!
Happy Reading!!