Title: Featherweight Heart
Series: N/A
Author: Jillian Snyder
Genre: Paranormal/Ghost/Spirits
Length: 210 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (22 Feb 2016)
Heat Level: Low
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥4 Hearts
Blurb: Clairvoyant Jake Parker is about to close up for the night when a handsome stranger wanders into his shop, the Witching Well. During his reading, Jake is surprised when a persistent spirit comes through, desperate to communicate. Before Jake can make a real connection between the two, his mysterious customer takes off. The spirit, however, decides to stick around.
Eric Austin is a Boston-area author with a new best seller. But a year ago, he ended his relationship with a closeted man, who died shortly after. Still troubled by unresolved issues, Eric searches for answers. What he finds instead is the Witching Well and Jake—and a little more than he bargained for.
When Jake and Eric meet again by chance, they begin to work together to unravel the mystery of Eric’s ghost, and Jake struggles with his professional duties and his undeniable attraction to Eric.
But even if they can find a way to balance the personal with the professional, a specter from the past just might ruin their chance at a future together.
ISBN: 978-1-63476-919-8
Product Link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=7442
Reviewer: Prime
Review: This is certainly a different book from any that I’ve read before and it is also the first that I’ve read by Jillian Snyder. Going by both the plot and the writing style I’m definitely interested in reading more by Jillian Snyder, the story was fun and quirky and the characters are well-developed throughout the story.
The story follows Jake Parker, he is a clairvoyant who owns and runs his own mystic shop in Boston. He inherited his gift from his grandmother, who he is really close to and she is just a delight whenever she pops into the story. He also has a sister, Laney, who we rarely hear from, as well as his super adorable nephew, Riley. One night, Eric, walks into his shop and with the ghost/spirit of Andrew, Eric turns Jake’s life upside down. Eric also just happens to hot and one of the most popular authors in the world.
The story is simple enough. The main mystery is really about why Andrew is hanging around after death and also Eric getting over the death of Andrew. The author does try to inject so unnecessary mystery about Andrew’s motives.I only say unnecessary because it didn’t really feel like it fit the rest of the book’s tone.
The story isn’t so much about Eric’s grief, but about all the questions that had been left unanswered by Andrew’s premature death and how his actions had impacted on Eric and a handful of other people.
The guys really work well together and while there aren’t firework type sparks between them, the attraction and sexual tension between Eric and Jake is great.
All in all, this a fun story for anyone who likes to dabble in the occult and mediums and all those kind of things.
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