Ghost: A Novel, Book III of the Loveletting Series

Blurb

Completing the initial Loveletting trilogy of Haunt and Curse, Ghost ties it...all together?

Dive deeper into the characters you know.
Meet dramatis personae you wish you hadn’t.
Go places with both, you’d never imagined.

More questions will arise for each that is answered; as the world-building unfurls, nothing is as it seems.


The Loveletting saga picks up in Ghost right after the cliffhanger events of Curse, although not straight away, as new characters merge into the story along with old favorites. A gripping plot that doesn’t stray away, but intertwines instead, stretching across the whole series for readers to bond, explore, and abhor.

Powerfully developed characters that will inspire, amuse, provide answers, and pose new questions; introducing riddles along the way and beguiling enigmas you may have to piece together for the upcoming books. Great mysteries will be revealed within the pages, as backstories and secrets that are unraveled only to challenge both the mind and the morals.

The world explored in Ghost will not see the shadows wane, instead new ones will be cast with a touch of magical realism and a heavy dose of sinister psychological horror, all intertwined with the overarching storyline of a deeply gothic romance. This journey will draw you in with the inception of a true evil that festers the mind, and a new character that will have your skin crawling until the very end.

Ghost is gut-wrenching, unapologetic, raw, and honest, depicting the most elementary mistakes of mankind to be made, but also the most convoluted. But above all, the question will be answered...whose eyes locked with Charlotte’s, before the world dissolved into a blank void? Whose face was marred to the skull? And, whose mask will be the last to fall…

Art depicted: Ghost Painting, by Miroslav Pecho

Haunt already starts exploring Norse elements, and we come across a few of them in Curse, as well, but they only expand and deepen the further you delve into the books, and especially when you unravel Ghost’s mysteries.

No, it is not the main plot, but there's a myriad of different cultures, traditions, and characters that interweave the main story. Spending my time exploring Norway a few years back with Lee, certainly added a lot of that stolid, mythical and stern ambience to the books and its Norse characters.

Art depicted: Ghost Logo, by Alexander-Calin Moga

Elements

MASQUERADE BALL

FIERY PASSION

NORDIC ELEMENTS

SAILORS

CORPSE EMBALMENT

TENSE DRAMA

MYSTICAL TRACES

CONFLICTED LOVES

FACES OF INSANITY

SECRETS

REVENGE

EPIC REVEAL

HEAVY TRAUMATIC SCENES

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    — BookLife by Publisher's Weekly

  • "The writing in this novel is eye-catching [with] brilliant literary elements that add to the haunting and intricate storyline...nothing less than a page-turner, and readers will most definitely feel themselves eagerly turning the page to see what will happen next—good or bad. Haunt is truly a thrilling western story with characters readers will yearn for, feel for, and never forget."

    ★★★★★ — Literary Titan

  • "[Maraziotis] masterfully establishes her voice immediately on page one [of] the incredible journey that unfolds across the pages of this epic tale...one that resonated with me was when she described Charlotte's feeling toward character Will: '...Will's was the tourniquet around her wounded soul. A fine layer of cloth covering it softly with the most tender fabric ever created, and yet, it was feeble enough to blow away...' I am haunted with the memory that lives on having read this historical and monumental saga. I look forward to the next book in this series!"

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    — BlueInk Review

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    ★★★★★ — K.C. Finn for Readers' Favorite

  • "There are no cheap thrills here and that, along with pacing that glides evenly like the rivers, is what makes the novel so engrossing. The romance is delicious and made even more impressive by the sizzle [which] can be downright cinematic. The grit extends to some surprises and two specifically that bowled me over, leaving me wanting book two in the Loveletting series. Very highly recommended."

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