Format: Kindle, 220 pages
Release Date: July 20, 2023
Publisher: Red Palm Press LLC
Source: Kindle Unlimited
Genre: Urban Fantasy
For Lorelei Clay, no good deed goes unpunished…
Reluctant ghost whisperer Lorelei Clay wants a working moat, which is the only reason she agrees to help with yet another supernatural situation. The simple ghostbusting job quickly escalates when Lorelei discovers the involvement of a powerful and ancient collective not known for their social skills.
Lorelei wants nothing more than to get back to her renovations and her life of solitude, but it becomes painfully clear that if she can’t fix this small-town problem, Fairhaven is going to suffer big-time consequences.
Annabel Chase's Dead of Night is the second installment in the author Crossroads Queen series. It has been six months since Lorelai Clay moved to the sleepy town of Fairhaven, Pennsylvania from London where she thought she would find peace and quiet while refurbishing the Bluebeard Castle. Anabel lives in a town that is close to the Crossroads, which means there are all sorts of paranormals living in town. Including a Prince of Hell, Kane Sullivan, who also heads an assassin guild.
Lorelei is a Ghost Whisperer who lives with two ghosts (Nana Pratt and Ray Bauer) who she has tried to lay down ground rules in order to avoid unnecessary questions about her abilities. Because she wants a working moat,
she agrees to help a real estate specialist called the Boss with yet another
supernatural situation. All she has to do is go to a certain house and ascertain whether the owner, who hasn't been seen in months, is dead or alive.
The simple ghost busting job quickly escalates when Lorelei discovers a dragon shifter, unusual guardians, and a treasure stored in an alternative reality that may indicate the involvement of a powerful and ancient collective not known for their social skills. When they get mad, towns disappear from existence. Lorelei wanted a life of solitude, but it becomes painfully clear that if she can’t fix this small-town problem, Fairhaven is going to suffer big-time consequences.
*Thoughts* The first book in this series hinted that a possible romantic entanglement was possible between Lorelai and Kane Sullivan. Then there is the curious relationship between Lorelai and a vampire named Otto who is apparently not well liked by most of the supernatural community. This is the second novel where Mallt-y-Nos, also known as the Night Mallt, a crone in Welsh mythology who rides with Arawn and the hounds of the Wild Hunt, appears to help Lorelai with her problems. Eventually, maybe the next installment, we will learn the truth about Lorelai. Lorelei seems to be in hiding, but from what? She refuses to share with anyone what her magical abilities actually are, but we know that ghosts can not resist her. We know she is not a necromancer, a witch, a demon, a vampire, or a werewolf. Could she be related to Matilda in some way?
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