Review: Sexy paranormal short story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 4, 2013
Blurb:Alyssa DeAngelo is a psychic summoned to a castle in Italy to help its owner get rid of an evil presence. The elderly castle owner, Mr. O'Toole, welcomes Alyssa to his home and within a few hours Mr. O'Toole suffers a fainting spell and is hauled to the hospital leaving Alyssa alone at the castle.Dominic Romano, a six hundred year old ghost is trapped in the castle and is less than gracious when Alyssa arrives. He calls her names and is unbearable all under the pretense that Alyssa cannot hear him he is a ghost after all. Soon Dominic learns that Alyssa has many talents and communicating with ghostly spirits is one of them.Alyssa and Dominic are drawn to one another from the very beginning and it's not too long before they realize their paths were meant to cross.**Spoilers, sorry**I'll say that I don't normally read stories about ghosts and spirits, but The Phantom and the Psychic was a freebie, so I grabbed a copy.About the book, I believe Jones is imaginative and able to create likeable characters. I liked Dominic and Alyssa from the get go and the author deserves big kudos for that as it is not easy task. Jones also works the tension well as I found myself being pulled in to the story.Unfortunately, The Phantom and the Psychic's plot got convoluted half way in. The story was very short and the ending was a off. The coupling, on the other hand, was provocative and tastefully written. The Phantom and the Psychic has all the elements for a full length romantic suspense novel and it'd be great to see it come to life at some point.Overall it was an okay read and I rate it 3 stars. I look forward to seeing more of Jones' work.