Reviewed by Donna

TITLE: Brandon’s Very Merry Haunted Christmas

SERIES: Snow Globe Christmas #11

AUTHOR: AJ Sherwood

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 112 Pages

RELEASE DATE: December 7, 2019

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When Brandon Havili gets recruited by the FBI, he’s immediately assigned to shadow his brother and the psychic Donovan’s anchored to. Brandon doesn’t mind this in the slightest. He loves his brother, Jon seems cool, and it’s a great way to learn how to be an anchor, which is what the FBI wants him for. It’s supposedly three weeks of just following people around and observing.
But there’s a hitch in the plans. Brandon accidentally picks up a hitchhiker of the ghostly variety. Donovan is NOT pleased. Jon is amused to no end.
Dealing with the ghost means going back to the place Brandon accidentally got it from, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. They expect to meet up with an FBI medium, exorcise said ghost, and go home again.
FBI Medium Mackenzie Lafayette is not at all what Brandon expects. And for once, he’s quite happy to ditch the plan. Returning to Nashville can wait. He’s got a sexy medium to figure out first.

REVIEW:

I’m guessing this is the first in a spinoff series from AJ Sherwood’s “Jon’s Mysteries” books, so all I can say is – Merry Christmas to all of us. It’s not necessary to have read the other series first, but for those of us who have, then you are already aware of Brandon Havili, and the magic that is the entire Havili family.

This story begins with Brandon having just accepted an offer from the FBI to act as an anchor for one of the agency’s psychics. Our other MC is a newly qualified FBI psychic medium, who finds himself in need of an anchor…well holy coincidence, what luck! These two come together after Brandon accidently gifts his brother-in-law with a haunted snow globe and Mackenzie is tasked with assisting the ghost to move on.

As with this author’s other books, this novella is packed full of humor and snark, the connection between Mackenzie and Brandon instant, yet credible, with no premature declarations of love but plenty of lust and admiration. There isn’t a lot of exploration into the mens’ characters, the story focusing on setting up a link between them rather than delving into their pasts. Hence, my hope and assumption that this is the first in a spin off series, as this novella forms a perfect base from which to work with these men.

Jon and Donovan from Jon’s Mysteries are both very present throughout this story, giving fans exactly what they want in a spinoff, interesting new characters present beside well loved oldies.

I’m keen to see where this series will head and how it might differ from the previous one. But one thing is for sure, if the Havilis are involved, there will be laughter, love, mountains of food, and pockets that seem to hold more goodies than Mary Poppins’ carpet bag.

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