Reviewed by True
TITLE: His Halloween
SERIES: Once Upon a Holiday #4
AUTHOR: S.J. Coles
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 64 pages
RELEASE DATE: October 10, 2023
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“ Spending the night with you in a haunted house? That’ ll absolutely make his Halloween.”
Lukas Kowalski has worked hard for his independence. He emigrated to England to live and work in the White Hart pub in Littleton. He loves his job, the chance to paint and being at the heart of the community.
But something is off. He’ s not sleeping, and as Halloween approaches, it’ s getting worse. Whether it’ s the unexplained noises at night or something unseen ghosting inside himself, he can’ t seem to put it to rest.
Now paranormal investigator Ely Douglas has been hired to get to the bottom of what’ s been going on at the White Hart. Lukas is expected to help the professor in any way he can. But Lukas is skeptical about the paranormal, not to mention haunted by his and Ely’ s one-night stand earlier in the year.
Forced together on a night when the veil between this world and the next is at its thinnest, the truths about the two men’ s fears, love and lives will be revealed.
REVIEW:
From the start, there’s a cozy small village feeling, with something more just around the corner.
Lukas works at the White Hart pub. It gives him a chance to paint at night.
He knows things and doesn’t know how he does, he just senses them.
An old pocket watch gives him strange sensations. There’s history in it.
Ely Douglas is a paranormal investigator, Lukas’ boss ‘hired’ him to investigate the strange things that are going on at the White Hart pub.
Ely and Lukas know each other from a one-night stand, Lukas isn’t interested in another one.
“Halloween is when the veil between this world and the next is thinnest,”
Lukas is in denial about all the sensations he feels, about the voices, and at the night with Ely.
“There is nothing here—not lurking in the shadows of this pub and not between us.”
There is a gentle plot, and all beautifully written. The story is warm and kind of poetic.
I love this paranormal story, where past and present come together, where veils disappear and the purpose behind it all gets clear. The romance between Lukas and Ely, with their kind souls, was super sweet. It’s no secret I love this author’s stories.
Overall a short attractive Halloween story.
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