Soul in Present Condition by Mary E. Merrell (The Real Estate Paranormal Mystery Series #3)

Author Spotlight

Mary E. Merrell writes Paranormal Mysteries and Young Adult Urban Fantasy. She has worked many jobs, but always had stories in her head. It wasn’t until she went into real estate and walked into that old, vacant home that The Real Estate Paranormal Mystery Series came to life. Fortunately, nothing spooky happened at the furniture store, or the first book might have been, “The Haunted Sofa."

Mary E. Merrell’s plots are smooth and slightly dark, and her characters sinfully sweet. Try a little guilty pleasure with House Haunting, the first book in The Real Estate Paranormal Mystery Series. One reviewer called it “A good start to a new series.”

Her Young Adult series, Affinity is also humorous but deals with very real life themes. A reviewer said, “Love it. So different. A fun read.”

Mary E. Merrell lives in the Central Valley of California with her husband, two dogs, and five cats. She has two grown sons. When she’s not writing, she’s gardening or playing soccer.

Links

• Twitter
• Website

Synopsis

Divorced. Check. Ghost Whisperer. Check. Human Servant. Check. Great. Check.

Real estate agent Rosemary Fernandes never expected to inherit the ability to communicate with spirits, and she certainly didn’t expect her gift to attract the undead as well. Now Rosemary finds herself ghost whisperer to the lost souls stuck at their haunts and human servant to a gorgeous but aloof vampire Marcus Lyons.

Benito Cruz died with a dangerous secret, a secret that connects the ghost to Rosemary. Can Rosemary send the spirit to his final resting place before his past catches up with them, and can she convince the vampire helping spirits like Benito is her destiny?

When real estate and the supernatural come together it is murder.

Review

Soul in Present Condition is a riveting story full of intrigue, mystery, and things that go bump in the night. Rosemary never thought that she would become a ghost whisper. Working as a real estate agent became a bit more interesting when you ending up showing a house and it really was haunted. To make matters worse she finds herself the human servant of a dark and dangerous, not to mention sexy, vampire names Marcus.

When Rosemary encounters a ghost named Benito things start going from bad to worse. Can she help Benito before she ends up a ghost herself? Can she convince Marcus that helping ghosts is a good thing?

This story is full of suspense, thrills, paranormal activity, and a tiny smidgen of hope that maybe Rosemary and a certain vampire will stopped fighting the connection between them and give into temptation! Overall this was a great read. I do feel that you need to read the first two to really get the background on the characters and how they have ended up where they are.

Purchase

• Amazon