The
Haunting of Hotel LaBelle
Sharon
Buchbinder
Genre:
Contemporary, Paranormal, Fantasy
Publisher:
The Wild Rose Press
Date of
Publication: November 16, 2016
Print
ISBN 978-1-5092-1153-1
Digital
ISBN 978-1-5092-1154-8
Number of
pages: 198 * Word Count:
48,000
Cover
Artist: Rae Monet
The past meets the present when a curse turn-of-the-century man meets a
feisty modern day woman.
Book Description:
When hotel inspector, Tallulah
Thompson, is called in along with her pug, Franny, to investigate renovation
delays, she meets an extremely annoyed and dapper turn-of-the-century
innkeeper. The only problem is he’s in limbo, neither dead nor alive, and
Tallulah and the pug are the first to see him in a hundred years.
Cursed by a medicine woman, “Love
‘em and Leave ‘em Lucius” Stewart is stuck between worlds until he finds his
true love and gives her his heart. When he first sees Tallulah, he doesn’t know
what he’s feeling. Yet, her stunning beauty, and feisty attitude pull him in.
With the fate of Hotel LaBelle on
the line, Tallulah with the help of a powerful medicine woman turns Lucius back
into a flesh and blood man. She and Lucius team up to save the hotel, but
Tallulah can't help but wonder if he will ever let go of his past love and
learn to love again.
Short Intro:
This short novel gives readers
insights into Homeland Security Anomaly Defense Director Bert Blackfeather’s
Native American heritage. An in-between book in the Jinni Hunter Series, this
is a lighter paranormal tale than the others. Take one Montana innkeeper from
an era when men were men and women were glad of it, one sassy hotel inspector
with a pug on patrol, and stir in a generous dollop of humor and sexual
tension—and you have The Haunting of Hotel LaBelle. Come along to Big Sky
Country and enjoy the ride with Tallulah, Lucius, Bert, and his sister, Emma as
they join forces to rescue the people and the hotel they love.
Modern
day woman, Tallulah Thompson, is the only person to see lost in limbo, “Love
‘em and Leave ‘em Lucius” Stewart in over a century. There’s a way to release
him from the spell, but will reversing the curse make things better—or worse?
Key
Words:
Ghosts, Native American, Medicine Woman, Paranormal, Homeland Security
Excerpt:
A book
flew at his head—and sailed through him, bouncing off the wall and landing on
the floor.
Mouth agape, the woman stared from him
to the book and back to him again. “You’re a ghost.”
“Not exactly. Shall we start over?” He
leaned against the wall and folded his arms across his chest. “After a hundred
years of being invisible to everyone except you, I’d like to know who you are
and what you’re doing here.”
“Of course. Why not? Could today get
any weirder?” She sank into the desk chair, shook her head, and sighed. “My
name is Tallulah Thompson. I’m a hotel inspector, hired by the current owner as
a consultant to find out why the renovations are delayed and what he needs to
do to fix it. He’s teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.”
“What tribe are you?”
She jerked her head up and those
doggone lapis lazuli eyes of hers sparked as if she’d strike him with lightning
and kill him with one look. “No one asks that. It’s not politically correct.”
“Well, I guess you haven’t been
talking to the right people. And I don’t know what you mean by that last part.
I’ve never been involved in politics.”
“Nowadays, it’s considered rude to ask
about another person’s national origins.” She threw her hands up. “Why am I
giving a ghost an etiquette lesson? What am I thinking?”
About the Author:
Sharon Buchbinder has been writing
fiction since middle school and has the rejection slips to prove it. An RN, she
provided health care delivery, became a researcher, association executive, and
obtained a PhD in Public Health. When not teaching or writing, she can be found
fishing, walking her dogs, or breaking bread and laughing with family and
friends in Baltimore, MD and Punta Gorda, FL.
Twitter ID @sbuchbinder https://twitter.com/sbuchbinder
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Goodreads author page https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4417344.Sharon_Buchbinder
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