Monday, July 18, 2022

BOOK REVIEW French Ghost - Corrine LaBalme, reviewed by Diane Scott Lewis

 



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If you think this is a ghost story, like I did, you're in for a surprise with this lively romp.

Ghost writer, Melody Layne, travels to Paris to at the request of famous French movie star, Charles-Henri, to write his memoir.

She trades apartments and finds herself in a gorgeous place with a view of the Eiffel Tower.
She's spending the advance and looking forward to the additional money when tragedy strikes.

Charles-Henri dies in a drowning accident while filming a movie.
Now she has no job and no prospects. Unless she can write a serious biography about this man and not a "as told to."
Melody soon discovers that no one of the actor's acquaintance liked him, in fact, most loathed him. 

At the funeral she meets a surprising legitimate son of the actor that no one knew about. Carlos hated his father for deserting his mother after their rushed-together marriage. But he asks Melody to continue in her research into Charles-Henri's past.

Carlos needs to find a kindness, some goodwill, in his father, or his ill mother won't accept the huge inheritance. Carlos needs that money to care for her in her last years.

Melody's plight is amusing as she digs deep to find someone who can praise Charles-Henri. And was his death really an accident? Complications abound, and then she finds herself attracted to Carlos. The writing is lively and the story moves quickly. The attraction between Carlos and Melody feels real-though there's plenty of bumps in the road. Other obstacles, one dire, soon close in. 

Melody is a resourceful heroine who is easy to like. Carlos is enigmatic and full of secrets. A fun mystery wrapped in a romance. This is the beginning of a series, so maybe the cliffhanger ending will be expanded on. Well worth the read. Enjoy!


Diane lives in Western Pennsylvania with her husband and one naughty dachshund. 

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