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A Ghost for Maggie

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Maggie Potter is allergic to love. After being dumped off the campaign trail by presidential candidate nominee, Jack Kilbourne, and being raked through the mud by the press, Maggie tries to bury her past by opening a B&B in ghost town Jerome, Arizona. Only the B&B, Red Robin's Nest Inn, has a past of its own, and it, or shall we say she, isn't willing to stay buried.

Colby Drake is a shark with killer blue eyes and a boyish charm who's hoping to sink his teeth into a story that will ruin Jack Kilbourne's presidential aspirations once and for all. And who better to help Colby with the story but the Kilbourne's scandalized ex-aide and girlfriend, Maggie Potter. Only Maggie doesn't blame Kilbourne. She blames the press, and no matter how many fireworks he and Maggie seem to ignite around each other, all she sees are shark's teeth. Luckily, Colby has someone rooting for him, or he wouldn't have a ghost of a chance winning Maggie's trust.

"Red" Robin Rowe was the biggest tart in the Old West and ran her brothel, the Red Robin's Nest, like a true mother hen. Unfortunately, she suffered a most untimely and embarrassing death before she could shed the truth of her livelihood with her daughter or dispense any motherly advice. Since her death, her family line has been cursed in love. But when Maggie Potter, Red's last living descendent, takes up residence in the old Nest, Red Robin sees her chance to make things right.

This is not one I would recommend for those interested in "hot" romance or "cool" paranormal. Neither sizzling nor scary, this light romance is exactly that - light. If you're looking for something riveting to escape into, this book isn't going to cut it. But "A Ghost for Maggie" is entertaining. I found the subplot between Maggie's sister Catherine and bookstore owner/ghost guru Thomas Matthews while shorter and sweeter, just as interesting as the main event. Sprinkle a little south western spice onto the pages, and you just might have something.

Emily Flippin Maruna

This is a story about Maggie Potter who, hiding from a scandal in Politics, is residing as an inn keeper in Jerome, Arizona. The inn has a resident ghost, a great-many times removed granny who wants to see her settled in life. The prose was so boring, I had to skip many, many pages just so I could finish. Neither Colby, the male lead nor Maggie had much of personality. Frankly, I liked the ghost better and would have liked to read her story than the current one. Maggie is apparently so loyal, she thinks that it is not the politician's fault for her current predicament. Doormat anyone?or just plain stupid?This is the author's first book for me, and it will most likely be the last.

A Ghost for Maggie takes place at a bed and breakfast run by a young woman named Maggie and her stepsister Catherine. As they set up for their Grand opening in a small Arizona town outside of Sedona, strange things begin to happen. Both Maggie and Catherine begin talking with a ghost who turns out to be Maggie's great, great grandmother named Roberta `Robin' Rowe. While questioning their own sanity, they come to learn that Robin Rowe is on a mission to ensure that Maggie, as her only surviving descendant, gets fixed up with a guy for good. Though this may seem a simple task for a woman who was `the hottest madam in the Wild West' a century ago, it turns out to be quite a pursuit. In the past, Maggie has had trouble with men including the candidate for president Jack Kilbourne, who ruined her by making her out to be a bimbo, in a press scandal. Therefore, she now finds all men, especially the press, hard to trust. Ironically, she falls for Colby Drake, a reporter doing a story on her. Multiple times she vows never to talk to him again, but with a little push from an alluring and tactful ghost Maggie is able to find and keep her true love. Overall, the book was ok. If u r looking for a nice simple read, read it because it is good enough to keep u interested, but don't expect to be surprised with the ending.

This book is very amusing. A Ghost for Maggie is the first book I read of this author. It wasn't hot and heavy as other books. I know I only gave 3 stars ....I have a reason..The heroine is kinda weak..I mean it's like she never learns from her past relationships with slimy men..how could she fall for that Governor Jack-whatshisname...Now she falls for a man who DECEIVED her from the first time he met her and throughout the story..doesn't she realize she was being used by him..even though they made up and made love?....I was baffled that after the few days they made love..he went back to his job..isn't that like not so romantic..If I was Maggie I would have kosh him in the head!. All in all it was a good and amusing book...

I must admit I was highly amused and entertained by this lightweight romance novel. Of course, being familiar with the beautiful and interesting locale where the story took place helped.

I liked the naughty, but not malicious, ghost and found the other characters, including the pets, fun to read about.

Roberta "Red Robin" Rowe enjoyed her reputation as the hottest madam in Jerome, Arizona. Her life ended when Jackass Jake Schmidt killed her. The "wicked" Robin never went to hell as the preachers expected. For the past hundred years she has been a ghost who observed her descendants marry the wrong males. With the advent of the new millennium, there is only one person living that carries Robin's genes. However, Maggie Potter is pathetic when it comes to males. Robin must wonder about the DNA match with her great-granddaughter.

Maggie took the fall as a bimbo in the latest political sex scandal. She wants nothing to do with men. With her stepsister, Maggie opens up a bed and breakfast in an Arizona mansion in which Robin resides. Worried about no future generations of Robins, the ghost decides to become a matchmaker. She selects reporter Colby Drake, investigating corruption by the current Ohio governor, as her target. As Colby tries to enlist Maggie's aid, the governor's former assistant and Maggie fall in love. However, he hides his occupation from her because he knows she loathes the media. When she finds out the truth, Colby fears his lifetime relationship will rapidly end.

Romance readers know that if they desire a humorous, but entertaining story, they turn to the works of Emily Carmichael. Her latest tale, A GHOST FOR MAGGIE, is a warm, enjoyable supernatural romance. The story line centers on the machinations of Robin "teachin" her mortal trade to her recalcitrant relative. Readers will take pleasure from the antics of the finely drawn lead couple and the interfering ghost. Fans seeking the right ghostly romance need look no further than this novel.

Harriet Klausner

Haven't finished the book yet; but thought it might be of interest to those that read the book and enjoy Emily Carmichael's work -- Just stayed for the second time in the mansion and visited with some of the "characters" which might resemble (or might not) those in the book. While the book may have its flaws; the ambience is only enchanced by staying in Jerome. If truly there was a place for an eccentric ghost, this may be it.

Look forward to finishing this book.

Funny and fun but a little predictable. No matter. Highly recommend.

But the hero is especially slimy. Every action he takes is more low-down and sleazy than the one before. I couldn't believe anyone would find this character romantic, much less want to write about him. I am mystified. The heroine isn't much better. She isn't intelligent enough to scramble eggs, something I knew how to do by the time I was eleven. And she is a Republican activist, working for and sleeping with a crooked, anti-choice politician who is running for president. YUCK. Politics should be left out of romance novels.