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Ghost Maven: The Haunting of Alice May Paperback – October 19, 2020

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Alice May Parker moves with her family to the sleepy town of Pacific Grove after her Mom dies, but little does she know the strange and terrifying events to come. When she falls into the bay during a kayaking trip, she is rescued from drowning by the mysterious Henry Raphael. Handsome, old fashioned and cordial, he is unlike any other boy she has known before. Intelligent and romantic, he sees straight into her soul. Soon Alice and Henry are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance until she finds out that Henry is not all what he seems. . . "A supernatural mystery, a coming of age story with romance, faith and hope. The biggest theme in the novel is what it means to be alive, focusing on Alice as she tries to navigate her grief for her mother, her new relationship, and her family. As history, a curse and ghosts plague the town, life and death are tackled in a unique way. Tony Lee Moral doesn't shy away from his characters questioning belief, and they are confronted with whether they need to see to believe, or believe to see. The plot comes full circle by the end, but the last page will leave you wanting more. It's clear this is just the beginning for Alice. A must read with strong prose that carries an eerie undercurrent, slowly delving into details as the mystery unfolds." - Liz Konkel“An enjoyable adventure story filled with love, angst and ghosts.” – Writing Times“Moral has a great story, with twists and turns that keep the reader turning the pages. It is part love story, part thriller – hardly surprising given Moral’s previous work. The magical realism is a new diversion. . . It’s clever.” – Julia Webb Harvey“This book is a great read for anyone who loves a great ghost story or paranormal romance.” – Debbie McClure“I loved the setting of this novel – Monterey, CA. It definitely added to the story and felt real. I liked Henry and some of the other characters.” – The Story SanctuaryVoted among 13 Ghost stories to read and enjoy on Halloween – The Treasured Bookshelf"I was impressed by the reader friendly writing style and the way the author blends the past and present in a haunting tale. Beginning with Alice May being rescued from near drowning, the tale takes readers into a paranormal adventure that will have them turning the pages and falling into this story." - P.S. WinnAbout the AuthorTony Lee Moral is a mystery and suspense writer who has written three books on the works of Alfred Hitchcock; The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds, Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie and Alfred Hitchcock's Movie Making Masterclass. He is the author of two published novels and writes for film and television. After working in Monterey and Pacific Grove, California for two years for National Geographic Television he was inspired to write The Haunting of Alice May which is the first in a series of Ghost Maven novels. The book was written with Hitchcock's principles of suspense, character and plot in mind which Tony details in his book Alfred Hitchcock's Movie Making Masterclass - a how to write a screenplay manual which can be applied to writing novels. Growing up in Hastings, England, Tony has always been inspired by the sea and moving to Monterey, California was the perfect backdrop to write his novel, as Monterey is the oldest town in California and rich in folklore and the supernatural. Tony has three more novels in the process of being published including The Cat That Changed America about P22 mountain lion a true Hollywood story.You can find out more about his work on his personal website: www.tonyleemoralbooks.com and www.ghostmaven.com

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233 pages
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English
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October 19, 2020
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13 - 18 years
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6 x 0.53 x 9 inches
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1838211535
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978-1838211530
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ 978-1-8382115-3-0 (October 19, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 233 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1838211535
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1838211530
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 - 18 years
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.53 x 9 inches

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- #7,709 in Teen & Young Adult Coming of Age Fantasy
- #8,902 in Teen & Young Adult Coming of Age Fiction
- #13,615 in Teen & Young Adult Paranormal & Urban Fantasy

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Tony Lee Moral is an author specialising in mystery and suspense, as well as natural history, children's and YA fiction. He has written three books on the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock: Alfred Hitchcock's Movie Making Masterclass (2013) published by MWP books; The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) published by Kamera Books and Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie (2005) published by Scarecrow Press.

Tony was born in Hastings, England in 1971, before moving to California. He lived in Monterey and Big Sur for two years which forms the inspiration for his latest thriller Ghost Maven: The Haunting of Alice May, which is published in a new edition in October 2020 for Halloween.

His latest book for young readers is The Cat That Changed America, based on his 2017 documentary about P22 mountain lion, who made an incredible journey from the Santa Monica Mountains to Griffith Park, crossing two major freeways, in search of a new home.

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Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Crime, Murder. Paranormal, Ghost Thrillers, Romance, Investigation, Action, Urban, Publishing, Young Adult, Juvenile, Epic, Fiction, Seventeen, Spine-Tingling, Threat, Outsiders, Mysterious, Death, Warrior, Involved, Childrens, Kids, Literature.

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Good story

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2016

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This was good. Good character development. You want to jump into the story at diff points. I hope there's a part 2. There are several avenues the author can take. Over all I enjoyed the book. The ending wasn't what I expected, but there's room for another book....perhaps another book can "fix" the ending presented. Very clean, good for kids.

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2017

Tony Lee Moral's Ghost Maven~~

With some books you may experience them as a movie in your mind. They're bigger than life...or, in some cases, than the Undead. Such is the case with Ghost Maven, a young adult, paranormal romance that distorts reality a bit differently than The Twilight Zone. Here the impossibly handsome knight on a white charger is a sort-of ghost without a heartbeat or blood everyone can see, who lives in a 'fourth plane' or, I'm guessing, dimension of space. It's not like a parallel universe I've ever heard about!

The author is Tony Lee Moral, an Alfred Hitchcock buff and critic, as well as a compassionate documentary filmmaker. This is his first young adult novel. I also love Hitchcock movies and can imagine that the master of suspense, having never filmed a movie about and for young adults, might approve.

I'm not a fan of the paranormal romances young adults clamor for. I couldn't stand that Stephanie Meyer's book and avoid the genre for its tedious, silly prattling. The title was the only thing I knew about the book when I recklessly accepted the challenge of reviewing it and maybe, to be metaphysical about it, I was meant to read the Advanced Review Copy sent me...

The day I planned to read it I randomly selected a pretty, white sweatshirt with black lighthouses on it, not knowing there would be a haunted, but protective, lighthouse in the book.

After an inexplicable prologue that foretells the dramatic twist (and introduces a character never heard from again), it's told from the perspective of a young woman who had been seeing a psychiatrist before she moved with her father (and unimportant kid sister) to lovely Monterey Bay, California. Her name, Alice, is only the first of countless cliches. If we don't realize we're in Wonderland without being blatantly told, we're in need of psychiatric help too!

When she's rescued from a near-death experience by her hero aka savior, she's immediately smitten by his looks and mysterious behavior and the fact that she doesn't know where to find him. He, of course, plays the Cheshire Cat game at first, but they find each other and just can't help falling in love which is against the rules for one cursed to live (exist?) in the fourth plane. He'll need to be punished by his fellow ghostly victims envying his happiness, now won't he?

Then there's a girlfriend who sometimes has visions of the future, a not-cute-enough Christian friend, and the ensuing wringing-of-hands about God and whether she'll see her mother in a heaven someday.

Christian angst is another type of book I avoid, being a non-theist.

I felt like Alice was a mixture of cliched heroines and heroes from Sweet Valley High and The Twilight Zone. At least that's how it felt being inside her gullible head. The original Alice displayed much more skepticism and humor, it seems to me.

I read an Advanced Review Copy with many blank pages between chapters and occasional formatting issues. It's too bad Ghost Maven was so predictable and the ending sets up a sequel where all will end happily for the plane-separated lovebirds. If you're a young female looking for a quick, strangely inventive spin on paranormal romances, this is your book. It's kind of sweet in a magical feast of cinematic characters that'll sweep you away like an Undead-loving dream.

Nothing wrong with that! Especially if you're in the mood for escapism. Especially when it's a'haunting you will go or die trying.

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Debbie McClure

A Terrific Ghostly Romance

Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2016

I received a free copy of this book in return for an honest review.

Although I don't usually read YA (Young Adult) novels, the premise of Moral's Ghost Maven caught my attention, so I decided to give it a read. As with the Twilight series, this is a coming of age story about Alice, a young girl whose mother passed away, leaving the teen filled with anxiety and fear. Meeting Henry, a handsome young man in Pacific Grove, California where Alice has moved with her father and younger sister, gives her new hope for the future. But all is not as it appears, and Alice must come to terms with a frightening truth about Henry. Along the way, she learns more about herself and those she loves.

This book is an ideal read for young females and anyone who loves a great ghost story or paranormal romance.

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Kasey at Story Sanctuary

Spooky Story Just in Time for Halloween

Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2016

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

The romance was one of the most enjoyable parts of the story. I liked Henry a lot, and it was easy to see why Alice fell for him. I liked that it wasn't as simple as a boy-meets-girl story, and even beyond that, the ghost elements didn't go the direction I suspected they would.

Some elements of the plot didn't seem as well-integrated into the story to me. Sometimes characters did things and I was like wait, why did that happen? So that was a bit of a struggle, but overall I liked the story.

If you liked Ophelia Adrift by Helen Goltz, or you're looking for a spooky story to cozy up with this Halloween, this might be one for your list.

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A fun and enjoyable read about Love, with a Ghostly twist that makes you want the good guys to win

Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2016

This book is not normally one that I would choose to read, but this past year or so I have been trying different genre's so that I am seeing what else is out there. I have to say I really enjoyed this book, the story was original and nothing I have really seen before, either in book form or on TV/films. Ghost Maven is classed as a young adult book, but I am 36 and found this suitable for older people as well.

Is this a love story? Yes it is, but it's not a soppy romantic book. It's about a teenage girl dealing with a lot a sad and stressful troubles in her life that a girl of that age should not have to go through. It's about her managing this and the horrible and painful matter of falling in love for the first time. The boy she loves is around the same age, well... He was when he died a hundred years ago. An ancient curse has been put on the town meaning that peoples souls are still there living amongst real life people. Like all good love stories there are people, or ghosts as it is in this book that are trying to ruin things and are out for revenge. This story is a fun and enjoyable read about love, with a ghostly twist that makes you want the good guys to win.

The characters were greatly written and very enjoyable to read about. My favourite being Emily & Christian who were Alice's friends that helped and supported her when she needed it. Emily making me laugh throughout. I also loved the sound of O'Reilly, the captain of the ship that sank a hundred years ago. He was kind of like an 1800's pirate. I mean who does not like pirates??

Was there anything I did not like about this book? Very little really, it was easy to read and only took me 6 days, which is good for me. At the beginning of the book there were a few chapters which I thought ended quite abruptly as though there was some story missing, but as the book went on this flowed a lot easier.

I scored this book a 4 out of 5. Like I have said it is an enjoyable book to read with a great story. If you are a young adult, I would really recommend it or even if you are an adult that is just getting into reading, it is a great book for that.

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Great love story!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2016

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I really enjoyed reading this book. It's an exciting love story/adventure/mystery all rolled into one. The location of Monterey and Pacific Grove really adds to the mysterious atmosphere. You can see why Alice falls for Henry, as he is full of olde world charm, which really works with the nostalgia and history of Monterey. I'm looking forward to the sequel and find out what Alice does with her new found powers. And more of Henry please.

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