Review: The Cursed by Heather Graham

Published May 27th 2014
by Harlequin MIRA

What if you could see ghosts? And not just the ones that haunt your house, but other ghosts as well? Hannah O'Brien is used to seeing Melody and Hagen, the house ghosts, but is surprised when the ghost of a man murdered outside her house appears to her asking for help.

Hannah runs a bed and breakfast in the house she grew up in in Key West. Special Agent Dallas Sampson decides to take a room after realizing that Hannah might be in danger from whoever killed his friend, Jose, also an FBI agent.

Hannah calls her cousin Kelsey who is also an FBI agent and a member of a special unit referred to as The Krewe of Hunters. This special group all have some kind of special insight or ability to see things that most people don't, like ghosts.

The case in the present is linked to a missing piece of treasure from the past. They need to find the treasure, but more than that they need to find out who killed Jose and who is a danger to Hannah and them all.

The characters are almost equally strong. Hannah is a little weaker than the rest which makes Dallas want to protect her all the more. Her weakness is understandable considering she is the only one in the group who is not an FBI agent. Still, she is a pretty tough cookie.

It's a good book. I give it 4 out of 5 stars. My only complaint was that there was no clue as to where the treasure was and I think there should have been a little more foreshadowing. There were plenty of surprises. This isn't the first Krewe of Hunters book that I've read. This one is 12th in the series. I haven't managed to read all of them yet. I would recommend the series to those who like romance with their mysteries and enjoy the paranormal aspect as well.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book in exchange for my unbiased opinion.

Teaser Tuesday - The Cursed by Heather Graham

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of  Should Be Reading.

Anyone can participate. just do the following.

Rules:

• Grab your current read

• Open to a random page

• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn’t  give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

• Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! 

Published June 1, 2014
by Harlequin MIRA

The Cursed by Heather Graham is #12 in the Krewe of Hunters series. This time the action takes place in Key West, Florida. Hannah O'Brien runs a B&B from the house she grew up in. She has always been able to see the 2 resident ghosts, Melody and Hagen. Now she is seeing others as well. She is in danger from a group called Los Lobos and their leader, The Wolf. Agent Dallas Samson is working on the case because his co-worker was killed while deep undercover by Los Lobos, they think. Dallas stays at the B&B so he can keep an eye on Hannah, and in turn gets a paranormal eyeful as well.

Melody was elegantly perched on the sofa. Hagen was standing by the mantel. And Agent Dallas Sampson was seated across from Melody, looking as if they had just been deep in conversation. Dallas turned to Hannah, "I've just met your charming residents," he told her, then continued with a slight rebuke in his voice. "It would have been polite to introduce us."

The Cursed is a paranormal mystery with some romance thrown in as well. I've not been to Key West yet, so I am finding the bits about the island interesting. It sounds like an interesting setting for this mystery. The Wolf seems to think there is a treasure of some sort within the walls of the B&B. It will be interesting to see if he is wrong or not. And who is he anyway?

So far, I am enjoying the book. The teaser is from 31% through the Kindle edition. I am currently at 66% through the book.

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Happy Reading!