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The ghost
376 pages
A breathless, disaster-laden romance where love must survive both earthly catastrophes and the jealous wrath of a phantom rival.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like being swept into a whirlwind of high-stakes adventure and eerie supernatural romance. The pace is relentlessly propulsive, hurling the reader through a gauntlet of near-fatal disasters from crashing trains to sinking ships, all shadowed by a sinister, otherworldly presence. It is a story steeped in the tense, dramatic mood of obsessive jealousy from beyond the grave, balanced by the earnest swoon of a perilous courtship. The narrative blends the breathless action of survival with the chilling atmosphere of a haunting, creating an emotional arc that moves from relentless danger to triumphant love. It will delight readers who crave melodramatic, ghost-haunted romances where the heroine's intervention is the ultimate key to vanquishing a spectral rival.
- Mood
- eerie
- perilous
- swooning
- tense
- Tone
- dramatic
- earnest
- suspenseful
- romantic
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- supernatural jealousy · perilous romance · obsessive love · overcoming the past
- The writing
- Melodramatic and action-oriented, blending the breathless pacing of adventure with the eerie atmosphere of a ghost story.
- The arc
- Moves from a perilous, disaster-fraught pursuit to a tense supernatural confrontation, culminating in a triumphant romantic resolution.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love high-stakes, disaster-filled romantic adventures laced with supernatural jealousy and spectral antagonists.
Content notes
- train crash
- shipwreck
- attempted murder
- haunting
About the book
"In pursuit of Rosetta Rose, a beautiful singer, Carl Foster survives a series of disasters: a train crash, a shipwreck and even attempted murder. On each occasion he sees a sinister figure, who proves to be the ghost of Lord Clarenceux, once in love with Rosa and now deeply jealous of his rival. It takes the intervention of the girl herself to enable Carl's love to succeed." - - Description by Peter Haining, in "A Century of Ghost Novels 1900 - 200" (Appendix to his book, The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories)
Description from Open Library.
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