The latest I Love Romance Blog review selection is The Girl in the Scarlet Chair by Janice Tremayne. Take it away, Ginny!
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The Girl in the Scarlet Chair by Janice Tremayne
Clarisse, until now, has been unlucky in love. Her family is superstitious about a chair that sits in her mother’s house. The chair is off-limits to anyone, especially family members. The chair is said to have special powers regarding the relationships of the heart. The author did an excellent job explaining the chair’s characteristics and the celebrations regarding the Day of the Dead.
Harry also has had his issues with love. He recently divorced, and has no desire to date again. A close friend suggests he join a dating website.
Clarisse and Harry are introduced through the dating website after months of communicating through a visual dating site. The two decide to meet. Janice Tremayne did a fantastic job explaining the backgrounds of the characters and the supporting characters. However, I felt a chapter could have been inserted between Chapter 3: Long-Distance Relationships, and Chapter 4: The City of Affection. They go from talking on the dating website for three months to him coming to meet her. But, after that, the book took off, and it was a pleasure to read. The book would be perfect for a young adult who wants to read something about dating, divorces, and the paranormal. The book is not scary, and the sexual tension is minimal, perfect for a young reader or those who skip the sexual parts in books.
Book Info:
When a malicious chair’s only desire is to prosper from negative thoughts, will Clarisse be willing to trade her mind for a premonition?
They don’t have the safety of distance to rely upon–only five days to decide if they are made for each other before Harry leaves back home. Or will the mysterious scarlet chair determine their fate?
She was unlucky in love, recently separated, and desperately searching for the man of her dreams. For Harry, recently divorced– it carried risk and uncertainty? In this heart-rending search for passion, he travels to the City of Affection to meet Clarisse. A spirit hunter and a woman with a problematic past. Harry leaves his western-centric norms behind immersed in the vibrant and bustling city.
But will Clarisse have the courage to tell him everything–past secrets, fears, and inhibition? Or will the embedded dark secret of the chair unleash its evil? As it has always done for generations.
The Girl in the Scarlet Chair is the first book in the spine-chilling Haunting Clarisse supernatural horror series. If you like pulse-pounding tension, scarily dark corners, and thought-provoking dilemmas, then you’ll love Janice Tremayne’s unsettling story.
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Here’s a teaser from the book…
By the way, this first book in the series is free on Kindle right now, so grab it while you can! 😉
AUTHOR: Janice Tremayne
TITLE: The Girl in the Scarlet Chair
GENRE: Paranormal romance/thriller, clean romance
RELEASE DATE: November 26, 2019
PUBLISHER: Millport Press
ISBN/ASIN: B07VSM6VHY/979-8644675449
OUR RATING: ♥♥♥♥ 4 stars
REVIEWED BY: Ginny Hofmiller
Guest Blogger/Reviewer Bio: When I write, I go by Ginny Hofmiller. I indulge in reading and writing romance stories whenever I have free time. I picked up Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume as a child and then began reading Harlequin Romance Novels. My reading preferences shifted during my adult years, and I developed a fondness for Futuristic Novels and Vampire Novels. My YouTube channel, Creative Crafts with Ginny, centers on art/painting projects. My channel has been successful, but I am looking to expand its content to include book reviews and discussions, hoping to promote my books on the same platform. I have worked in the corporate/government for over 30 years. I taught communication courses at the University of Phoenix for about ten years. When not writing or reading, I work on paint-by-numbers projects or produce videos for my channel in my studio.
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