Princess Fuzzypants here: OMC! What a great way to reread the first three books of this enchanting series and be reintroduced to the characters that I have grown to love. Verity is such a fun heroine. She is just slightly wacky in a very Southern way and she is quite capable of getting herself embroiled in situations. In fact, we first meet her when she is about the lose her ancestral home thanks to a called off wedding and the mother-in-law from Hell. But when she unknowingly mulches the ashes of a long deceased gangster into her rose bed, she is introduced to the ghost world thanks to her now companion, Frankie.
Through him she is able to tap into the spectral world around her and help ghosts who have unresolved issues. She is first enlisted by the brother of her late fiancé to help him clear a building of some pretty malevolent spirits. It turns out the most nasty villain of all is all together too human.
It is always a romp with Verity, her pet skunk Lucy, and all her friends and family. It is also a great chance to dive into this series that will entertain and delight. Five purrs and two paws up.

Southern Spirits: 5th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set was a wonderful gift to fans of this series which included deleted scenes. Lucy has always been and will always be my favorite.

I received a free, advance copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my unbiased review.

Verity must solve mysteries while keeping her mystery a secret. Angie Fox has developed a very entertaining community of characters who do a stand up job of keeping their corner of the world safe. How they do this is an original story that will have you smiling throughout. Not only is Verity a really great character, this is a set of three books for the price of one! It doesn't get any better. Treat yourself and read this book.

Southern Spirits is such a fun series and I loved reading this anniversary edition with the three first stories. How is it possible not to like Verity, Lucy, Frankie and Ellis? The stories are well written and sometimes really funny as well.

This set has the first three books in the Southern Spirits series, along with out-takes and some other bonus material, and I really enjoyed it and will have to catch up on the rest of it now. Verity Long is suffering the backlash of leaving her deadbeat fiance at the alter, especially because he is from a "founding family" in her small town. Accidentally trapping a ghost on her property only complicates matters, but that is where the fun begins.

The stories are more substantial than I expected them to be, solid and twisty, with interesting characters, natural dialog and descriptions that put you right in the middle of it. And who doesn't love a pet skunk? I really look forward to the rest of the series.

I received an advance copy via NetGalley and this is my honest review.

Southern Ghost Hunter Series: 5th Anniversary Special Edition by Angie Fox features the first three novels in the series along with special bonus content. Southern Spirits, A Ghostly Gift and The Skeleton in the Closet are the three stories in this special edition. For newcomers to the series, this is your opportunity to get these three charming tales in one handy volume. For fans and neophytes alike, you will enjoy the special content which includes sketches (the layout of Verity’s house is one example). We also get a more in-depth look at the characters along with deleted scenes that feature our major players (Verity, Frankie, Ellis and Lucy). There is a juicy scene that did not make it into Southern Spirits will hopefully appear in an upcoming book. Frankie shocked Verity with some surprising information. There is a sweet deleted scene featuring the adorable Lucy. We also get a look at early book covers. I must say I liked the third rendition of Southern Spirits better than the final version. I especially appreciated the author’s insights. All three stories are delightfully entertaining. I laughed often while reading these paranormal whodunits (which is high praise from me). There is a preview of The Haunted Heist included at the end. I cannot wait for Southern Bred to come out this year. Southern Ghost Hunter Series: 5th Anniversary Special Edition has a gangster ghost, a dashing deputy, a malevolent mama, a sweet skunk, a rocky romance, and a feisty female protagonist.

I’m a huge fan of the series and I leaped at the chance to get the anniversary special edition when I saw the special features added to the first three stories- two novels and a between novella. I’ve never felt this engaged with a cozy mystery series before, but it’s the combo of sassy fun characters, small town, clever mysteries on both the ghostly and human plane bringing a strong dose of history and romance with all the rest.
Review

Southern Spirits is book one and introduces the Southern Ghost Hunter World.

Verity Long is the town pariah after dumping the scion of the wealthiest family at the altar. Only Verity knows that Beau Wydell is not as golden as everyone thinks and his mother won a lawsuit over the expense of the wedding reception that cleaned Verity out and has her on the brink of losing her old family home to pay the debt.
While despondently cleaning out the house she inherited from her grandmother and wondering if she’ll be homeless soon, Verity mistakes a funeral urn and ashes for a ‘dirty’ vase so she dumps the contents out over her rose bushes. This lands her with a gangster’s ghost who is now tied to her house. Frankie agrees to help her find the money to keep her house (which is now his, too) if she’ll do what it takes to free his ashes from the dirt and thus, free him from being stuck either at the house or wherever she took his urn.
Verity and Frankie are hired by Beau Wydell’s older brother, Ellis, to help him with an angry ghost that is tearing up all the renovations he’s making on the property he bought. In the process, Verity sees that Ellis is nothing like his brother and Ellis learns the truth of what happened between Verity and his brother. Ellis is also a cop so he manages to accept the truth about Verity’s ghost gift and ghosts even while they work to solve what is shaping up to be a dangerous hunt for the truth that someone wants to keep unknown.

The novella, A Ghostly Gift, continues with Verity determined not to do any more ghost hunting, but still needing to make ends meet so she does a design job for her sister Melanie’s friend who owns an antique shop. Julie can’t pay, but agrees to trade Verity for household goods Verity needs from her store. Julie knows her store in the old part of town is haunted and doesn’t mind until one of the ghosts gets aggressive and begins breaking her pieces. Verity agrees to help and tows a reluctant Frankie along to help her figure out what has the ghost riled up.

Skeleton in the Closet sees Verity and the rest of Sugarland gearing up for the big celebration and festival. The town’s claim to fame was a Civil War battle fought on its doorstep and the town repelled the invaders. Founding families, the Wydells and the Jacksons are feuding over the historical displays. Verity is distracted when her ex tries wooing her again. But then the historical society volunteer’s body is found murdered just after she shares with Melanie that she found something important among the historical display items. This call puts Melanie and Verity under suspicion straining her relationship with Ellis so now she has to drag Frankie and the ghosts at the library into helping her solve the case.

Included in this edition is: how the first book came about, graphic sketches of Verity’s old family home, character sketches, the development of the covers and graphics of the ones not chosen, and deleted scenes. These extras make up about the last ten percent of the book so they are interesting for the fan and I enjoyed paging through it all. I’m not sure I would purchase this set specifically to get them if one already has the series books, but then again, it’s a fabulous limited edition that’s way more than affordable for what you get and the e-book edition graphics are crystal clear.

I love the light and humor mixed with a moderately hair-raising ghostly mystery adventures. Verity is an engaging lead character and narrator. I love that she has a pet skunk, Lucy, her bright researcher librarian sister, Melanie, southern manners and this second chance at something special with the stolid and handsome Ellis. Frankie is a fun and sparkling character in the series and he feels authentic the way he raises Cain and makes his deals with Verity before agreeing to help. The mystery and all the ghostly activities is a neat world the author created. It was fabulous revisiting the earliest stories in the series that withstood the test of a reread and also getting the extra special edition gems to please a fan. I can recommend this boxed set for fan and newbie alike.

Oh my these are sooo cute! I love the stories! I love the mixture of humor, mystery, the ghost and of course the helping of the ghost! I really enjoyed these books and I'm definitely going to check out the author for more! These are soo cute and quick reads, I recommend them to any cozy mystery lover!

For a paranormal mystery series, this is one of the better ones I have read. I am totally in love with Lucy, and the cast of characters have me devouring the pages. I can't wait to read more in this series. For an enjoyable experience try Angie Fox, these books really ticked all my boxes, good mystery, paranormal activity, slight romance and wonderful writing. I received an e-book from NetGalley in return for an unbiased review.

I have never read any of Angie Fox's books until now. When NetGalley offered the chance to read the first books in her Southern Ghost Hunter series. Once I started reading the first one, I was hooked. I did not stop until I had read book 2 and the novella included in this anniversary package. There are plenty of extras in this set. This series is funny, quirky and entertaining. I will be picking up the rest of this series to read more about Verity and her friends!

The Southern Spirits 5th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set is a great way to get more for your dollar with the first three books in the series plus bonus material at the end. I really enjoy this series and have read up to the current title (spoiler alert, it only gets better).

Reading this box set I re-fell in love with Verity, Ellis, Lucy and Frankie all over again. The Southern setting and particularly the imagery of Verity's Antebellum home is so rich you can just imagine it. But if imagination isn't your thing, illustrations at the end of the books really cement the image in your mind.

Highly recommend this series, can't believe how many books have been pumped out in 5 years and I look forward to seeing what happens in the next 5 years.

Angie Fox has crafted a delightfully quirky Southern town for her protagonist- Verity Long. In the first book Verity accidentally traps the ghost of an old gangster on her property. This leads to some very funny but also scary situations for Verity as she learns more about the existence of the dead who have not gone to the light.
The first book becomes an absolute page turner that may keep you up past your bedtime (voice of experience here.)
The combination of romance, supernatural and mysteries involving both the living and deceased is well written to entertain and surprise you.
I love the addition of the Novella and other extras that are included in this Anniversary Edition.

This collector’s edition has two full books over 35o pages each and a small novella that is super cute and inspiring. This is the type of bind-up that will give you a great introduction to the series and then suck you into the world enough that you will want to continue on with book three.

Southern Spirits Book #1

4.5 Stars

This is the first book in the Southern Ghost Hunter mystery series by Angie Fox.

This book was like a comedy of errors. First Vertity traps Frankie on her property after she dumps his ashes into the garden thinking it was just an ordinary vase in need of washing. Now he is stuck to just haunting her property. But since there is a bit of residue in the vase, Verity can tote the container around and it gives Frankie the ability to move beyond the house’s property line.

Verity is in a bind. She is about to lose her house and she needs money fast. First Frankie has a get rich quick idea which backfires, then she realizes that with Frankie’s help, she can see spirits. Now her ex’s brother, Ellis, is in need of a little ghostbusting and enlists Verity to assist him in disposing of the annoying spirits causing destruction on his property. Verity can’t say no. She needs the money. But being around Mr. Wonderful won’t be easy. He is the brother of her ex and he doesn’t have the highest opinion of her. Not to mention, he is the town cop and could probably arrest her if he so willed.

I thought this was a hilarious cozy mystery romp into the spirit world. I never knew what to expect and the plot went places that would probably crop up in future books. The world building on this was awesome. What a great start to a series. I am looking forward to seeing what Fox has in store for us next. I am intrigued by the budding relationship between Verity and Ellis too. Crossing my fingers for a love match between the two of them.

A Ghostly Gift Book #1.5

5 Stars

This is the first novella (#1.5) in the Southern Ghost Hunter mystery series by Angie Fox.

This was a real quick read and there wasn’t a lot of conflict here or mystery. Everything was wrapped up in very few pages but I thought it was so sweet how Verity helped a lonely ghost find his lost love. Just AWE-inspiring!

Just wish there had been some Ellis sightings in this novella. I missed seeing him in the pages of this one.


Skeleton in the Closet #2

4.5 Stars

This is the second book in the Southern Ghost Hunter mystery series by Angie Fox.

I feel like there is a real kinship to the Scooby-Doo gang here. Not sure why. There are ghosts, yes. But they are usually misunderstood and the bad guy is usually a living person who is not living their best life.

This had a lot of good backstory and gave us a glimpse into the lives of Ellis’s parents and how invested they are into keeping their standing in the community even when a long held truth about town history is found to be an out and out lie!

I never really felt like the reason Verity’s ex was trying to squeeze himself back into her life was thoroughly uncovered. By the end, when he didn’t want her anymore, I figured that he must have been as wrapped up in his family’s drama as his mother was.

This series is sort of unassuming. It looks like one of those superficial cozy series that just seem to be spit out every two weeks with only a few pages to the mystery. But this is not that. This series is completely thought out and just a joy to read. I don’t feel like I am waisting my time reading this. I am enjoying the heck out of it!

Can’t wait to start reading the rest of the series! I am hooked on Verity, Ellis and Frankie!

If you love a good cozy mystery, definitely check this one out. You won’t be disappointed.

I received this as an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) in return for an honest review. I thank NetGalley, the publisher and the author for allowing me to read this title.

This is an excellent and entertaining series and I loved this witty set of stories.
It was a fun and engrossing read, highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

This is the first tow novels, a novella and some deleted and other extras in the Southern Spirits series by Angie Fox. These cozy mysteries are humorous, entertaining and clean.

Verity Long becomes persona non grata in her hometown of Sugarland, Tennessee after he leaves her wealthy fiancée at the altar. Now her almost ex-mother-in-law is determined to make sure she loses everything that she cares about. She has already sold almost all the furnishings and fixtures in her home, most of clothes and tomorrow her beloved family home will be auctioned off unless she can raise another $20,000. The only thing left in her home is her futon and an old, ugly “vase” that nobody bought at the estate sale. Looking at the vase she realizes that there is a pile of dirt in the bottom; she takes it out side to hose it out and mixes the “dirt” that she can get out into the ground around her rose bushes. She soon finds out that it’s not a vase, it’s and urn and the dirt was the ashes of a now angry ghost who she has grounded Frankie to her house or wherever his urn and the few remaining ashes that are still left inside are located. Frankie knows about Verity’s situation and tells her that he knows where some money is stashed; thus, begins the adventures of a reluctant ghost-hunter and the even more reluctant ghost that is tied to her.

4.5 STARS: I received a free digital ARC through Netgalley in exchange for a honest, unbiased review. I sincerely thank Netgalley, author and/or publisher for giving me this opportunity

This review is not going to be long. I am not a huge fan of a review rehashing the entire plot and spoiling it for everyone.

This is the first set of books from A ngie Fox that I have read. I loved it!!! I am going to purchase the rest of her books. The story was engaging and the charters awesome.

I received an ARC of this book to read through NetGalley in exchange for a fair review. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Highly entertaining, fun, engaging collection of emotionally thrilling adventures filled with exciting charters, witty banter, heart racing twists and thrilling turns. Really enjoyed all three of these edge of your seat adventures. Fun and thrilling stories.

A wonderfully witty series! Southern Spirits: 5th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set is full of humor, mystery and dynamic characters, I enjoyed this immensely and would recommend you read it too.

Angie Fox is one of my favorite authors. Southern Spirits is a wonderful series about a young woman who lost almost everything to her evil would be mother in law. When she accidentally binds a ghost of a gangster to her garden she gains the ability to see and talk to ghosts with his help. Her fist paying job as a ghost chaser is from Ellis, her ex-fiance's brother. Hilarity and dangerous situations ensue as Verity and Ellis form an unlikely team solving murders, helping ghosts and falling in love.
This anniversary edition contains some deleted scenes and a short story in addition to the first 2 books. A must read!

This collection of the first three stories of the series is perfect for new readers and longtime fans. Verity and Frankie have crazy adventures full of zany antics, mystery, humor, and a dose of suspense. There is a lot of charm packed into these pages. I loved the bonus content. It really is an awesome bonus for fans. You can't help but fall in love with these characters. And a few you will love to hate.