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Fun, whimsical book that would make a great gift

A mystery that keeps you guessing.

A great start. I don’t watch paranormal stuff on tv so some of the equipment names and uses went over my head but that was no barrier to enjoying this romp. I felt the pacing dropped a little about the 55% mark. The relationship wasn’t moving and neither really was the plot. I’m not sure if the outside jeopardy will come from the network, the ghosts or another source. But I feel the jeopardy is needed soon. However as the excitement of the final live show dawned, I found myself skim reading, partly to find out what happens (good) but also because half of what I was reading made no sense because I still didn’t know what all the bits meant. (Bad) Was there jeopardy here? Not really. In fact the jeopardy never really appeared apart from a wee bit of what will the network/audience think. I liked the premise of the book but it was a book of two halves. The first half I was really keen to find out how it would end, the second half I just wanted to get to the end.

This was such a fun book. I love Ronnie and wish The Casual Cook was a real show.
Peyton is great as the lead on Paranormal Pursuit and I wish there were some more paranormal elements? The blurb made it sound like the live episode would get really spooky.
It was nice how the final ghost, who couldn’t be with his male lover, wanted Ronnie and Peyton to get together. To me, it sounded like he wanted them to buy Miramar together.
I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this so much so, thanks NetGalley.

Peyton Stanford is a paranormal investigator who stars in a popular tv show with solid but stagnant ratings. Ronnie Smart has a cooking show based on simple cooking both indoors and outdoors that’s on the up with public popularity. When the network has the brilliant idea of putting Peyton and Ronnie together in a crossover they both think it’s ridiculous. I mean, paranormal and cooking in the same show?
Most of the book is during filming the 2 shows and the live Halloween finale and there’s a lot of paranormal going on. Nothing scary but definitely in the paranormal spectrum. The decision of not having anything happening while working together would have worked best if the shows didn't take most of the book. I would have liked more Peyton and Ronnie and less Paranormal Pursuit.

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Peyton Stanford is a no nonsense paranormal investigator who stars in a popular tv show. After six years the show is solid but ratings are no longer climbing. Ronnie Smart has a cooking show that is slowly attracting views. She is known for simple cooking that can be done inside or outdoors. The network hoping to boost both shows ratings insists on combining their talents having Ronnie appear on the Peytons show. They go with the idea that foods from the time period of the ghosts might enhance the spirits activities. The two find the idea silly but contracts don’t give them a choice.

A lot of the book is spent on the three shows they film together including a live Halloween episode at historic house on the Cape. TV watchers speculate on social media about the on screen chemistry between the two. You get some history of the houses and the hauntings. There are technical gizmos allowing them to hear words occasionally from entities they encounter. The book creates a little creepy tingling but it isn’t scary. I’m not sure I bought all the guesses and assumptions about the ghosts or how they removed them. But I went with the story and accepted the paranormal investigators knew what they were doing. The attraction is gentle and the two woman enjoy each others company. But both agree nothing can happen while they are filming, which is most of the book. So while I liked the book I think I wanted more of them together when it wasn’t work related. Like when they went to dinner with each other. I wanted to feel the chemistry that viewers were picking up on. Thank you to NetGalley and Bold Strokes Book Inc., for an eARC in exchange for an honest review. (3.5 stars)

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Ronnie and Peyton both have shows that are doing well in ratings that the networks thinks doing a crossover will boosted the ratings more. Peyton and Ronnie are reluctant to do it but don’t have a choice but as they start the production spark’s fly’s between them off camera and on that even the audiences pick up on it. This was a good read I like how they did combine both shows how your right there with Ronnie who is skeptical of the paranormal despite experience some. I love the supporting characters and how they root for both shows and for Ronnie and Peyton to get together.