Category: 4.5 ⭐️ Reads

Review: Eliza McLane's HAUNTED HOOKUP.

9/18/2023

Thanks to the author for the complimentary e-ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

Eliza McLane’s holiday novellas are so good, you all: they include outrageous amounts of sexual tension, MCs who are living their best lives sexually, and big emotional breakthroughs that contribute to the HEA.

These novellas never feel like they’re missing a big part of the emotional story—they feel complete & full & that’s such a nice feeling to walk away with after you’ve flown through a novella.

In Haunted Hookup, Alice is finally getting to visit the reputedly haunted house she’s spent so long researching. She’s been invited to join a house party of sorts & serve as a tour guide.

The first night of the ball includes so much wish fulfillment (thank you, Eliza!) & I was like wow, it goes there, & yes, this is fun!

It turns out that Alice actually knows the very attractive masked stranger who makes her toes curl & what follows is a lovely & hot exploration of what might have been & still could be if they follow their hearts.

There is a ghost in this book & some thrills but it’s mostly a sad/wistful kind of ghost story that runs a nice parallel to Alice’s own.

This book is great fun, like Eliza’s others. Check it out if you’re looking for Halloween vibes or a hero with chest hair or some great communication or some restraint play.

Thanks to the author for the complimentary e-ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

4.5⭐️. Out 10/10.

Please see a trusted reviewer's list of CWs. ​[ID: Jess’s white hand holds the ebook in front of a field of yellow wildflowers. A white barn & a gray sky are in the background.]

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary e-ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

4.5⭐️. Out 10/10.

CWs: Mention of "whites only" bar. Homophobia. Violence. Murder. Blackmail.[ID: Jess, a white woman wearing a green dress, stands in a field holding the ebook. A blue sky with clouds is in the background.]

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary e-ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

4.5⭐️. Out 11/14.

Please reads the CWs of a trusted reviewer.[ID: Jess, a white woman wearing a white shirt that says “totally checking out your book,” holds the ebook while standing in front of a yellow wall.]

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary e-ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

4.5⭐️. Out 11/07.

Thanks to the publisher for the complimentary book. All opinions provided are my own.

4.5⭐️. Out now!

CWs: Reference to suspected sexual assault. Cheating. Exile from family. References to swinger parents.[ID: Jess’s white hand holds the book in front of a chandelier hanging from a tree. Various colored zinnias are tucked into the chandelier.]

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary e-ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

4.5⭐️. Out 09/12.

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary e-ARC and @harlequinpublicityteam @harlequinbooks for the complimentary galley. All opinions provided are my own.

4.5⭐️. Out 09/26.

Please see a trusted reviewer’s list of CWs.[ID: Jess’s white hand holds the galley in front of a line of multicolored zinnias. Trees & a blue sky are in the background.]

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary e-ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

4.5⭐️. Out 09/12.

CWs: please see a trusted reviewer’s list of CWs.[ID: Jess, a white woman wearing coral shorts & black sandals with multicolored stripes, holds the ebook while reclining on a bench. In the background is the sky, a porch railing, a white shed, & trees.]

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary e-ARC and the publisher for the complimentary hard-copy. All opinions provided are my own.

4.5⭐️. Out 07/18.

Please see a trusted reviewer's list of CWs. [ID: Jess, a white woman wearing a black & white striped tank dress, holds a copy of the book in front of a yellow wall.]

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CWs: grief, suicide.

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Please see a trusted reviewer's list of CWs.

[ID: Jess’s white hand holds the ebook in front of a field of yellow wildflowers. A white barn & a gray sky are in the background.]

CWs: Mention of "whites only" bar. Homophobia. Violence. Murder. Blackmail.

[ID: Jess, a white woman wearing a green dress, stands in a field holding the ebook. A blue sky with clouds is in the background.]

Please reads the CWs of a trusted reviewer.

[ID: Jess, a white woman wearing a white shirt that says “totally checking out your book,” holds the ebook while standing in front of a yellow wall.]

CWs: Reference to suspected sexual assault. Cheating. Exile from family. References to swinger parents.

[ID: Jess’s white hand holds the book in front of a chandelier hanging from a tree. Various colored zinnias are tucked into the chandelier.]

Please see a trusted reviewer’s list of CWs.

[ID: Jess’s white hand holds the galley in front of a line of multicolored zinnias. Trees & a blue sky are in the background.]

CWs: please see a trusted reviewer’s list of CWs.

[ID: Jess, a white woman wearing coral shorts & black sandals with multicolored stripes, holds the ebook while reclining on a bench. In the background is the sky, a porch railing, a white shed, & trees.]

Please see a trusted reviewer's list of CWs.
[ID: Jess, a white woman wearing a black & white striped tank dress, holds a copy of the book in front of a yellow wall.]

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