It's been months since horror author Penelope Skinner threw a book at Neil Storm. But he was so infuriating, with his sparkling green eyes and his bestselling horror novels that claimed to break Native stereotypes. And now she’s a publishing pariah and hasn’t been able to write a word since. So when her friend invites her on a too-good-to-be-true writers retreat in a supposedly haunted Scottish castle, she seizes the opportunity. Of course, some things really are too good to be true.
Neil wants nothing less than to be trapped in a castle with the frustratingly adorable woman who threw a book at him. She drew blood! Worse still, she unleashed a serious case of self-doubt! Neil is terrified to write another bestselling “book without a soul,” as Pen called it. All Neil wants is to find inspiration, while completely avoiding her.
But as the retreat begins, Pen and Neil are stunned to find themselves trapped in a real-life ghost story. Even more horrifying, they’re stuck together and a truly shocking (extremely hot) almost-kiss has left them rethinking their feelings, and… maybe they shouldn’t have been enemies at all? But if they can’t stop the ghosts pursuing them, they may never have the chance to find out.
I wouldn’t mind joining a writer’s group at a castle in Scotland. I would, however, draw the line if someone told me it was haunted. That said, the haunting made absolutely no sense to me, and I wish the author had done something different with it.
It was the romance and enemies to lovers situation that saved this novel. I loved the two supporting characters (totally would be friends with both Lazlo and Daniela). I also found the reasoning for them being enemies to be stupid and annoying. However, it still worked for the chemistry between the two.
Overall, I rate this novel 4 out of 5 stars.
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