Title: Return of the Pirate Ghost
Author: Jay Starre
Length: 21 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Genre: m/m Contemporary Paranormal
Rating: C
Blurb:
Martin Stark is searching for a ghost. Six months ago, a pirate ghost visited his mansion in Jamaica and enticed him into his cellar. They made passionate love while a hurricane destroyed the house above their heads. The pirate, William Heathcliff, had saved the young millionaire’s life. Now, Martin is searching desperately for the ghost and for something he has never before experienced: Love.
Review:
Those of you who can cast your mind back to before Christmas will remember that I wasn’t too impressed with the previous book by this author, Pirate Ghost – review here. It was with some trepidation that I decided to give this sequel a go. I was, however, pleasantly surprised. Some of the things that bothered me from the previous book, such as the overblown descriptions of sex and the less than sympathetic character of Martin were still present, but there was a lot more packed into this short which answered a few of my questions about the pirate.
The story picks up six months on from Pirate Ghost. Martin just can’t forget the passionate tryst he had with the ghost, or that the ghost saved him from the hurricane which flattened his house. He visits a small sandy island which seems familiar from the time he spent with the ghost and is amazed when his ghostly lover appears to him again.
As with the last book, this story is mostly made up of an extended sex scene. One of things that I liked about the last book was the way the author played with perception and time during the sex scenes, and that happens again in this story. More than that though, we are given some real answers as to who the pirate is and why he should be interested in Martin. I thought this was effectively done and provided a note of poignancy to the story. The flashbacks/hallucinations gave us an insight into the pirate, making him more of a fleshed out character, rather than just a horny ghost.
The story ends happily for Martin, and in a way that was sort of realistic, given that this was a ghost story. I don’t think I liked Martin any better, or learned anything useful about him as a character, but I found the story more fulfilling to read. I would recommend that those who are interested in the themes of this story, read both stories together rather than try to take them separately as they work better that way in my opinion.
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