Silent Night, Haunted Night

October 15, 2009
Ever since she almost diedrejected by the afterlife, so to speakvintage fashion store owner Nicki Styx has been able to see the dead. Generally they want her help, which usually lands Nicki and her understanding boyfriend, Dr. Joe Bascombe, in hot water. But Nicki has interfered once too often, and three vindictive spirits, the ancient, relentless Three Fates, are out to punish her. One of them, a seductive succubus, plans to ensnare Joe through mind-bending erotic dreams. VERDICT The fourth entry in Garey's award-winning Nicki Styx series, this sultry, upbeat urban fantasy puts a new twist on visitations by Christmas ghosts and is just the thing for readers who want their holiday fare with a darker edge. Garey ("You're the One That I Haunt") won a RITA Award for the series opener, "Dead Girls Are Easy"; she lives in Florida.

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