We’re coming up on your last week to grab this cozy, funny, spicy, beach town Halloween romance novella for just 99¢, so let me tempt you with a glimpse of the legendary ghost herself.
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Kieran’s strong arm encircled her waist, but his body heat couldn’t chase away the chills that raised every tiny hair on her arms and nape. The air seemed to thicken, heavy with static charge, as if lightning were about to strike. But no clouds obscured the full moon’s glow—except the mysterious shade floating before them.
“It’s the White Widow.” Kieran whispered, his breath fanning her cheek.
Icy dread turned her knees to water. When he’d suggested they go out ghost-watching, she’d assumed it was a flirtatious ploy to extend their dinner date. But the spectral form loomed closer and elongated, solidifying into a distinctly human shape.
Kieran’s other arm came around her, bracing her against his broad chest. “She’s never hurt anyone. She’s simply looking for her husband.”
Clearer now, a woman with upswept dark hair and trailing white skirts paced back and forth, treading on thin air, a lantern in one hand and a telescope in the other.
“This bluff used to extend further.” Kieran’s voice was soft but steady. “Over the years, storms wore it away.”
As if hearing his words, the specter turned to stare right through them. She was young, her beautiful face contorted in grief, her eyes bottomless dark pools. Her lips moved. “Jonathan?”
The question seemed to come from far away, but the poignancy of that single word brought tears to Addy’s eyes, and she shivered in Kieran’s arms.
As if addressing a human visitor, Kieran answered, “Just the lighthouse keeper, ma’am.”
A faint moan drifted on the wind as the figure turned away to search the horizon again. She gradually faded into mist, and then nothingness.
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