Thursday, January 8, 2015

Angela Panter Book Blitz +Giveaway +Review


Unfinished Business and Unbreakable bonds were my introduction to author Carolyn Ridder Aspenson.  I really liked the books.  They have a bit of  everything.  They are a little different than some of the things I read.  Still paranormal with the fact that she can see and communicate with ghosts but they still have their own little something that makes them different.


~ Blurb ~

Stay-at-home mom Angela Panther is living the good life. Happily married with kids, a house in the suburbs and a fantabulous best friend - she's got it all. But hours after Angela's mother dies, her ghost pops in for a visit, leaving the door to the other side wide open. Suddenly Angela's life is filled with ghosts - ghosts who need her help. 

Now she must find a way to balance the needs of the living along with the unfinished business of the dead, while keeping her mother's feisty ghost in line. Hilarious and bittersweet, Unfinished Business tackles the emotional rollercoaster of mother/daughter relationships, and the desperate desire for one last chance to tell someone we've lost how we feel.

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~ My Review ~

3.5 stars
Angela had everything a person could want.  A loving husband, kids, a house.  Then her mother died and Angela started seeing her ghost.  At first she thought she was going crazy.  Then she realized she wasn’t.  She is just beginning to get used to seeing her mother’s ghost and then begins to see other ghosts and they want her to help them.  Angela isn’t sure she wants this gift let alone to help the ghosts she sees.  Her mother tells her the reason came back was to help her, but she can’t tell her much.  There are rules her mother has to follow about what she can and can’t tell Angela.  This really frustrates Angela.  Angela’s husband and best friend Mel are there to listen to her and help her.  Her friend takes her to a physic that turns out to be able to help Angela a lot.  Linda, the physic, helps Angela by teaching her to meditate, saying that it’s okay that Angela doesn’t like her gift, among other things.  Sometimes Angela thinks that Linda is the only one who can understand her.  Will Angela ever get used to her new gift?  Will Angela begin to want to help the ghosts she comes in contact with?
I liked this book although for me it was a little slow.  I know that a lot things had to be explained in this book and that’s why it felt slow to me.  It was still a good book.  Once Angela began to come to terms with her gift the book picked up.  This book was funny.  Between her mother’s ghost and her teenage daughter funny things were happening all over the place.  The friendship between Mel and Angela is great.  They are always there for each other.  They know just what to say to each other no matter the situation.  Angela was worried that her husband wouldn’t believe her or think she was going nuts.  She was nervous at first, but he was there for her.  He even encouraged her.  I look forward to reading the next book in this series.
I was given this book in return for an honest review.


~ Blurb ~

Reluctant psychic Angela Panther never wanted to talk to the dead, but the moment she decides it's not so bad, tragedy strikes, and her new gift disappears. When best friend Mel suspects her husband is cheating, she turns to Angela for advice. They concoct the perfect trap, but to make it work, they'll need help from Angela's mother, Fran. There's just one tiny little problem… Fran's dead. 

With Angela's psychic radar on the fritz, can the dead find a way to help the living?

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~Meet the Author ~


Booktrope Editions author Carolyn Ridder Aspenson is the Amazon and Barnes & Noble best selling author of Unfinished Business; An Angela Panther Novel, Unbreakable Bonds; An Angela Panther Novel, the contemporary romance novella The Inn At Laurel Creek and Santa's Gift, a Cumming Christmas Novella. 

An avid fitness buff, Carolyn writes a monthly health and fitness column for Northside Woman Magazine as well as regular weekly news articles for various Atlanta area media outlets including the Forsyth Herald, the Milton Herald, the Revue and News, and the Johns Creek Herald. Her works have also been published in Countyline Magazine and various Internet publications. 

A native of Indiana, for over eighteen years Carolyn called the northwest Chicago suburbs home. She now resides in the Atlanta area with her husband, three kids, two dogs and cat. 


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Can Santa give the gift of love?



Cumming, Georgia journalist Jessica Holland isn't feeling the joy of the holiday. Recently dumped by someone she didn't even love, she's more fa la la la blah than fa la la la la.  So when her best friend Ashley forces her to sit on Santa's lap at the local mall, the Scrooge in her comes out.



Jessica doesn't believe in Santa - that silly myth is only for children.



Or is he?



When Santa tells Jessica he'll give her whatever she wants for Christmas and that she'll finally believe in his magic, she asks for the one thing she knows he can't give. She asks for true love.



But can Santa make that happen? 

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