"Delightful Tale of Spritual Mischief"

In A BABE IN GHOSTLAND, Lisa Cach creates two delightful characters: Case Lambert and Megan Barrows. Case and Megan are so likable and fun together that I was drawn into their tale of dealing with a house haunted by some not-so-nice ghosts.

Case has bought a mansion that has been empty for years under the terms of the last owners--a pair of weird sisters--will. But, the bequest to cover the taxes ran out and the city sold the property to Case.

Case has hired Eric Ramsey to try to rationally explain the strange occurences in his new house. Eric cannot figure out what is going on and recommends that Case hire Megan to see if there really are ghosts in the mansion. Eric has had past dealings with Megan where he betrayed her trust and she wants nothing to do with him.

Megan owns an antique store that she populates with 'happy' items. Megan has the ability to pick up an item and know it's history. Since her Mother's death Megan has no family and so she enjoys feeling 'connected' to other families through their furniture and decorative objects.

Case is completely sceptical of the whole paranormal world and considers all psychics as fakes and worse. His Mother spent her fortune on self-proclaimed psychics and his anger against these people that brought her so much pain is palpable.

But, Case has had encounters with a ghost that caresses him in bed--scaaring the crap out of him, but he puts it down to his imagination. Even when the spirit invades his body and stops his heart, he puts it down to a mild heart attack. But, if he wants his construction workers to return to the house to finish it's redesign; he has to find out what is scaring everyone away.

As Megan works in his home to unravel the story that has held 3 ghosts to this home, she has to deal with Eric--who nearly killed her in a past experiment and Case's unbelief. Megan falls in love with Case, but realizes that they can never have a real relationship until Case accepts her abilities as they are an integral part of who she is.

I really enjoyed watching Case and Megan fall in love and deal with a pair of ghosts bent on keeping them in the house forever and a male ghost who desperately wants to get out from under the ghostly sister's thrall.

The tone of this tale is light hearted with lots of extremely witty dialogue. I was hooked from page one. The ghosts are as malevolent as one can imagine and the solution to the haunting was well done and made compelling reading.

Cach's characters are so likable that it is just great fun to follow their story to a very believable happily- everafter ending.

Reviewed by Linda Hurst
Posted February 20, 2007

Megan Barrows has retired from a brief career as a ghost- busting psychic and now uses her sixth sense to fill her Seattle antiques store with objects with happy pasts. After once nearly having the soul sucked out of her by a malevolent spirit, she prefers a quiet life. Case Lambert is a real estate prospector who restores old houses, then sells them for a profit. He has just bought a dilapidated mansion so amazing that he wants to keep it for himself, but the house appears to be haunted. Seriously haunted. A few inquiries lead him to Megan Barrows. Megan at first refuses to help, but Case is a master of persuasion. Moving in to the mansion, they discover that one of the ghosts has a thing for Case — and there may be even more amorous spirits inside this veritable paranormal vortex. But it soon becomes clear that no one -- dead or alive -- can stop Megan and Case from ending up in each other's arms.