{"id":4909,"date":"2015-01-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-17T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=4909"},"modified":"2020-07-11T07:29:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T12:29:10","slug":"black-butterfly-by-shirley-reva-vernick-book-review-ghosts-winter-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=4909","title":{"rendered":"Black Butterfly, by Shirley Reva Vernick (book review) – ghosts, winter, love"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bookChristmas away from Mom,
\na place she’s never been,
\nlove and mystery that she never expected!<\/p>\n

Ghosts who can’t break free of the inn, strange relationships between inn employees – and what an inn! Super gourmet food<\/a>, an innkeeper who drinks her dinner (Mom had never even mentioned Bubbles before now), and the innkeeper’s handsome son…<\/p>\n

Published simultaneously in paperback and hardback, this 2014 title should be at your local library<\/a> or independent bookstore<\/a>. If you can’t find it, ask for it (or you’ll never discover the ghosts’ secrets<\/a>!).<\/p>\n

**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>:\u00a0The Black Butterfly \/ Shirley Reva Vernick. Cinco Puntos Press, 2014. [author Facebook page<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: Mom’s extended ghost-hunting trip out west sends Penny to a Maine island inn for Christmas where she learns about love, cooking, and ghostly etiquette.<\/p>\n

Bracing herself for two weeks of boredom with one of Mom’s long-lost friends, the quotation-collecting teen is charmed by inn owner Bubbles, delighted by the inn’s chef and culinary opportunities, astonished to find herself falling in love with Bubbles’ son George – and welcomed by one ghost while being attacked by another!<\/p>\n

What unfinished business is keeping Blue and Starla moored to their death site?
\nWhy can Penny see the ghosts when it’s her single mom who tries to film them?
\nAnd why hasn’t Mom ever mentioned Bubbles in all the times that she’s left Penny with an acquaintance while she ghost-hunts?<\/p>\n

Spend a snow-bound Christmas at The Black Butterfly Inn<\/em> for mystery, love, revenge, memories, and gourmet hot chocolate. (One of 6,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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