Corbin
Malone said goodbye to everything good when his brother Cash died,
including the love of his life, Ashley Pearce...until his captain
assigns him to babysit a group of ghost hunters at Ruby Hill Lunatic
Asylum. They’re set on disproving a supernatural cause for a
cluster of strange deaths, and Ashley is leading the investigation.
He doesn’t need the hassle, but he won’t let anyone else protect
her, regardless of the threat.
Ashley
didn’t know her ex-boyfriend, the man who blames her for his
brother’s death, would head the police detail guarding the
abandoned asylum. But her long family history with Ruby Hill calls to
her, and even he won’t convince her to back down. Until something
darker stirs in the shadows of the asylum—something so evil, she’s
not sure she and Corbin will survive the night.
Sometimes, I’m just in the mood for a straightforward read
that is short enough to read in one sitting, but still pulls you into the
story. “Ruby Hill” is that kind of
read. It’s short but is an exciting,
suspenseful thriller.
Ashley is a paranormal investigator that has always felt a
pull towards Ruby Hill, an abandoned Asylum that is now frequented by ghost
hunters, but is now also the setting for a couple of recent grisly
murders. Enter Corbin, our hunky police
hero. Ashley and Corbin have a past and
had a serious falling out over the death of Corbin’s brother. But they are forced together to try and solve
the murders at Ruby Hill, which are being blamed in public on the supernatural. While working together, Corbin and Ashley
realize they still have feelings for one another. Will they solve the murders and be able to
repair the damage between them before it’s too late?
I thought the plot to this book was different than the other
kinds of books that are out there right now.
I quite enjoyed the thrill of it as well as the paranormal aspects. I also liked the interplay between the two
main characters. But because it’s a
short story, it obviously doesn’t delve too deeply into the characters and
their motivations or pasts.
As with most short stories the real problem is that I just
ended up wanting more. I would have
liked more history on Ruby Hill itself.
This book could have been fleshed out into a longer and more involved
book and I think that would have been fantastic. I was also a bit disappointed that this book
lacked sex…as the resident blog pervert, I like a little sexy time in my
reads. As it is now, it’s a solid 3.5
star read for me.
Lunatics. Ghosts. Murder.
The
media grabbed the story like rabid dogs, shredding and tearing the
meat of the so-called facts until nothing was left but gristle and
hyped-up gore. Rumors took flight. Poltergeists, demons, a portal to
hell, and all because torture had to leave a mark. Ruby Hill
certainly had.
So
had Corbin Malone.
From
the drive, Corbin twisted his head her way. The moment his eyes met
hers left a scar on her heart.
Either
he hid his emotion well or he lacked any. Not a flicker of reaction
crossed his face. He simply turned to watch the car retreat through
the gate, a security guard stepping over to shut and lock the leggy
ten-foot barrier as soon as the vehicle’s rear bumper cleared.
Then,
in a move so painstakingly slow it had to be deliberate, Corbin found
her again. Blue eyes pierced her with such force she took a step
backward. As she stumbled, the slowest of smiles crept across his
face.
But
he was not the threat.
She
heard the asylum’s whispers. This was personal.
She
hugged herself tightly.
Yer
gonna die.
Sarah
and her husband of what he calls “many long, long years” live on
the mid-Atlantic coast with their six young children, all of whom are
perfectly adorable when they’re asleep. She never dreamed of
becoming an author, but as a homeschooling mom, she often jokes she
writes fiction because if she wants anyone to listen to her, she has
to make them up. (As it turns out, her characters aren’t much
better than the kids). Though she adores romantic suspense, she
writes in many genres. Her ever-growing roster of releases may be
found at http://sarahballance.com.
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