SPIRITS OF SEACLIFF MANOR: The Spirits Series #4

Morgan Hannah MacDonald

Oct 2016 · Morgan Hannah MacDonald

About this ebook

A shocking murder, an unlikely serial killer, and an evil that must be stopped.

 EVIL LIVES HERE

 An apparent suicide leads to a collection of newspaper clippings that span decades regarding missing people.  The Thibodeux Foundation has been brought in to battle the darkest malevolence known to man. Will they succeed before more lives are lost?

                             BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

 Brandon Barnett has been given the promotion of a lifetime. There’s just one problem; he can’t afford a house. Even the apartments cost more than his present mortgage. Then a letter arrives informing him he’s inherited the house of his dreams. He’s heard about the place all his life. The old photographs show a magnificent estate.

                                IT JUST MIGHT COME TRUE

Alyssa Barnett couldn’t wait to move to San Diego, California. It’s on the ocean and the sun shines year round. She’s just not keen on living in the run-down monstrosity her husband has inherited, but he adores it, so she’ll try and make it work.

ALWAYS TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS

 Soon she begins having disturbing dreams. When she awakes she finds herself in the most peculiar places. As the endless renovations continue a hidden room is discovered and along with it clues to the manor’s dark past. Then a horrifying event occurs and she finally has validation. But with every penny they own sunk into the hellish money pit, moving is out of the question. They have no choice but to seek help.

NO ONE IS SAFE

 Jane Spencer and Tim Reeves have been doing paranormal research for many years, but nothing prepares them for what they find at Seacliff Manor. When Tim barely escapes with his life, Jane knows the case is too complex for them to handle so she calls in the big guns; The Thibodeux Foundation out of New Orleans.

                                       NOT EVEN THE STRONG

They send Jake Spaulding and Sara Crow, both born with unique gifts that assist them with extreme cases. Now the team find themselves battling the darkest malevolence known to man. Will they succeed before more lives are lost?

ALL BOOKS IN THIS SERIES STAND ALONE. NO NEED TO READ IN ORDER. THANK YOU.

 

Ratings and reviews

Seacliff Manor has harbored evil for over a century. A house built out of love by a man for his wife in the 1800's ends up being a nightmare for all those that have lived in it since. I looked at this book as a 3 act play. The first act deals with a young married couple who inherit Seacliff Manor from a long lost relative of the husband. It is bad shape so the wife is overseeing the restoration while her husband is away for weeks at a time for his job. After her younger sister come for a visit they both notice strange things happening around the house. After those things get more violent the sister calls a pair of paranormal researchers. The second act is the paranormal researchers and their equipment assistant. After they set up their video equipment and see for themselves that there are defiantly spirits in the house they do a room by room search which almost ends up in tragedy for one of the paranormal researchers. It is after this that they realize they need to call The Thibodeux Foundation for assistance. This then kicks off the third and final act of the story. The Thibodeux Foundation send a demonologist and psychometrist to Seacliff Manor. Together the two teams figure out what exactly is haunting Seacliff Manor and learn of the many people it has murdered who have been trapped in the house – some for a 100 years. When the wife becomes possessed by the evil spirit they know they have to rid the house once and for all of the demon. There were defiantly some thrilling, scary scenes through out the story and the history of Seacliff Manor was fascinating but the three parts to the story (what I am choosing to call them) didn't flow well. The story felt choppy in places especially during the changing between the main characters – Brandon and Alyssa Barnett and Courtney (married couple and the sister), the paranormal researchers Jane Spencer, Tim Reeves and Danny and then Jake Spaulding (demonologist) and Sara Crow (psychometrist). Overall though I love this series and this was another great spooky read.

Spirited Paranormal Horror I received an ARC of this book from the author for a fair and honest review. Once again, author Morgan Hannah MacDonald has hit the ball out of the park! This fourth book in The Spirit Series is another masterful paranormal, eerie, can't put the book down, story. A young couple, Brandon and Alyssa Barnett, from Kansas inherit a historic estate in beautiful San Diego, CA from the Brandon's fourth cousin Vera MacDougall; perfect timing since Brandon just accepted an awesome promotion from his employer which requires him to move to that area. Brandon's wife, Alyssa is suspicious from the beginning, you know the old adage, if it's too good to be true it usually is, but wants to support her husband's dreams. From day 1 Alyssa doesn't like the house. This monstrosity has been let go for years, how will they ever bring it back to life and turn it into a bed and breakfast, which is Brandon's grand scheme? Especially with Brandon gone all the time. When Alyssa's little sister Courtney comes to visit, Alyssa is relieved and dismayed all at the same time. Although she won't admit it to herself, when Courtney starts talking about the house being haunted, Alyssa starts recounting strange things that she's seen, felt, or heard. As Alyssa appears to be spiraling down, they find a strange hidden room in the house, and from that point on the "strange" happenings get worse. Courtney takes matters into her own hands when she realizes neither her sister, nor brother-in-law are taking this "haunting stuff" seriously and contacts local paranormal investigators Tim Reeves and Jane Spencer. It doesn't take but 1 visit for this team to realize they are in way over their heads! Jane calls the Thibodeux Foundation for assistance and they send Jake Spaulding and Sara Crow. This book is packed with action, horror, and even a little romance just to keep you on your toes. You KNOW it's a good book when this reader works full time and still managed to read this book in less than 3 days!

AWESOME – COULDN’T PUT THE BOOK DOWN! I have just finished reading Hannah Morgan MacDonald’s new book Spirits at Seacliff Manor. I did receive an ARC copy of the book, but all comments are my own. This book hooks you in on page one and holds you until the end. This has to be Morgan’s best novel thus far. The book centers around a couple who have inherited an old manor and hope to turn into a bread and breakfast but soon encounter ghosts and unfortunately a very wicked demon who plays havoc on those plans. The demon is a threat to all humans who come in contact to the house. The author does a great job writing this in believable detail. Mix that up with a little infidelity and a new love (or two) on the side and you have the makings of a great book. Morgan has created a book that has great character interaction, an intense plot, fully of mystery, evil and action. I recommend you get this book and be prepared to be pulled in to the world of hauntings, ghosts and demons. Just a word of warning, you may want to sleep with your lights on for night or two.

About the author

Morgan Hannah MacDonald writes Romantic Thrillers that are NOT for the Faint of Heart. A two-time semi-finalist in the 2016 KINDLE BOOK AWARDS. She's held many positions including a teller where her hands and feet were bound while armed robbers took over the bank.  Years later she discovered she'd dated a serial killer. That's when she knew her destiny was in writing, because sometimes fact is stranger than fiction. She belongs to Romance Writers of America and International Thriller Writers. She resides in San Diego, California, where she’s busy working on her next novel.  She loves to hear from readers.

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