Doris Hale Sanders

The Ghostly Hideaway Doris Hale Sanders

"The Ghostly Hideaway" is the first in a trilogy of ghostly tales. Ed Wroe is framed for grand theft by Norman Jones, his friend and partner in the cabinet making business. They discover Jones is a liar and Ed is acquitted, but when they want to talk more to Jones, he has left the country. Though proven innocent, Ed's reputation is damaged to the point where he and his wife, Penny, decide to move back from South Carolina to her home state of Kentucky. The family, (Christina, 17, and twins, Andy and Candy, 5) get lost on back roads and run out of gas near a large, dilapidated, 3-story house. No one answers the door but there is nowhere else to go, so they take refuge inside. Weird noises startle them from the beginning but after three weeks, no one comes and they settle in. Johnny O'Reilly and his grandmother, Lydia Thorne live just up on the hill and Johnny and Chrissy fall in love. Penny finds an old picture album and a journal written by the family who lived there before they came that leads her to believe that her family actually has a right to be there. But the ghosts, an arsonist and the sheriff may have other ideas. Despite all this, the Wroe family really does enjoy living in their "Ghostly Hideaway." The second book in this trilogy is titled, "The Haunted Hideout" and in this story, Andy and Candy find their own ghost and Penny finds another long-lost relative who can communicate with the ghosts. The third in the series is "The Phantoms' Refuge" and continues the theme of the Wroe family and their supernatural problems. Look for the second and third books, "The Haunted Hideout" and the "Phantoms' Refuge" coming soon.