Home  |  Payment Methods  |  Shipping  |  Safe Shopping
Categories

BOOKS

Arts & Photography
Biographies & Memoirs
Business & Investing
Children's Books
Comics & Graphic Novels
Computers & Internet
Cooking, Food & Wine
Engineering
Entertainment
Gay & Lesbian
Health, Mind & Body
History
Home & Garden
Horror
Law
Literature & Fiction
Medicine
Mystery & Thrillers
Nonfiction
Outdoors & Nature
Parenting & Families
Professional & Technical
Reference
Religion & Spirituality
Romance
Science
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Sports
Teens
Travel

MAGAZINES

Arts & Crafts
Automotive
Bridal
Business & Finance
Children's
Computer & Internet
Electronics & Audio
Entertainment
Family & Parenting
Fashion & Style
Food & Gourmet
Games & Hobbies
Gay & Lesbian
Health & Fitness
History
Home & Garden
International
Lifestyle & Cultures
Literary
Men's Interest
Music
News & Politics
Newspapers
Pets
Professional & Trade
Religion & Spirituality
Science & Nature
Spanish-Language
Sports & Leisure
Teens
Travel & Regional
Women's Interest


Advertisement
Getfreeebooks Shop Thursday, January 08th 2009

Oleander House: Bay City Paranormal Investigation Book 1

Oleander House: Bay City Paranormal Investigation Book 1
List Price: $4.50
Our Price: $3.60
Your Save: $ 0.90 ( 20% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.

Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5

Buy it now at Amazon.com!

 

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Binding: Kindle Edition
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
Format: Kindle Book
Label: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Manufacturer: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 228
Publication Date: 2006-10-03
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date: 2006-10-03
Studio: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Related Items

Editorial Reviews:

When Sam Raintree goes to work for Bay City Paranormal Investigations, he expects his quiet life to change--he doesn't expect to put his life and sanity on the line, or to fall for a man he can never have.

Book One in the Bay City Paranormal Investigation series.

Sam Raintree has never been normal. All his life, he's experienced things he can't explain. Things that have colored his view of the world and of himself. So taking a job as a paranormal investigator seems like a perfect fit. His new co-workers, he figures, don't have to know he's gay.

When Sam arrives at Oleander House, the site of his first assignment with Bay City Paranormal Investigations, nothing is what he expected. The repetitive yet exciting work, the unusual and violent history of the house, the intensely erotic and terrifying dreams which plague his sleep. But the most unexpected thing is Dr. Bo Broussard, the group's leader.

From the moment they meet, Sam is strongly attracted to his intelligent, alluring boss. It doesn't take Sam long to figure out that although Bo has led a heterosexual life, he is very much in the closet, and wants Sam as badly as Sam wants him.

As the investigation of Oleander House progresses and paranormal events in the house escalate, Sam and Bo circle warily around their mutual attraction, until a single night of bloodshed and revelation changes their lives forever.

Warning: this title contains explicit male/male sex, intense violence, and graphic language




Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating: Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5
Summary: Oddly disappointing....
Comment: Oddly disappointed is the my best reaction to "Oleander House". There were just too many plot holes and too little character development for a cohesive and compelling story. I felt the book had a bit too much in common with bad horrors movies - house bad, house wants to eat you, house wins because you ignore all logic and reasoning.

The major plot gap/hole I'm referring to with the house is the blind insistence to stay in the house even though everyone knows of the horrible unexplained deaths in the past and the psychics are dreaming of said violence happening to them. Even after seeing evidence of something trying to come through, they have to stay. At that point staying in the house seemed to be a rush past logic to a forced plot device.

As far as the characters go, I never got a sense of what the two "leads" even looked like (other than the too often mentioned braid). There was also no romance to speak of. Ending a book where the two romantic leads agree to possibly pursue a relationship is not a romance. It's a teaser for the next book.



Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
Summary: Now, I'm an Ally Blue Fan
Comment: This was the second Ally Blue book, I've read. I thought the first was really enjoyable - getting a good feel for her characters. Now that I've read this one, I know that her ability to keep you interested in the characters, the great character development, the interesting storylines were not just a fluke in the first book. She can do it again. Now, I'm sold as one of her fans. It will be interesting to see how she takes these characters in the sequel that is coming out soon. I'll be first in line to buy the follow-up book.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
Summary: Oleander House
Comment: A nice reasonably believable M/M romance wrapped in fairly well plotted paranormal tale. I really enjoyed the slow angst ridden development of the attraction between the two guys.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: MYSTERY WITH A SIDE OF LOVE
Comment: .Oleander House book one in a series of the Bay City Paranormal Investigation series. The main characters are Dr. Bo Broussard, owner and his new employee, Sam Raintree. The story is about the strange happenings at the tourist manison, something other than your usual ghost. What the team discovered was a paranormal mystery that starts your heart racing and the little hairs standing on your neck. Now if that is not enough to get your engine running, author Ally Blue introduces a budding romance between Bo and Sam that is so touching, I got a little misty. This is a very well written, hang on the edge of your chair story that draws the reader right into the middle of the action.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
Summary: Engaging
Comment: This is a very good, very exciting paranormal romance about Sam, the new technician for the Bay City Paranormal Investigation agency, and the owner of said agency, Bo.

What I like about this book is the fact that neither of the men are completely out of the closet yet. Sam is at least honest with himself about his sexuality whereas Bo lives completely in denial, he is even married with children. As the story progresses and the investigators are trying to find out what's killing people in the Oleander House, Sam and Bo get closer and closer but Bo's reluctance to even admit that he might be gay pushes them apart at the same time.

Another thing that I like is the way the author approaches the paranormal investigation - there is no weird mumbo-jumbo but the investigators use science and EMF meters etc. to prove that there is something supernatural in the house. Quite interesting.

I got this book in the ebook format but there weren't many spelling mistakes as there usually are in ebooks, it was very well written and totally engaging!


Buy it now at Amazon.com!

 
Home  |  Payment Methods  |  Shipping  |  Safe Shopping
Copyright © 2007 Getfreeebooks Shop. All Rights Reserved.