FRIDAY FOUR: Paranormal chick-lit

October is here (jeez, where did the month go?) and it's already time for and wrapping up warm in the cold winter weather. As we all know, Halloween is on its way - who can resist curling up on a dark night for a fun, ghostly read?

 

There are so many paranormal titles to choose from, but here are four favourites. Don't forget to comment and tell us yours!

 

Heaven Can Wait by Cally Taylor

 

Cally's paranormal romance Heaven Can Wait has yet to hit the shelves (15^th October) but I can guarantee, it's a must-read! Lucy Brown is killed the day before she is due to marry Dan, the man of her dreams. Unable to accept being parted from the love of her life, Lucy chooses to remain as a ghost rather than go straight to Heaven. But it's not that straightforward...

 

Soon Lucy discovers that Limbo is a London house-share with train-spotter Brian and wild emo kid Claire. Lucy rushes straight out to see Dan, not realising that being a wannabe ghost has some rather upsetting conditions. What's worse, every wannabe ghost has to complete a task, within a set time, and Lucy's been issued with the seemingly impossible job of finding love for IT geek Archie.

The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns by Elizabeth Leiknes

Lucy Burns had a normal life - that is, until her sister suffered in a road accident. Eleven-year-old Lucy wrote a letter 'to whom it may concern', explaining she would do anything to get her sister back. The reply she received (not to mention the birthday gifts!) came with consequences - little did she know, young Lucy had signed up for a life of doing the Devil's dirty work. Not exactly the career path she set out to take. Being the one responsible for bringing the bad guys to Hell means Lucy can't see her family, or even have a real relationship. And in order to get out of the contract and become 'normal' again, Lucy has some tasks to undertake.

Blood is the New Black by Valerie Stivers

The debut from Valerie Stivers takes a vampish look at the fashion world. When her aunt gets Kate McAlliston's a job as an intern for fashion magazine Tasty, Kate has no idea what she's getting herself into. Entering a world where everyone seems cold and hostile (and not to mention nocturnal!) turns out to be the least of Kate's worries when young women are being found dead at fashion industry parties. Something's amiss at the Tasty headquarters. And you thought YOUR boss was bad...

What's a Ghoul to Do? by Victoria Laurie

MJ Holliday has the ability to converse with dead. Having had the power since she was a youngster, MJ works as a professional ghost-hunter along with her best friend Gilley. But there's one rule - the pair work alone only. Though that all changes when handsome (and rich) doctor Steven Stable turns up, adamant that the apparent suicide of his grandfather was out of character. Tracking down the ghost of his dead grandfather seems like the only option for Steven in order to get the truth, and when MJ and Gilley check out the family lodge, it seems like there's a lot more to the story than what Steven thinks.